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Bijan in bonds before Afrasiyab from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi

Medium:
Opaque watercolor, ink, gold and silver on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 9.2 x 11.5 cm (3 5/8 x 4 1/2 in)
Type:
Manuscript
Origin:
Iran
Date:
early 14th century
Period:
Mongol period
Topic:
Shahnama  Search this
Il-Khanid dynasty (1256 - 1353)  Search this
Bijan  Search this
Afrasiyab  Search this
Mongol period (1220 - 1380)  Search this
Iran  Search this
prisoner  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
epic  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Accession Number:
F1940.13
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye38b33f51c-0fdc-452f-87c3-395309fa42cd
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1940.13

Folio from the Silsilat al-dhahab (Chain of gold) in the Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492); verso: The simple peasant entreats the salesman not to sell his wonderful donkey; recto: text

Calligrapher:
Malik al-Daylami  Search this
Medium:
Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 34.2 x 23.2 cm (13 7/16 x 9 1/8 in)
Type:
Manuscript
Origin:
Iran
Date:
1556-1565
Period:
Safavid period
Topic:
donkey  Search this
Safavid period (1501 - 1722)  Search this
commerce  Search this
poetry  Search this
nasta'liq script  Search this
illumination  Search this
India  Search this
Haft awrang  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Accession Number:
F1946.12.38
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye35142efac-45d7-414d-a0b0-34efbda2db2a
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1946.12.38

Cranes

Artist:
Ogata Korin 尾形光琳 (1658-1716)  Search this
Medium:
Ink, color, gold, and silver on paper
Dimensions:
H x W (each): 166 x 371 cm (65 3/8 x 146 1/16 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
Japan
Date:
late 17th-early 18th century
Period:
Edo period
Topic:
crane  Search this
Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this
Japan  Search this
Japanese Art  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Accession Number:
F1956.20-21
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GUID:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1956.20-21
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General John Gibbon Transporting Captured Colors of the Army of Northern Virginia to Washington

Alternate Title:
General John Gibbon Transporting Captured Colors
General John Gibbon Transporting Captured Colors of the Army of Northern Virginia to Washington
Artist:
Alexander Gardner, 17 Oct 1821 - 10 Dec 1882  Search this
Sitter:
John Gibbon, 1827 - 1896  Search this
Medium:
Albumen silver print
Dimensions:
Image: 17.1 × 22.5cm (6 3/4 × 8 7/8")
Sheet: 27.9 × 33cm (11 × 13")
Type:
Photograph
Date:
1865
Topic:
Weapon\Sword  Search this
Symbols & Motifs\Flag  Search this
Exterior\Street  Search this
John Gibbon: Male  Search this
John Gibbon: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Brigadier General  Search this
John Gibbon: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Major General  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: Chrysler Museum of Art
Object number:
98.32.179 CM
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Catalog of American Portraits
Data Source:
Catalog of American Portraits
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm464b2656a-d27d-415c-953a-d7129d5f649b
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_98.32.179_CM

The Burghers of Amsterdam Avenue

Alternate Title:
Burghers of Amsterdam Ave
Artist:
Elaine de Kooning, 12 Mar 1918 - 1 Feb 1989  Search this
Sitter:
Robert Corless, 1939 - 1979  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Stretcher: 223.5 × 421.6cm (88 × 166")
Type:
Painting
Date:
1963
Topic:
Robert Corless: Male  Search this
Robert Corless: Visual Arts\Artist\Painter  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: Private collection
Object number:
EXH.EK.02
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Copyright:
© Elaine de Kooning Trust
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Data Source:
Catalog of American Portraits
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm414a42275-101a-45f6-9701-08860be00e1c
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_EXH.EK.02

Josephine Baker

Artist:
Paul Colin, 27 Jun 1892 - 17 Aug 1985  Search this
Sitter:
Josephine Baker, 3 Jun 1906 - 12 Apr 1975  Search this
Medium:
Lithograph with pochoir coloring on paper
Dimensions:
Image: 41.8 × 27.7 cm (16 7/16 × 10 7/8")
Sheet: 47 × 31.8 cm (18 1/2 × 12 1/2")
Frame: 57.6 × 43.6 × 1.4 cm (22 11/16 × 17 3/16 × 9/16")
Type:
Print
Place:
France\Île-de-France\Ville de Paris, Départment de\Paris
Date:
1927
Topic:
Food\Fruit  Search this
Josephine Baker: Female  Search this
Josephine Baker: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Singer  Search this
Josephine Baker: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Movie  Search this
Josephine Baker: Performing Arts\Performer\Dancer  Search this
Josephine Baker: Legion of Honor  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; bequest of Jean-Claude Baker
Object number:
NPG.2016.48
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Copyright:
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
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Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4725110eb-da47-4a38-917f-bce124ab8288
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.2016.48
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First Landing of Americans in Japan

Artist:
Eliphalet M. Brown, Jr., 1816 - 1886  Search this
Copy after:
Peter Bernard William Heine, 1827 - 1885  Search this
Sitter:
Matthew Calbraith Perry, 10 Apr 1794 - 4 Mar 1858  Search this
Unidentified Men  Search this
Medium:
Color lithograph with hand-coloring on paper
Dimensions:
Image: 52.2 x 82.5cm (20 9/16 x 32 1/2")
Sheet: 68.2 x 93.2cm (26 7/8 x 36 11/16")
Type:
Print
Date:
1855
Topic:
Vehicle\Ship  Search this
Nature & Environment\Plant\Tree  Search this
Nature & Environment\Animal\Horse  Search this
Vehicle\Boat  Search this
Human Figures\Soldier  Search this
Nature & Environment\Mountain  Search this
Human Figures\Crowd  Search this
Unidentified Men: Male  Search this
Matthew Calbraith Perry: Male  Search this
Matthew Calbraith Perry: Politics and Government\Diplomat  Search this
Matthew Calbraith Perry: Military and Intelligence\Navy\Officer\Commodore  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of August Belmont IV
Object number:
NPG.82.115
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm47b0c0f74-2fba-455b-a856-56265d9fecd5
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.82.115

Le Tumulte Noir/Dancer in Pink on Piano

Artist:
Paul Colin, 27 Jun 1892 - 17 Aug 1985  Search this
Sitter:
Josephine Baker, 3 Jun 1906 - 12 Apr 1975  Search this
Medium:
Lithograph with pochoir coloring on paper
Dimensions:
Image/Sheet: 47.2cm x 31.9cm (18 9/16" x 12 9/16")
Type:
Print
Date:
1927
Topic:
Music\Musical instrument\Piano  Search this
Interior\Nightclub  Search this
Poster  Search this
Josephine Baker: Female  Search this
Josephine Baker: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Singer  Search this
Josephine Baker: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Movie  Search this
Josephine Baker: Performing Arts\Performer\Dancer  Search this
Josephine Baker: Legion of Honor  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Object number:
NPG.91.199.3A
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Copyright:
© 1997 Estate of Paul Colin / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
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Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4f84f0c4b-80cc-49eb-90ed-da225c3f1e86
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.91.199.3A

Folding fan and box

Retailer:
B. Altman & Co., (New York, NY, USA)  Search this
Medium:
Sticks of tinted mother-of-pearl, carved à jour, incised, and inlaid with steel paillettes. Slips of bone. Single leaf of silk gauze weave (crossed warps) embroidered with steel and possibly celluloid paillettes of different sizes and shapes. Mother-of-pearl washer and metal loop at the rivet.
Dimensions:
H x W (open): 25 × 29.2 cm (9 13/16 × 11 1/2 in.)
Type:
costume & accessories
Folding fan and box
Made in:
France
Date:
1905–1910
Credit Line:
Gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art
Accession Number:
2018-50-1-a,b
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Textiles Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4a92b6d67-f888-4603-a7d2-4c6dfa90cade
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_2018-50-1-a_b
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Folding fan and box

Retailer:
Stern Brothers, (New York, NY, USA)  Search this
Medium:
Sticks of tinted mother-of-pearl decorated with elaborate raised painted orientalist design, carved à jour and backed with tinted mother-of-pearl on reverse. Slips of gold painted mother-of-pearl. Mother-of-pearl washer and metal loop at the rivet. Leaf of silk gauze weave (crossed warps) with weft of metal-wrapped silk thread. Areas of appliquéd plain weave silk. Embroidered with metal-wrapped threads and spangles of stamped and plain metal and possibly iridescent celluloid.
Dimensions:
H x W (open): 24.9 × 26 cm (9 13/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
Type:
costume & accessories
Folding fan and box
Made in:
France
Date:
1905–1910
Credit Line:
Gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art
Accession Number:
2018-50-2-a,b
Restrictions & Rights:
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Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq41f1fce40-63f9-4c89-816d-d1b1a7e9cf95
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_2018-50-2-a_b
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Folding fan and box

Retailer:
B. Altman & Co., (New York, NY, USA)  Search this
Medium:
Sticks of mother-of-pearl with inset steel paillettes. Slips of gold painted mother-of-pearl (probably). Mother-of-pearl washer and metal loop at the rivet. Single leaf of silk gauze weave (crossed warps) with weft of metal-wrapped silk thread. Areas of appliquéd plain weave silk. Embroidered with gold-colored and steel spangles of different shapes and sizes, some with stamped small-scale patterns.
Dimensions:
H x W (open): 21.7 × 26.1 cm (8 9/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
Type:
costume & accessories
Folding fan and box
Made in:
France
Date:
1900–1910
Credit Line:
Gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art
Accession Number:
2018-50-3-a,b
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Textiles Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq43a7b2127-05a0-4866-b5e1-1189d4fbbcba
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_2018-50-3-a_b
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Seated Work Station - Parameters

Designer:
Niels Diffrient, American, 1928–2013  Search this
Client:
Sunar-Hauserman, Inc.  Search this
Medium:
Graphite and colored pencil on tracing paper
Dimensions:
60.3 × 45.1 cm (23 3/4 × 17 3/4 in.)
Object Name:
Drawing
Type:
Drawing
Designed in:
United States
Date:
1981
Credit Line:
Gift of Helena Hernmarck
Accession Number:
2023-9-11
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4c39c8460-b063-486a-807e-2669369e41f9
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_2023-9-11

Office Work Station System

Designer:
Niels Diffrient, American, 1928–2013  Search this
Client:
Sunar-Hauserman, Inc.  Search this
Medium:
Graphite and colored pencil on tracing paper
Dimensions:
45.1 × 61 cm (17 3/4 in. × 24 in.)
Object Name:
Drawing
Type:
Drawing
Designed in:
United States
Date:
October 27, 1981
Credit Line:
Gift of Helena Hernmarck
Accession Number:
2023-9-12
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq49ddd91c6-d0e0-4c6a-8b43-c6ba8dcfcdeb
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_2023-9-12

Seated Work Station - Parameters

Designer:
Niels Diffrient, American, 1928–2013  Search this
Client:
Sunar-Hauserman, Inc.  Search this
Medium:
Graphite and colored pencil on tracing paper
Dimensions:
60.6 × 45.4 cm (23 7/8 × 17 7/8 in.)
Object Name:
Drawing
Type:
Drawing
Designed in:
United States
Date:
1981
Credit Line:
Gift of Helena Hernmarck
Accession Number:
2023-9-13
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq42dd89b81-8761-4f93-8588-d50b77d514f7
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_2023-9-13

Seated Workstation - Parameters

Designer:
Niels Diffrient, American, 1928–2013  Search this
Client:
Sunar-Hauserman, Inc.  Search this
Medium:
Graphite and colored pencil on tracing paper
Dimensions:
45.1 × 61 cm (17 3/4 in. × 24 in.)
Object Name:
Drawing
Type:
Drawing
Designed in:
United States
Date:
1981
Credit Line:
Gift of Helena Hernmarck
Accession Number:
2023-9-14
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4fbb58827-ec7b-47fa-acdd-b53d95f31f3b
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_2023-9-14

Seated Work Station - Paramaters

Designer:
Niels Diffrient, American, 1928–2013  Search this
Client:
Sunar-Hauserman, Inc.  Search this
Medium:
Graphite and colored pencil on tracing paper
Dimensions:
45.7 × 61 cm (18 × 24 in.)
Object Name:
Drawing
Type:
Drawing
Designed in:
United States
Date:
October 26, 1981
Credit Line:
Gift of Helena Hernmarck
Accession Number:
2023-9-15
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4312b2f39-2ba6-4fc8-9bdb-ba54ca71d07f
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_2023-9-15

Seated Work Station - Parameters

Designer:
Niels Diffrient, American, 1928–2013  Search this
Client:
Sunar-Hauserman, Inc.  Search this
Medium:
Graphite and colored pencil on tracing paper
Dimensions:
45.4 × 60.3 cm (17 7/8 × 23 3/4 in.)
Object Name:
Drawing
Type:
Drawing
Designed in:
United States
Date:
1981
Credit Line:
Gift of Helena Hernmarck
Accession Number:
2023-9-16
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq48e71dc8d-52dd-410d-a72e-ecaca6ef40fb
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_2023-9-16

Seated Work Station - Parameters

Designer:
Niels Diffrient, American, 1928–2013  Search this
Client:
Sunar-Hauserman, Inc.  Search this
Medium:
Graphite and colored pencil on tracing paper
Dimensions:
61 × 45.7 cm (24 × 18 in.)
Object Name:
Drawing
Type:
Drawing
Designed in:
United States
Date:
1981
Credit Line:
Gift of Helena Hernmarck
Accession Number:
2023-9-17
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq42ee2f47f-f4f0-4bd3-b873-210fd7d72ff3
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_2023-9-17

Album of Designs for Furniture (Beds, Chairs, Sofas, Stools) and Waistcoats

Designer:
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786  Search this
Print Maker:
Pierre-Gabriel Berthault, French, 1737–1831  Search this
Etienne Claude Voysard, French, 1746 - 1812  Search this
Jacques Juillet, French, 1739- after 1784  Search this
Publisher:
Esnauts et Rapilly, French, active 1766 – 1804  Search this
Le Campion Frères, French, 1769 – 1790  Search this
Type:
albums (bound) & books
Album
Object Name:
Album
Published in:
Paris, France
Date:
late 18th century
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Accession Number:
1921-6-395
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4811c5102-0c2b-4b31-94bb-76435da8b583
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edanmdm:chndm_1921-6-395
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Two Waistcoat Designs

Designer:
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786  Search this
Print Maker:
Jacques Juillet, French, 1739- after 1784  Search this
Publisher:
Esnauts et Rapilly, French, active 1766 – 1804  Search this
Medium:
Etching and engraving on paper, hand-colored in watercolor
Object Name:
Print
Type:
Print
Published in:
Paris, France
Date:
late 18th century
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Accession Number:
1921-6-395-25
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4d01a44e6-b7fc-4471-9ae1-549ddd1d228d
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1921-6-395-25

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