Collection Highlights: Designer Spotlight: Alice Cordelia Morse
Alice Cordelia Morse (1863-1961) was a prominent American artist of the Arts and Crafts movement who specialized in book-cover design. In 1879, Morse enrolled at the Women's Art School of the Cooper Union, one of the few educational institutions of the period that accepted female students. Early in her career she worked as a glass painter for the firm of Louis C. Tiffany, before returning to the Cooper Union for postgraduate training in art and design. She began designing book covers in the late 1880s, and quickly became one of the most sought-after artists in the field. When she retired, Morse gave a collection of her finished book covers to the Metropolitan Museum, and her designs for those covers (and some stained glass) to the Cooper Union Museum. Today, these graceful drawings are a highlight of Cooper Hewitt’s collection.
- Drawing, Design for a Book Cover
- brush and gouache, gold paint on paper.
- 1943-33-1-10
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Design for Title Page, "Occupations of Women and Their Compensation"
- brush and gouache on greyish-brown paper, mounted on illustration board.
- Gift of Alice C. Morse.
- 2009-6-55
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Design for a Book Cover: Dragons and Cherry Blossoms
- brush and gold gouache on paper.
- 1943-33-1-1
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Design for a Book Cover
- brush and gouache on paper.
- 1943-33-1-2
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Design for a Book Cover: The Complaining Millions of Men
- brush and gouache on paper.
- 1943-33-1-3
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Design for a Book Cover
- brush and gouache, gold paint on paper.
- 1943-33-1-5
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Design for a Book Cover
- brush and gouache on paper.
- 1943-33-1-6
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Design for a Book Cover
- brush and gouache on paper.
- 1943-33-1-7
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Design for a Book Cover
- brush and gouache, gold paint on paper.
- 1943-33-1-8
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Design for a Book Cover: My Study Fire, by Hamilton W. Mabie
- brush and gouache on brown paper.
- 1943-33-1-9
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Design for a Book Cover
- brush and gouache on paper.
- 1943-33-1-11
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Design for a Book Cover
- brush and gouache, watercolor on paper.
- 1943-33-1-12
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Design for a Book Cover
- brush and gouache on paper.
- 1943-33-1-13
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Design for a Book Cover
- brush and gouache on paper.
- 1943-33-1-15
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Design for a Book Cover
- brush and gouache on paper.
- 1943-33-1-17
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Design for a Book Binding
- brush and gouache on paper.
- 1943-33-1-16
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Design for a Book Cover
- brush and gouache, gold paint on paper.
- 1943-33-1-18
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Design for a Book Binding
- brush and gouache on paper.
- 1943-33-1-19
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Design for a Book Cover
- brush and gouache on paper.
- 1943-33-1-20
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Design for a Book Cover
- brush and gouache on paper.
- 1943-33-1-21
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Design for a Book Cover
- brush and gouache on paper.
- 1943-33-1-22
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Design for a Book Cover
- brush and gouache on paper.
- 1943-33-1-23
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Design for a Book Cover
- brush and gold paint on paper.
- 1943-33-1-24
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Design for a Book Cover
- brush and gold paint on paper.
- 1943-33-1-25
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Design for a Book Cover
- brush and gouache on paper.
- 1943-33-1-26
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Design for a Book Cover
- brush and gouache, silver paint on paper.
- 1943-33-1-27
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Design for a Book Binding
- brush and gouache, gold paint on paper.
- 1943-33-1-28
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Design for a Book Cover
- brush and gouache on paper.
- 1943-33-1-29
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Design for a Book Cover
- brush and gouache, gold paint on paper.
- 1943-33-1-30
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Design for a Book Binding
- brush and gold paint on paper.
- 1943-33-1-31
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Design for a Book Cover
- brush and gouache on paper.
- 1943-33-1-32
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Design for a Book Cover
- brush and gouache on paper.
- 1943-33-1-33
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Design for a Book Cover and Book Binding
- brush and gouache on paper.
- 1943-33-1-34
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Design for Stained Glass Window: Over Main Entrance - Lateral...
- brush and wash, gouache, graphite on paper mounted on tan illustration board.
- Gift of Alice C. Morse.
- 2009-6-1
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Design for Stained Glass Windows: Chamber Music Hall, Carnegie Hall,...
- brush and wash, gouache, graphite on paper mounted on tan illustration board.
- Gift of Alice C. Morse.
- 2009-6-3-a,b
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Design for Stained Glass Windows: Chamber Music Hall - Back of...
- brush and wash, gouache, graphite on paper mounted on tan illustration board.
- Gift of Alice C. Morse.
- 2009-6-4-a/d
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
