Tags | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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In the form of a fish, with incised scale-like decoration on body, finer incised decoration on small upper and lower fins as well as tail. Face plain except for saw-tooth, incised band that wraps from front to back, and applied, raised eyes. Face serves as lid, hinged at top with small hook catch underneath. Textured body likely intended to serve as striker.

Fish Matchsafe, 1907–08
silver.
Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener.
1980-14-1236

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

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.

Oblong, curved sides and corners; one side featuring incised and inlaid decoration of trout leaping out of water, situated horizontally on box body, its back a dark, oxidized color, its underside brass, fins and eyes copper, stalk-like vegetation on right, some vegetation on left, fishing line with fly attached suspended in air on upper left; reverse features fisherman, situated vertically on box, with fishing rod line caught in seat of his pants, he wears dark, oxidized jacket and shoes, brass colored hat and shirt, copper colored pants, grassy bank brass color, with brass tipped cattails on right and left. Lid hinged on side. Striker on bottom.

Fishing motif Matchsafe, patented 1871
silver, brass, copper.
Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener.
1980-14-488

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

In the form of a fishing basket, with raised, simulated woven straw on canted lid and body, small loop of twisted straw at front of lid, longer twisted loop at basket back, some green patination in crevices. Flat lid hinged on back. Incised lines on bottom serve as striker.

Fishing Basket Matchsafe, late 19th century
brass.
Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener.
1978-146-162

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

Rectangular, snuff box type container, featuring vertically situated, polychrome enamel image of blond cancan dancer with right leg kicked high. She wears patterned pink dress with low bodice, white petticoats and bloomers, thigh-high black stockings and black shoes. Lid's lip or left edge curved. Lid hinged on right side. Striker on back of same long right side panel.

Cancan Dancer Matchsafe, late 19th century
silver, enamel.
Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener.
1978-146-259

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

Rectangular, rounded sides and corners, featuring arts and crafts style decoration of a raised Celtic knot motif against a mottled blue/green enameled background in small, irregularly shaped, central reserve. Lid hinged on upper left side. Striker on bottom.

Arts and Crafts Style with Celtic Knot Matchsafe, 1902–03
silver, enamel.
Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener.
1982-23-122

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

Man's cap of yellow silk taffeta made up of four panels with a deep turn-up cuff. Embroidered with symmetrical chinoiserie floral sprays in satin stitch in blue ombre silk, and in bouclé stitch in silver metallic yarns. With silver metallic bobbin lace covering the four seams and edging the cuff.

Nightcap, 18th century
silk, metallic yarn (silver foil wrapped around silk core), flat foil strip.
Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline E. Greenleaf.
1952-47-1

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

Rectangular, curved top and bottom, featuring horizontal, sepia-toned, photographic image of the White House, inscribed below "White House, Washington D.C.", reverse features horizontal, sepia-toned and hand colored photographic image of the Capital, inscribed below "The Capital, Washington, D.C.", side panel beneath White House image inscribed "Washington, D.C." Lid hinged on side. Striker on bottom.

The White House, Washington, D.C. Matchsafe, 1900–10
plated metal, printed celluloid.
Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener.
1980-14-640

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

Loom with unfinished work in woven raffia.

Loom (Democratic Republic of the Congo), early- to mid-20th century
wood, raffia.
Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund.
1957-110-15

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Length of printed cotton resembling a stained glass window, with a repeating design of pincers and nails, two of the Instruments of Christ's Passion. In golden yellow, green-yellow, greens, browns and white, within a grid-like black framework.

Textile, Vitrail, 1955
cotton.
Gift of Fuller Fabrics Corp..
1956-45-4

This object was made by Fuller Fabrics.
This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 6 images of this object.

Woman smoking Matchsafe, ca. 1900
silver.
Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener.
1978-146-1248

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

Fishhook (Solomon Islands), Before 1917

Fishhook (Solomon Islands), Before 1917
carved turtle shell, mother-of-pearl, glass beads, fiber cord.
Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian....
15.2012.17

There are 2 images of this object.

The Flame Winter Count (Copy), The Flame Winter Count, Covers 1786–1876

The Flame Winter Count (Copy), The Flame Winter Count, Covers 1786–1876
ink on muslin.
Gift of Lt. H.T. Reed, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian....
15.2012.51

There are 3 images and 1 video of this object.

-1a: case
-1b: jewelry drawer
-1c: jewelry drawer cover
-1d: mirror
-1e: interior tray with silver handles
-1f: tray for manicure tools
-1g: key
rectangular box,lined with purple silk, fitted with leather document holders, and mirror with gold-leaf foliate border, the upper level with 4 rectangular and 1 central faceted silver-lidded cylindrical cologne jars, 3 silver-lidded glass boxes, 2 silver-lidded glass ink bottles, mother-of-pearl handled sewing implements, tweezers, button hook, pen knife and hole punch or scorer-all in the upper compartment, a secret drawer below fitted with a letter writing slide.

Traveling Dressing Table Set (England), 1875
coromandel-veneered joined wood, lined with silk, gilded and tooled calfskin....
Gift of Danny J. H. Kauffman.
1984-133-1-a/c, e/i

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

In the form of a scallop shell, ribbed surface, striker on back side. Hinged lid, opens along top edge.

Scallop Shell Matchsafe, ca. 1900
silver plated.
Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener.
1982-23-147

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

Rectangular, rounded corners, with transfer printed decoration on lid, inscribed "Tetley's Teas" in large red and black type-face, highlighted in yellow, featuring central image of blue elephant's head with red kerchief, elephant holds at end of curled trunk box on a string, box inscribed "Indian Ceylon," above box inscription reads "Trade Mark," all on off-white ground, edges, sides and underside gold. Lid hinged at back. Striker on underside.

Advertisement for "Tetley's Teas" Matchsafe, late 19th century
plated tin, enamel.
Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener.
1978-146-3

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

Rectangular, image/text reads horizontally, featuring raised decoration of British football player in mid-stride on playing field, reaching towards a thrown ball, inscribed below right "Saved", identical on reverse. Link attached to lid top. Lid hinged on long side, thumb catch on opposite side. Striker on bottom.

British Footbal Player, inscribed "Saved" Matchsafe, late 19th century
plated metal.
Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener.
1980-14-349

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

Matchsafe (USA), 1905–15
gold, diamonds, emeralds, rubies.
Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener.
1978-146-464-a,b

This object was made by Theodore B. Starr.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

A silver colored matchsafe in the form of a paint tube with a worn white label.

Matchsafe
Overall: 6 x 3 x 1.6 cm (2 3/8 x 1 3/16 x 5/8 in.).
Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener.
1978-146-91

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

A man's ceremonial skirt which alternates two panels of red and brown and two of tan and brown, sewn together to form one long panel. All panels have interlacing patterns created through clamped resist dyeing.

Skirt (Democratic Republic of the Congo), early 20th century
raffia.
Museum purchase through gift of Anonymous Donor and Mrs. Harry T. Peters.
1990-133-1

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

Rectangular, curved top and bottom, featuring printed decoration of man's two-tone ankle boot, with lace and hook closures, inscribed on inside of boot "Stacy Adams & Co.", inscribed on boot loop at top of back "Stacy Adams & Co.", c-scroll motifs to upper left and lower right of boot, inscribed below "Hulbert & Parker, Dealers in Fashionable Footwear, 121 Sixth Street, Pittsburg, PA." Reverse features small red griffon holding banner inscribed "None But The Best" on upper left corner, below inscription reads in various typefaces "Stacy Adams & Co., Makers of Fine Shoes, $5.00 & $6.00," in fine print below inscribed "The Whitehead & Hoag Co., Newark, N.J." Both side panels inscribed "None But The Best." Lid hinged on side. Striker on bottom.

Advertisement for "Hulbert & Parker, Fashionable Footware" Matchsafe, 1900–10
plated metal, printed celluloid.
Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener.
1980-14-785

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

Oval hinged tortoiseshell box, gold rim and frame; enamel portrait of a man in a red coat, slashed; white collar, green band; white wig.

Snuffbox With Portrait Miniature (England), ca. 1775
tortoiseshell, chased gold, enamel on copper.
Bequest of Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
1931-6-86

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

A snuffbox made in copper and silver. The lid shows two male figures in an outdoor scene with buildings in the background.

Snuffbox (Germany), ca. 1750
enamelled copper, silver.
Bequest of Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
1931-6-81

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

Each circular button in the form of a knot decorated with cross-hatched bands and lozenges.

Cuff Buttons (probably France), ca. 1860
bright-cut engraved aluminum, gold.
Gift of Mrs. Gustav E. Kissel.
1928-5-3-a,b

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

Six manufacturer's samples of velvets for men's waistcoats. Patterns are chiné and show small conventionalized floral patterns.

Samples (France), ca. 1850
cotton, paper.
Gift of Mrs. Montgomery Hare.
1936-51-1

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

Colorful figures; women in undewear and men in motorcycle garb, placed in grid structure on black. Royal's and address in Rome in white across center.

Shopping Bag, Royal's
plastic; white braided handles.
Gift of Unknown Donor.
2000-26-119

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

Book Cover, Myths of Gender

Book Cover, Myths of Gender
Gift of Steven Heller.
1996-74-84

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

The Indian dance, by men wearing eagle wings fastened to their outstretched arms, is seen in the background. The foreground is filled by the bust-length figures of Indians, represented in strongly contrasting patterns of light and shade.

Print, Eagle Dance, 1942
wood engraving.
Gift of William J. Donald.
1953-102-68

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

The handle is at upper right; a man is bound to it by a harness at his waist. On the right side of the body a man astride a grotesque mask supports on his shoulders another man who grasps the handle. Also astride masks are a putto, at center, and a bearded man with a shell, at left.

Print, Ewer with Handle, 1548
engraving on white laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
1946-3-4

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

Group of four tiles, square, with blue underglaze decoration on buff ground, each with name of one of the four continents, and corresponding allegory and attributes within a circular medallion: -72a, "Asia," showing turbaned figure riding in a howdah on back of an elephant, with two attendants; birds in foreground, turreted architecture in background; -72b, "Europa," showing a lady, cavalier and dog in foreground, watching woman in a sedan chair carried by two men; European style buildings in background; -72c, "Africa" with a turbaned man and woman, with attendant holding parasol, with the attributes of monkey, ostrich and camel; -72d, "America" showing an Indian in feather skirt and headdress, carried on a litter by five similarly but less ornately dressed Indians, and attended by one holding a fan; at left a conquistador on horseback, and a cockatoo on a branch; in right background, a sailing ship.

Allegories of the Four Continents Tiles, early-mid 18th century
tin-glazed earthenware.
Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde.
1960-1-72-a

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

To left, at top, three men and one woman recline on grassy back, with trees in background. Stream at right, flowing over mill-dam in background past rocks in foreground where three young women are fishing.

Print, The Fishing Party, from Appletons' Journal of Literature, Science and...
wood engraving on off-white wove paper.
Gift of Edith Wetmore.
1936-43-2

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

A large snail shell on the body from which emerges a dragon biting the ankle of a man at left at the base of the handle. Three other bearded men and two snakes make up the handle, which is at left. A foot with a decoration of plant motifs.

Print, Plate, from a series of designs for ewers and vessels, 1548
engraving on white laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
1946-3-3

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

Two figures standing, facing frontally, side by side. Each is dressed in elaborately patterned garb and has his right hand resting on his hip while the left hand holds a tall bow.

Drawing, Costume Design: Two Pirates, for Daphnis et Chloe, 1913
brush and watercolor, graphite on illustration board.
Gift of Mrs. G. Macculloch Miller.
1947-77-2

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Poster, Some People, New York Public Theater, 1994
screenprint on paper.
Gift of Paula Scher.
1996-88-14

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

Three white figures in silhouette (with black calligraphy) against red background. Imprinted in black upper section, in a column: Tai Chi Ch’uan / Cloud Hands is a center for Tai Chi, Dance, / & Meditation. Initial course offerings will be in Tai Chi Ch’uan taught for health and / meditation. Beginning students may enroll / in Part I which they should take at least / twice a week—with the option of taking all / four classes, at no additional cost. / For intermediate and advanced students the / center will be open every weekday from 5 to / 8 pm. 5 to 6 will be an open exercise period, / from 6 to 7:30 there will be a formal class, / and additional space in which student can / practice alone or in groups. / Instructors: /Tem Horwitz and Susan Kimmelman are / co-directors of Cloud Hands, they were / founders of / MoMing, and authored Tai Chi / Ch’uan: The Technique of Power / published by Chicago Review Press. Judith / Chambliss, along with Tem & Susan, was a / student of H. H. Lui, and is a well known / Chicago calligrapher. / Term: January 23 - April 29 14 Weeks / Schedule of Tai Chi: / Part I (Beginning) / M 6-7:30 W 6-7:30 / Tu 10-12 Th 10-12 / Part II / Tu 6-7:30 Th 6-7:30 / Sat 10-12 / Part III & / Review / Fri 6-7:30 / Tu 6-7:30 / Fees: Part I $95 / Part II $95 / Part III & Review $95 / Review $50 / Trial Classes $3 / Enroll at First Class Session / lower section: Cloud Hands / 9 W. Hubbard, Chicago, Illinois 60610 / 312.644.8087 & 348.0010

Poster, Cloud Hands, Center for Tai Chi, Dance, Meditation, 20th century
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Joseph M. Essex.
1991-69-15

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