Collection Highlights: Insects!
Creepy crawly critters are a popular design motif, hiding in plain sight throughout the Cooper Hewitt collection.
- Poster, The Flea at The Natural History Museum
- offset lithograph on paper, lined.
- Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
- 1963-39-39
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Study for The Metamorphosis
- black crayon on white paper.
- Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
- 1963-39-757
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Design for Wallpaper and Textiles: Flowers and Butterflies, 19th...
- brush and gouache, graphite on blue paper.
- Gift of Harvey Smith.
- 1968-107-22
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Designs for Wallpaper and Textiles: Insects
- brush and gouache, graphite on cream paper.
- Gift of Harvey Smith.
- 1968-107-28
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Batik Process Samples (Indonesia), mid- 20th century
- cotton.
- 1974-9-8-a/n
- Katagami, Dragonflies
- mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin....
- Gift of Helen Snyder.
- 1976-103-11
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 4 images and 1 video of this object.
- Drawing, Textile Design: Bees in White on Brown
- brown wash, corrections in white gouache support: white wove paper.
- Gift of Miss Julia Black.
- 1977-37-4
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Dragonfly Lamp Lamp
- stained glass, lead, brass, gilt bronze.
- Gift of Mrs. Margaret Carnegie Miller.
- 1977-111-1-a/c
- This object was made by Tiffany and Co..
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Matchsafe with Chrysanthemums and Butterfly Matchsafe
- brass, silver, copper.
- Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener.
- 1978-146-1014
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Matchsafe with Serpent and Beetle Matchsafe
- silver.
- Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener.
- 1978-146-1340
- THIS OBJECT IS NOT PUBLIC
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- 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.
- Embroidered Picture (England)
- silk and metal embroidery on silk foundation.
- Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer.
- 1981-28-125
- Embroidered Picture (England), 17th century
- silk embroidery on linen foundation, peacock feathers.
- Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer.
- 1981-28-126
- Poster, Artists Interpret the Butterfly
- lithograph on paper.
- Gift of Various Donors.
- 1981-29-381
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Dish Towel (USA)
- linen.
- Gift of Daren Pierce.
- 1982-79-11
- This object is part of the Textiles collection.
- Jar Jar
- earthenware.
- Gift of Marcia and William Goodman.
- 1984-84-12
- This object was made by Rookwood Pottery.
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 9 images of this object.
- Vase Vase
- bronze electroplated semi-porcelain, glass.
- Gift of Marcia and William Goodman.
- 1984-84-31
- This object was made by Tiffany and Co..
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 4 images of this object.
- Napkin, Butterfly: Design no. 505
- linen. quality no. 810 (finest the company produced).
- Museum purchase from Alice Baldwin Beer Memorial Fund.
- 1985-65-2
- This object was made by E.F.J. Van Dissel and Son.
- This object is part of the Textiles collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Dish in Shape of a Silver Sauceboat Stand (One of a Pair) Dish, 1750–1752
- soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel.
- Gift of Michele Beiny, in memory of her grandfather Hanns M. Weinberg.
- 1985-120-3
- This object was made by Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory.
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 7 images of this object.
- Clock (France), ca. 1870
- gilt bronze.
- Museum purchase through bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1986-30-1
- This object was made by Alphonse Giroux & Cie.
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Candelabrum (France), ca. 1870
- gilt bronze.
- Museum purchase through bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1986-30-2
- This object was made by Alphonse Giroux & Cie.
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Tray (Netherlands), 1757–1765
- tin-glazed earthenware.
- Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren.
- 1986-61-52
- This object was made by Jan Teunis Dextra and Grieksche A [de] (the Greek A Factory).
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 6 images of this object.
- Tray (England), ca. 1876
- glazed earthenware.
- Gift of Dr. Marilyn G. Karmason.
- 1986-109-12
- This object was made by George Jones & Sons, Ltd..
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Print, Title page, "Insectes d'Europe, Pients d'apres nature," by J.J. Ernst,...
- hand-colored engraving.
- 1987-90-17
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Service Rousseau Footed Bowl
- enameled earthenware.
- Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund.
- 1990-41-2
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Textile, Beastiola Stripe
- Warp x Weft: 314 x 143 cm (10 ft. 3 5/8 in. x 56 5/16 in.) Repeat H: 79 cm....
- Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
- 1990-164-2
- Textile, Gargoyle
- cotton.
- Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
- 1991-121-1
- Logo, Fly Records
- offset lithorgraphy.
- Gift of Tibor Kalman/ M & Co..
- 1993-151-277
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Design for Textile Border Thorny Branch and Insects
- gouache on paper, mounted on wood pulp board.
- Bequest of Elinor Merrell.
- 1995-50-391
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Vase (France), late 19th–early 20th century
- glass.
- Gift of the Estate of Max Kobre.
- 1996-45-15
- This object was made by Gallé.
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Dessert Fork with Bee Fork
- gold plated, silver.
- Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program,....
- 1996-56-2
- This object was made by Charles Victor Gibert.
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 6 images of this object.
- Dessert Fork with Cricket Handle Fork
- silver.
- Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program,....
- 1996-56-8
- This object was made by Charles Victor Gibert.
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 4 images of this object.
- Dessert Fork with Grasshopper on Handle Fork
- gold plated, silver.
- Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program,....
- 1996-56-12
- This object was made by Charles Victor Gibert.
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 5 images of this object.
- Dessert Spoon with Rolled Leaf Handle Spoon
- silver.
- Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program,....
- 1996-56-21
- This object was made by Charles Victor Gibert.
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 4 images of this object.
- Demitasse Spoon with Dragonfly Spoon
- silver.
- Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program,....
- 1996-56-31
- This object was made by Charles Victor Gibert.
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 4 images of this object.
