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

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Each bowl a transluscent acqua blue hemispherical body, one smaller than the other, their surfaces showing the texture and irregularities of the stone production molds.

Pedro and Pablo Pair Of Bowls, 2012
mold blown glass.
Gift of Nouvel Studio.
2015-7-1-a,b

This object was made by Nouvel Studio.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 7 images of this object.

Flowers arranged in a large wreath. At the bottom a girl with a garland and a poodle carrying a basket. Metal motifs in the center. Large flowers show the influence of Chinese embroidery in Mexico.

Sampler (Mexico), 1840s
silk, metal, and metal-wrapped silk embroidery on cotton foundation.
Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer.
1981-28-337

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Design: Border on all four sides of fan-like shapes alternate with sprays of flowers. In the center a circle containing a figure holding a bow, wearing a sheath of arrows and carrying a spear. Embroidery losses in this area. Central circle is surrounded with a floral wreath. Floral sprays coming in diagonally from each corner. Isolated birds and floral sprigs on the field. Piece is surrounded with a woven fringe where the wefts have been braided into deep triangles. Colored silk has been tied to the crossings of the braids.

Bedcover (Mexico), 18th century
cotton foundation, wool, silk, metal-wrapped silk, sequins, glass beads and....
Bequest of Elinor Merrell.
1995-50-341

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Late Classic Saltillo serape with a brown field and a central aggregate diamond. Brown field has a repeating red dot pattern with a white wavy dot stripe on either side. Warp ends have multicolored stripes and short off-white fringe. Side borders are stacked, variegated rhombuses in red, purple, yellow-green, dark blue, and light blue.

Saltillo Serape (northern Mexico), ca. 1880
two-ply machine spun undyed cotton (warp); handspun undyed wool (brown and....
Gift of Paul and Elissa Cahn.
2014-14-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Oblong sampler of cream linen embroidered in colored silks in various detached motifs: angel, flowers, a shepherd with lamb, house, birds and other animals, and a floral border. On the left side is Mexico's coat of arms – a golden eagle devouring a rattlesnake while perched on a prickly pear cactus.

Sampler (Mexico), early 19th century
silk, linen.
1961-45-2

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 5 images of this object.

Sampler is divided into squares and rectangles, each with an embroidered motif. Scenes include: the seal of Mexico, a Pascal Lamb, a lion, a stag, several figures in European-style dress, and numerous floral patterns. A band of whitework extends across the bottom.

Sampler (Mexico), ca. 1830
silk and cotton embroidery, linen foundation.
Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe.
1941-69-199

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

White on white sampler with six floral borders of graded widths.

Sampler (Mexico), ca. 1830
cotton, linen.
Gift of Anonymous Donor from the Fraser/Martin Collection.
1974-100-27

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Narrow black and white belt with figures carrying guns, plants and geometric shapes; yellow and blue border.

Band (Mexico), 1919
cotton.
Bequest of Marian Hague.
1971-50-556

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Oblong sampler worked in browns, blues, greens, yellows, red, pink, and white silk on a white linen ground. At the left edge, a small panel of withdrawn element work. At the right end, vertical bands of whitework floral borders in satin and stem stitches. In the center, colored silk work in satin stitch of an urn of flowers, a bird with a garland in its beak, a monkey feeding a bird, and flower and vine borders.

Sampler (Mexico), early 19th century
silk and cotton embroidery, linen warp, cotton weft.
Gift of Myra and William H. Mathers.
2003-14-25

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Seventy-one squares and bands of pattern as well as a deer and an alphabet in withdrawn element work in white. The mouth and the eye of the deer are in colored silk.

Sampler (Mexico), 19th century
silk embroidery on linen foundation.
Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer.
1981-28-365

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Three columns of geometric and pattern bands in many colors, with spot motifs including birds.

Sampler (Mexico), 1836
silk embroidery on linen foundation.
Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer.
1981-28-386

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Two alphabets and borders of cross stitch on one side. Other side has flowers in beadwork.

Sampler (Mexico), 19th century
silk embroidery, glass beads, cotton foundation.
Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe.
1941-69-185

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Detached motifs: Holy monogram. Crucifixion, birds, hearts, flowers with Greek fret.

Sampler (Mexico), 19th century
silk embroidery, linen foundation.
Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe.
1941-69-133

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Ladle drawn in plan and elevation. Round bowl with a long rectangular handle which curves backwards to form a loop bound with three attached bands. Underdrawing in graphite of ladle in golden section.

Drawing, Design for a Punch Ladle, 1943
pen and black ink, graphite on cream tracing paper.
Gift of John Finguerra in memory of his brother Jim Finguerra.
1995-164-10

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Ladle drawn in plan and elevation. Round bowl attached to a long rectangular stem which continues through a cylindrical handle indicated in green ink decorated with two applied wavy bands. Underdrawing in graphite of ladle in golden section.

Drawing, Design for a Ladle, ca. 1920–40
pen and black, green ink, graphite on cream tracing paper.
Gift of John Finguerra in memory of his brother Jim Finguerra.
1995-164-9

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Japse rebozo in shades of tan and navy blue. Braided ends have warp fringe.

Rebozo (Mexico), late 18th–early 19th century
cotton, silk, metal-wrapped silk core threads.
1962-213-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Worked in brightly colored wools in blue, green, yellow, orange, red and violet on a linen ground. Four different cross stitch borders around a central panel of bargello and openwork motifs.

Sampler (Mexico), ca. 1880
wool embroidery on cotton foundation.
Gift of Myra and William H. Mathers.
2003-14-10

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Album of pressed flower pictures. Large quarto, title page and fifteen others of scenes and still-life arrangements composed of pressed flowers and leaves; backgrounds of scenes painted in watercolors. Scenes framed in embossed gold paper. Title on spine.

Ephemera, Album Pintoresco Herbario, ca. 1872
pressed flowers in purple leather binding studded with mother-of-pearl.
Gift of Hamill and Barker.
1960-128-3-4

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Vertical rectangle with horizontal bands of floral and geometric pattern embroidered in bright colors with withdrawn element work in white at top.

Sampler (Mexico), early 19th century
silk embroidery on linen foundation.
Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer.
1981-28-360

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Unfinished sampler with horizontal bands of animal patterns in running stitch imitating weaving in the lower left corner, a large floral motif in the lower right corner, a various geometric pattern bands, withdrawn element work, and spot motifs scattered over the ground. Embroidered in pale shades of brown, blue, green, yellow, and pink on a natural ground.

Sampler (Mexico), May 11, 1852
wool, silk.
Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer.
1981-28-380

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Sampler divided into twenty squares, nineteen with small geometric patterns and one with the inscription.

Sampler (Mexico), early 19th century
silk embroidery on linen foundation.
Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer.
1981-28-387

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Long horizontal sampler with vertical stripes of floral pattern, spot motifs, alphabet and numerals. Bound with yellow silk ribbon.

Sampler (Mexico), 1821
silk embroidery on linen foundation.
Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer.
1981-28-422

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Four panels of pattern with inscription in Spanish.

Sampler (Mexico), 18th century
silk embroidery on linen foundation.
Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe.
1941-69-122

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Two varied borders (including vine and chevron patterns) surrounding center of animal figures, foral motifs, and the words: "DE MANO DE DOLORES CORTES LO ACABO EL DIA 17 DE AGOSTO."

Translation: "From the hand of Dolores Cortes, finished on the 17th of August."

Sampler (Mexico), 19th century
silk embroidery on linen foundation.
Bequest of Marian Hague.
1971-50-170

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Lattice pattern with a cross in each diamond-shaped field. The lattice and crosses are white outlined with red, on a brown ground.

Band (probably Mexico), late 15th–mid-17th century
warps of spun cotton; wefts of spun rabbit hair and goose feathers with cotton.
Gift of John Pierpont Morgan.
1902-1-374-a

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Album of pressed flower pictures. Large quarto, title page and fifteen others of scenes and still-life arrangements composed of pressed flowers and leaves; backgrounds of scenes painted in watercolors. Scenes framed in embossed gold paper. Title on spine.

Ephemera, Album Pintoresco Herbario, ca. 1872
pressed flowers in purple leather binding studded with mother-of-pearl.
Gift of Hamill and Barker.
1960-128-3-5

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Rectangular white cotton length hemstitched and fringed on all fours sides. Narrow border design of tiny flowers in blue, pink and green beads. Two short ends have design of stylized blossoming vine in red, blue, yellow and green. Tiny flowers scattered over ground.

Doily (Mexico), early 19th century
cotton, glass beads.
Gift of A. Algara R. de Terreros.
1923-45-15

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Bands of withdrawn element work on an embroidered curving floral vine in the middle.

Sampler (Mexico), 19th century
silk embroidery on cotton foundation.
Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer.
1981-28-340

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Nine squares and three bands of withdrawn element work in white.

Sampler (Mexico), 19th century
cotton.
Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer.
1981-28-346

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Bands of pattern. Rebus (pictogram) at top and a double-headed eagle in Aztec stitch in the middle.

Sampler (Mexico), 19th century
silk embroidery on cotton foundation.
Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer.
1981-28-357

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Bands of pattern arranged in two columns. Section of needle lace on upper edge.

Sampler (Mexico), early 20th century
cotton and wool embroidery on cotton foundation.
Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer.
1981-28-363

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Alphabets, floral and geometric pattern bands, and spot motifs of animals embroidered in red with small touches of green and purple on a natural ground.

Sampler (Mexico), 1861–62
silk embroidery on cotton foundation.
Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer.
1981-28-372

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Geometric and floral patterns in cross borders; also birds, animals, alphabet and inscription: made by Benita Hernandes under the direction of Dona Eclita Ramirez. Hemstitched on four sides.

Sampler (Mexico), 19th century
cotton embroidery on linen foundation.
Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe.
1941-69-131

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Design of a bird on a flowering branch, worked in silk, with background and frame in metal.

Purse Cover (Mexico), 19th century
leather, metal, silk.
Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe.
1941-69-188

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Flat square bag with top opening. Black and white strap with plaited ending on either side of opening. Tassels on bottom. All-over design in solid wool of diamonds framing stylized rosettes in green, gray, purple on salmon ground.

Bag (Mexico), 19th century
wool, cotton.
1949-129-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 4 images of this object.