Collection Highlights: Insects!
Creepy crawly critters are a popular design motif, hiding in plain sight throughout the Cooper Hewitt collection.
- Demitasse Spoon with Two Ants Feeding on a Dead Bee Spoon
- gold plated, silver.
- Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program,....
- 1996-56-33
- 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.
- Pair of Cake Tongs With Caterpillar Tongs
- silver.
- Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program,....
- 1996-56-39-a,b
- 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.
- Berry Server with Leaf-form Bowl, Red Enameled Strawberries and Dragonfly Server
- silver, enamel.
- Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program,....
- 1996-56-42
- This object was made by Charles Victor Gibert.
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Poster, Everglades National Park
- offset lithograph on white wove paper.
- Gift of Ken Friedman.
- 1997-19-243
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Platter (France)
- glazed earthenware.
- Gift of Christine Viennet.
- 1998-46-1
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 4 images of this object.
- Katagami, Two Butterflies
- mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin....
- Gift of Max A. Polster.
- 2000-45-1
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Embroidered Picture
- silk, metal.
- Gift of Myra and William H. Mathers.
- 2003-14-38
- Poster, Herman Miller Summer Picnic, 1985
- screenprint with lacquer finish on wove paper.
- Gift of Sara and Marc Benda.
- 2010-21-85
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Amethyst Engraved Tumbler (USA)
- mouth-blown crystal, engraved.
- Gift of Ted Muehling.
- 2010-37-1
- This object was made by J. & L. Lobmeyr.
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- Poster, Levi's 501, The Button Fly
- offset lithograph with rainbow foil stamping on coated wove paper.
- Gift of Stefan Sagmeister.
- 2011-34-2
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
This object has not been digitized yet.
- Araiso U Brooch, 2007
- raised white gold, gold beads, egg shell lacquer on mother-of-pearl support....
- Gift of Van Cleef and Arpels.
- 2011-42-1
- THIS OBJECT IS NOT PUBLIC
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- Butterfly Stool
- molded teak plywood, brass.
- The Linda and Irwin R. Berman Stool Collection.
- 2013-50-24
- This object was made by Tendo Mokko Co., Ltd..
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- J.B. Schmetterling (Butterfly) Hanging Lamp
- glass, plastic, brass, halogen light source.
- Gift of Ingo Maurer GmbH and Graham Owen.
- 2014-7-1-a/c
- This object was made by Ingo Maurer GmbH.
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- RoboBee Robot Robot
- piezoelectric ceramic, carbon fiber, alumina ceramic; polyester film,....
- Gift of Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
- 2015-23-1
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 5 images and 1 video of this object.
- Vase with Bees and Flowers Vase
- silver, gold, amber, garnet, blue paua abalone shell.
- Gift of Michael Izrael Galmer.
- 2015-38-1
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- Drawing, Concept Sketch for “I Ricchi Poveri - Silver Bzzzz" Table Lamp
- pen and ink on white paper napkin.
- Gift of Ingo Maurer.
- 2015-51-1
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- 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.
- Necklace Necklace
- 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.
- Sidewall, Entomology
- machine printed with engraved rollers.
- Gift of Other Criteria.
- 2017-60-1
- This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
- Sidewall, Butterfly
- machine printed with engraved rollers.
- Gift of Other Criteria.
- 2017-60-7
- This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
- Platter Platter
- tin-glazed earthenware.
- Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw.
- 2018-33-2
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- Textile, Bugs in Booby Trap
- cotton.
- Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
- 2019-23-4
- This object was made by Ruth Adler Schnee.
- This object is part of the Textiles collection.
This object has not been digitized yet.
- Textile, Les Insectes, 1909
- silk.
- Museum purchase from Friends of Textiles Fund.
- 2019-24-1
- This object was made by Tassinari & Chatel.
- This object is part of the Textiles collection.
- Poster, Eye Bee M (IBM)
- offset lithograph on paper.
- Gift from the George R. Kravis II Collection.
- 2019-29-30
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
