Tags | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

We have 5 objects tagged muses.

This small, square doily, with long fringes on all sides, has an ivory linen warp (top and bottom fringe) and a gray-green silk weft (left and right fringe). A reclined figure sitting in a bed of leaves dressed as a daisy with long-stemmed daisies surrounding , and the word DAISY in the upper right corner, all appearing in ivory on a gray-green ground. Along the edge of the doily is a frame made of repeated curved leaves and dots.

Doily, Flora's Retinue: Daisy
linen warp, silk weft.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund and through gift of....
1994-28-2

This object was made by John Wilson & Sons.
This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 5 images of this object.

This small square doily has long fringes on all sides, with an ivory linen warp (fringe top and bottom) and a bright pink silk weft (fringe to the left and right). A figure in a pink dress and sitting on a large pink stem, with the word PINK in the upper left corner, all appearing in ivory on a pink ground. Flowers and stems surround her in the background, with a small repeated-triangle frame on along the edge of the doily.

Doily, Flora's Retinue: Pink
linen warp, silk weft.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund and through gift of....
1994-28-3

This object was made by John Wilson & Sons.
This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 5 images of this object.

This small square doily has long fringes on all sides, with an ivory linen warp (fringe top and bottom) and bronze-colored silk weft (fringe to the left and right). A figure in a dress made of bluebells is framed by bluebells, with the word Bluebell in the upper left, on a bronze-colored background. Flowers and stems surround her with a small, three-petal pattern frame on along the edge of the doily.

Doily, Flora's Retinue: Bluebelle
warp: linen; weft: silk.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund and through gift of....
1994-28-4

This object was made by John Wilson & Sons.
This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 5 images of this object.

Drawing, Study for "The Triumph of Apollo" for the Ceiling of the Sala delle Muse, Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican

Drawing, Study for "The Triumph of Apollo" for the Ceiling of the Sala delle...
pen and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash, black chalk, graphite on....
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-3578

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

Drawing, Ceiling Design

Drawing, Ceiling Design
graphite on off-white laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-6825

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