Search results for "*" | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Search Results

Box shows figures mounting into a carriage. Cover shows buildings in a wreath of flowers. Inside of box decorated with spatter of blue and white on pale blue field. Printed in pink, olive and brown on yellow ground.

Object ID #18186943
block-printed paper on pasteboard support.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1916-19-1-a,b

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

Scene depicts firemen pulling Engine No. 13 toward a burning house. Yellow ground color, block printed in pink and white distemper colors and in olive green/brown with glossy finish. This design continues three times around the circumference of the box. Border paper around lid: on green ground, branching stem block-printed in white and pink.

Bandbox And Lid, Engine Company No. 13, 1831–44
block printed on handmade paper, pasteboard support.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1917-36-7-a,b

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

Blue field, with trees; and horse and rider on sides, and dog and rider on cover.

Bandbox (USA), ca. 1830
block-printed paper on pasteboard support.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1918-19-10-a,b

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

Pattern includes a scene along the Erie or "Grand Canal" between Albany and Buffalo, New York, begun in 1817. The scene is apparently based on a "View of the Aqueduct Bridge at Little Falls" included in Cadwallader D. Golden's "Memoir Prepared for the Celebration of the Completion of the New York Canals", New York, 1825. Medallion pattern on lid; guilloche border around lid. "GRAND CANAL" printed in the design. Blue ground color, block-printed in pink and white distemper, and in green brown and yellow with glossy finish.

Bandbox And Lid, Grand Canal, ca. 1830
block printed on handmade paper, pasteboard support.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1918-19-12-a,b

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

Yellow field, with ground design of foliage scrolls in white; medallion scene, repeated, of two figures in a boat, with trees.

Bandbox (USA), 1831–44
block-printed on paper, pasteboard support.
Gift of Mrs. James O. Green.
1913-12-5-a,b

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

Blue field. Medallion scene of a woman on horse talking with a man on foot, within a framework of twisted foliage. Pink, green and white field.

Bandbox (USA), ca. 1840
block-printed on handmade paper, cardboard support.
Gift of Mrs. James O. Green.
1913-12-8-a,b

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

Railway carriage; coach drawn by horses; background of tavern or inn. Red and green on yellow field. Cover: a medallion in same coloring of grape leaves and lace effect in border.

Bandbox And Lid (USA), ca. 1830
block-printed on handmade paper, pasteboard support.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1913-17-15-a,b

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

Hunting scene with men, horses and dogs, on bottom sides. On lid, terrace overlooking a river, on which is a steamboat. The lid is the Port of Buffalo. Printed in dark green, yellow and white on dark blue field.

Bandbox And Lid, Port of Buffalo on Lake Erie, ca. 1830
block-printed on handmade paper, pasteboard support.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1913-17-21-a,b

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

Landscape with trees, houses and figure of a man. Next to the house a rock outcropping contains a waterfall. Dark green, red and pink on green field. Cover with unidentified chapel and buildings.

Bandbox (USA), 1830–45
block printed on handmade paper, pasteboard support.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1913-17-24-a,b

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

A woman wearing Grecian attire, possibly Nemesis, is racing in a chariot drawn by two griffons. The griffons have the upper body of an eagle and the lower body of a lion. An urn or ewer containing a single flower stem rests on its side beneath the beasts’ feet. Trees frame this vignette. Printed in pink, red and two shades of green on a blue ground.

Bandbox (USA), ca. 1835
block-printed on handmade paper, pasteboard support.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1913-17-8-a,b

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

Bandbox scene depicts eagle bearing in his beak a banderole advertising the manufacturer. Printed on banderole shown in pattern: "PUTNAM AND ROFF. PAPER/ HANGING &/ BAND/ BOX/ MANUFACR/ HARTFORD/ CON". Light blue ground block printed in orange, white, gray, and light brown distemper colors, and in green, brown, black and yellow with glossy finish. Rim covered in border paper with blue ground, block-printed in white, pink, brown and green.

Bandbox And Lid, Putnam and Roff, 1821–24
block printed paper on pasteboard support.
Gift of Mrs. Frederick F. Thompson.
1913-45-10-a,b

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

Blue field. Pink brick building: unidentified chapel and buildings. Cover: circular temple in a garden scene with boy fishing in a pool. At opposite end of garden scene is a band of roses, all on a blue field.

Object ID #18180111
block-printed paper on pasteboard support.
Gift of Mrs. Frederick F. Thompson.
1913-45-6-a,b

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

Sides and top both covered with paper showing landscape with river, mansion, bridge and palm trees. A sidewheeler is shown in the water directly in front of the building. Blue field, with red, green and white.

Object ID #18180123
block printed paper on pasteboard support.
Gift of Mrs. Frederick F. Thompson.
1913-45-8-a,b

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

In the shape of a top hat; covered with striped paper in white, gray and red, with portions of foliage stripes.

Bandbox (USA), 1840s
machine-printed paper, pasteboard support.
Gift of Alexander Wilson Drake.
1913-9-4-a,b

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

Workbox, square in plan, with shaped sides and hinged inset cover. Covered with large-scale wallpaper, pink, green and white on blue field, with birds, lace and flowers.

Box And Lid (USA), ca. 1835
block-printed on paper, pasteboard support.
Giift of Alexander Wilson Drake.
1913-9-6

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

On light blue ground, slightly deeper blue bandings, vertical, with green pattern of: vertical lines, scrolls and leafy patterns. Over the vertical blue bandings, green pattern with leaves between paired bordering lines giving ribbon-like effect, interrupted by assymetrical lambrequin-like shape of scrolls and flowers with diagonal linear fill and pin-work. Paper covers sized coton reinforcement which is visible at worn edges.

Bandbox (USA), 1860–70
machine-printed paper, pasteboard support, sized cotton.
1966-77-1-a,b

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

a) Oval box covered on one side with wallpaper printed in blue with orange outlines, in a bisymmetrical design; on back, a woman's hat printed in black, with legend: Wm Campbell's New York Patent Mould Band Box Manufactory, No. 297 Pearl Street, N.Y.; b) Cover, with matching wallpaper on top, and vari-colored paper on edge.

Bandbox (USA), ca. 1830
block-printed paper, lithograph, pasteboard support.
Museum purchase through gift of Edith Labouisse Eno.
1961-144-2-a,b

This object was made by William Campbell.
This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 6 images of this object.

Box covered with wallpaper: Green, white and yellow foliage on gray. Lined with newspaper, "Daily Patriot" of Concord, NH, dated January 1855.

Box (France), 1825–35
block printed paper on wood.
Gift of Jones and Erwin, Inc..
1970-26-26

This object was made by Zuber & Cie.
This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

Box covered with an irise or rainbow paper. A textile design motif of acanthus leaves enclosing a formal floral bouquet. Foliage framework shades from yellow to orange, bouquet of gray flowers over which a second stencil of fine diagonal lines in white has been used. Background is a bright blue-green. Cover is of same.

Bandbox (USA), 1820–35
block-printed paper on pasteboard support.
1941-64-2-a,b

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

Front design is composed of border of roses, rose-red with off-white high- lights. Bottom of design represents garden from which roses grow. The fieldis blue. Center design- Field is in distemper paints. Dark green in design on reverse side is same as sides of 1913-12-7 and half of cover 1913-45-6. Scene depicts a circular pavillion in partial ruins with broken columns beside it. A boy is fishing in a nearby pool. The setting is a park. The rose design is same as half of cover 1913-45-6.

Bandbox (USA), 1810–30
block-printed paper, pasteboard, distemper, oil pigments.
1945-51-1

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

A Chinoiserie design inspired probably from an 18th century one. An Asian figure is seated on a leaf of a floral branch. He is in Oriental costume and is playing a flute. The flowers in proportion are of colossal size. On a slender stem. The colors are peach, yellow and old ivory. Stem - a narrow floral band encircles bottom of box.

Bandbox (USA), 1800–1825
block-printed on paper, pasteboard support.
1945-51-2

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

Illustration of man's top hat, printed in black on green on box lid and one side of box. The other box side contains a manufacturer's label.

Bandbox (USA), ca. 1850
block-printed paper on pasteboard support.
1916-24-1-a,b

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

Blue field printed in pink, white and green. Varying figures set apart by trees; child riding a goat, girl standing alone; and doves at an altar.

Bandbox And Lid (USA), ca. 1830
block printed paper on pasteboard support.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1917-36-4-a,b

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

Side decorated with ducks on water, with trees and buildings on shore. Top decorated with house and mill, printed on green ground.

Bandbox (USA), ca. 1830
block-printed on paper, pasteboard support.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1918-19-11-a,b

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

Bandbox And Lid (USA), ca. 1830

Bandbox And Lid (USA), ca. 1830
block-printed paper on pasteboard support.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1918-19-9-a,b

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

Blue field, with printing in brown, green, pink and white. Tempietto with setting of trees and one figure. Cover has castle on top of a mountain rising from a lake.

Bandbox (USA), ca. 1830
block-printed on handmade paper, pasteboard support.
Gift of Mrs. James O. Green.
1913-12-7-a,b

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

Box has yellow field with brown, blue and green printing representing a canal in a landscape. Top does not belong with box. Printed in browns, with a tempietto.

Bandbox And Lid, Grand Canal, ca. 1840
block-printed paper on pasteboard support.
Gift of Mrs. James O. Green.
1913-12-9-a,b

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

Paper with repeating scenes of Gallipoli and Istanbul, showing shipping, soldiers and architecture. The ships each fly their nation's flag, including France. Printed in gray and brown, with bright blues and reds in the figures in each scene.

Bandbox And Lid, Gallipoli, 1825–35
block-printed on handmade paper, pasteboard support.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1913-17-13-a,b

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

Box bottom has fanciful scene of rhinoceros with hunters on foot and on horseback, with background of mountains. Lid has view of large building on manicured grounds, with legend of the "Deaf and Dumb Asylum".

Bandbox And Lid, Deaf and Dumb Asylum, ca. 1831
block-printed on handmade paper, pasteboard support.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1913-17-16-a,b

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 6 images of this object.

Blue field. Napolean and French soldier being challenged by a soldier with a musket. Printed in dull pink and olive, with white decoration.

Bandbox (USA), ca. 1831–40
block-printed on handmade paper, pasteboard support.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1913-17-9-a,b

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

Marine view; ships and lighthouse on rolling sea. Printed in pink, white and brown on a blue ground. Legend: Sandy-Hook. Cover, which does not belong to box, has cow and ruins.

Bandbox And Lid, Sandy Hook, 1835
block-printed paper on pasteboard support.
Gift of Mrs. Frederick F. Thompson.
1913-45-11-a,b

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

Small box. Blue field, with hunters, horses and dogs in white, black, gray and brown. Name inside cover: Susan Osborne; on bottom, C.D. Cobb Bridgeport, C. Two express labels on top.

Object ID #18180023
block-printed paper on pasteboard support.
Gift of Mrs. Frederick F. Thompson.
1913-45-13-a,b

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

Inspired from printed chintz, design is of lilacs and roses in lavender and pink with green leaves on tan background. Lilacs in oil paints, roses and leaves in distemper. Label on inside of cover reads: "From Jesse Baker, Paper Box Manfr. No. 21 Bank St. bet. Market & Chestnut & 2nd & 3rd, Phil-delphia." This box belonged to Sarah Kirk, aunt of Elyah Hollingsworth; presented by his granddaughter, Mrs. Norton Paton, Irvington-on-Hudson, New York.

Bandbox (USA), 1800–1830
block-printed paper on pasteboard support.
1930-17-1-a,b

This object was made by Jesse Baker.
This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

Window Shade And Cornice (China)

Window Shade And Cornice (China)
hand painted silk, wood cornice.
1931-40-50

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

Neutral field, brownish-green trees and ground, pink brick buildings: the first capitol at Albany(?) Top has parrots and tree branches.

Bandbox Lid (USA), 1830–50
block printed paper on pasteboard support.
Purchased in Memory of Madame Raimondo de Madrazo.
1954-40-1-a,b

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

Two major motifs, the larger of which appears on the cover as well as on the box. A lady in flowing white robes of about 1815, seated on a bench beneath a tree, reaches towards a young man who advances proferring a bouquet. The smaller motif, above and below, is a basket of flowers. The paper is pasted on sideways on the box. The ground has small sprigs and dots. The paper is bordered by a vertical twining leaf and chevron design. It appears to be composed of small sheets.

Bandbox (USA), ca. 1830
block-printed on handmade paper, pasteboard support.
Museum purchase through gift of Charles W. Gould.
1947-94-1-a,b

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