Making Design
This exhibition was on display from December 12, 2014 to September 01, 2016.
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- Print, Design for a Garden Parterre of Cut Grass and Colored Gravel, from...
- etching on cream laid paper.
- Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
- 1988-4-17
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Print, Title Page, from Nouveaux Livre de Parterres (New Book of Garden Beds)
- etching and engraving on white laid paper.
- Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
- 1988-4-19
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Textile Design: Juniblumen (June Flowers)
- brush and gouache, watercolor, black ink on paper.
- Museum purchase from Smithsonian Collections Acquisition and Decorative Arts....
- 1988-62-808
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Poster, HorseMoveProjectSpace and Deveemvloer Present: Paraat 3
- offset lithograph on white wove paper.
- Gift of Michiel Schuurman.
- 2008-22-2
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
![Poster, Teatr Wielki, Charles Gounod Foust [Charles Gounod's Faust]](https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/35462_62469ea6d7b0a839_n.jpg "Poster, Teatr Wielki, Charles Gounod Foust [Charles Gounod's Faust]")
- Poster, Teatr Wielki, Charles Gounod Foust [Charles Gounod's Faust]
- offset lithograph on paper.
- Gift of Sara and Marc Benda.
- 2009-20-30
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Poster, Bruno Munari
- offset lithograph on wove paper.
- Gift of Sara and Marc Benda.
- 2010-21-114
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Print, Acricola Bodenbelag (Acricola Floor Covering), plate 26, in Die...
- color lithograph on paper.
- Gift of Jerrol E. Golden.
- 1999-41-1-27
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Stencil, Ferns and Swirls
- mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin....
- Gift of Helen Snyder.
- 1976-103-61
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Periodical, Vinaigre, robe de Paul Poiret (“Vinegar,” dress by Paul...
- pochoir print.
- Smithsonian Libraries. GT500 .G384.
- 6.2015.5
- Photograph, Photograph of Spiral Staircase in Robert Mallet-Stevens House, Paris
- Smithsonian Libraries 2000-42-1 SST 03.
- 6.2015.6
- Print, The First Knot (Interlace Pattern with White Medallion)
- woodcut on off-white laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
- 1944-37-1-a
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Print, The Third Knot (Interlace Pattern with White Medallion)
- woodcut on off-white laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
- 1944-37-1-b
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Textile, Anemone
- silk.
- Gift of Teresa Kilham.
- 1958-88-14
- This object was made by Wiener Werkstätte.
- This object is part of the Textiles collection.
- Drawing, Two Elevations of the Architect's Own Studio, Wellfleet, MA
- pen and ink, brush and black ink, crayon on tracing paper.
- Gift of Serge Ivan Chermayeff.
- 1962-45-10
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Fork And Spoon (Germany)
- carved coral, gilt silver.
- The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg.
- 1985-103-81,82
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Plate, Interaction of Color, Plate VIIII-I
- chromolithograph.
- Smithsonian Libraries, ND1489 .A33 1963.
- 1.2013.1
- Drawing, Textile Design: The Dance
- pen and black ink on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
- 2001-9-1
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, J. Paul Getty Center, Los Angeles: Site Study 1
- graphite on tracing paper.
- Gift of Ana Meier.
- 2009-15-1
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Garland Pendant Lamp
- silver-plated photographically etched stainless steel.
- Gift of Artecnica.
- 2007-38-1-a/c
- This object was made by Artecnica.
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 4 images and 1 video of this object.
- Garland Pendant Lamp
- silver-plated photographically etched stainless steel.
- Gift of Artecnica.
- 2007-38-1-a/c
- This object was made by Artecnica.
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 4 images and 1 video of this object.
- Side Chair Chair
- red walnut, silk damask (modern).
- 2006-5-1
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 10 images of this object.
- Drawing, Design for a Covered Soup Tureen
- graphite, blue color pencil on wove paper, laid down.
- Museum purchase through gift of George A. Hearn.
- 1992-70-3
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Rock crystal style Flower Bowl
- mouth-blown glass, exact shape cut, half-polished surface cutting.
- Museum purchase through gift of Dale and Doug Anderson, Anonymous Donor,....
- 2009-18-65
- This object was made by J. & L. Lobmeyr GmbH.
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Porca Miseria! Hanging Lamp
- glazed molded porcelain adhered to metal, stainless steel; halogen light source.
- Gift of Peter Norton.
- 2010-16-1
- This object was made by Ingo Maurer GmbH.
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 4 images and 1 video of this object.
- Textile, Nuno me Gara (Cloth Patterned Cloth)
- cotton.
- Gift of Junichi Arai.
- 1985-31-1
- Sidewall, Compendium
- screenprinted on paper.
- Gift of Arthur Sanderson & Sons, Ltd..
- 1970-1-14
- This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
- Sidewall, Design 105
- screenprinted on paper.
- Gift of Suzanne Lipschutz.
- 1991-89-201
- This object was made by F. Schumacher & Co..
- This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Dining Chair, from the Purkersdorf Sanatorium Dining Chair
- beechwood, leather, metal.
- Museum purchase from Combined Funds and through gift of Crane and Co..
- 1968-6-1
- This object was made by J & J Kohn.
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 5 images of this object.
- Rock crystal style Flower Bowl
- mouth-blown glass, exact shape cut, half-polished surface cutting.
- Museum purchase through gift of Dale and Doug Anderson, Anonymous Donor,....
- 2009-18-65
- This object was made by J. & L. Lobmeyr GmbH.
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Dressing Table And Bench (USA)
- lacquered joined wood, mirrored glass, metal.
- Gift of James M. Osborn.
- 1969-97-7-a/i
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Sidewall, In the White Room
- cut and sewn paper on paper support.
- Gift of Tracy Kendall.
- 2008-11-1
- This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Poster, Levi's, The Strongest Thread
- offset lithograph on coated wove paper.
- Gift of Stefan Sagmeister.
- 2011-34-1
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Bandanna (USA)
- cotton.
- Gift of Penelope McCain.
- 1986-40-6-a,b
- This object was made by Elephant Brand.
- This object is part of the Textiles collection.
- There are 4 images of this object.
- Sidewall, In the White Room
- cut and sewn paper on paper support.
- Gift of Tracy Kendall.
- 2008-11-1
- This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Hanging, Prayer Wall
- linen, cotton.
- Gift of Momentum Group.
- 2013-48-1
- This object is part of the Textiles collection.
