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A deep red velvet purse with a pale gold satin lining that is pulled into bunched sections by a silk drawstring. Each section is embroidered with silver yarns in two repeating floral designs, one with two five petaled flowers one above the other on a thick stem with two broad leaves, and the other with one five petaled flower above a formation of six ovals with a four petaled flower beneath. A thin gold border surrounds the top five petaled flowers.

Object ID #18311877
silk, metallic yarns.
Gift of Charles W. Gould.
1926-11-15

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

Drawing, Ring Toss Wheel with Gun

Drawing, Ring Toss Wheel with Gun
brush and gouache, chalk on tan paper.
Gift of Alfons Bach.
1993-108-358

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

Kylix (Greece)
terra-cotta.
Gift of Charles W. Gould.
1915-11-26

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 5 images of this object.

Panel (England)

Panel (England)
cotton.
Gift of Ruth Van Norman.
1955-119-1

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

Puzzle Glass
glass.
Gift of Henrie Jo Barth.
2013-47-1

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

Gaming Purse (Italy)

Gaming Purse (Italy)
silk, metal thread.
Gift of Charles W. Gould.
1926-11-16

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

Game, Device 6
32” samsung me32c plus one brightsign.
Courtesy of Simogo.
s-e-1764

There are 2 images and 1 video of this object.

This object has not been digitized yet.

Game, Monument Valley
video game on tablet (ipad 4th gen or later tk).
Courtesy of ustwo Games.
s-e-1767

There 1 video of this object.

Sidewall - Sample, Pair O'Dice Club

Sidewall - Sample, Pair O'Dice Club
machine-printed paper.
Gift of Henry H. Allman.
1947-81-11

This object was made by United Wallpaper, Inc..
This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Jackstraws
bone.
Gift of Mrs. Charles S. Fairchild.
1923-12-4-a/d

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

A rectangular game board painted, gilded and varnished, with twenty rectangular, decorated sections, numbered 41 through 60, which are divided into four columns and five rows. The four columns are further divided into two by a vertical column of laurel leaves. The twenty numbered rectangles each contain an image which appears to be arranged in a pattern. In each of the four corners there is a cherub represented inside a flowered roundel, beneath the top cherubs and above the bottom cherubs are four seated female figures who are perhaps allegorical, in the two rectangles between them we find an owl on the left and a dog in a standing pose on the right. The middle two columns contain portraits of a woman on the left and a man on the right in the top and bottom rectangles; followed by blossom on the left paired with an amphora on the right; followed by two figures in landscape, female on the left, male on the right; followed by a basket containing wheat on the left paired with plums on the right. The numbered rectangles are framed by grey, grotesque, carved classical decoration in four dark red panels with gold highlights. At the top of the board is a central, gold-framed cartouche inscribed with the Roman numeral III flanked by laurel leaf swags.

Object ID #18215187
papier mache, painted and gilded decoration.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1921-22-199

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

One of a pair of vertical drawings designed to be reprinted as a 2-panel mural wall covering. Although each panel can be appreciated individually, it should be noted that elements introduced on the left panel are completed on the right and vice versa. The entire mural depicts musicians playing instruments on one panel and children playing with kites on the other, set against exotic architecture. The types of instruments, and the style of the clothing, kites and architecture suggest the scene takes place in the East (and is reminiscent of miniature paintings and prints from that part of the world.) The elements are drawn in a playful, somewhat flat manner. The vanishing point is below the bottom page equidistant from the outer edge of each panel. The front plane of the building faces the viewer while both sides of the building are also visible (as diagonal planes heading backwards.) There are three areas of action: at street level, on a roof terrace/garden, and in the middle within and outside the building. In this panel, on the street level, a child is rolling two large hoops (almost chest high) one white, one dark, while looking back over his shoulder at a small black and white ball (similar to a soccer ball) perched on a railing. Hovering above and to the right of the hoops, a large fanciful, flying insect, like an abstract dragon-fly. Just below it another smaller hoop rolls near to the right edge of the scene. The boy appears to be in the shadow cast by a large building. There is a tall open portal in the front of the building through which an interior courtyard is visible. A child stands half hidden (one leg, one arm, half a head) in the doorway, holding. an 8-pointed star on a stick (a pinwheel.) Further back in the courtyard, another child stands on a platform about to climb a ladder that appears to lead to the roof terrace. The terrace has a hexagonal shape, a waist high parapet (ledge) all around, dainty cross and circle patterned tile floor, and a gazebo structure in the center. Four children are on the roof (positioned at 10 o’clock, 12 o’clock and 2 o’clock.) At far left (10 o’clock) two children on tip toes lean over the parapet. One has both elbows on the ledge and looks downward, the second looks upward, holding in his right hand a string attached to a kite (visible only on the adjacent panel - the 'butterfly.' ) Towards the back ledge (12 o’clock) a child looks up at the kite he holds over his head - it resembles a fish skeleton with a kite tail trailing from the fish tail. To this right, (2 o’clock) a child straddles the ledge (one foot over the side), holding a kite string in his outstretched hands (the kite is the star on the other panel.) The gazebo has a pointed roof tipped with a spire above which a walled structure rises (part of the garden wall in the adjacent panel.) On the right of the building, near street level there is a large four paned window with decorations resembling crossed boomerangs. On the middle level a balcony protrudes from the building. A striped curtain has blown out from the window and drapes over the balcony rail. A partial figure (half a head, half a chest) peers from behind a window on the balcony. A child hangs from an opening in the balcony rail. (The balcony rail is completed on the other panel.) The top of the paper appears discolored. Among the striking features of this panel are the way the shadows cast by aspects of the architecture appear as large flat geometric shapes and offering respite from the delicate busyness of the patterned walls and the bold linear elements of the ladder, the balcony, and gazebo. The artist makes wonderful use of diagonals, light and shadow, multiple patterns and geometric shapes, to create fantasy spaces on different planes, not always decipherable, with a few mysterious half-hidden figures for good measure, all of which keeps the viewer engaged. As this is a 2-dimensional, monochrome drawing (shades of gray on a light background) one of the exciting aspects of the artist’s skill is how she juxtaposes a variety of lines and patterns against each other, some dark and dense, some light and sparse, to distinguish areas and elements from one another, giving each its own voice in the artwork.

Drawing, Serenade, 1948
graphite, pen and ink on linen.
Gift of Matthew L. Edelman.
2016-37-2

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

Board Game (possibly France)

Board Game (possibly France)
cardboard with painted and gilded decoration, backed with printed paper.
Gift of Anonymous Donor.
1953-24-3-a/o

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

Inkstand with Chess Players Inkwell

Inkstand with Chess Players Inkwell
enameled porcelain.
The Henry and Ludmilla Shapiro Collection; Partial gift and partial purchase....
1989-41-170-a/c

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

Cavagnole Game Board

Cavagnole Game Board
painted, gilt and varnished papier mache.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1921-22-198

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

Advertisement, Bonne-Double Bierre

Advertisement, Bonne-Double Bierre
block printed on handmade paper.
Gift of Josephine Howell.
1972-42-227

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

Object ID #18647699

Object ID #18647699
glazed and molded porcelain.
Gift of Charlotte Y. Salisbury in loving memory of her husband, Harrison E.....
1994-122-5-a/ff

This object was made by Lomonosov Porcelain Factory.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 20 images of this object.

Print, Summer in the Country

Print, Summer in the Country
wood engraving in black ink on paper.
Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr..
1947-4-63

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

Drawing, Design for a Spot for The New Yorker

Drawing, Design for a Spot for The New Yorker
brush and ink, pen and ink on paper.
Gift of Christina Malman.
1947-110-22

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

Poster, Game Over

Poster, Game Over
offset lithograph on wove paper.
Gift of Sara and Marc Benda.
2010-21-46

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