Tags | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Length of printed velvet with a pattern of curving artichoke forms in rows that alternate direction; inside each artichoke is a curvilinear flower and stem. Printed in silver metallic pigment on a soft, irregular pink ground.

Textile (Italy), 1900–30
foundation warp and weft: cotton; pile warp: silk.
Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.
1938-57-1226-a

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

Short coat of of orange-red silk twill, with large medallions on the front, back and on each sleeve, and sleevebands, in polychrome Kesi tapestry wtih some painted lines and shading. Borders of blue-gold kesi around neck and side opening, hem and sleeves. Lined with light blue peony-patterened damask. Medallions contain many symbols: dragons, lotus, fish, sacred vase, the endless knot, etc.

Woman's Short Jacket (China), late 19th–early 20th century
silk, metallic yarns.
Gift of Marian Hague.
1960-154-1

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

Triangular black silk Chantilly lace shawl with a floral design.

Shawl (France), ca. 1860
silk.
Gift of Caroline F. Anderson.
1930-1-2

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

Square mantilla of black Chantilly lace with a cross in the center and a design of floral swags forming a deeply scalloped innter border; bunches of flowers are placed within each scallop.

Mantilla (France), 19th century
silk.
Gift of Mrs. George Nichols from the collection of her mother, Mrs. J.P. Morgan.
1939-66-45

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

Shaped head scarf or fall cap of black Chantilly-style lace, with a floral motif in the center and at each end with flowering sprays and ribbons filling spaces, within a border of sharply curving bands. Chantilly style.

Headcovering (France), 19th century
silk.
Gift of Louise Goldsmith.
1942-71-1

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

Woman's headcovering or fall cap in Chantilly-style black silk lace. With a large basket of flowers in the center and a deeply scalloped border all around with sprigs of flowers.

Woman's Headcovering (France), mid-19th century
silk.
Gift of Mrs. Rufus King.
1957-120-10

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

Pleated fan with a black bobbin-made Chantilly lace leaf decorated with a line of dancing putti carrying a floral garland. The sticks are carved and gilded mother-of-pearl, decorated with oval medallions of putti. On each guard stick is a medallion with the initials FB.

Pleated Fan (France), 1869–80
silk bobbin lace leaf; carved and gilded mother-of-pearl sticks.
Gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
1920-19-35

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

Pair of women's wrist-length white kid gloves with the upper edge scalloped, pinked and pierced. Printed all over in black in a fine linear design of concentric ovals. On the back of each hand, a scene of a gentleman giving a gift to a lady seated under a tree. Around the wrist, a chain of lozenge shapes and floral forms.

Woman's Gloves (Spain), 1800–1820
kid leather.
Gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
1941-86-4-a,b

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

Triangular stomacher in ivory silk, heavily embroidered in gold metallic yarns with scrolling leaves framing small buildings, and, in colored silks, a female figure with a rake over one shoulder, a male figure dozing, and a butterfly.

Stomacher (France), 18th century
silk and metallic (metal-wrapped silk core) embroidery on silk foundation,....
Bequest of Marian Hague.
1971-50-125

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

Design for stomacher in diamonds and pearls with alternating rows of blossoms and bows in the center.

Drawing, Design for a Jeweled Stomacher, late 18th century
pen and black ink, brush and gray wash on laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-868

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

Stomacher with a trefoil point at the bottom, solidly embroidered in silver metallic yarns with a symmetrical design of flowers and leaves, framed by two spiralling ribbons.

Stomacher, mid-18th century
silk, metallic, paperboard.
Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma....
1962-52-16

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

Pair of sleeves which would have been tied onto an 18th century dress. Left sleeve badly faded. Coral-colored ground with a curving vine with blue and white flowers. Finished at bottom with blue binding and small bow.

Pair Of Sleeves, 18th century
silk, metallic yarns.
Gift of Mrs. James O. Green.
1896-11-1-a,b

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

Interlaced design with white sequins and pink iridescent seed beads, with gold vermicular chain stitch accents in the interstices, on black crepe ground.

Embroidery Sample (USA), ca. 1920–40
rayon, sequins, beads, metallic yarns.
Gift of the Budeiri Family in memory of Alberto Fasola.
2007-17-26

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

Fragment of glazed, printed cotton. The ground is printed by "molette" in minute grey zig-zag, leaving white areas, where an interlace design is printed in brown. Strawberry vines with clusters of little red flowers and green foliage form a diamond trellis.

Textile, 1851–63
cotton.
Gift of Bruce Buttfield.
1967-10-10-a

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

Length of red-orange knitted tubular fabric with a series of holes, like perforations, programmed into the knitting, allowing it to be cut by the purchaser into various garments, including a hat, tops, a skirt, a dress, gloves, and leggings.

Costume, A-POC: Queen, ca. 2000
55% cotton, 43% rayon, 2% polyurathane.
Gift of Issey Miyake USA Corp..
2003-11-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Halter-style dress with a tie at the neck and a deep flounce at the bottom. Looping is tighter in the mid-section to provide shaping. Geometric pattern of diamond patterns in off-white, tan, dark brown and dark blue.

Dress (Argentina), 2009
chaguar fiber (bromeliad family).
Museum purchase from Friends of Textiles Fund.
2011-17-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 8 images of this object.

Bands of tulip-like forms in white on black alternate with bands of black ovals with spiky white forms inside.

Textile, Fischreiher, 1910–11
silk.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
2005-8-41

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

Mola panel in combination of appliqué and reverse appliqué with embroidery. Central motif of man riding a large bird with an animal face; surrounded by smaller figures also riding birds, and an arrow ornamented with script. The background is filled with short vertical lines. In brilliant colors against a black ground.

Mola (Panama), ca. 1965
cotton.
Gift of Marion Miller.
1969-14-1

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

Large panel of tapa cloth. Thick white fabric made from beaten bark, painted in rust and brown in design of three rows of rectangles enclosing striated angular forms. Rows are divided by stripes of diamond pattern.

Bark Cloth, Large panel of tapa cloth, 19th or early 20th century
broussonetia bark.
Gift of Mrs. Henry J. Bernheim.
1958-140-8

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

Sample book with a cover which forms a box, including samples of machine embroidery, braids and tapes all using straw.

Sample Book, Pailles Été, 1903
paper, cardboard, silk, straw, and mixed media samples.
Museum purchase from Friends of Textiles Fund.
2004-7-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 10 images of this object.

Oval black enamel plaques, each with one carved emerald mask and one pearl drop and pearl studded piece separating each plaque.

Necklace (Italy), ca. 1880–1900
cast and woven gold, enamel, carved emeralds, pearls.
Museum purchase through gift of Anonymous Donor, Annie Schermerhorn Kane, and....
1969-40-16

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

White linen apron pleated into a narrow band at the top. The sides and lower half of the apron are decorated with squares of cut work with needle-lace fillings alternating with squares embroidered in white in a stylized plant motif. The bottom is trimmed with scalloped needle lace.

Apron (Italy), 17th century
linen.
Gift of Anonymous Donor.
1952-162-134

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

Design for a comb in gold and enamel. The upper part represents a nude figure of a woman rising from the waves.

Drawing, Design for a Nymph Comb, ca. 1900
brush and gouache, graphite on gray wove paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. Gustav E. Kissel.
1950-6-5

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

Black velvet border with couched cord soutache foliate and arrow motifs, in green, pale pink and yellow.

Embroidery Sample (USA), ca. 1920–40
rayon.
Gift of the Budeiri Family in memory of Alberto Fasola.
2007-17-5

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

Woman's whitework blouse with a scoop neck and wide sleeves.

Woman's Blouse (Philippines), 19th century
piña (pineapple) cloth.
Gift of Joseph Howland Hunt.
1919-11-1

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

Silver metallic fabric, folded and pleated to create a zigzag design.

Pleated Textile, Ohodedios, 1985
polyester, polyester aluminum lamé.
Gift of Dianne Benson.
1987-28-1

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

A woman's ceremonial skirt in tubular form made from woven raffia. Patterned by tied resist dying in ocher, red, and dark brown. The main body has four rows of red and ochre lozenges, there is an open-work section in the upper quarter. The upper edge is finished with an edging, and the bottom with a knotted fringe.

Skirt (Ivory Coast), late 19th–early 20th century
raffia.
Museum purchase through gift of Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Balamuth, Mr. and Mrs.....
1990-133-2

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

Printed textile with large scale repeating design of kidney shapes: solidl light purple, outlined in light blue, or with a white dotted outline, on a printed black ground.

Printed Textile, Heraaminen, 1977
cotton.
Gift of Marimekko, Inc..
1979-89-15

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

Kimono length split diagonally over its entire lenth between gray and black. The gray color is the result of crossing a white warp with a black weft; the black area is a black warp and black weft. The hand-spun silk has a more cotton-like feel than reeled silk. Original design dates from 1910.

Textile, Yuki Tsumugi, 1988
warp: hand-spun silk (tsumugi) wrapped with reeled silk; weft: hand-spun silk....
Gift of Jun Okuzawa, Representative of Yuki Tsumugi Producers Association.
1989-99-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 8 images of this object.

Length of fabric in which squares of various woven and embroidered white Nuno fabrics are machine stitched to a water-soluble base cloth which is then dissolved away, leaving an open ground with 'floating' scraps.

Textile, Tsugihagi, 2002–03
variable.
Gift of the Nuno Corporation.
2004-18-2

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

Legth of sheer golden-yellow semi-transparent fabric with irregular creases texturing the surface.

Textile, Mica, ca. 1995–98
polyester yarn (weft), polyester slit film (warp).
Gift of The Museum of Modern Art, courtesy of the designer.
2002-17-3

This object was made by Takekura Co., Ltd..
This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Textile, Futsu Crisscross

Textile, Futsu Crisscross
62% silk (raw silk and kibiso), 38% cotton.
2009-48-3

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

Textile, Origami Pleat

Textile, Origami Pleat
polyester.
2004-18-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 5 images and 2 videos of this object.

Textile, New York Panorama

Textile, New York Panorama
cotton.
1988-55-1

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

Short-sleeved dress with back and front of similar shape, seamed at top and sides. Tan fibrous paper printed with horizontal black and brown stripes.

Dress (USA), 1966
paper.
Gift of Edna J. Curran.
1966-78-1

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