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Box-shaped, finished with patinated copper leaf and studded with rows of brass nails, washers, and African coins. Black enameled base resting on four cylindrical gilded feet. Semi-spherical gilded handle on two sides. Top section lifts off.

Tudor Coin Encrusted Table Table, 1992
wood, enamel, copper leaf, coins, brass, gold leaf.
Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund.
1993-9-1-a,b

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

Curved back and seat made of a single gray-white metal sheet with slight ripples throughout (like a handkerchief) mouned on a rectalinear white tubular metal base with a stretcher spanning the front legs.

Handkerchief Prototype For A Chair, 1982–87
bent enamelled tubular metal, composition.
Gift of The Knoll Group.
1991-118-1

This object was made by Knoll Textiles.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 5 images of this object.

Design evenly divided into rectangular panels with two alternating farm scenes. One shows horses at a water trough, the other, sheep with young lambs. Rectangles have scroll border. At right of paper is continuous vertical band of scrolls and bunches of flowers. Reproduced from an old colonial house in the Deerfield Valley in Massachusetts. Printed on reverse: "No 284 CB". Printed in old red, green, ivory and tan on putty field. Not original colors.

Sidewall, The Deerfield, 1930–40
machine-printed.
1945-12-31

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

Stacking chair with frame formed by black metal tubes as side stretchers and stretcher at front; canvas seat and back.

Chair (England), ca. 1931
bent tubular steel, canvas.
Gift of Mel Byars.
1991-59-57

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 6 images of this object.

Flat disk seat on four straight cylindrical legs; back composed of cast bronze painter’s palette decorated with spirals; "crest rail" consisting of a horizontal rod, a headless figure below the rod, to left of palette, and six different sized heads sitting on the rod; three cast bronze heads situated between the seat and back, supporting the back, with a fourth head to the right.

Oka Chair Side Chair, 1989
cast bronze.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Hootkin and Maria Friedrich.
1991-73-1

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 6 images of this object.

Long horizontal wooden cabinet; front composed of four large sliding rectangular doors with vertical slats over woven pandana panels; roughly rectangular top with irregular edges extending over cabinet front and sides; two plank feet, notched on bottom edge.

Console (USA), 1958
joined walnut, pandana cloth.
Gift of Natalie Epstein.
2006-18-1-a/h

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Wood frame consisting of square seat and back on four tapering legs; frame covered in brown cotton webbing.

Model 666wsp Chair, 1943
wood, cotton webbing.
Gift of Mel Byars.
1991-59-178

This object was made by Knoll Textiles.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Set of three identical brown stacking stools (a/c), each a dark brown hollow, contoured form with indented curved seat, the whole made of thin molded plywood.

Wrath of Ralph Stacking Stools, 1988
painted molded plywood.
The Linda and Irwin R. Berman Stool Collection.
2013-50-1-a/c

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 6 images of this object.

Cabinets (USA), ca. 1929

Cabinets (USA), ca. 1929
wood.
Gift of James M. Osborn.
1969-97-3-a/ab

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

Rectilinear form of thick, polished Plexiglass with green edges; moveable seat flanked on left and right by two sets of softballs, above and below; seat lowers with sitters' weight, making it possible for sitter to rock on lower set of softballs.

Mondrian Stool, 2007
plexiglass (edgelite green), softballs.
The Linda and Irwin R. Berman Stool Collection.
2013-50-47

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Curved back and seat made of a single red sheet with slight ripples throughout (like a handkerchief) mouned on a rectalinear black tubular metal base with a stretcher spanning the front legs.

Handkerchief Side Chair, 1982–87
compression-molded, fiberglass-reinforced polyester, tubular metal.
Gift of The Knoll Group.
1991-118-2

This object was made by Knoll Textiles.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 5 images of this object.

Iron bench for three people painted white. Scalloped apron. Scrolling and crowned backrest. In iron at center: M.L. Abrams

Bench (USA), mid- 19th–mid- 20th century
cast and painted iron.
1983-67-2

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

This high back swivel chair was designed to be the ideal seating unit for the executive. The contoured back and arms provided superior comfort and mobility during long hours behind the desk. The chair's four-pronged metal base was also available in wood. This Jens Risom chair is upholstered in off-white, hand spun natural wool of Risom production. The chair was also available upholstered in leather.

"Executive Posture" Chair, 1962
foam latex on shaved and molded plywood; cushion foam latex pin core; base of....
1971-13-1-a,b

This object was made by Jens Risom Design.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Square Chair Chair, 1992–93

Square Chair Chair, 1992–93
aluminum, enamel.
Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund.
1993-49-1

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Chair (USA), ca. 1991

Chair (USA), ca. 1991
wood, lacquer.
Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisitions Fund in memory....
1992-31-2

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Wooden stacking chair, angular with slightly curved band for back and black textile for seat.

Chair (USA), ca. 1952
wood, textile.
Gift of Knoll International.
1990-139-1

This object was made by Knoll Textiles.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 5 images of this object.

Mark Hopkins House Side Chair

Mark Hopkins House Side Chair
rosewood, inlaid and veneered with various woods, silk (of the period but not....
2010-5-1

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Shaped rectangular back with an arched splat inlaid with a flower-filled basket between barley-twist turned stiles headed by finials and a serpentine caned seat, on cabriole legs with scroll feet.

Side Chair (England), mid-19th century
papier-mâché, mother of pearl, caning, wood.
Gift of Jennifer C. Kruger and Lucy C. Stark.
1977-113-1

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 6 images of this object.

Chair with slightly curved back; back composed of a flat sheet of wood with square cut out at bottom that angles up to become seat. Back also has small sheet of curved wood that acts as support for back. Seat is supported by four V-shaped wooden bars that radiate from a cylindrical wood bar on the ground.

Chair (USA), 1991
east indian laurel, lacquer.
Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisitions Fund in memory....
1992-31-1

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 7 images of this object.

Chair composed of horizontal back on vertical support attached to circular seat (steel skillet and skillet sections) on four tapering legs (inverted steel ladles), all patinated bronze to brown in color.

Bull Stool, 1987
welded, patinated, salvaged steel objects.
The Linda and Irwin R. Berman Stool Collection.
2013-50-31

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Upright, rectangular form; veneered surface with two drawers surmounted by a drop front panel with inlay of light wood bands around edges, stars at corners and gilt bronze escutcheon in form of trophy; drawers with gilt bronze circular pulls and lily-of-the-valley escutcheons; rectangular gilt bronze handles on left and right side; two paw feet with gilt foliate decoration in front; turned rear feet.

Chest (USA), ca. 1825
mahogany, brass, gilt bronze.
Bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
1926-22-90-a/c

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Unit comprising record turntable, radio/tuner and eight-track casette player in rectangular housing in top of white enameled wood pedestal (a); turntable and casette storage well in top, control knobs and radio on front; rectangular tinted plastic lid (b). Two upright rectangular speakers of white enameled wood faced with white plastic and dark fabric (c,d); speakers can fit on rectangular pedestal feet on either side of center column.

SC 7300 Stereo System, 1973
painted wood, metal, glass, plastic.
Gift of Theresa Fitzgerald.
1995-154-1-a/d

This object was made by General Electric Company.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Rectilinear wood and glass form; back and right side of dark walnut; 3-drawer unit of light wood on left, each drawer with a long horizontal dark wood handle; planar, "floating" glass top set into back and right side, attached to top of drawer unit by a cylindrical metal post at front left corner.

Model 3626 Vanity, designed 1936, manufactured ca. 1944
walnut, white acer, glass, metal.
Gift of Jack R. Stokvis and Robert E. Stokvis.
2011-52-1-a,b

This object was made by Herman Miller Furniture Company.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Thick triangular seat mounted on three tapering cylindrical legs; narrow foot-rest on front leg; stretcher between rear legs.

Tall Stool, 1964
carved, turned and joined walnut wood.
The Linda and Irwin R. Berman Stool Collection.
2013-50-32

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Kettle And Stand (England)

Kettle And Stand (England)
copper, brass, ebony (kettle), wrought iron (stand).
1990-167-1-a/d

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Octagonal form of wood and metal wire; ogee arches springing from clustered columns on the eight corners; one side with hinged door. Ogee domed top with pierced imbrication and leafy finial. Bottom of sheet metal. Two perches and a swing in interior.

Birdcage (England), ca. 1765
carved and joined mahogany, metal wire, sheet metal.
Gift of Alfred G. Burnham.
1952-69-1

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Colorful cup/bowl.

Cup/bowl (USA), 1991
earthenware.
Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund.
1992-39-15

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Colorful cup/bowl.

Cup/bowl (USA), 1991
earthenware.
Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund.
1992-39-20

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Colorful cup/bowl.

Cup/bowl (USA), 1991
earthenware.
Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund.
1992-39-25

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Fish shaped dish.

Dish (USA), 1991
earthenware.
Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund.
1992-39-5

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Fish shaped dish.

Dish (USA), 1991
earthenware.
Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund.
1992-39-6

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Leaf shaped dish.

Dish (USA), 1991
earthenware.
Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund.
1992-39-12

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Colorful cup/bowl.

Cup/bowl (USA), 1991
earthenware.
Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund.
1992-39-13

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Colorful cup/bowl.

Cup/bowl (USA), 1991
earthenware.
Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund.
1992-39-19

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Colorful cup/bowl.

Cup/bowl (USA), 1991
earthenware.
Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund.
1992-39-23

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Fish shaped dish.

Dish (USA), 1991
earthenware.
Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund.
1992-39-3

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.