Tags | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Brooch, Small snail

Brooch, Small snail
white gold, diamonds, snail shell.
Courtesy of FD Gallery.
20.2015.1a,b

Earrings
copper, white gold, sapphires, spinels, rubellite, tourmaline.
Courtesy of FD Gallery.
20.2015.2a/c

Brooch, Large snail

Brooch, Large snail
white gold, diamonds, snail shell.
Courtesy of FD Gallery.
20.2015.3a,b

Earrings
white gold, cameos, diamonds.
Courtesy of FD Gallery.
20.2015.4a/c

Ring
iron, copper, white gold, diamond.
Courtesy of Hemmerle.
21.2015.1a,b

Ring
bronze, white gold, diamond.
Courtesy of Hemmerle.
21.2015.2a,b

Earrings, Honey bee

Earrings, Honey bee
bronze, iron, pink gold, red gold, amber.
60.2015.1a/c

Ring, from Garden of Delight Spring / Summer 2013 collection

Ring, from Garden of Delight Spring / Summer 2013 collection
gold, black diamonds, yellow sapphires, freshwater pearl.
Courtesy of Delfina Delettrez.
24.2015.4a,b

Insect Cage
woven reed, gilded paper (dome); lacquered wood (base); paper, wire and....
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1916-40-1-a/d

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

Tile Tile
earthenware, glaze.
Museum purchase from the Misses Hewitt Fund.
1937-62-8

This object was made by Moravian Pottery and Tile Works.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

Drawing, Textile or Wallpaper Design: Insects

Drawing, Textile or Wallpaper Design: Insects
brush and gouache on cream paper.
Gift of Harvey Smith.
1968-107-27

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Matchsafe in the form of a Cicada Matchsafe

Matchsafe in the form of a Cicada Matchsafe
plated metal.
Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener.
1980-14-1311

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

Textile (USA)
cotton.
1955-136-1

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

Two anthropomorphized butterflies stand on their hind legs, carrying a stretcher. A third butterfly stands in front, appearing to lead the way. The path they walk on is covered in plants and shrubbery. There is no background other than the blank page. On the stretcher is a fourth butterfly, lying on its back. A small butterfly flies directly above it, holding a small umbrella. Underneath the scene read the French words for 'The Injured.'

Bound Print, Le Blessé
etching on laid paper.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-402-2

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Print, Plate 28, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Print, Plate 28, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)
engraving on laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop.
1957-162-27

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Print, Plate 44, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Print, Plate 44, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)
engraving on laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop.
1957-162-34

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Print, Title plate, from Die Folge der phantastichen Scmucksträße (Suite of Fantastic Ornamental Bouquets)

Print, Title plate, from Die Folge der phantastichen Scmucksträße (Suite of...
etching on laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
1942-36-28-1

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Print, Plate 1, from Die Folge der phantastichen Scmucksträße (Suite of Fantastic Ornamental Bouquets)

Print, Plate 1, from Die Folge der phantastichen Scmucksträße (Suite of...
etching on laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
1942-36-28-2

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Print, Plate 2, from Die Folge der phantastischen Schmucksträße (Suite of Fantastic Ornamental Bouquets)

Print, Plate 2, from Die Folge der phantastischen Schmucksträße (Suite of...
etching on laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
1942-36-28-3

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

Print, Plate 5, from Die Folge der phantastischen Schmucksträβe (Suite of Fantastic Ornamental Bouquets)

Print, Plate 5, from Die Folge der phantastischen Schmucksträβe (Suite of...
etching on laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
1942-36-29-2

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Print, Orgueille et follie (Pride and Folly)

Print, Orgueille et follie (Pride and Folly)
engraving on white laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
1942-36-33

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Print, Mercury, plate from a suite of 6 ornamental designs with the Judgement of Paris

Print, Mercury, plate from a suite of 6 ornamental designs with the Judgement...
engraving on laid paper.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-528-6

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

Drawing, Design for Grotesque Decoration

Drawing, Design for Grotesque Decoration
pen and brown ink, black chalk on laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of the Misses Leupp and Mary Turlay Robinson and....
1994-64-3

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Print, Juno, from the series Grotesques à fond noir, Divinités et Allégories (Grotesques on Black Ground, Divinities and Allegories)

Print, Juno, from the series Grotesques à fond noir, Divinités et...
engraving on off-white laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane.
1945-6-3-2

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

PermaNet
100% polyester impregnated with deltamethrin (synthetic parathyroid).
DO90.025

This object was made by Vestergaard Frandsen S.A..
There are 5 images of this object.

A detailed presentation drawing of Tall Bee Vase with an embellished exterior on the body and a golden colored interior revealed at the opening that elegantly flares outward with undulating curves and a gentle lip. The contour line tapers into a medium sized neck that tapers downward and gently outward toward a wider body then tapers inward at the base. The surface of the vase's lightly reflective surface represents a small circular relief design appearing as if it is hammered with a small tool similar to a repoussé-like texture. The surface is detailed with low relief leaves and flowers elegantly connected with vines that meander and surround the vase. An isolated three dimensionally drawn bee encrusted with two gemstones lands on the interior lip while a golden colored bee with two colors appearing like gemstones explores the body of the vase. Toward the bottom of the vase are four bands of different textures; a narrow unadorned shiny silver band, a wider hammered band, an equally wide band with a continuous curling vine and a hammered band with a shiny angular base.

Drawing, Design for Tall Bee Vase, 1997
graphite, brush and acrylic wash with metallic dust on white paper.
Gift of Michael Izrael Galmer.
2015-38-10

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

Here we have a small cricket's cage reminiscent of a tiered building with roof. The rectangular structure's walls are made of bamboo and wire and are attached to the base, and a central, supportive wooden frame midway up, almost creating a second-floor effect. The larger bamboo pieces provide support in the four corners with two more centrally on the front and back of the second tier to support the top. The cage roof is made of three thin, wooden blocks: two larger, angled upward on the left and right to prop up the smaller, central piece. The overlapped roof is held together by four round, spherical supports located underneath the corners of the center block.The central roof also includes wires with closed hooks on its four corners above the spherical support, and a large open hook in the center, for hanging. The surface of each roof block has punctured holes where the rods and bamboo are held in place by wire, additional closed hooks out of four corners mirroring the cage's base.

Cricket Cage (Italy)
wood, bamboo, metal wire.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1916-40-6

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

Object ID #18188785

Object ID #18188785
metal wire, stained wood.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1916-40-7

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

A silver necklace with a simple hook-type clasp. Single and double rows of delicate circular links connect to four evenly spaced circular decorations near the top of the necklace, ringed with curls of silver ribbons with green undersides. Three symetrical oval pendants with mirrored surfaces hang side by side at the bottom of the necklace, seperated by a single round link, rimmed with silver and green ribbon curls, each containing different pressed flower and insect specimens.

Necklace Necklace, 2015
clear and mirrored arcylic, flower petals, leaves, insects, silver, pigment.
The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
2016-34-61

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

Fragment (India)

Fragment (India)
cotton ground, beetle elytra, gold foil strips, gilt sequins, gold....
Gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
1931-43-20

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

Sidewall, Beetle

Sidewall, Beetle
digital print on mylar.
Gift of Astek Inc..
2016-21-1

This object was made by Astek Inc..
This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

Close-up photograph of transparent bulb-shaped glass globes each containing an insect replica. Two bulbs are in focus in the foreground, set against a background with a large number of similarly sized glass bulbs hanging next to each other at different heights. The glass bulbs are suspended individually on a metal wire and are each illuminated by a cold light. The photograph highlights the many light reflections on the bulbs. In the two bulbs in the foreground, on the right we see a replica of a blue-bodied, large-eyed, black-winged damselfly or dragonfly. In the bulb on the left, the insect replica has amber-orange wings and a body shape that reminds of a moth. In a third, out-of-focus bulb, we recognize a butterfly replica.

Curiosity Cloud, 2015–2019
installation, specimen display, book.
Courtesy of mischer'traxler Studio.
NATURE.001

Butterfly Stick Pin Finial

Butterfly Stick Pin Finial
silver, opal, enamel.
Gift of Alice Stern.
1994-120-1

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

Poster, Tokyo Communication Arts

Poster, Tokyo Communication Arts
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Marion S. Rand.
2002-11-2

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

Dish (England)
silver.
Museum purchase from General Acquisition Endowment.
1985-64-1

This object was made by Holland, Aldwinkle & Slater.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.