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Fascinated with French Poodles
Greg HerringshawWallpaper: Gigi. Produced by Standard Coated Products, 1960. Gift of Jacqueline Rea.One can’t go through the mid-century without being shown some poodles. French poodles appeared on...
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Exploring the Grand Canyon
Gail S. DavidsonLooking up the Trail at Bright Angel, Grand Canyon, Arizona, May 1901. Thomas Moran. Gift of Thomas Moran, 1917-17-83.Thomas Moran painted this beautiful watercolor of the Grand...
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New Material, New Form
Cynthia TropeStacking side chair, designed by Verner Panton, Manufactured by Vitra for Herman Miller, Inc., Designed 1960, Gift of Robert Blaich, 1977-1-1This innovative stacking chair is arguably...
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Lips
Matilda McQuaidTextile, "Lippen", 1968. Designed by Verner Panton. 1968. Gift of Evan Snyderman and Zesty Meyers of R 20th Century and museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.Color...
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Back in the USSR
Elizabeth BromanLeft: Vase with portrait of Joseph Stalin. Right: Vases with portraits of various prominent Communist leaders. Katalog farforu fa︠i︡ansu i maĭoliky. = Katalog farfora fa︠i︡ansa i...
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1965/66 Season Poster for Municipal Theater, Basel, with Weekly Program
Niko ArranzArmin Hoffman: 1965/66 Season Poster for Municipal Theater, Basil. Offset lithograph. Basil, Switzerland, 1965A column, cello, cowboy-looking boot and ballet’s foot represent the drama of...
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Studied Beauty: Textile Panel by Ethel Stein
Lucy CommonerDamask woven silk ikat: #5. Woven by Ethel Stein. Croton-on-Hudson, New York, 1980-89. Museum purchase through gift of Anonymous Donor.Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum is fortunate to...
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The Lure of the Peacock: Iridescence and Immortality
Sarah CoffinPeacock vase, Designer: Louis Comfort Tiffany, Produced by Tiffany Studios, ca. 1901, Gift of Stanley Siegel, from the Stanley Siegel Collection, 1975-32-11Objects have many stories but...
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Chicken Point Cabin
Gail S. DavidsonDrawing: Design for Chicken Point Cabin, Hayden Lake, Idaho: West and South Elevations, February 15, 2001. Tom Kundig. Gift of Tom Kundig. 2010-10-1. An image on the front cover of...
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Back to the Futurists
Stephen H. Van DykLes mots en liberté futuristes (Futurist Words in Freedom)// F. T. Marinetti. Milano: Edizioni futuriste di “Poesia”, 1919. Les mots en libertéfuturistes (Futurist Words in...
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Napoleon's Other Wife
Sarah R. DonahueEmbroidery Design Commemorating the Marriage of Napoleon I and Marie-Louise, France, ca. 1810. Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.Though most people only know of his first wife Joséphine,...
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Nothing's Flocking
Joanna BurgessChristina Malman (1912-1959): Proposed cover for "The New York Magazine" or "Promenade Magazine". New York, 1939 Graphite, pen and ink, brush and water color crayon on off white laid...
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Noah's Ark
Alison CharnyNoah's Ark, 1982. Ernst Oppliger. This acquisition was made possible through the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation.1985-22-1.In this ornate design made of cut paper, contemporary artist...
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A Busman’s Holiday
Gail S. DavidsonDrawing: Fisherman in Quebec, Canada, 1895. Winslow Homer. Gift of Charles Savage Homer, Jr. 1912-12-89.Winslow Homer and his brother Charles Savage Homer Jr. were avid fly-fishermen....
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The Wikipedians are coming and we've opened the doors
Micah WalterOne of the main goals with our new collections website has been to create connections between the Cooper-Hewitt collection and the rest of the world that already exist out on the Internet....
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Sea of Mystery
Alison Charny Design for Stained Glass: "The Mermaid Window" for the A.H. Barney Residence, New York, NY. Elihu Vedder. Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. 1955-38-2-a/c.This design for...
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Looking into the Future
Gregory HerringshawWallpaper with atronauts and spaceships. Produced by The Prager Co., Inc., Worcester, MA, 1954. Gift of Suzanne Lipschutz.I have always been fascinated by these wallpapers with...
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Cushy Cardboard
Cynthia TropeBubbles chaise longue, Designed by Frank O. Gehry, ca. 1988, Museum purchase from the Members' Acquisitions Fund of Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, 2012-3-1 Industrial-grade...
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Amusing and Decorative Wallpaper
Gregory HerringshawWallpaper: Horses, New York, 1951. Designed by Saul Steinberg. Gift of Harvey Smith and Benjamin PiazzaWhile Steinberg trained as an architect he is best known for his satirical...
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Pulsating Life
Alison CharnyGunta (Aldegunde) Stölz. Drawing: Design for Double Woven Cloth, ca. 1926. Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund. 2011-3-1. Gunta (Aldegunde) Stölzl is known for her...
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