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Title

Design for a Mount (Experiment of Colors)

Artist

Theodore Roussel

Artist Life Dates

1847-1926

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1900

Accession Number

1990/2.63

Medium and Support

etching, aquatint and soft-ground on paper

relevance

rank 9.43520

Primary Keywords

designs

Title

Three Designs for Mirror Frames

Artist

Butler Clowes

Artist Life Dates

Died 1782

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1761

Accession Number

1960/1.116

Medium and Support

engraving on paper

relevance

rank 9.43520

Primary Keywords

designs

Title

Snipe, Design for a Decorative Panel for the Drawing Room Ceiling at Pownall Hall, Cheshire (formerly Design for a Tapestry: A Pelican Against Rusticated Branches)

Artist

Herbert Pearce Horne

Artist Life Dates

1864-1916

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1886-1887

Accession Number

1962/2.30

Medium and Support

charcoal on brown paper

relevance

rank 9.22543

Primary Keywords

designs

flowers

pelicans

Title

Design for a Colossal Clothespin Compared to Brancusi's 'Kiss'

Artist

Claes Oldenburg

Artist Life Dates

American, born Sweden, 1929

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1972

Accession Number

1981/2.116

Medium and Support

Screenprint on paper

relevance

rank 9.22543

Primary Keywords

abstraction

designs

surrealism

Title

Two Designs for Jewelry

Artist

Étienne Delaune

Physical Description

Two vertical designs dominate the drawing. Natural forms such as vines and other vegetal forms create designs that are symmetrical and organized around a central vertical axis.

Artist Life Dates

1518/9-1583

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

mid 16th century

Accession Number

1963/2.6A

Medium and Support

graphite, pen and brown ink with yellow watercolor, mounted

relevance

rank 9.12400

Primary Keywords

designs

jewelry

studies (rooms)

Title

Rome / San Lorenzo

Artist

Albert Kahn

Artist Life Dates

(1869 - 1942)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

December 30, 1911

Accession Number

1972/2.695

Medium and Support

graphite on paper

relevance

rank 9.12400

Primary Keywords

architectural drawings

designs

rome

Title

Mirror, Baoxiang-hua type (with designs of floral medallions)

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Object Creation Date

618-907

Accession Number

1974/1.191

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 9.12400

Primary Keywords

asia

designs

flowers

mirrors

Title

Wooden Table

Artist

Artist Unknown, Korea

Physical Description

Low wooden table with tiered cutout details on the legs. The tabletop has angular edged which slope inwards to create a tray-like top.

Object Creation Date

1825-1875

Accession Number

2009/2.37

Medium and Support

wood

relevance

rank 9.12400

Primary Keywords

geometric designs

tables

wood

Title

Love

Artist

Robert Indiana

Physical Description

The word “love” printed in capital letters in red on a blue and green background with a black border or frame

Artist Life Dates

born 1928

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1967

Accession Number

2002/1.234

Medium and Support

color lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 9.02478

Primary Keywords

designs

icons

pop art

text

Title

Black kimono with overall shibori design of alternating diagonal columns of rectangular blocks of patterns against black ground

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

White plain-weave with overall black tie-dye design (black acid dye) in hitta kanoko. The pattern consists of rectangular blocks of densely-packed tie-dye knots in rows of 5 x 12. Lining is plain weave white silk with bokashi blue borders.

Century

mid-20th century

Object Creation Date

1950s-1970s

Accession Number

2005/1.361

Medium and Support

white silk with black tie-dye design

relevance

rank 9.02478

Primary Keywords

geometric designs

kimono

tie-dyed

Title

Ceramic Jewelry Molds (One of eighteen)

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Mali

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

early 20th century

Accession Number

1983/2.211

Medium and Support

Pottery

relevance

rank 9.02478

Primary Keywords

ceramics

designs

pottery (object genre)

Title

Two Designs for Jewelry

Artist

Étienne Delaune

Artist Life Dates

1518/9-1583

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

16th century

Accession Number

1963/2.6B

Medium and Support

graphite, pen, brown ink and yellow watercolor on white paper

relevance

rank 9.02478

Primary Keywords

designs

flowers

jewelry

objects of adornment

Title

Four Arabesque Designs with Human Figures and Animals

Artist

Etienne de Lavallée-Poussin

Artist Life Dates

1733-1793

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1733-1793

Accession Number

1960/2.25

Medium and Support

graphite, pen and brown ink with ink wash

relevance

rank 8.92769

Primary Keywords

deer

designs

flowers

lions

seated

vessels

Title

Inro (four-case medicine box) with design of maple leaves and chrysanthemums, ojime, and netsuke

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

1997/2.17

Medium and Support

black and gold lacquer, glass ojime (bead)

relevance

rank 8.92769

Primary Keywords

boxes (containers)

designs

foliate decoration

netsuke

Title

Design for an Altar

Artist

Ludovico Cardi Da Cigoli

Physical Description

Two kneeling winged figures in niches on the first level of this design flank a tree growing at the top of a small doorway. These elements are contained within a larger structure with pilasters and a coifered ceiling. Above the ceiling are two winged figures holding small branches. Situated directly above the tree on the first level are a coat of arms surmounted by a crown and another, larger crown sits above the architecture.

Artist Life Dates

1559-1613

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1559-1613

Accession Number

1958/2.54

Medium and Support

pen and bistre ink with ink and blue wash

relevance

rank 8.83268

Primary Keywords

agricultural buildings

angels

designs

figures (illustrations)

plants

Title

Eiffel Tower

Artist

André Kertész

Physical Description

A black and white photo of the area beneath the Eiffel Tower. A shadow from an arch covers most of the ground. A crowd of people stand beneath the tower.

Artist Life Dates

1894-1985

Object Creation Date

1929

Accession Number

2011/2.166

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 8.55938

Primary Keywords

architecture--designs and plans

black-and-white photographs

crowd

paris (inhabited place)

Title

Team Work Wins! Your Work Here Makes Their Work Over There Possible - With Your Help They Are Invincible...

Artist

Roy Still

Physical Description

Text: Team Work Wins! Your Work Here Makes Their Work Over There Possible - With Your Help They Are Invincible - Without It They Are Helpless - Whatever You Make, Machine Gun or Harness, Cartridges or Helmet, They Are Waiting For It. Issued By Authority Ordnance Department, U.S. Army

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1917

Accession Number

1954/2.35.93

Medium and Support

color lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 8.47200

Primary Keywords

clouds

designs

guns

helmet

posters

rocks

soldier

wars

window

world war i

Title

Brocaded Silk

Artist

Anonymous French or British?

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1720-1740

Accession Number

1972/2.314

Medium and Support

brocaded silk

relevance

rank 8.03686

Primary Keywords

designs

flowers

foliate decoration

patterns, foliate

silk

textiles

Title

Imari Vase

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1860 - circa 1910

Accession Number

1998/1.136A&B

Medium and Support

porcelain with blue underglaze and overglaze enamel painting

relevance

rank 8.03013

Primary Keywords

buildings

designs

figures

flowers

foliate decoration

patterns, foliate

trees

vase

Title

Brocaded Silk

Artist

Anonymous French

Artist Life Dates

()

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1770-1780

Accession Number

1972/2.244

Medium and Support

ivory silk with warp-faced weave and polychrome broaded silk and twill weave

relevance

rank 8.00314

Primary Keywords

designs

foliate decoration

patterns, foliate

silk

textiles

Title

Silk Lampas

Artist

Anonymous British or French?

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1700-1730

Accession Number

1972/2.315

Medium and Support

silk

relevance

rank 8.00314

Primary Keywords

designs

foliate decoration

patterns, foliate

silk

textiles

Title

Brocaded Silk

Artist

Anonymous French or British?

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1730-1740

Accession Number

1972/2.238

Medium and Support

blue, ivory, green, brown, silk with twill weave and floral design

relevance

rank 8.00314

Primary Keywords

designs

foliate decoration

patterns, foliate

silk

textiles

Title

Silk Panel

Artist

Anonymous Italian

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

circa 17th century

Accession Number

1972/2.310

Medium and Support

silk

relevance

rank 8.00314

Primary Keywords

designs

foliate decoration

patterns, foliate

silk

textiles

Title

Brocaded Lampas

Artist

Anonymous French or British?

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1730-1740

Accession Number

1972/2.322

Medium and Support

brocaded silk and cotton

relevance

rank 8.00314

Primary Keywords

designs

flowers

foliate decoration

patterns, foliate

textiles

Title

Silk Taffeta

Artist

Anonymous Italian or French?

Century

17th-18th century

Object Creation Date

1690-1720

Accession Number

1972/2.243

Medium and Support

pink, ivory, green, and gray silk, warp stripe, taffeta, and medallion design

relevance

rank 8.00314

Primary Keywords

designs

foliate decoration

patterns, foliate

silk

textiles

Title

Embroidery fragments

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

1998/2.37.2

Medium and Support

silk thread embroidery on silk

relevance

rank 7.92600

Primary Keywords

designs

embroidery

foliate decoration

patterns, foliate

Title

Pottery dish with floral motif

Artist

Anonymous Italian or Spanish?

Object Creation Date

n.d.

Accession Number

1997/1.211

Medium and Support

glazed ceramic

relevance

rank 7.92600

Primary Keywords

designs

dishes

foliate decoration

patterns, foliate

Title

Embroidery fragments

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

1998/2.37.1

Medium and Support

silk thread embroidery on silk

relevance

rank 7.92600

Primary Keywords

designs

embroidery

foliate decoration

patterns, foliate

Title

Embroidery fragments

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

1998/2.37.3

Medium and Support

silk thread embroidery on silk

relevance

rank 7.92600

Primary Keywords

designs

embroidery

foliate decoration

patterns, foliate

Title

Iro-Nabeshima Plate with Chrysanthemums (Leaves and Tendrils) Design, one of five

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Century

Early 18th century

Object Creation Date

early 18th century

Accession Number

1964/1.102

Medium and Support

porcelain with blue underglaze painting and overglaze enamels

relevance

rank 7.92600

Primary Keywords

chrysanthemum

designs

foliate decoration

patterns, foliate

Title

Cisele Velvet

Artist

Anonymous Italian

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

2nd half of 17th century

Accession Number

1972/2.288

Medium and Support

velvet

relevance

rank 7.92600

Primary Keywords

designs

foliate decoration

patterns, foliate

textiles

Title

Iro-Nabeshima Plate with Fern-frond Border Design, one of five

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Century

Early 18th century

Object Creation Date

early 18th century

Accession Number

1964/1.100

Medium and Support

porcelain with blue underglaze and overglaze enamel painting

relevance

rank 7.77645

Primary Keywords

designs

foliate decoration

patterns, foliate

Title

Arabesque Corner Motif

Artist

Etienne de Lavallée-Poussin

Artist Life Dates

1733-1793

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1780

Accession Number

1963/2.25

Medium and Support

graphite, ink and wash

relevance

rank 7.77645

Primary Keywords

designs

foliate decoration

patterns, foliate

Title

Album of Letters and Sketches, with Poet Portrait as frontispiece (28 pages)

Artist

Sakai Hôitsu

Physical Description

An album of 28 pages. Cover is brown with a faded image at the center, possibly of leaves on an off-white background. The inside of the album primarily contains hand-written text, though some of the text has faded images in the background, and some of the pages are completely images. The first page depicts a seated man in formal attire. and across from him is a seperate painting of a landscape with green mountains. Other images contained within are of various topics with various colors and styles.

Artist Life Dates

1761-1828

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1800-1828

Accession Number

1968/2.55

Medium and Support

album, ink, color and gold leaf on paper

relevance

rank 7.15688

Primary Keywords

album leaf

albums

bamboo

birds

calligraphy

cherry tree

deer

designs

fans (costume accessories)

figures

flowers

gold

grasses

japan

lutes

mount fuji

mountains

ocean

pines

poetry

rocks

trees

waves

willows