Plastics
This exhibition was on display from June 08, 2019 to January 02, 2022.
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- Spoon
- shaped horn with applied engraved sheet silver.
- Bequest of Ruth Vollmer.
- 1982-26-2
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 4 images of this object.
- Lorgnette (USA)
- formed tortoiseshell, applied gold, glass, metal.
- Gift of John Torson.
- 1983-41-1
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Pleated Fan (possibly France)
- double-sided leaf of plain weave and gauze weave silk net with applied....
- Gift of dorothy Warren in memory of Blanche Allien Warren (Mrs. Charles....
- 1985-77-2
- Case For Traveling Cutlery (Germany)
- leather, wood, wool, brass.
- The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg.
- 1985-103-269
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Armchair (USA)
- assembled and pinned steer horn, cut and shaped horn sheets, wood, metal,....
- Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen.
- 1986-39-1
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 4 images of this object.
- Hand Mirror (probably England)
- molded vulcanized rubber, mirrored glass, gilt metal.
- Gift of Anonymous Donor.
- 1992-60-1
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 4 images of this object.
- Hat Pin
- celluloid.
- Gift of Frances Jones Poetker.
- 1997-130-7
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Pair Of Earrings (USA)
- carved tortoiseshell, gold.
- Gift of Dorothy Warren.
- 2007-50-2-a,b
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Winged Vessel II Vessel
- wool felt, bast fibers, leaf, urushi lacquer.
- Gift of Anonymous Donor.
- 2009-41-1
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Shoe Horn (England)
- heat- and steam-shaped horn, with engraved and black-stained decoration.
- Gift of Barbara Munves.
- 2011-31-1
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- Sidewall, Veneer Embossed
- woven bio-based polyethylene yarn, heat embossed.
- Gift of Carnegie Fabrics.
- 2013-44-2
- This object was made by Carnegie Fabrics.
- This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Botanica VI (Nepenthes Villosa) Vase
- dewaxed shellac, bois durci (sycamore wood and egg albumen), beeswax,....
- Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
- 2015-52-1
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- Woven Picture, 1939
- rayon.
- American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Katharine Kreiser and....
- 2016-35-76
- This object is part of the Textiles collection.
- Comb, Peineta (Comb)
- tortoiseshell.
- Gift of Belmont Freeman, for the family of Maria Magdalena Kjellesvig....
- 2018-41-1
- Fan With Kaleidoscope, Brisé Fan with Kaleidoscope
- painted horn, silk, brass, glass, cardboard (case).
- Bequest of Ann Hardy.
- 2018-44-11-a/c
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Vessel, RYB Vessel from the Sculpt Series, 2016
- bioplastic (capa™ 6800 caprolactone), synthetic and mineral pigments.
- Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
- 2018-43-1
- There are 5 images of this object.
- Brisé Fan
- sticks of pierced cellulose nitrate with silk ribbon, celluloid loop and....
- Gift of Belmont Freeman, for the family of Maria Magdalena Kjellesvig....
- 2018-41-2
- Haircomb, ca. 1930
- molded and painted cellulose nitrate with applied glass pastes.
- Museum purchase from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
- 1997-34-1
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- Comb Comb
- tortoiseshell.
- Gift of Mrs. Owen E. Robinson and Mrs. John B. Hendry in memory of Mrs. John....
- 1993-68-49
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Comb (possibly England)
- shaped, carved and pierced tortoiseshell.
- Gift of Mrs. Owen E. Robinson and Mrs. John B. Hendry in memory of Mrs. John....
- 1993-68-47
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Matchsafe
- white metal, celluloid film, photograph.
- Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener.
- 1978-146-368
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- Embroidery Sample (USA), 1930–39
- viscose rayon, acetate, gelatin sequins.
- Gift of David Glickman.
- 1977-81-11
- Embroidery Sample (USA), 1930–39
- cellulose acetate, glass and cellulose nitrate bead.
- Gift of David Glickman.
- 1977-81-12
- Sample Kit, The Miracle of Rayon: Part 1 Viscose Process, 1946
- paper board, paper, wood, glass, wax paper, rayon.
- Gift of American Viscose Corp..
- 1946-43-8
- This object was made by American Viscose Corporation.
- This object is part of the Textiles collection.
- There are 13 images of this object.
- Escape Map, No. 35, Northeast China
- acetate rayon.
- Gift of Richard N. Fried.
- 1992-140-2
- Handscreen
- pierced and painted buffalo hide leaf, carved buffalo horn handle.
- Gift of V. Isabelle Miller.
- 1939-22-1
- This object is part of the Textiles collection.
- Textile, 1920s
- rayon.
- Gift of Mrs. Germaine Little.
- 1968-110-190
- Container, Container
- wood chips, natural binders (sulapac).
- Gift of Sulapac.
- 2019-2-1-a,b
- This object was made by Sulapac Ltd..
- There are 2 images of this object.
