Search Demo: Museum Collection

Explore ElasticPress' search and faceting capabilities with the catalog of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum.

You can also get more detail on specific features by clicking the ElasticPress logos () located around the page.

  • Border (China), 19th century

    Valance or border in heavy white cotton embroidered in blue cotton with a main design of a crow in flight appearing between two sprays of fruit-bearing branches. Flowers, butterflies and…

  • Sash (France), late 18th century

    Sash of sky-blue ribbon patterned with a broad central band with a symmetrical repeat of stylized heart and arabesque forms in blue, coral, and cream warp floats. Hanging decorations are…

  • Printing Block (India), 1952–53

    Small block for printing embroidery designs. Carved of hard wood and used to print Chickan embroidery patterns. Shows a design of two roosters in profile with plant forms in between.

  • Sash (Guatemala), 1925–50

    Narrow stripes of green and yellow and dark blue with white ikat patterning on red ground. Short plaited warp fringe at each end.

  • Sash (Guatemala), 1925–50

    Tightly-woven dark red plain weave cloth with double warps and triple wefts. Four wide bands of geometical patterning at each end in deep yellow, green, and blue. Deep twisted warp…

Object Type