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Translucent stretch mesh in clear yarns with a vertical pinstripe of brilliant yellow. Color: Cadmium Yellow.

Textile, Pinstripe, 2012
82% polyester, 18% nylon.
Gift of Elizabeth Whelan.
2013-45-2

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

An unusually wide rectangular sampler, with alphabets in which each letter is repeated several times.

Sampler (USA), early 19th century
silk embroidery on linen foundation.
Gift of Anonymous Donor from the Fraser/Martin Collection.
1976-100-51

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

From 1896 to 1898 Whitney Warren worked intermittently in the offices of McKim, Mead & White as a draftsman, this drawing of a proposed house for George Eustis, however, was to be his own commission. The house is to be three stories, below a roof with a prominent cornice, and with a classically inspired facade.

Photostat, Elevation of Proposed House for George Eustis, Esq., 1896–98
photostat (a wash drawing), on white wove paper.
Gift of Mrs. William Greenough.
1943-51-374

This object was made by Whitney Warren Jr..
This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Fragment of a border or flounce of ivory cotton net heavily embroidered with ivory silk floss and imitation pearls. Design of scrolls and modified rinceau with deep scallops repeated along lower edge.

Border (USA), ca. 1890
silk embroidery with artificial pearls on cotton net.
1928-14-4

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

Even, balanced vertical stripe in "Chinese Red, Persimmon and Shocking Pink Stripes" colorway.

Textile, Handwoven H971, ca. 1955
wool.
Gift of Richard and Trudy Schultz.
2011-25-20

This object was made by Knoll Textiles.
This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

On irregularly-shaped paper, grey background with diagonal, floral garlands painted in coral, pink and white.

Drawing, Garland, Textile Design, 1950–70
brush and gouache, graphite on paper, lined.
Gift of Donald Cameron.
1992-51-26

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Poster depicting, in silhouette, a row of fuchsia-colored glass containers; the last one a martini glass with a green olive and white toothpick, on cobalt blue background. Text on the right, in white: Hosts: Institute for Biological Research and Development, Inc. / Medication to be tested: Ethyl Alcohol (C2H5OH), administered orally / with your choice of several complex organic congeners. / Laboratory: Test to be administered at the foot of the waterfall, in the / Crown Center Hotel; Kansas City, Missouri. / Date: Control Group will meet on March 21, 5:30-7:00. / Submit informed consent to Nurse Gray (regrets only). 714-752-6060 / Be Our Guest For a Test Motor vehicle operation following testing is contraindicated.

Poster, Be Our Guest For a Test
offset lithograph.
Gift of Various Donors.
1981-29-262

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Strip of printed dress silk with a stylized design of a jazz orchestra, in dark blue on white ground.

Textile, Americana Print: Rhapsody, 1925
silk.
Gift of Marian Hague.
1937-1-3

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images and 1 video of this object.

Fragment of printed silk with a wavy linear design of roller coasters, interrupted occasionally by cars of riders, in white on a brown ground.

Textile, Thrill, 1925
silk.
Gift of Marian Hague.
1937-1-1

This object was made by Stehli Silk Corporation.
This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Strip of printed dress silk with an abstracted design of people walking under large umbrellas in the slanting rain, with rainbows. Umbrellas are lavender, orange, and brown; rainbows are red, blue, and yellow on an off-white ground.

Textile, Americana Print: April, 1925
silk.
Gift of Marian Hague.
1937-1-2

This object was made by Stehli Silk Corporation.
This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Telescope, Transit of Venus, 1873

Telescope, Transit of Venus, 1873
brass, iron, glass.
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History, 2006.0182.02-03.
14.2012.72

There are 3 images of this object.

Sun setting over cityscape with buildings in red, yellow, orange, blue, and gray. Above, in blue ink: IN THE AIR EVERYWHERE IN GREATER NEW YORK… / WPaT / 93AM & 93FM.

Poster, New York Skyscrapers East and West of Central Park, 1963
screenprint on white wove paper on illustration board.
1988-11-2

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Cityscape, in yellow, red, blue, and green, from Central Park perspective, surrounded by buildings. Text in red ink: MUSIC in the air everywhere—AM 93 FM—WPAT.

Poster, New York Skyscrapers Around Central Park, 1963
screenprint on white wove paper on illustration board.
1988-11-1

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Valance resist printed in two shades of blue in a design of undulating branches with large cup-shaped blossoms and curling leaves with pendant fruit. Three points on lower border. Edged with cotton tape, white with a narrow border of blue on either edge. Backed with sateen.

Valance (USA), 1700–1750
cotton.
1937-9-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Collage image with the background of a large white building floor. From left to right: A photograph of a woman, head tilted back with a pencil underneath it; an open notebook, text on the wall, and below a photograph of a landscape with dark and light blue skies and a person jumping; above, a film wheel and photo film; in the distance a piano, a statue, and a painting of a blue sky with clouds, in front of it a man jumping with one leg kicked out to the side; a small woman whispering into a large female head; above, a television floating next to a thumbtack and ruler; below, text on the wall and a black and white photo of a man with his hands on his hips. Lower right corner, a person's hand holding up the picture.

Poster, California Institute of the Arts, 1978
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Various Donors.
1981-29-25

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

The front and back covers (both are outside pages) are viewed as one continuous design featuring a photographic view of an all-over pattern of dense white clouds against a deep blue sky. Four square or rectangular inserts, also showing cloud views, each bordered at the top by a differently colored narrow strip ending in an inverted step design, are superimposed: upper left, near the edge, clouds darken at the lower edge, yellow strip; top center, straddling the fold, green strip; lower right, off-center, small color view, red strip superimposed on larger black and white view, black strip; abutting lower edge, immediately below this pair, a narrow black and white view, in the form of a narrow strip exactly as wide as the black and white view above. A black band in the same step design stretches across the top of both pages; Duggal, in small white capitals, is imprinted immediately below the step on the top right. On the lower left are five lines of type about Duggal.

The five inside pages and the three remaining outside pages continue the black border design, on which color strips of cloud views are superimposed. Products and services, presented in chart form, are differentiated on the left by dots in deep sky-blue and highlighted by narrow strips in the same color above the product names.

Price List, Duggal Color Projects, Inc., 1983
offset lithography.
Gift of Tibor Kalman/ M & Co..
1993-151-368

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Narrow vertical stripe in royal, cobalt blue and black stripe colorway.

Textile, Handwoven H973, ca. 1955
wool.
Gift of Richard and Trudy Schultz.
2011-25-21

This object was made by Knoll Textiles.
This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Table scarf with borders at each end of cutwork birds and wheels, embroidered canoes.

Table Cover (USA), ca. 1900
linen.
Gift of Mrs. William Bayard Cutting in memory of Mary E. Parsons.
1943-44-8

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

Pickett N1010-ES Trig Duplex Demonstration Slide Rule (USA), ca. 1960

Pickett N1010-ES Trig Duplex Demonstration Slide Rule (USA), ca. 1960
plywood, plexiglass.
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History, 2010.3095.071.
14.2012.67

There are 2 images of this object.

Textile, Borealis

Textile, Borealis
polyester (dacron).
1985-84-26-a,b

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

Less than a half-drop repeat of small-scale patterned swatches from a sample book of the 1870s. Predominantly in shades of red and brown.

Textile (USA), 1970–79
cotton.
1977-44-2

This object was made by Mr. Condotti, Ltd..
This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Two pieces, silk, chiffon in shades of pink and rose.

Fragment (USA), 1900–1950
silk.
1960-150-13-a

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

A tornado-like object composed of metal strips at center; text in blue above in a wavy line; text on either side, and photographs of buildings.

Poster, Environmental Design at Art Center College of Design, ca. 1989–95
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Rebeca Mendez.
1996-59-1

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Firm coarse cloth with heavy red wefts and black warps, giving a changeable effect. Two selvage edges continous with field.

Textile (USA), ca. 1955
wool.
Gift of Kjeld Juul-Hansen.
1956-182-4

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

Long horizontal panel made to commemorate the Century of Progress Fair held in Chicago. Prominent Chicago buildings are featured. Motifs from left to right include the following: The Pioneer, Chicago's first locomotive, Fort Dearborn (possibly the reproduction built at the fair), Merchandise Mart, U.S. Government Building, Travel and Transport Building, Hall of Science, Sky Ride, Shedd Auditorium, Adler Planetarium, Tribune Tower, and the Chicago Temple (First Methodist).

Panel (USA), 1933
cotton.
1978-151-1

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

Textile, Small Pears

Textile, Small Pears
cotton.
1973-54-5

This object was made by Jack Lenor Larsen Incorporated.
This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Linen table cover with hemstitching and six pieces of lace insertion showing Indian motifs: two rectangular pieces show two braves with bows framing tepees and four squares in the corners show a man in a canoe, a woman with a papoose, a brave with a bow, and a tepee.

Table Cover (USA), ca. 1900
linen.
Gift of Mrs. William Bayard Cutting in memory of Mary E. Parsons.
1943-44-6

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

Upholstery weight cotton velvet with a design of regularly spaced symmetrical floral sprays in two shades of coral with touches of white where the backing fabric shows through.

Textile (possibly USA), mid-19th century
cotton.
Gift of the estate of Mrs. Lathrop Colgate Harper.
1957-180-25

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

Simple open net with square grid of yarns, in "White" colorway.

Textile, Fishnet, ca. 1947
linen.
Gift of Richard and Trudy Schultz.
2011-25-3

This object was made by Knoll Textiles.
This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Views of hills, valleys, farms and villages, with an overall calico effect. Printed in greens, blue, yellow and black on white ground.

Mural Miniature, American Landscape, 1948
screen printed on paper.
Gift of Lanette Scheeline.
1998-29-66

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

Chicago Stock Exchange Frieze Panel

Chicago Stock Exchange Frieze Panel
copper-plated cast iron.
2016-29-1

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

Fragment of printed linen with rows of narrow triangles and rectangles. Component 1-a is in shades of yellow; 1-b is in shades of blue.

Textile, Prisma, ca. 1958
linen.
Gift of Mae Lamar Festa.
1991-157-1-a,b

This object was made by Knoll Textiles.
This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

A circular design with informational text throughout, including lecture series; one area features a large ink stain.

Poster, Kyoto/ACCD: An International Design Conference, ca. 1992
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Rebeca Mendez.
1996-59-2

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Sample of a woven window blind with rigid wefts. Warps are spaced and striped blue and green on one side and red on the other with gold in center. Wefts are alternately a half round, half-inch dowel and a full round one-eighth inch diameter white reed.

Window Blind Sample (USA), 1956
synthetic, metallic, wood.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-9

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

Warp is thin black cotton, weft is strips of mostly synthetic leather of various widths, the widest being about one-half inch, in white, olive, beige and gray. These are separated by a few picks of beige cotton. Backed with cotton cheese-cloth, applied with an adhesive.

Sample (USA), 1959
cotton, leather, synthetic leather.
Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund.
1959-98-4

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

Leaves and tree trunks arranged in imbricated fan shapes. White on off-white sheer ground.

Textile, Leafy Grove, 1976
polyester (dacron).
Gift of Henry C. and Eleanor Kluck.
1985-84-20

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