leather, stamped, painted, silvered | Media | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

We have 16 objects in this medium

A painted leather stamped and silvered sidewall wall covering. Large dark florals scrawl across the upper left with dark green leaves in the lower right, while a long curling deep green branch with thin golden leaves makes its way from the lower left to the upper right. In the lower left corner are two large dark red seed pods with white oval seeds. This rambling floral scene is set against a gold trellis-patterned background.

Sidewall, ca. 1720
leather, stamped, painted, silvered.
Gift of George Arnold Hearn.
1903-9-8

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

A T-shaped fragment of a stamped painted leather silvered wall covering. Two large tulips can be found in the center left whose bases are orange fading into red, beside them is a cluster of red and deep orange shells in the center right, which are surrounded by deep green leaves. In the top left of the T are a group of dark grey-brown shells with a deep green palm frond with golden edges which stretches across the width of the left T edge. In the top right of the T is a set of red seeds in a golden seed pod which is beside a cluster of deep green leaves. In the bottom right corner is a string of white pearls beside a branch of orange coral.

Sidewall, ca. 1750
leather, stamped, painted, silvered.
Gift of George Arnold Hearn.
1903-9-5

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

A silvered painted leather sidewall wallcovering. A large flower with small red petals and blue under leaves stretches from the mid left to the upper right ,with a long green stem, a pointed green leaf in the center, and a smaller bud in the upper left. The background is embossed gold stamped with triangles, with a rectangular frame containing reflections of the flower and leaf in the lower left and right corner.

Sidewall (Holland), ca. 1725
leather, stamped, painted, silvered.
Gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
1903-11-8

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

A fragment of a pale teal silvered, painted, leather sidewall wallcovering. Starting just right of the upper left corner a golden scroll with horizontal striped strapwork winds its way through the lower left corner and out towards the lower right corner with golden leaves along its edges. Inside the bend of the scoll is a golden lattice pattern with pastel pink and blue flowers inside the diamond segments. In the upper right corner is a fan-shaped trellis design containing white and pale pink bell flowers which drop below the bottom edges of the fan.

Sidewall, ca. 1710
leather, stamped, painted, silvered.
Gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
1903-11-7

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

A fragment of a dark brown silvered, painted, leather sidewall wallcovering lacking most of its finished surface with an imprinted pattern that is nearly impossible to discern amidst cracks and discoloration. In the upper right a blue flower and a red leaf are barely visible, with a suggestion of a larger golden flower beneath, while a string of berries curves its way to the center from the upper left. Large ovals on a curved stalk can be found in the lower left, possibly a bunch of grapes or other berries. The wallcovering is marked by its crackelature and discoloration.

Sidewall (Holland), ca. 1700
leather, stamped, painted, silvered.
Gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
1903-11-6

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

Sidewall (possibly Flanders)

Sidewall (possibly Flanders)
leather, stamped, painted, silvered.
Gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
1903-11-5

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

A silvered, painted, leather, rectangular, vertical sidewall wallcovering. A horizontally striped vertically bordered panel descends from the top left corner in a straight line to the bottom left where it forms a semi-circle to the right corner. The semi-circular section created by the panel is latticed with flowers inside each of the diamonds. A similar semi-circular panel stretches from the top right to reach the top of the left hand semi-circle and is also latticed with flowers, its edges scrolled. Large flowers, stalks, leaves and berries fill the gaps between the two panels.

Sidewall
leather, stamped, painted, silvered.
Gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
1903-11-4-a,b

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

A silvered, painted, leather, rectangular, vertical sidewall wallcovering which appears to be split horizontaly into three panels. The background is pale yellow and stamped with a dark green and red sheaf in the upper left corner and a golden arabesque curling from the upper right corner filled with tiny red and green foliage. In the lower left corner a large dark red flower faces the right growing from a cluster of blue and green leaves. The flower petals are filled with a row of tiny red and green flowers. Above the larger flower is an arabesque of curling red and green leaves. In the mid to upper right a cream, a pale blue and a dark red flower grow from a gold scroll and are surrounded by thin spiky dark green leaves.

Sidewall (Netherlands), ca. 1710
leather, stamped, painted, silvered.
Gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
1903-11-3

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

Sidewall
leather, stamped, painted, silvered.
Gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
1903-11-17

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

A silvered, painted leather sidewall wallcovering with a dark green background whose surface is aged revealing discoloration particularly on the right hand side and a crackled texture. Scrolling brown strapwork arches from the mid-to-lower left to the upper right corner and is repeated forming the edges of a triangle from the lower left corner to the lower right corner. In the upper left, upper right an lower left corner are suggestions of bright red flowers and dark foliage but the cracks in the surface make it difficult to discern their exact nature.

Sidewall, ca. 1680
leather, stamped, painted, silvered.
Gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
1903-11-16

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

Sidewall
leather, stamped, painted, silvered.
Gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
1903-11-15

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

A fragment of a stamped, silvered, painted leather sidewall wallcovering. On a pale green varnished background a large conical horn shape veers upward from the mid-to- lower right to the top left corner with a texture equivalent to tree bark. Directly beneath it is a long gold leaf with a string of red berries along the middle. In the upper right corner a large red lily is crowned by small white blossom at the base of the petals. Set against a dark teal background in the bottom right corner are red round fruits and dark green leaves.

Sidewall, ca. 1730
leather, stamped, painted, silvered.
Gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
1903-11-14

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

Sidewall
leather, stamped, painted, silvered.
Gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
1903-11-13

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

A silvered, painted leather sidewall wallcovering. On a pale green varnished background, arabesques of golden tulips, carnations and lilies intersect with one another through weaving dark red stems with green and red leaves creating a heart shape. Just below the v curve of the heart in the lower center is a small gold bird with wings outstretched its head turned towards center above a bouquet of flowers and foliage

Sidewall (Holland), ca. 1750
leather, stamped, painted, silvered.
Gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
1903-11-12

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

Frieze
leather, stamped, painted, silvered.
Gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
1903-11-11

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

Sidewall (possibly Flanders)

Sidewall (possibly Flanders)
leather, stamped, painted, silvered.
Gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
1903-11-10

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.