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Delicate multicolored flower clusters form intersecting diagonal bands across the surface of the tablecover. Bobbin lace edging decorates longest edges while fringe decorates shortest edges.

Tablecover, 17th century
silk on linen.
1974-8-18

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

Band with a grid of withdrawn element work of needle lace (reticella) with continuous repeat of a scrolling vine. Edge of bobbin lace of continuous braid like.

Band (Italy), 17th century
linen.
1974-10-8

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

Base consisting of a continuous, ribbon-like curved mass of layered corrogated cardboard topped by a separate horizontal corrogated cardboard sheet acting as a cushion.

Bubbles Chaise Longue, ca. 1988
layered and bent corrugated cardboard.
Museum purchase from the Members' Acquisitions Fund of Cooper-Hewitt,....
2012-3-1

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

Bedcover of bobbin lace in a design of curving stems with flowers and scrolling leaves with hexagonal réseau.

Bedcover (USA), ca. 1900
linen.
Gift of Mrs. William Bayard Cutting in memory of Mary E. Parsons.
1943-44-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Long robe of brown satin embroidered in colored silks and metallic yarns. Long sleeves of black taffeta with embroidered horse-shoe cuffs. Diagonal front closure with a band of black satin, embroiderd in colored silks. Three 5-toed dragons on front, worked in gold with red silk flames. Background of cloud bands in colors, interspersed with auspicious symbols such as bat, peony, swastika, flaming pearl, lotus, jar, fish. Deep wave border at bottom.

Man's Robe (China), 1796–1820
silk, metallic yarns.
Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund.
1960-32-1

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

This object has not been digitized yet.

Palampore (India)
cotton.
1956-51-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 7 images of this object.

This object has not been digitized yet.

Drawing, George C. and Eleanor Hutton Rand Apartment: Dining Table, July 11,...
graphite, red color pencil, and black ink on tracing paper.
Gift of Donald Deskey.
1975-11-725

This object was made by Schmieg, Hungate & Kotzian, Inc..
This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Man's prestige cloth composed of twenty-three narrow woven strips stitched selvedge to selvedge. Each strip is patterned with rectangular areas of warp-faced stripes weft-faced plain weave on grouped warps, and patterned weaves with two-color complementary wefts and brocading. The pattern blocks are arranged in a checkerboard fashion. Black, blue, green, yellow, and red, with a strong yellow-orange predominating.

Kente Prestige Cloth (Ghana), early to mid-20th century
viscose rayon.
Gift of Mrs Calvin W. Stillman.
1969-11-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Bedcover made of several lengths of fabric. Bed cover assembled assymetrically, as if for a cupboards bed. Pattern is of horse racing and feasting.
Red on white.

Bedspread, Les Fetes Champetre
cotton.
Bequest of Elinor Merrell.
1995-50-84

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

This object has not been digitized yet.

Bedcover (China), 18th century
silk, gilded paper on silk core, metallic thread.
1951-67-2

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Piece of a quilted bedcover with right and bottom edges cut. Quilt top is made of four widths stitched together. Design has offset rows of a floral medallion enclosed in a fine vine in blue on a yellow background. Running stitch using cotton thread.

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Shaped mantilla of Spanish blonde lace with a stylized floral pattern along the edges.

Mantilla (Spain), 19th century
silk.
Gift of Salisbury Day from the Estate of Katharine Day.
1957-119-26

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

Heroic figures and landscape scenes evoking life in early Britain in dark brown, dull orange and yellow.

Hanging (USA), 1930–39
cotton.
1977-30-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Horizontal rectangle. Sheet showing a series of related furniture designs. Top row, at left, a bed shown from the front; a bed-table, with a burning torch in front, center; and a chair at right. Bottom row: a low case with two door wings, each with a wreath in front. Base lines and scale at bottom.

Drawing, Bedroom Furniture, ca. 1810
pen and black ink; brush and watercolor, black chalk on off-white laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-580

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

Brocaded sarong (kain songket) with a maroon silk warp and purple silk weft, brocaded with an all-over repeating leaf pattern in gold thread. Geometric borders brocaded in gold and a wide center band heavily brocaded in gold in the stylized "lawi ayam" or 'cockerel's tail feathers' motif.

Sarong (kain Songket) (Indonesia), early 19th century
silk, metallic threads.
Gift of Edith Wetmore.
1937-8-2

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

Two panels, one dark brown and one violet, with a psychedelic weft-float weave. The pattern is based on costumes that Indians wear when they practice religious rituals and drink a hallucinogenic herb, Yagé. According to tradition, this helps them see and remember their ancestors.

Textile, Turbo, 2010
100% poly-silk warp and 100% acetate ribbon weft.
Gift of Hechizoo and Cristina Grajales Gallery, New York.
2011-57-2

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

Field and border solidly filled with flower heads in orange and magenta, narrow blue-green leaf scrolls; floral guard border around center field and edge.

Bed Cover (Uzbekistan), 19th century
silk embroidery on linen foundation.
Gift of Provident Securities Company from the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William....
1955-133-19

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Long and narrow sash with fringes at each end with pattern of chevrins. known as 'ceinture flêche'.

Sash, 19th century
wool.
1963-67-1

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

Large table cover with a design arranged in squares of conventionalized four-leafed flowers, done in open cutwork. Border is drawn work and edged with lace.

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

This object has not been digitized yet.

Scenic Panels, Au Bords de la Riviere, 1795
block printed on handmade paper.
1985-46-1-h/k

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

This object has not been digitized yet.

Sideboard (USA), ca. 1935
wood.
Gift of Helen Kroll Kramer.
1971-90-8

This object was made by Widdicomb Furniture Company.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

White quilt in a woven design imitating "Marsailles-style" quilting. Central concentric star motif surrounded by a square with flowers springing from each corner. Broad border in a floral design. Two ends unhemmed.

Quilt (USA), ca. 1850
cotton.
1937-35-3

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

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

This object was made by Pickett Industries.
There are 2 images of this object.

Binche style of scrolling ribbon like design with snowballs and braided connections.

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

Various widely spaced scenes inckuding classical ruins, a shepherd, seaport/trading scenes and scattered flowers in red on white ground.

Panel (England), 1768–74
cotton.
1990-116-1

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

Border of serpentine floral sprays outlined by cordonnet. Pattern connected by brides picotées, outlined by cordonnet and interspersed by portes and gaze quadrillée.

Border (Italy), 17th century
linen.
Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma....
1962-50-164

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

Border with a design of a symmetrical curving floral vine sheltering animals and birds. A siren is on the vertical center line.

Border (Italy), 18th century
linen.
1974-10-17

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

Design for fretwork at the Royal Pavilion, Brighton, perhaps for the glass passage. Horizontal rectangle. Elevation of a section of a wall, with the design of a series of columns with lattice-work patterns between them.

Original album associated with this collection still exists. See 1948-40-1 accessory

Drawing, Design for Fretwork, perhaps for the glass passage, 1803 or earlier
pen and blue, black ink, brush and watercolor on white wove paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
1948-40-51

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

A border of Point d'Argentan with asymmetrical floral sprays interspersed by oval openings and asymmetrical diagonally running ribbons. Fond: reséau bouclée; Modes: portes, gaze quadrillee, petit réseau, fond de neige, réseau mouché.

Border (France), 1750–75
linen.
Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma....
1962-50-48

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

Chantilly-style lace shawl, triangular in shape, in a design of naturalistic flowers and leaves in the field and border.

Shawl, mid-19th century
silk.
Gift of Mrs. George Nichols from the collection of her mother, Mrs. J.P. Morgan.
1939-66-43

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

Video display of the sun's surface from the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) aboard NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO).

Computer hardware (CPU) to run feed of activity on the sun’s surface.

Solar Wall, 2010
H x W: 182.9 x 210.8 cm (6 ft. x 6 ft. 11 in.).
Courtesy of Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA).
27.2012.1

There are 3 images and 1 video of this object.

This object has not been digitized yet.

Drawing, George C. and Eleanor Hutton Rand Apartment: Bed, July 6, 1934
graphite, red color pencil, and black ink on tracing paper.
Gift of Donald Deskey.
1975-11-822

This object was made by Schmieg, Hungate & Kotzian, Inc..
This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Textile, probably a sarong, of dark red ground with blue plaid all-over design showing small pattern of metallic embroidery. Wide border shows geometric lattice design.

Long Sarong (Indonesia), 19th century
silk, metallic threads.
Gift of Alan L. Wolfe.
1961-115-8

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

Skirt that is part of a wedding outfit in dark blue cotton and stripes of light blue in tapestry weave. Light blue stripes embroidered in bright multi-colored silk in floral pattern with animals, such as birds, deer and lions. Two widths pieced.

Skirt (Mexico), 1940s–50s
cotton.
Gift of Elizabeth Gordon.
1966-60-2

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.

Large complete coverlet in navy blue wool and white cotton with two central wreaths enclosing an eight-pointed star. Surrounding these are an array of floral and bird motifs including eagles with wings spread and clutching banners, scrolling acanthus leaves, a small building with cupola, and pairs of reindeer. Date on coverlet appears to read 1855.

Coverlet (USA), 1855
wool, cotton.
1951-188-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.