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Table (USA)
chrome-plated metal, vitrolite.
Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund and through....
1993-48-1-a,b

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

Toothpick (Austria)

Fork (Austria), 19th century
steel, ibex horn, horn.
The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg.
1985-103-276-c

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

Vase Vase
mold-blown favrile glass.
Bequest of Joseph L. Morris.
1966-55-29

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

Vase (USA)
earthenware, oxblood.
Gift of Marcia and William Goodman.
1984-84-37

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

This glazed and lustered earthenware vase is decorated with curving iris flowers. It has a short, flared neck, rounded shoulders and a tall, tapering body, with no foot. The bottom is about as wide as the rim, creating a sense of balance. The vase is densely decorated with iridescent iris flowers and foliage, in shades of blue-violet, soft spring green, and bluish seafoam green. The frilled blossoms curve around the neck and shoulders of the vase, tucked among the tall blade-shaped leaves. The background is a lustrous, rosy copper color. The inside edge of the rim appears to be decorated with a blue-green design on a copper-colored background.

Vase (USA)
glazed and lustered earthenware.
Gift of Marcia and William Goodman.
1984-84-25

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

A rectangular, cream, lacquered wood vanity stand, with a black rectangular top, and four, long, cylindrical legs. The legs taper inwards with three, rectangular grooves. In the middle of the stand is a rectangular shape made up of four vertical, rectangular grooves, above which is a metal ring attached to the black top. A piece of curled, gold wire can be seen hanging from the back edge of the stand.

Object ID #18654641
carved and joined wood, lacquered wood, cast metal.
Gift of Karen Davidov and Henry Myerberg .
1997-117-1

This object was made by C.F. Church Co..
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 6 images of this object.

Yellow-green glass vase in the form of a flared jack-in-the-pulpit plant. The vase is shaped like a champagne flute, flaring into a wide brim at the top. The brim is roughly oval-shaped, pointed at back and front, pulled up at the back and flowing down at the front. The brim is bright yellow-green, fading to transparent green in the body and stem of the vase.

Vase (England)
glass.
Gift of Paul F. Walter.
2009-38-1

This object was made by James Powell & Sons.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Fruit Bowl Bowl

Fruit Bowl Bowl
silver.
Gift of Ely Jacques Kahn.
1962-227-1

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

Armchair (France)

Armchair (France)
parcel-gilt mahogany; yellow silk/cotton (present upholstery).
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1920-15-402

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 7 images of this object.

Chair (USA)
mahogany, caning.
Bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
1927-20-4

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Tools (Zeug) Fork

Tools (Zeug) Flatware, designed 1994; produced ca. 1997
stainless steel.
Museum purchase from Walter R. Scholz Memorial Fund.
1998-12-1/4

This object was made by Mono-Metallwarenfabrik Seibel GmbH.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Ericsson DBH 1001 Telephone

Ericsson DBH 1001 Telephone
molded bakelite; sheet metal, woven textile (cord).
Gift of the Kunstindustrimuseet i Oslo.
1992-118-1

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

Model 302 Telephone

Model 302 Telephone
cast and enamel-coated metal, steel, printed paper, rubber-sheathed cord.
Museum purchase from the Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund.
1994-73-2

This object was made by Western Electric Manufacturing Company.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 5 images of this object.

Ambassador Vase

Ambassador Vase
mouth-blown crystal ("muslin glass").
Museum purchase through gift of Georgiana L. McClellan.
1958-98-9

This object was made by Karlsbader Kristallglasfabriken A.G. and J. & L. Lobmeyr.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Decorative bulb-shaped wine decanter with a round stopper. Its medium is blown crystal, faceted and relief, prismatically cut and polished. It has a round spout with a ripple on its neck. As it widens to its bulbous form, the prismatic cuts become vertical. Halfway through, it sharply widens, creating a thin slanting rim on the sides.

No. 2 Wine Decanter With Stopper
mouth-blown crystal, faceted and relief-prismatic-cut and polished.
Museum purchase through gift of Dale and Doug Anderson, Anonymous Donor,....
2009-18-3-a,b

This object was made by J. & L. Lobmeyr GmbH.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Champagne Tumbler

Champagne Tumbler
glass.
Gift of J. and L. Lobmeyr.
2011-38-4

This object was made by J. & L. Lobmeyr GmbH.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Otto Beaker
football cut and semi-polished, mouth-blown glass.
Museum purchase through gift of Dale and Doug Anderson, Anonymous Donor,....
2009-18-150

This object was made by J. & L. Lobmeyr GmbH.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

A large trumpet shaped fluted vase with an undulating wine-red rim. It tapers to a clear yellow-amber-ochre colored body. The circular foot base connects to the stem with a bejeweled colored pattern of purple, deep red and gold.

Vase (USA), 1883–88
blown amberina glass.
Gift of Paul F. Walter.
2010-6-3

This object was made by New England Glass Company.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

Vase (USA)
glass.
Gift of the Estate of Max Kobre.
1996-45-24

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

Vase
blown and cut glass.
Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren.
1986-61-236

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

Shoehorn in a typical tapered cylindrical shape, upcurved at both ends. It is light-yellow brown adorned with engraved and black stained decoration. At top a fleur-de-lys over a band of guilloche, a pattern of intersecting spirals bound by black horizontal lines filled with a row of small diamonds on either side. This diamond pattern repeats in between each patterned section and engraved dots create shadow within each design. Below a series of three curved lines above a stylized flower-foliage cluster formed from a central narrow triangle surrounded by seven black striped leaves. A repeating arched pattern above three ovals with pinched edges complete the decoration. All are surrounded by a rope pattern and the inscription 'Robert Mindum made this shooing...(worn at top) s Gamlet Anno domini 1604'. A hole is pierced at narrow end.

Shoe Horn (England), 1604
heat- and steam-shaped horn, with engraved and black-stained decoration.
Gift of Barbara Munves.
2011-31-1

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

Persian pattern Spoons

Persian pattern Spoons
silver.
Gift of Anonymous Donor.
1957-100-2-a/l

This object was made by Tiffany and Co..
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 13 images of this object.

A clear glass tumbler of a cylindrical form flaring outwards slightly at the lip, with a thicker base. A band of hand-engraved cross-hatching can be seen near the bottom of the tumbler.

Object ID #18771363
hand-engraved mold-blown glass.
Gift of J. & L. Lobmeyr.
2011-38-1

This object was made by J. & L. Lobmeyr GmbH.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Decanter Decanter

Decanter Decanter
glass.
Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren.
1986-61-223-a,b

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

Cachet Perfume Bottle

Cachet Perfume Bottle
mold-blown glass with applied metalic cord; gold foil on paper (label);....
Gift of Monique Fink in memory of Peter Fink.
1991-61-3-a/e

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

Telephone Dialer (USA)

Telephone Dialer (USA)
silver.
Gift of Henrie Jo Barth.
2012-10-1

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

"American Modern" Place Setting

"American Modern" Place Setting
stainless steel.
Gift of Russel Wright.
1976-15-4-a/e

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Klismos Chair
walnut, leather.
Gift of Saridis S.A. Furniture Manufacturers.
1971-18-1

This object was made by Saridis S.A. Furniture Manufactures.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 5 images of this object.

Vase (USA)
silver.
Gift of Denis Gallion and Daniel Morris.
1994-118-20

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

Vase (USA)
earthenware.
Gift of Marcia and William Goodman.
1984-84-30

This object was made by American Terracotta and Ceramic Company and The Gates Potteries.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Pepper Mill (USA)

Pepper Mill (USA)
silver, ivory, metal.
Gift of Mrs. Max Farrand.
1953-143-47

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

Handles (USA)
aluminum.
Gift of E. Paul Charak.
1987-1-1-a/d

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 6 images of this object.

Awls (USA)
carved ivory.
National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, 3/6271.
17.2012.5

Shoe Horn (Denmark)

Shoe Horn (Denmark)
stainless steel.
Gift of Mel Byars.
1991-59-39

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

Sinus Bowl
glazed molded porcelain.
Gift of Lino Sabattini.
1987-38-1

This object was made by Rosenthal Glas und Porzellan Aktiengesellschaft.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.