Ecuador | Objects | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Shawl patterned in an ikat design of a bird motif arranged in rows offset in alternating rows. The undyed warps at each end are knotted to produce an open fabric with a pattern of flowering plants in a pot with a bird perched on top, single birds and flowers – about 17 inches. Ivory cotton fringe about 5 inches long attached to the knotted sections at each end.

Shawl (Ecuador), 20th century
cotton (?).
Gift of Clara Waldeck.
1969-170-22

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

Horizontal view of volcano Cotopaxi shown from behind a ridge.

Drawing, View of Cotapaxi from the Hacienda San Antonio, Ecuador, August 30,...
graphite, brush and white gouache on greenish paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-94

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Horizontal sheet containing two tree forms at left followed by a tree trunk in the bottom center and two plants, one with enormous leaves, at the right.

Drawing, Study of Two Trees and Three Plants, near Jorje, Ecuador, July 23, 1857
graphite on light brown paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-857

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Vertical view of a large group of detailed plant studies with a seated man dressed in native Ecuadorian clothing at lower right.

Drawing, A Detailed Study of a Seated Man and a Group of Plants, Ecuador,...
graphite, brush and white gouache on cream-colored paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-841

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Vertical view of a tree with many separated trunks, most of which are dry

Drawing, Tree with Many Separated Trunks near Jorje, Ecuador, June 1857
graphite on greyish paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-830-a

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Horizontal view of a mountain peak rising in the background over three successive ranges with a house and trees indicated in the left foreground.

Drawing, Mountain Peak, Possibly Chimborazo, Rising over Three Successive...
graphite on cream-colored paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-827

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Drawing, Studies of Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador

Drawing, Studies of Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador
brush and oil paint, graphite, on thin paper laminate.
1917-4-825

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Snow-covered peak rises above range at left, enshrouded by gray mist. Moon appears at right through dark clouds. Ochre-colored foreground contains foothills and schematic graphic notations of landscape.

Drawing, Mount Chimborazo Seen through Rising Mist and Clouds, 1857
brush and oil paint, traces of graphite on thin paperboard.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-824

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A part of a church stands at left upon an elevation. A gate is shown beneath it. A man in a red coat approaches the gate. View across the valley to snow covered peaks rising over the clouds. Study.

Painting, Cathedral, Chillo, Ecuador, June 24, 1857
brush and oil paint on cardboard.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-789

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A part of a lake is shown in front of mountains into which "trees" and "rock" are inscribed.

Drawing, Lake, Mojanda Desert, Ecuador, August 29, 1853
graphite on cream wove paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-772-b

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"Cayambe" rising behind a ridge shown from Gugambu near Quito.

Drawing, Mount Cayambe, Ecuador, August 29, 1853
graphite on cream wove paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-772-a

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Wide horizontal view of a mountain range with a snowcapped peak in the left background and a frozen pond [?] in the foreground.

Drawing, Mountain Landscape Near Guanojo and Guaranda, Ecuador, June 10, 1857
graphite, brush and white gouache on cream-colored paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-737-b

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Horizontal distant view of a valley with a stream and houses between the foothills is shown in the right middle plane.

Drawing, Landscape near Guaranda, Ecuador, June 4, 1857
graphite, brush and traces of white gouache on cream-colored paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-719-b

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Horizontal view of high mountains in the distance across foothills. A hill is shown in the foreground with a road and a woman walking. Cactus plants are visible at left.

Drawing, Landscape Near Guaranda, Ecuador, June 4, 1857
graphite, brush and white gouache on greenish paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-719-a

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Horizontal view of hills and mountain ranges across a valley

Drawing, View of Hills and Mountain Ranges across a Valley near San Miguel de...
graphite on cream-colored paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-706-b

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Horizontal view of snow covered mountain, rising from the left center, whose upper part is hidden by a cloud. Another snow covered peak rises at right in the back. House is shown in the right foreground.

Drawing, Mount Chimborazo Shown From Riobamba, Ecuador, 1857
brush and oil on thin board.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-704

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Horizontal view of the mountain with the sky and some parts of the peak in a more finished state, while the remainder is only sketched in on a creamy ground color.

Drawing, Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador, July 1857
brush and oil, graphite on brown paper ?.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-703

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Oil sketch of erupting volcano (view in South America).

Drawing, Distant View of the Sangay Volcano, Ecuador, 1857
brush and oil paint, graphite on thin board.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-402

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Horizontal view across ridges in the foreground and middleground with volcano, visible in the central background, giving off clouds of smoke in already cloudy sky. Framing lines surround the image.

Drawing, Distant View of Sangay Volcano Erupting, Ecuador, 1857–62
graphite on white paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-401-b

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Horizontal view across ridges in the foreground and middleground with volcano, visible in the central background, giving off clouds of smoke in already cloudy sky. Framing lines surround the image.

Drawing, Sangay Volcano Erupting, Ecuador, 1857–62
graphite, brush and white gouache on green paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-401-a

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Horizontal view of a sky filled with clouds and indications of rain falling over mountain ridges.

Drawing, Rain Falling from a Cloudy Sky over Mountain Ridges, Hacienda...
graphite on cream-colored paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-280

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Horizontal view of a hilly landscape covered by trees and plants with a stream flowing past a laden donkey at lower right, and shown in a vertical direction at right side a hilly landscpe with trees and water plants.

Drawing, Saberreta, Ecuador, July 23, 1857
graphite on gray paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-266

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Horizontal view of the two peaks, norte and sur, of Mount Iliniza at top; a grass study at central far right; and a roof corner at lower right.

Drawing, Mount Iliniza, Ecuador, July 3, 1857
recto: graphite, brush and white gouache on green paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-259

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Horizontal view with the peak rising from the ridges in the left corner. Another peak at right is covered by clouds, many of which are in the sky.

Drawing, Drawing. Sketch. The Chimborazo shown from Riobamba, Ecuador, July...
graphite on tan wove paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-258

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Drawing, Mount Chimborazo from the House of Senior Pablo Bustamante, Riobamba, Ecuador

Drawing, Mount Chimborazo from the House of Senior Pablo Bustamante,...
graphite, brush and white gouache on buff wove paper.
1917-4-256

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Horizontal view into a narrow mountain valley with a cascading stream running from the background to the foreground at the center of the sheet.

Drawing, Narrow Mountain Valley with Cascading Stream Near Ysapan, Ecuador,...
graphite, brush and white gouache on brown paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-252

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Horizontal view with trees and bushes filling the foreground while a large waterfall gushes at right, a second narrower falls cascades into forest growth at left, and forested mountains fill the distance.

Drawing, Waterfalls Near The Hacienda, Chillo, Ecuador, June 26, 1857
graphite, brush and white gouache on tan paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-247

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Horizontal view of the mountain range with the peak rising in the background over low ranges and a valley filled with foliage covered gulley and ravines.

Drawing, View of Mount Pichincha from Chillo, Ecuador, June 26, 1857
graphite on buff paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-246

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Horizontal view of a mountain range, bordered by the banks of a valley with clouds.

Drawing, Mountain Landscape near Jorje, Ecuador, July 23, 1857
graphite on cream-colored paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-244

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Horizontal view of high valleys leading toward snow covered ridges in the background below clouds at the right.

Drawing, Valleys and Snow Covered Ridges, Riobamba, Ecuador, July 13, 1857
graphite, touched with brush and white gouache on greenish paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-243

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Horizontal view of Artisana peaks and a lower mountain rising above the clouds and low ridges on the upper portion of the sheet with a cloudy sky over ridges separated by a line on the lower portion.

Drawing, Views of Artisana Volcano from or near Quito, and a Cloudy Sky over...
graphite, brush and white gouache on cream-colored paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-242

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Horizontal view of mountain ranges and rugged peaks across upper portion of sheet.

Drawing, Mountain Ranges with Rugged Peaks, near Machachi, Ecuador, June 19,...
graphite on cream-colored paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-241

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Horizontal view of a valley, with a deeply cut stream bed stretching toward a mountainous background, containing a house in the left middleground and a village or town in the right rear middleground.

Drawing, Drawing. Sketches. Landscape, "Near Tacunga", Ecuador, June 17, 1857
graphite on brown paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-240

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Horizontal view of a valley with a winding stream cutting into a plateau with mountains in the background.

Drawing, Valley with a Winding Stream Cutting through a Mountain Plateau near...
graphite, brush and trace of white gouache on green-gray papr.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-239

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Horizontal view with mountain ridges at right, ranges in the right distance, and probably Mt. Chimborazo framed by clouds in the background

Drawing, Mountains Near Mocho, Ecuador, Probably Showing Mt. Chimoborazo...
graphite, brush and oxidized white gouache on brown paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-238

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