Making Design
This exhibition was on display from December 12, 2014 to September 01, 2016.
This exhibition has been divided in to the following sections:
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- Tassel (Italy)
- linen, wood.
- Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma....
- 1962-51-8
- This object is part of the Textiles collection.
- Tassel (Italy)
- linen, wood.
- Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma....
- 1962-51-16
- This object is part of the Textiles collection.
- Tassel (Italy)
- linen.
- Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma....
- 1962-51-28
- Tassel (Italy)
- linen.
- Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma....
- 1962-51-61
- Print, Der Küss (The Kiss), from Pan, vol. 4, no. 2, 1898
- woodcut on thin cream japan paper.
- Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
- 2005-13-1
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Poster, Otis Rush & His Chicago Blues Band, Grateful Dead, The Canned Heat...
- offset lithograph on white wove paper.
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie J. Schreyer.
- 1979-34-28
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Print, Lion and Hare Composed of Ornamental Leaf-Work, from Neue-ersonnene...
- engraving on off-white laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop.
- 1957-162-13
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Design for a Painted Porcelain Tray
- brush and watercolor, gouache, pen and brown ink, black chalk on cream laid....
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
- 1938-88-8317
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Drawing, Design for a Painted Porcelain Feuilles de Choux (Cabbage Leaves)...
- brush and watercolor, black chalk on cream laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
- 1938-88-8312
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Design for a Grand Légumier (Vegetable Dish)
- graphite, blue color pencil on wove paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of George A. Hearn.
- 1992-70-2
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Poster, Spitzen der Wiener Werkstätte (Wiener Werkstätte Lacework)
- lithograph on off-white paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of George A. Hearn.
- 2002-19-1
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Drawing, Phillips Exeter Library, Exeter, NH: Sketch of Plan with Elevations
- graphite on yellow tracing paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Anonymous Donor, Architectural Research....
- 2012-22-1
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Study for Maximum Mass Permitted by the 1916 New York Zoning Law,...
- black crayon, stumped; brush and black ink over photostat, varnish on....
- Gift of Mrs. Hugh Ferriss.
- 1969-137-2
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Textile, Osterglocken (Narcissus)
- linen.
- Gift of Jessie Poesch.
- 1999-31-1
- This object was made by Wiener Werkstätte.
- This object is part of the Textiles collection.
- There are 4 images of this object.
- Desk (USA)
- lacquered wood, painted canvas, chromed metal.
- Gift of Joel and Anne Ehrenkranz.
- 2006-24-1
- This object was made by Frankl Galleries.
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 4 images of this object.
- Drawing, Textile Design: Juniblumen (June Flowers)
- brush and watercolor, black ink on paper.
- Museum purchase from Smithsonian Collections Acquisition and Decorative Arts....
- 1988-62-805
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Textile Design: Juniblumen (June Flowers)
- brush and watercolor, black ink on paper.
- Museum purchase from Smithsonian Collections Acquisition and Decorative Arts....
- 1988-62-806
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Textile Design: Juniblumen (June Flowers)
- brush and watercolor, black ink on paper.
- Museum purchase from Smithsonian Collections Acquisition and Decorative Arts....
- 1988-62-807
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Textile Design: Fidelio
- brush and gouache, graphite on paper.
- Museum purchase from Smithsonian Collections Acquisition and Decorative Arts....
- 1988-62-371
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Drawing, Textile Design: Fidelio
- brush and gouache on paper.
- Museum purchase from Smithsonian Collections Acquisition and Decorative Arts....
- 1988-62-372
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Textile Design: Fidelio
- brush and gouache on paper.
- Museum purchase from Smithsonian Collections Acquisition and Decorative Arts....
- 1988-62-373
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Textile Design: Fidelio
- brush and gouache on paper.
- Museum purchase from Smithsonian Collections Acquisition and Decorative Arts....
- 1988-62-374
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Textile Design: Purpurnelke (Purple Pink)
- brush and gouache, graphite on paper.
- Museum purchase from Smithsonian Collections Acquisition and Decorative Arts....
- 1988-62-893
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Hanging, Four Seasons
- linen.
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Paskow.
- 1982-9-1
- Drawing, The Ten-Deck House
- graphite on white wove paper .
- Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program....
- 1991-53-2
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Periodical, Floral design from Bijutsukai
- periodical, woodblock print.
- Gift of Robert W. Chanler 1931, Smithsonian Libraries NK8 S558 CHMRB Vol. 1.
- 6.2015.1
- Periodical, Floral and abstract designs from Bijutsukai
- periodical, woodblock print.
- Gift of Robert W. Chanler 1931, Smithsonian Libraries NK8 S558 CHMRB Vol. 2.
- 6.2015.2
- Sidewall - Sample, Courtyard Texture
- machine-printed paper.
- Gift of Katzenbach and Warren, Inc..
- 1956-108-4-c
- This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
- Plate 24, Compositions, Couleurs, Idées
- pochoir print.
- Smithsonian Libraries f NK1535.D34 1930.
- 6.2015.3
- Plate 7, Viva la Penna, Invento e incise questo nuovo metodo per formare un...
- engraving.
- Smithsonian Libraries Z43 .G43 1801.
- 6.2015.4
- Status Cloth (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- raffia.
- Gift of Alan L. Wolfe.
- 1961-115-44
- This object is part of the Textiles collection.
- Moss Lamp
- silicone, plastic, metal.
- Gift of Marlene Meyerson.
- 2010-11-1
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Turret Pair Of Earrings
- oxidized sculpted bronze, bent gold wire.
- Gift of Susan M. Yecies.
- 2011-19-1-a,b
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- Egyptian Story Bangle Bracelet
- carved pockwood, cut and polished turquoises and tsavorites, oxidized silver,....
- Gift of Fiona Druckenmiller.
- 2013-27-1
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- 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.
