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To the Rescue!
Margaret AdlerDrawing: The Life Line, 1882–83. Artist: Winslow Homer. Gift of Charles Savage Homer, Jr.. 1912-12-34.An intrepid rescuer, clad in a seaman’s oilskin garb, and a swooning maiden,...
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A Recipe Book for Dyestuffs
Kimberly RandallDyer's record book, 1820–early 1830s, Museum purchase through gift of Jaques Séligmann, 1950-99-1In the Textiles collection is a wonderful example of a dyer’s record book for printed...
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Alexander Girard for Herman Miller
Gregory HerringshawSample book: Wallpapers Designed for Alexander Girard for Herman Miller. Zeeland, MI, 1953. Gift of Suzanne Sekey.Alexander Girard was trained as an architect and began practicing...
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Basic Chemistry
Caitlin CondellPoster: Oil and Water Do Not Mix, 2010. Designed by Anthony Burrill. Published by Happiness Brussels. Gift of Anthony Burrill. 2012-13-1.Years ago, I was out sick the week that my fellow...
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Dining Under the Stars
Alison CharnyDrawing: Design for Roof Garden, Hotel Gibson, Cincinnati, OH, 1928. Architect: Joseph Urban. Gift of Carola Walton in memory of her mother Dorothy S. Teegan, 1990-126-1.Joseph Urban’s...
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If I were a carpenter
Elizabeth BromanIcones lignorum exoticorum et nostratium Germanicorum : ex arboribus, arbusculis et fruticibus varii generis collectorum by Jan Christian Sepp. Pl 25. Nürnberg : In Commission der...
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Wallpaper that Expands Your Horizons
Gregory HerringshawFrieze. United States, ca. 1905. Gift of Paul F. Franco.Wide landscape friezes were popularized by Walter Crane in 1896 and remained in vogue until around 1913. The use of these...
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Inside wonders: A Japanese pattern book
Jen Cohlman BracchiKaigara Danmen Zuan. (1913) Smithsonian Libraries. q N8243.S4 H57 Patterns found in nature have influenced human creativity for millennia and continue to inspire designers today....
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Discover Architecture- Carry A Magnet!
Elizabeth BromanIllustrations of iron architecture, made by the Architectural Iron Works of the city of New York by Daniel Badger. New York : Baker & Godwin, printers ..., 1865. Smithsonian...
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The Glamour of the Gilded Age
Joanna BurgessFan. France, 1880-1890. Mother-of-pearl and lace. Gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane, 1920-19-35.The end of the American Civil War saw the rise of the Gilded Age. A time of opulence for some...
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Functional Sculpture
Cynthia TropeGiso 404 piano lamp, designed by Jacobus Johannes Pieter (J.J.P.) Oud (Dutch, 1890-1963), Netherlands, 1927, Museum Purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund and...
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A Crystal Palace
Stephen H. Van DykDickinsons' comprehensive pictures of the Great Exhibition of 1851 / / from the originals painted for H.R.H. Prince Albert, by Messrs. Nash, Haghe and Roberts, R.A. ; published under...
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O Love, Remember Me
Jennifer JohnsonPicture, embroidered by Margaret Hoog, 1875. Gift of Myra M. and William H. Mathers, 2008-31-23Today marks the 138th wedding anniversary of Margaret and John Hoog, an event memorialized...
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Balloon Mania
Megan ElevadoTextile: Le Ballon de Gonesse. Designed by Jean-Baptiste Marie Huet, 1784. Printed cotton. Museum Purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund. 1961-116-5-aOn August 27, 1783, the skies above the...
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An elegant form of air purification
Andrea LippsProSolve 370e architectural tiles. Designed by Elegant Embellishments, 2009. Gift of designer. 2011-29-1/44.In 2010, Cooper-Hewitt held its fourth installment of the National Design...
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Everyday I'm #DrawArt-ing
Paige DansingerPaige Dansinger is an artist living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. We first met Paige at the 2012 Museum Computer Network conference in Seattle. Since meeting Paige we have been following...
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Reforming Play time -a Chair for Men
Sarah CoffinArgyle Tea Rooms Armchair Designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh (Scottish, 1868-1928) Made by Francis Smith & Son, Glasgow, Scotland, 1897 Oak Gift of David Byrne and Adelle Lutz,...
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A Modern Bird
Jennifer LemaSidewall: L’Oiseau Moderne. Imported by W.H.S. Lloyd Co., Inc., ca. 1930. Machine-printed. Gift of W.H.S. Lloyd Co., Inc.This art-deco style wallcovering was created in the early twentieth...
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Flute song in silver
Sarah CoffinBowl, Designed by Josef Hoffmann (Czech, act, Vienna 1870–1956?), Produced by Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna, 1917, silver, Gift of Ely Jacques Kahn, 1962-227-1 This elegant piece of silver is...
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Stairway to Modernism: Thérèse Bonney Collection
Jen Cohlman BracchiSpiral staircase in the atelier-home of sculptors Joël and Jan Martel, (10, rue Mallet-Stevens), by architect Robert Mallet-Stevens, ca. 1927. Thérèse Bonney Collection, SST032....
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