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A Hand Made Swiss Embroidery
Carly LewisTable Mat. Embroidered cotton on linen. Appenzell Innerrhoden, Switzerland. 1900-1925. Gift of Stanley Herzman.The artist who made this doily-style table mat is unknown but the embroidered...
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The “feet” of time?
Nancy OlsonPair of men’s stockings. France, late eighteenth - early nineteenth century. Knitted and embroidered silk. Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma...
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DO YOU HAVE A LIGHT?
Gabrielle GolendaMatchsafe, ""In This You'll Find a Match"", ca. 1890 Cast and engraved silver. Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener. 1978-146-97.Matches seem almost trivial to us in 2014....
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Biedermeier Bidet and Reading Washstand
Jane OhDrawing: Designs for Mechanical Furniture: Bidet and Reading Washstand, ca. 1805. Austria or Germany. Pen and black ink, brush and watercolor on paper. Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory...
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A Pastoral Fantasy
Katie KupferbergStomacher. France, 18th century. Silk embroidered with silk and metallic. Bequest of Marian Hague, 1971-50-125. Imagine being able to change the entire look of your favorite dress by...
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A Masterful Balance
Rebekah PollockThis etching, a screen design by great artist François Boucher, is iconic for its inclusion of the French word rocaille. In the eighteenth century, rocaille referred to the irregular...
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John Piper, Work Across Media
Emily ShapiroTextile. Designed by John Piper. England, 1955–56. Cotton. Gift of Mr. Eddie Squires, 1992-162-1John Piper, a well-known British painter and author, was most famous for his watercolor...
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Show Some Skin
Kristina ParsonsPoster: Shiseido Sun Oil, 1971. Designed by Shin Matsunaga Design Inc. Gift of Shin Matsunaga, 1992-144-30.Though in western cultures, suntans are appreciated for their indication of...
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Flowers with Sass
Audrey SuttonTextile, Bromley Hall (most likely Foster & Co.), 1790s, Middlesex, England. Printed cotton. Gift of Harold M. Bailey, 1960-79-20 Flowers have always had meaning within...
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Love Garden
Erin GillisBook Illustration: Ground Plan for a House and Formal Garden: "Love Garden", ca. 1914. Designed by André and Paul Vera. Museum Purchase from the Smithsonian Collections Acquisitions Program...
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An Anonymous, Yet Patriotic Textile Design
Carly LewisTextile. Unknown designer. United States, ca. 1935. Silk. General purchase funds, 1988-55-1.The designer and manufacturer of this textile are unknown, but the subject is telling of the...
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Sèvres Porcelain Between Tradition and Innovation
Melissa OkanJeux de Fonds – Astronomie Vase, 1950-51. Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, France, porcelain. 2000-32-1Hendrick van Hulst, Head of the Department of Decoration at the Manufacture Nationale...
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A Modern Masters Series dress
Maleyne SyracuseDress, 1955. Gift of Elena Phipps in honor of Helene Phipps. 2013-5-1.This shirtwaist day dress was designed by celebrated fashion designer Claire McCardell, who is noted for her...
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Best Laid Planes: The Jewelry of Georg Dobler
Adriane DaltonBrooch, 1983. Georg Dobler. Germany. steel wire, acrylic lacquer. Gift of Helen W. Drutt English in memory of Mark Dallas Butler, 1999-55-1The works of German metalsmith Georg Dobler are...
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Dressing the Interior: Philip Schwarz’s Novelties
Mae Colburn (L) image of leather cover (R) image of ottoman tassel Detail from Schwarz, Philip. Novelties in Laces for Furniture and Decoration. Vienna: Druck von Stockinger & Morsack,...
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Waste Basket Boutique
Kristina ParsonsPaper Dress, 1966. Waste Basket Boutique by Mars of Asheville, N.C. Printed paper. Gift of Edna J. Curran, 1966-78-1In March of 1966, Scott Paper Company created the first paper dress...
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The Father of Swedish Modern Design
Emily ShapiroTextile: Vegetable Tree. Designed by Josef Frank. Sweden, 1944. Gift of Svenkst Tenn, 1982-60-1When I think of modern design, a joyful outburst of color and pattern is not what springs to...
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Visual Verbal Wit
Gabrielle GolendaPoster: ITF Internationale tentoonstelling op filmgebied, 1928. Designed by Piet Zwart. Museum purchase through gift of Susan Hermanos, Judith and Charles Bergoffen, Cathy Nierras, and...
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Art in Metal: The Modernist Jewelry of Greenwich Village’s Art Smith
Abby BangserBracelet, Designed and made by Art Smith, New York, NY, ca. 1950, Silver, Gift of Gretchen Gayle Ellsworth and Margot Gayle, 1997-171-1 Joel and Ethan Cohen’s movie that is in theaters now,...
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Celebrating a new church
Jennifer JohnsonSampler, Julia Ann Nivers, 1833. Embroidered in silk cross, satin, and eyelet stitches on linen. Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe, 1941-69-4Julia Ann Nivers’ sampler features a townscape...
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