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Roche Mail
Stephen H. Van DykMaria Sybilla Meriaen Over de voortteeling en wonderbaerlyke veranderingen der Surinaamsche insecten (Maria Sibylla Merian on the original forms and miraculous transformations of...
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The Union Forever
Susan BrownTextile: The Union Forever. Designer unknown. United States, 1864. Gift of Mrs. Frederick F. Thompson.Today marks the 148th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural address, which...
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Art Deco: Cubism and Classical Tradition
Terry RyanArchitectures : recueil publié sous la direction de Louis Süe & André Mare. Plate 1. Paul Vera's stunning title page evokes the unity of the arts, Classicism, "things French" ....and...
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Before There Were Ring Tones There Were Rings
Cynthia TropeModel 500 telephone, Designed by Henry Dreyfuss, Manufactured by Western Electric Manufacturing Company for Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1953. Museum transfer from Exhibitions Department,...
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Flower Power
Gregory HerringshawWallpaper: Love in Bloom, Chicago, 1968. Produced by The Jack Denst Designs, Inc. Gift of The Jack Denst Designs, Inc.Love in Bloom is a beautifully designed wallpaper that speaks of...
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Keeping Warm: A Pennsylvania Coverlet
Kimberly RandallCoverlet, early 19th century, Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund, 2010-9-1.The American woven coverlet presents an appealing visual record of the patterns and...
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Birth of Venus
Christopher ChitrisWallpaper: Mythology, Glens Falls, New York, 1938. Designed by Teresa Kilham. Gift of Teresa Kilham.The reason I chose this wallcovering by Teresa Kilham was due to the mythology...
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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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Illuminating New York: Caldwell & Company
Jen CohlmanCeiling fixture for Rockefeller Center, by Caldwell & Company, 1932. Smithsonian Libraries. NK2115.5.L5 S54This black and white photograph represents just one of 37,000 from the...
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Wrapped up
Amanda KesnerWrapping cloth (pojagi), sewn and pieced silk, ca. 1900. Museum purchase from Roy and Niuta Titus Foundation FundPojagi is a Korean ceremonial wrapping cloth used to cover gifts, protect...
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Learning by Crocheting
Matilda McQuaidModel of Hyperbolic Space. Made by Daina Taimina, 2011. Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.There is something very seductive about mathematical models and...
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Ribbons and Bows
Sarah DonahuePrint: The Gentleman's and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 1755. Thomas Chippendale. Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council. 1921-6-450-17. Even today, in the twenty-first century,...
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Light Years
Ellen LuptonPoster: LIGHT/YEARS: Poster for the Architectural League's Beaux Arts Ball, 1999. Michael Bierut and Nicole Trice, Pentagram. 1999. Gift of Michael Bierut. 2007-12-2.Graphic design plays a...
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Whimsy and Shamrocks
Sarah D. CoffinPair of Pier Tables, Attributed to William Moore, Irish, (d. 1814), Dublin, Ireland, ca. 1785, Satinwood, tulipwood, harewood and other woods,Gift of Neil Sellin, 1967-87-1a,bA...
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Longevity
Laurel McEuenRank badge, China, 1391-1527. Woven silk and gilded paper. Gift of John Pierpont Morgan.Asia Week is in full swing!An annual event in New York City, Asia Week began last Friday, March...
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Light Volumes
Kadie YaleDrawing: Chapel of St. Ignatius, Seattle University: Exterior Concept Study, September 6, 1994. Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt. 2001-15-1. I grew up next to a large...
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Color in Combination
Maleyne SyracuseFabric sample. Designed and woven by Dorothy Liebes. ca. 1949. Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin. 1972-75-105.Weaver and textile designer Dorothy Liebes had twin obsessions:...
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Fly Catcher
Stephen H. Van DykColored illustration entitled: “Maggot-bearing Stapelia”, engraved by Joseph C. Stadler, from Temple of Flora, third part of New illustration of the sexual system of Carolus von...
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William Lescaze's Townhouse Blueprint: Creating a New Look for New York...
Rebecca McNamaraPrint: Elevation of Townhouse, 211 East 48th Street, New York, NY", 1933. Gift of William E. Lescaze. 1937-37-2. This blueprint in the Cooper-Hewitt collection depicts architect William...
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Alchemy In Situ
Pamela LawtonDrawing: Niagara from Goat Island, Winter, March 1856. Gift of Louis P. Church. 1917-4-765-a. “The trip was … one of risk … no one is allowed to sketch alive there … an artist who ventured...
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