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.
-
Frieze (USA), 1900
Celtic design. Continuous foliate rinceau, the scrolls of which enframe alternately two major motifs (a) a peacock in profile; (b) the heads of two birds addorsed. Greens predominate with lesser…
-
Frieze (France), 1820–40
Yellow consoles in the form of winged putti with acanthus bases support a cornice. Alternating with these figures are vertical octagons, green, yellow and red, containing wreaths. Heavy chiaroscuro. “d”…
-
Frieze (France), 1785–95
Border at top. A major horizontal rectangle has as its chief motif a vase of roses and other flowers on a high stand. At right and left of this are…
-
Frieze, Jardin d’Hiver, 1851–55
Same design as 1955-12-8 except for ground below trellis which has a series of framed window panes against pale blue field, on white ground.
-
Frieze, Jardin d’Hiver, 1851–55
Horizontal rectangle. Brown molding along top from behind which and below which is suspended a gray trellis. This trellis is supported along its lower edge by capitals occuring in intervals…
-
Frieze, Decor Pastoral, 1851–64
Rococo shell and scroll motif, in green and yellow, at center. This interrupts a sepia animal frieze, portions of which can be seen to left and to right. To be…
-
Frieze, Decor Pastoral, 1863–65
a) Horizontal rectangle. In grisaille, a series of animals is arranged horizontally: cows, donkeys, goats, lambs, dog and geese. Yellow ocher scrolling architectural bands along top and bottom; b) Small…
-
Frieze, May Tree, 1896
Landscape frieze with large stylized trees, some bearing yellow blossoms, in the middle ground. Band of tan flowers on blue ground across bottom edge. Conventionalized clouds on gray ground across…
-
Frieze, Stamford, 1905–09
On unpainted ground an all-over pattern of wavy lines and small spirals in pale green; superimposed a conventionaled, symmetrical tree with yellow roses, bluish-green foliage and bright blue heart-shaped filling.…
-
Frieze, Peacocks and Amorini, 1878
On beige ground facing peacocks with spread tails alternating with sickle-bearing genii on chariots. Design heavily embossed and bronze-gilded to imitate leather.
Search Collection
Country
Object Type
Color