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Sidewall, Kew
screen-printed paper.
Gift of Designtex Group and Jocelyn Warner.
2003-18-1

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Mirror
carved mahogany and mahogany veneered carved gessoed and gilt pine, silvered....
Gift of Neil Sellin.
1967-87-6-a,b

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Print, Designs for Decorative Ironwork, Plate 96 from Divers dessins de balcons a plusieurs usages (Variety of Balcony Designs)

Print, Designs for Decorative Ironwork, Plate 96 from Divers dessins de...
engraving on paper.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-53

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Vertically rectangular sidewall. Tan background. Throughout the sidewall are various bushes with curved branches and fern-like leaves curling off. Some branches droop downward like vines, some look more like ferns. Other patterns include straighter lines that don't resemble leaves, but rather random geometric shapes.

Sidewall, Modernistic
machine-printed paper, embossed.
Gift of Edna Lindemann.
1992-109-3

This object was made by M.H. Birge & Sons Co..
This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Textile, Grand Feuillage

Textile, Grand Feuillage
cotton, linen.
Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund.
1934-14-4

This object was made by Bianchini-Férier, Inc..
This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Sidewall. The background consists of small, light green circles with brown borders. The foreground consists of flowers spread throughout. Each flower has leaves with blue borders and yellow centers with little dots at the middle. The flower petals themselves are tan and white.

Sidewall (France)
machine printed on paper.
Gift of Carolle Thibaut-Pomerantz.
2010-31-42

This object was made by J. Grantil Company.
This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Textile, Paradis Terrestre (Earthly Paradise)

Textile, Paradis Terrestre (Earthly Paradise)
silk.
Gift of Anonymous Donor.
1931-1-8

This object was made by Tassinari & Chatel.
This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Sidewall - Samples, European Wallpapers: Modern Designs

Sidewall - Samples, European Wallpapers: Modern Designs
machine printed on paper.
Gift of Lois and William Katzenbach.
1969-167-1-8

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

Sidewall - Samples, European Wallpapers: Modern Designs

Sidewall - Samples, European Wallpapers: Modern Designs
machine printed on paper.
Gift of Lois and William Katzenbach.
1969-167-1-6

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

Rectangular beauty compact in black made out of solid enamel, onyx structure and decorated with various stones. It has a smooth finish with rounded edges. It is larger than the usual circular beauty compact and is more in the size of a small clutch accessory. The sides are outlined with strips of diamonds with an arrangement of sapphires and emeralds incorporated in the strips. The side corners are accentuated with small pointed amethyst pieces. On the right side is the clasp enclosure in the form of a diamond strip. In the middle is a formation of foliage made out of an arrangement of stones. At the center is a flower with leaves on a vase - vase in amethyst, leaves in carved emeralds, and the flower in carved sapphire. All in position with pierced golden pieces. In between the leaves are circular diamonds and amethysts. Below this are small flowers, shaped like tulips, with diamond centers. Three out of the four have blossomed. Small circular diamonds are arranged in the background with one larger piece on the upper right. It seems like a rendition of a night sky with the small diamonds as stars and the bigger piece as the moon.

Compact
enamel, onyx, carved emeralds, sapphires, amethysts, rubies, diamonds, gold.
Private Collection.
41.2016.19

There are 2 images of this object.

A wall covering featuring two ducks, at the center of the image and printed in white. The ducks are surrounded by grassy sections, printed in several shades of green. The pattern repeats at the top and bottom of the wallcovering.

Sidewall, Ducks and Grasses
screen printed on paper.
Gift of Katzenbach and Warren, Inc..
1951-2-1-a/c

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 6 images of this object.

Roughly square portion cut from larger fabric. The dark green background is densely populated by brightly colored farm animals, human figures and flowers illustrated in a happy, playful, flat manner reminscent of folkart. The general impression is like an appliqued quilt where the elements have been cut from different print fabrics and sewn onto the background. The motifs are contained in a diamond shape, which repeats in all directions. The central figures are a blond 'farmer' in light blue overalls, red shirt and pink boots carrying a lamb and the 'farmers wife' in a long pink dress with a green top, hair covered in pink, grey boots, carrying a yellow flowering plant and a green bucket. Floating around them clockwise in a circular motion, a green cow with white face and pink horns, a white goose, a red rooster with green wings and whte tail feathers,a pink goat with yellow ears and green hooves, a green horse with a pink mane, a yellow cat, a pale blue pig with grey ears and three piglets (2 grey, 1 blue). A second ring of creatures float around the first including: a green partridge, a pink rooster, a green hen with red wings, a female figure in a short red dress, pink shoes and what looks like a chef's hat carrying a long necked blue bird, a white duck, a yellow dog, a green rabit, a pink bird with long tail feathers, and two dogs (1 pink, 1 pale grey) that look like a howling coyote. Interwoven between these elements are a variety of fantasy flowers and stylized leaf shapes. Despite the busyness of the design and humourous, unexpected color choices, the design is unified by one feature common to all the elements - each contains some kind of tiny overall pattern like polka dots, flowers, or stars, so that all seem related. The name of the pattern 'Calico Cow' gives an idea of the quilt material referred to earlier.

Textile, Calico Cow, 1952
cotton.
American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Michele Palmer.
2017-24-7

This object was made by Associated American Artists.
This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Brochure for wallcovering showing mural panels with images of trees. The open brochure is printed in shades of greay and black on white paper and has three sections - left, middle, right - roughly divided into 5 vertical columns of images or text. Left and right sections have one column, middle has 3 columns. The left and right sections have vertical creases suggesting they were 'flaps' folded inwards. The left flap shows an image of the trunks of 3 stylized trees with fallen leaves on the ground below them. The trees almost look as if they were collaged together, the bottoms cut straight across and the sides have distinct edges (not blended with the background.). In front, a tree with a fat trunk and a branch protuding towards the viewer. It's oddly 'fatter' at the top than at the bottom. Behind the front trunk is a bush with delicate crescent shaped leaves, its daintiness contrasting with the hefty stockiness of the trunk. A second trunk towards the right has thin branches and some vine like leaves. The third tree in the back, is the lightest area in the scene and appars to reflect light from some indeterminate source. Very small ovoid leaves trail up its branches in pairs (almost like tread marks.) They are black and stand out dramatically against the pale trunk. The background in this scene is black. The panel is printed as a 'negative image' (areas in shadow would appear to be in the light, which makes it harder to distinguish what's in front, what's in back, what's in light or shadow.) Text below the image reads: 'Negative Image' 'The panels may be ordered in negative image as shown above, mirror images also available in positive or negative form.' The middle section, column 1 (titled Panel A) shows the 'positive' version of the three trees from the left flap. Here the details are more readily understood. Many more leaves are visible on the trees. The positive appears like springtime compared to the 'wintery' feeling of the same image in negative form. The second column (titled Panel B) shows a large dark tree trun in the foreground with delicate branches sprouting large leaves depicted in outline. Behind it a very thin, stripling tree with multi-petaled flowers on its branches. Some other blossoms around this tree resemble cottonballs. In the rear a tree with many upturned branches. Leaves are scattered on the ground. Overall, this has a light airy feeling. Apart from the front tree and some of the leaves on the ground which are dark grey, the other details in shades of light grey. Column 3 (Panel C) appears to be a continuation of the scene from Column 2. Certain elements like the leaves on the ground, and the flowers from the stripling are completed in this panel. This appears to be the most abstract and most striking of the panels. In the foreground a tree with patches on its bark (like a camoflage pattern) in shades of middle greys. Slightly behind, is a tree trunk split into two limbs with blossoms and leaves. It is stark white (the color of the paper) and distinguishable only because it is in front of a very big, dark, almost black, tree trunk. The black tree, although it is in the rear, dominates the scene as its branches reach out to the sides of the panel. Below Panels A,B,C the text tells us each panel is '32 wide, 'overall dimensions 96' exclusive of separations.' 'Order this mural through your decorator or direct from the artist by writing Design Group in Brewster NY or call New York [Templeton phone number] for an appointment for a showing of the panels.' The right flap titled 'Suggested Arrangements of Graphic Murals' has four simple sketches/line drawings (arranged vertically) illustrating options for hanging the panels: (a) Three panels floor to ceiling (illustrated as 3 adjacent vertical rectangles.) (b) Single panel between windows (3 vertical rectangles, left and right are windows with what look like leaded glass windows with diamond shaped panes, bordered by floor length drapes. The mural panel is in the middle. (c) 'Three panels for the back of a sun room' (3 panels on a side wall perpendicular to a wall of windows. In the front there is a wrought iron cafe table with two wrought iron cafe chairs, and a giant pot with a huge tree-like plant to the left. (4) 'single panel in a hallway' (vertical rectangle between two side tables with curved legs. There is mirror over the left table and a bonsai plant on the right table. The text under each sketch is written in a loose script in keeping with the casual nature of the drawings. The paper is discolored vertically along the fold of each flap, also in the middle of the brochure, and at top and bottom.

Folder, Trees
luxograph print on paper.
Gift of Marilyn Friedman.
2014-12-3

This object was made by Design Group Inc..
This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

This glazed and lustered earthenware vase is shaped like a tall, elongated bell: round at the top, gently flaring below. The shoulder of the vase is wider than the foot, with the circular opening centered on the top. The vase is decorated with a simple floral motif. A row of large flowers, shaped like halves of daisy flowers, bloom around the wide shoulders. Below, a row of smaller similar flowers alternate with the large flowers. The flowers have long straight stems, with simple upright leaves ending in spirals and squiggles between the stems. The iridescent vase is a rainbow of colors: golden green, teal, sky blue, pinkish purple, maroon, magenta, warm orange, and gold. Cool colors dominate the round shoulders of the vase; warm colors dominate the tall body.

Vase (USA)
molded, glazed, and lustered earthenware.
Gift of Marcia and William Goodman.
1984-84-26

This object was made by Weller Pottery.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 8 images of this object.

Tray
walnut, various wood inlays.
Museum purchase from General Acquisition Endowment.
1985-122-1

This object was made by Etablissement Gallé.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

This tall, white vase is glass with pink flowers and green stems. It is slim with a large foot, with the neck tapering inward to an opening smaller than the largest width of the vase. The largest width of the vase tapers inward towards the bottom, the vessel eventually twisting itself as a transition into the foot. The flower's stems run almost the full height of the vase, just stopping before the neck and opening. The pink flowers hang languidly, in contrast to the pointy, sturdy leaves below them.

Vase (France)
glass.
Gift of the Estate of Max Kobre.
1996-45-2

This object was made by Daum.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

aquatic plants, green, pink Vase

aquatic plants, green, pink Vase
glass.
Gift of the Estate of Max Kobre.
1996-45-3

This object was made by Daum.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Repeated floral pattern long stem hawthorn leaves overlain with blossoms in gray-blue on cream ground sidewall, or wallpaper by May Morris.

Sidewall, Arcadia
block-printed paper.
Gift of Annie May Hegeman.
1936-5-5-a,b

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Arabesque or intertwined flowing lines, of large acanthus rinceaux, a continuous wavy stemlike motif, tulips, and wiry scrolls, with large perching peacocks whose tails hang downward by Walter Crane.

Sidewall, The Peacock Garden, 1889
block-printed paper, embossed.
Gift of James J. Rorimer.
1950-111-4

This object was made by Jeffrey & Company.
This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

Sidewall, Chrysanthemum

Sidewall, Chrysanthemum
block-printed paper.
Gift of Mr. Bruce Bechdel.
1978-159-1-a,b

This object was made by Jeffrey & Company.
This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

A rectangular section of wallpaper with a dense tangle of honeysuckle vines and flowers against a cream background. The curving vines have leaves in pale green and darker sage green. The flowers are starburst-shaped, with long thin petals in beige and light pink. The curves of the vines, leaves, and flowers create rhythm in the design. In the margins are printing marks, various lines and blobs of ink. Along the right margin, rotated ninety degrees clockwise, is 'Honeysuckle 263' in italics, and 'MORRIS & Co.' in a large sans serif.

Sidewall, Honeysuckle, 1934
block-printed paper.
Gift of Cowtan & Tout, Inc..
1935-23-13

This object was made by Arthur Sanderson & Sons, Ltd. and Arthur Sanderson.
This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

Royal Jewel Cabinet Cupboard

Royal Jewel Cabinet Cupboard
mahogany; hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold leaf, platinum,verre....
Bequest of the Reverend Alfred Duane Pell.
1991-31-2

This object was made by Godin (probably the younger) and Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 18 images of this object.

Sidewall (USA)
block-printed on ungrounded paper.
Gift of Grace Lincoln Temple.
1938-62-7

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Scenic Wallpaper, Sea Beauties

Scenic Wallpaper, Sea Beauties
lithograph print on paper.
Gift of the family of Victor S. Robinson, Salem, New Jersey.
2004-16-1

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Chasuble
silk and metallic embroidery, silk foundation, linen backing, silk lining.
Gift of George A. Hearn.
1907-14-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 5 images of this object.

Coffeepot with "Hausmaler" Decor Coffeepot

Coffeepot with "Hausmaler" Decor Coffeepot
porcelain, gold.
Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.
1938-57-633

This object was made by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory and Meissen Porcelain Factory.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Textile, Chinese Figures

Textile, Chinese Figures
cotton.
Gift of Mrs. William D. Frismuth.
1911-7-6

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Nightcap
silk, metallic yarn (silver foil wrapped around silk core), flat foil strip.
Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline E. Greenleaf.
1952-47-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Sampler (USA)
wool embroidery on linen foundation.
Gift of Mrs. Frank K. Sturgis.
1918-39-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Sidewall (USA)
block-printed and flocked on a ribbed paper.
Gift of Birge Co., Inc..
1944-79-2

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Lock (France)
bronze.
Gift of P. Jamarin.
1907-2-13-a,b

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Sidewall (France)

Sidewall (France)
block-printed paper.
Gift of Mrs. Cornelius Sullivan.
1930-21-1-k

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

A tangled cascade of silver flower and leaf shapes falls from a bare light bulb, which is almost concealed by the foliage. Black and white flowers and leaves accent the mass of strands. The metal shapes are clumped in a thicket at the top of the form before thinning out at the bottom, showing the silhouettes of the flowers and leaves.

Garland Pendant Lamp
silver-plated photographically etched stainless steel.
Gift of Artecnica.
2007-38-1-a/c

This object was made by Artecnica.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 4 images and 1 video of this object.

Tea and Sugar Caddies Tea Caddies

Tea and Sugar Caddies Tea Caddies
silver.
Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde.
1960-1-1-a/d

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 16 images of this object.

Drawing, Design for Leaf Table

Drawing, Design for Leaf Table
graphite, brush and white gouache, pre-printed with digital code on white paper.
Gift of Marc Benda, courtesy of the artist.
2013-24-9

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.