#Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum

[lionofchaeronea]

Vision of the Cross, Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900)

[thinkingimages]

[hollygl125]

Drawing, Butterfly; brush and watercolor on paper; 15.7 × 17.5 cm (6 3/16 × 6 7/8 in.); Gift of Hamill and Barker; 1961-105-120-a (Cooper Hewitt)

Drawing, Butterfly; brush and watercolor on paper; 17.7 × 22.5 cm (6 15/16 × 8 7/8 in.); Gift of Hamill and Barker; 1961-105-120-b (Cooper Hewitt)

[kommabortsig]

Print,_Design_for_a_box_of_Lefèvre-Utile_biscuits,_ca._1897_(CH_51685241-2).jpg

[heaveninawildflower]

Drawing from 'Saint Germain' (French, circa 1896).

Gouache on paper.

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

Wikimedia.

[the-most-sublime-fool]

Lapel watch, USA, c. 1889, Cooper–Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

[desimonewayland]

Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

Figure Study for "Jacob Wrestling with the Angel", 1886

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Textile, "Manhattan," by Clayton Knight, manufactured by Stehli Silks. 1925.

The cityscape is a natural subject for textile design—grid-based, repetitive and boldly geometric—well, at least Manhattan after the skyscraper boom of the 1920s and 30s. … Clayton Knight’s version was part of Stehli Silk’s Americana Prints collection, produced between 1925 and 1927. … “The skyscraper, jazz, and other modern notes of energetic America will be reflected in the designs,” ("Artists Localize Our Silk Designs,"; New York Times, November 1, 1925). The article also declared Knight's Manhattan to be the most successful design of the series, noting that "it is so modern that it suggests a view of all our skyscrapers piled up together, seen from an elevated train rounding a sharp curve."

Text & photo: Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum

[daughterofchaos]

Writing Desk, ca. 1902, Italy, unknown artist

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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[lionofchaeronea]

Title: The Circular Drawing Room at Carlton House, London Artist: Charles Wild (English, 1781-1835) Date: 1819 Genre: interior Period: Regency Medium: Brush and watercolor, gouache on white wove paper Dimensions: 46.1 cm (18.1 in) high x 38.1 cm (15 in) wide Location: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York City

[chic-a-gigot]

Where do you find all of these pictures and catalogues?

Libraries! and Museums! with robust online collections! One resource can lead to other resources because some of these links are systems of interconnected libraries. Most provide high-resolution downloads and transcribed text. I include links to all of my sources in their respective posts.

Bibliothèque Nationale de France et al (Gallica)

Ville de Paris / Bibliothèque Forney et al

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Los Angeles Public Library

Les Musées de la Ville de Paris

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Digital Public Library of America

Internet Archive

The Met Costume Institute Fashion Plates

[hollygl125]

Drawing, Sunrise over the Hudson; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; oil on paperboard; 17.1 × 22.2 cm (6 3/4 × 8 3/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-736 (Cooper Hewitt)

[history-of-fashion]

1846 Fashion plates from La Belle Assemblee:

January

March

March

April

October

November

(Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum)

[pagan-stitches]

This is a Pattern book. It is dated 1760 and we (Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum) acquired it in 1961. Its medium is leather, paper, metal. It is a part of the Textiles department.

It is credited Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund.

Explore the book on line here.

[cupofmeat]

Block printed wallpaper of Morning Glory, ca. 1795-1810, France; collection Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.