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.

  • Sampler (USA), 1827

    Sampler embroidered in red, black and blue on a white ground, with the alphabet and inscription Susanna Meck 1827 at the top, and many small detached motifs including animals, birds,…

  • Sampler (England), 17th century

    Thirteen cross borders in cutwork with needlepoint stitches and embroidery in satin and curled stitches.

  • Apron (Spain), 18th century

    Apron for an altar figure in pink satin embroidered in silver thread. With 1949-83-2 forms costume for figure of Infant Jesus.

  • Apron (Romania), early 20th century

    Flat panel of coarse stiff wool, woven in a plaid design of red, blue and green. Horizontal bands embroidered in silver (now tarnished) with additional areas in colored wools. Stylized…

  • Apron (Italy), 1906–10

    Long apron of fine white linen trimmed at sides and bottom with border of needle lace. Gathered at top into narrow band, finished with minute leaves of the same; long…

  • Apron (France), early 18th century

    Short wide apron of white embroidered in silver thread, rose, violet and white. Design is a large central flower spray of carnation and lily with leaves in silver thread. Corner…

  • Apron (France), early 18th century

    Cream white apron embroidered in colored silks and gold and silver thread. Design shows three offset rows of heavy rose buds with curving stems and leaves. Between each rose bud…

  • Apron (Italy), 17th century

    White linen apron pleated into a narrow band at the top. The sides and lower half of the apron are decorated with squares of cut work with needle-lace fillings alternating…

  • Sampler (Morocco), 18th–19th century

    Square of undyed cotton partially filled with sections of borders and designs, some suggestive of Renaissance symmetrical stylized plant borders and some fantastic geometrical symmetrial floral repeats. In faded multicolored…

Object Type