Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collection

https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/exhibitions/35350915/

Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collection

Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collection

https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18187961/

  • hair, gold
  • Gift of Georgina and Louisa L. Schuyler
  • women's fashion accessories
  • personal adornment
  • adornment
  • twisted
  • woven
  • jewelry
  • tubular
  • bracelets
  • hair
  • lozenge

Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collection

https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18307723/

  • wood, paint, gilding, textile
  • Gift of the Countess Costantini
  • furniture
  • display
  • flowers
  • animals
  • gilt
  • capitals
  • griffins
  • seating
  • heads
  • chairs
  • leaves
  • foliate
  • carved
  • chinoiserie
  • berries
  • acanthus
  • cornucopias

Pergolesi, an Italian designer who spent much of the 1780s in London, created engravings that influenced Italian and English furniture makers. His designs featured fantastic animal-like creatures mixed with a classical vocabulary. This chair was a gift of Countess Costantini, a Hewitt friend who collected and sold antique Italian furniture in New York.

Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collection

https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18316507/

  • hair, gold
  • Gift of Mrs. Gustav E. Kissel
  • gold
  • women's fashion accessories
  • personal adornment
  • adornment
  • leaves
  • jewelry
  • hair
  • oval

Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collection

https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18316509/

  • hair, gold
  • Gift of Mrs. Gustav E. Kissel
  • gold
  • women's fashion accessories
  • personal adornment
  • adornment
  • leaves
  • jewelry
  • hair

Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collection

https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18319239/

  • block printed on handmade paper
  • Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
  • interior
  • interior decoration
  • wallcovering
  • monochrome
  • interwoven
  • trompe l'oeil
  • Imitative

Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collection

https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18349839/

  • pierced and glazed earthenware (creamware)
  • Bequest of Erskine Hewitt
  • container
  • domestic
  • display
  • dining
  • decorative
  • baskets
  • interlaced
  • lattice
  • pierced
  • fruit bowl
  • creamware

Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collection

https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18388547/

  • Manufactured by Artcraft Wallpaper Company
  • machine-printed on paper
  • Gift of Interior Design and Decoration

Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collection

https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18416699/

  • Designed by Wolfgang Hieronymus Von Bömmel
  • engraving on off-white laid paper
  • Museum purchase through gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop
  • curves
  • animals
  • lions
  • scrolls
  • print collectors
  • artisans
  • printmakers
  • leaves
  • jewelers
  • embroiderers
  • rabbits

Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collection

https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18421347/

  • bamboo, gold
  • Gift of Mrs. Henry J. Bernheim

Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collection

https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18424703/

  • silk, metal wire, metal strips, coral beads
  • Gift of Marian Hague
  • furniture
  • landscape
  • mountains
  • trees
  • upper class
  • domestic interiors
  • branches
  • adornment
  • beads
  • leaves
  • cabinets
  • texture
  • raised
  • salamanders

Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collection

https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18431741/

  • hair, gold, ivory, seed pearls, pailettes
  • Gift of Mrs. Charles W. Lester
  • gold
  • flowers
  • personal adornment
  • adornment
  • accessories
  • jewelry
  • bracelets
  • hair
  • cornucopias
  • braiding

Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collection

https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18431743/

  • hair, gold, ivory, seed pearls, pailettes
  • Gift of Mrs. Charles W. Lester
  • personal
  • gold
  • flowers
  • personal adornment
  • adornment
  • accessories
  • jewelry
  • hair
  • cornucopias
  • brooch

Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collection

https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18464395/

  • painted maple
  • Gift of George J. Fino
  • design
  • furniture
  • organic
  • seating
  • concentric
  • wood
  • natural color
  • bent
  • natural

The rustic furniture trade grew in the Catskill mountains because of access to an abundance of suitable natural materials. The work required only basic tools—saws, clippers, penknives, hammers, and measures. The dramatically curved profile of this chair shows the sophistication and skill of its maker while revealing the natural qualities of the wood.

Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collection

https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18476417/

  • block-printed and flocked paper
  • Gift of Josephine Howell

Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collection

https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18476831/

  • glass, straw, cork
  • Bequest of Julian Clarence Levi
  • travel
  • wavy
  • dining
  • decorative
  • texture
  • service

Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collection

https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18489645/

  • Designed by Unknown
  • mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu), and silk threads (itoire)
  • Gift of Helen Snyder

Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collection

https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18489647/

  • cut mulberry paper treated with persimmon tannin and silk thread
  • Gift of Helen Snyder
  • water
  • pattern
  • waves
  • abstraction
  • repetition
  • textile design
  • umbrellas

Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collection

https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18489665/

  • Designed by Unknown
  • mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu), and silk threads (itoire)
  • Gift of Helen Snyder
  • water
  • abstraction
  • designers
  • clients
  • rhythm
  • dyers

Katagami, the stencils used in the Japanese resist-dye process katazome to produce printed textiles, typically feature abstract motifs drawn from nature, traditional folklore, and literature. The curving, rhythmic lines shown here convey moving water. The simplicity of the design belies the laborious process of carving the stencil.

Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collection

https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18557339/

  • mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon juice (kakishibu), silk threads (itoire)
  • Museum purchase through gift of Charles W. Gould

Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collection

https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18611971/

  • Manufactured by Katzenbach and Warren, Inc.
  • molded plastic, paper backing
  • Gift of Katzenbach and Warren, Inc.

Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collection

https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18616351/

  • silk, metal-wrapped silk, and metal embroidery on silk foundation
  • Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer

Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collection

https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18620777/

  • assembled and pinned steer horn, cut and shaped horn sheets, wood, metal, brass, glass, leatherette upholstery (modern)
  • Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen
  • interior
  • decoration
  • home
  • overlapping
  • nature
  • curving line
  • brass

Trained as a cabinetmaker, Wenzel Friedrich immigrated to the U.S. in 1853, settling in San Antonio, Texas. In 1880, he realized the potential of the Texan stockyards’ plentiful supply of steer horns for use in furniture design. It is likely Friedrich was inspired by furniture he had seen in Europe where antlers and other emblems of the hunt were used as decor as early as the 15th century. Friedrich’s longhorn furniture fulfilled the Victorian fancy for the unusual, as well as symbolized the Wild West. Heating the horn made the material pliable, allowing Friedrich to create exagerated curves for his pieces.

Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collection

https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18620779/

  • steer horn, wood, metal, brass, glass, leatherette (not original)
  • Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen
  • animals
  • square
  • seating
  • feet
  • frontier
  • exoticism

Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collection

https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18622391/

  • maple
  • Gift of the Hulla family in memory of Mark Wilson Hulla
  • interior
  • circles
  • seating
  • curvilinear
  • chairs
  • wood
  • furniture makers
  • interwoven

Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collection

https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18635577/

  • maple, metal, glass, twill tape
  • Museum purchase from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund

Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collection

https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18639531/

  • dyed horsehair
  • Museum purchase through bequest of Ida McNeil in memory of Lincoln C. McNeil and Catherine McNeil

Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collection

https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18639533/

  • dyed horsehair
  • Museum purchase through bequest of Ida McNeil in memory of Lincoln C. McNeil and Catherine McNeil

Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collection

https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18639535/

  • dyed horsehair
  • Museum purchase through bequest of Ida McNeil in memory of Lincoln C. McNeil and Catherine McNeil

Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collection

https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18678855/

  • Designed by Adolf Behrmann
  • Manufactured by Max Roesler Factory
  • glazed earthenware
  • Gift of Victor Wiener

Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collection

https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18712511/

  • Designed by Fernando Campana
  • Manufactured by EDRA
  • bent epoxy-coated steel, hand woven dyed cotton rope, aluminum
  • Gift of Edra SpA, Italy
  • interior
  • home
  • seating
  • loops
  • chairs
  • irregular
  • layers
  • rope
  • unexpected shapes

For the brothers Fernando and Humberto Campana, startling materials are a hallmark of their practice. Often evoking the rich street-market culture of their native Brazil, they utilize quotidian elements in unexpected ways, such as cord for the opulent pile upholstery of this Vermelha chair.

Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collection

https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18713073/

  • Designed by Fernando Campana
  • wicker, iron, found objects (plastic, rubber)
  • Commissioned from the designers by Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
  • interior
  • decoration
  • home
  • seating
  • irregular
  • contrast
  • cross-media
  • postmodern
  • playful
  • chair

The designers who created this chair from a collection of discarded objects produced an intriguing design while reminding us that nothing need be wasted.

Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collection

https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18799883/

  • elm, wicker, ivory
  • Gift of Albert Hadley
  • interior decoration
  • furniture
  • seating
  • revival
  • triangles
  • wood

Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collection

https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18804989/

  • glass
  • This acquisition was made possible through the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation
  • decoration
  • container
  • home
  • display
  • organic
  • asymmetry
  • sculptural
  • curved
  • texture
  • irregular
  • earth tones

Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collection

https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18806099/

  • glazed earthenware
  • Gift of Dr. Marilyn G. Karmason
  • interior
  • decoration
  • container
  • scalloped
  • domestic
  • display
  • floral
  • repetition
  • woven
  • leaves
  • interwoven
  • cross-hatching