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

Search Results

Diapered field with vertical oval medallions, framed by wings, enclosing representations of New York, Paris, St. Louis, San Diego, and Charles A. Lindbergh with a cat. Printed in blue on white ground.

Textile (USA), 1927
cotton.
Gift of Mrs. Montgomery Hare.
1932-11-13

This object was made by Witcombe McGeachin & Co..
This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Linoleum block print or a sailing vessel on the crest of a wave, printed in dark blue, silver and gold on a natural ground.

Textile, Ship on Wave Crest, before 1933
silk, cotton.
Gift of Susie Fletcher.
1934-15-1

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

Red and gray broadcloth embroidered and appliqued with multicolored silk and chenille in a design of medallions showing various figures; in a Persian-style. Gray wool fringe.

Textile (USA), 1840–45
wool and silk.
1936-1-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

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.

Rhythmic treatment of an abstract pattern in orange, brown, maroon and black.

Textile, Abstract Design, 1925
linen.
Gift of Marian Hague.
1937-1-13

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

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

Object ID #18343957
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.

Sample of fabric used at Coronation of King George VI and Elizabeth of England, May 12, 1937. Gold background formed by extra wefts of one flat strip of gilt tinsel and three wefts of gold-colored silk. Design in blue mercerized cotton in satin weave. Great swinging bands form ogives with crown at lower point and Tudor rose at upper point. Each ogive encloses a stiffly symmetrical arrangement of central stem, fleurs-de-lys, and oak leaves, topped by Tudor rose. Extra warp of gold-colored silk ties down the gold wefts in twill with diagonals running from lower right to upper left. Functional weft of unbleached linen (?). Both selvages present.

Textile (England), 1937
cotton, linen, metal.
1939-16-1

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

Design formed of branches and flowers of the trumpet vine in blue, green, gray and black on a peach ground.

Textile (USA), 1940
cotton.
1940-116-1

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

Bright red ground with scattered and overlapping rectangles in grey with white designs inspired by Aztec patterns.

Textile (USA), 1940
cotton, rayon.
Gift of Galey and Lord Inc..
1941-101-3

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

Bright red ground with an allover pattern showing monkeys, jaguar, circular ornaments (Xipé emblem) and a conventionalized figure.

Textile (USA), 1940
cotton, rayon.
Gift of Galey and Lord Inc..
1941-101-1

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

Brown ground with a design of Aztec circular motifs (Xipé emblem) in blue and yellow.

Textile (USA), 1940
cotton, rayon.
Gift of Galey and Lord Inc..
1941-101-4

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

Green ground with an allover pattern of white fretwork ornamented with scrolls. This design was based on an Aztec pottery stamp dating from the pre-Columbian period in Mexico.

Textile (USA), 1940
cotton, rayon.
Gift of Galey and Lord Inc..
1941-101-2

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

Textile, Mantilla, 1947

Textile, Mantilla, 1947
mohair.
1947-102-1

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

Gauze-like drapery fabric in off-white.

Textile, Heirloom, 1947
mohair and silk.
1947-102-2

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

Glazed chintz printed in dark brown, buff and blue green. Design shows horizontal bars of black and buff on a blue ground which has faded from green. Green color produced by printing blue over yellow. Perpendicular stripe of buff in the form of a Gothic arch.

Textile (England), ca. 1850
cotton.
Gift of Harvey Smith.
1951-167-6

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

Large-scale design of flower heads gone to seed in soft olive green on a natural linen ground.

Textile, Seeds, 1951
linen.
1951-77-1

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

This object has not been digitized yet.

Textile (USA), 1939
cotton.
1951-74-5

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Symmetrical design of long leafy shoots intertwining to form frames containing large poppy-like flowers and smaller roses. In blue, green, and orange on a white ground.

Textile, African Marigold, 1876
cotton.
Gift of Robert W. Friedel.
1951-103-22-a

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

Large tangent squares enclosing alternately diamonds and a combination of half-circles and square. Printed in black and brown on natural unbleached linen.

Textile, Cameroon, mid-20th century
unbleached linen.
Gift of J. Morley-Fletcher.
1952-136-1

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

Heavy cream-colored cotton with large allover design of flower clusters and heavy foliage in red, green, yellow, violet and gray.

Textile (England), ca. 1922
cotton.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. G. Glen Gould.
1952-105-20

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

Medium-scale detached stylized motives from Central American manuscripts, birds, heads, fans, etc. in black, oranage, natural, in red outlines on unbleached linen ground. Narrow plain cloth selvages with double white cotton warps. Wide unpatterned area at each selvage inscribed with name, artist, firm.

Textile, Quetzalcoatl
unbleached linen.
Gift of J. Morley-Fletcher.
1952-136-2

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

Cream white fabric screen printed in a large-scale design of tropical flowers and leaves forming a vertical column, in shades of rose and gray.

Textile, Tropicana, ca. 1950
rayon, cotton.
1953-96-1

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

Panel of white cotton, loosely woven, printed in blue. Design shows vertical columns decorated with foliage that alternate with a meandering vine and flower design in a perpendicular arrangement. Printed in two shades of blue and has characteristic white dots found in other blue resists. Both selvages present.

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

All-over design of stylized waving triangular flags, in orange-red on an oatmeal ground. Warp-faced weft rib.

Textile, Flags on Flags, ca. 1952
cotton.
Gift of Pierre Kleykamp.
1953-87-1

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

All-over design of stylized waving triangular flags, in olive green on an off-white ground.

Textile, Flags on Flags, ca. 1952
cotton.
Gift of Pierre Kleykamp.
1953-87-2

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

Sheer white rayon in an open mesh weave, printed in rose and gray in a design of a shrub with exposed roots.

Textile, Desert Sage, ca. 1950
rayon, cotton.
1953-96-2

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

White, loosely woven bouclé fabric screen printed with horizontal rows of birds walking, with a scattering of oblong flecks at which every other bird appears to peck. In black and brilliant blue-green.

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

Linear stylized design of wandering paired railroad wires in horizontal lines in yellow-green on a pale yellow ground.

Textile, Stroom Draaden, 1950–59
cotton percale.
Gift of Pierre Kleykamp.
1953-87-3

This object was made by Arundell Clarke Ltd..
This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Square of printed cotton with twisted fringe on two warp ends. Checkerboard design in dark reddish-brown and tan with brown crackle effect. The lighter squares contain a brown ring in an irregular square; the brown squares contain a shield-like form. Strings of beads run throughout the design.

Textile (England), early 20th century
cotton.
Gift of Elizabeth Riefstahl.
1953-90-12

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

Flowers in green, rose and gray scattered on a white ground.

Textile, Flower Fantasy, ca. 1950
rayon, cotton.
1953-96-3

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

Vertical panel of crewel embroidery with a large-scale pattern of baroque twisted columns on high bases with crossed palms entwined with large-lobed leaves; twining branches and similar leaves fill space between. Embroidered in wool yarns in shades of brown, blue, and blue-green, on an undyed linen and cotton ground.

Textile (England), early 18th century
wool embroidery on linen and cotton foundation.
Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund.
1955-144-2

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

Length of cream cotton, composed of two pieces stitched lengthwise, copperplate printed in brown. Six satirical scenes in a military encampment: soldier being thrown from his horse, a woman in a large bonnet being escorted into the camp. On a barn are the initials A.D. (I?), and on the end of a drum the words Royal Artillery G. 111.

Textile (England), ca. 1785
cotton.
1955-10-1-a

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

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

Length of woven silk, brocaded with an undulating pink ribbon forming an overall S-curve, interspersed with baskets of flowers, in red, rose, yellow-green, dark green, and blue, on a white ground woven with a monochrome honeycomb pattern.

Textile (England), 1700–1750
silk, metal-wrapped silk-core threads.
Museum purchase through gift of Madame Raimundo de Madrazo.
1955-162-2-a,b

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

Length of cream cotton, composed of two pieces stitched lengthwise, copperplate printed in brown. Six satirical scenes in a military encampment: soldier being thrown from his horse, a woman in a large bonnet being escorted into the camp. etc. On a barn are the initials A.D., and on the end of a drum the words Royal Artillery G. 111. Based on satirical engravings by Henry Bunbury (1750 - 1811).

Textile (England), ca. 1785
cotton.
1955-10-1-b

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