Works of Art (38)
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Book cover for A House in Bloomsbury, 1896,
Designer: Alice C. Morse (American, 1863–1961); author: Mrs. [Margaret] Oliphant (Scottish); publisher: Dodd, Mead & Company, New York,
Tan cloth covered boards with black and gold decoration (56.522.76) |
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Book cover for Agapida Edition Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada Author's Revised Edition (in two volumes), 1893, Designer: Alice C. Morse (American, 1863–1961); author: Washington Irving (American); publisher: The Knickerbocker Press, New York, and G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York and London,
Cream cloth covered boards with gold decoration (56.522.55) |
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Book cover for California and Alaska, and Over the Canadian Pacific Railway, 1890,
Designer: Alice C. Morse (American, 1863–1961); author: William Seward Webb (American); publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York and London,
Dark brown leather over boards with gold stamping (56.522.104) |
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Book cover for Dariel: A Romance of Surrey, 1897,
Designer: Alice C. Morse (American, 1863–1961); author: Richard Doddridge Blackmore (English); illustrator: Christopher Hammond; publisher: Dodd, Mead & Company, New York,
Deep red cloth over boards with green and gold decoration(56.522.94) |
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Book cover for House and Hearth, 1891,Designer: Alice C. Morse (American, 1863–1961); author: Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford (American); publisher: Dodd, Mead & Company, New York,
Beige cloth covered boards with light and dark brown and gold decoration (56.522.50) |
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Book cover for Marse Chan: A Tale Of Old Virginia, 1892,
Designer: Alice C. Morse (American, 1863–1961); author: Thomas Nelson Page (American); illustrator: William Thomas Smedley (American); publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York,
Cream cloth covered boards with dark green and gold decoration (56.522.79) |
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Book cover for Seth's Brother's Wife: A Study of Life in the Greater New York, 1887,
Designer: Alice C. Morse (American, 1863–1961); author: Harold Frederic (Anglo-American); publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York,
Gold cloth over boards with brown and gold decoration (56.522.74) |
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Book cover for Strolls by Starlight and Sunshine, 1891,
Designer: Alice C. Morse (American, 1863–1961); author and illustrator: William Hamilton Gibson (American); publisher: Harper & Brothers, New York,
Green cloth over boards with gold decoration (56.522.98) |
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Book cover for Summer Holidays: Travelling Notes in Europe, 1889,
Designer: Alice C. Morse (American, 1863–1961); author: Theodore Child (American); publisher: Harper & Brothers, New York,
Beige cloth covered boards with brown and green decoration (56.522.48) |
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Book cover for Tales of Two Countries, from the Odd Number Series, 1891,
Designer: Alice C. Morse (American, 1863–1961); author: Alexander Lange Kielland (Norwegian); publisher: Harper & Brothers, New York, Dark blue cloth covered boards with silver and gold decoration (56.522.62) |
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Book cover for The Alhambra: Darro Edition; Author's Revised Edition (in two volumes), 1892,
Designer: Alice C. Morse (American, 1863–1961); author: Washington Irving (American); publisher: The Knickerbocker Press, New York; binder: G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York and London,
Cream cloth covered boards with gold, green and blue decoration (56.522.56) |
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Book cover for The Chatelaine of La Trinité, 1892,
Designer: Alice C. Morse (American, 1863–1961); author: Henry Blake Fuller (American); publisher: The Century Co., New York,
Gray-green cloth covered boards with orange, silver and gold decoration (56.522.72) |
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Book cover for The Majesty of Man: A Novel, 1896,
Designer: Alice C. Morse (American, 1863–1961); author: "Alien" [Mrs. L. A. Baker]; publisher: Dodd, Mead & Company, New York,
Pale green cloth covered boards with dark green and gold decoration (56.522.95) |
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Book cover for The Wrecker, 1892,
Designer: Alice C. Morse (American, 1863–1961); authors: Robert Louis Stevenson (Scottish) and Lloyd Osborne (American); illustrators: William Hole and Willard Leroy Metcalf; publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York,
Light rust cloth covered boards with dark and light green and gold decoration (56.522.67) |
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Book cover for Two Years in the French West Indies, 1890,
Designer: Alice C. Morse (American, 1863–1961); author: Lafcadio Hearn (Greek); publisher: Harper & Brothers, New York,
Green cloth covered boards with gold, orange and green decoration (56.522.52) |
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Box, ca. 1910–20,
Marie Zimmermann (American),
Wood, silver alloy, brass, ivory, amethyst, and semi-precious quartz (2005.464) |
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Bread plate, ca. 1850,
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (British),
Stoneware (1994.371) |
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Brooch, necklace, and hair comb, ca. 1905, Florence Koehler (American), Pearls, enamel, gold (pin only: sapphire, emeralds) (52.43.1-.3) |
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Cabinet, 1861, Philip Webb (British), Designer; Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co., Maker; Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones (British), Painter, Made in England, Painted pine, oil paint on leather, brass, copper (26.54) |
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Chandelier, 1907–9,
Charles Sumner Greene (American) and Henry Mather Greene (American); Made by Emil Lange,
Pasadena, California,
Mahogany, ebony, and leaded glass (1986.445) |
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Child's porridge bowl and spoon, 1897–98,
Mark of Roberts and Belk (British),
Silver, partly gilt (1991.296.1,.2) |
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Cup, 1916,
Arthur John Stone (American, born England),
Gardner, Massachusetts,
Silver (1990.49) |
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Desk, 1890–92,
Designer: Mervyn Macartney (British); W. Hall for Kenton & Co., London,
Mahogany veneered with Macassar ebony, silver molding, silver-plated brass knobs (2006.4) |
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Embroidered wall hanging, 1910–29,
Design attributed to Anna Frances Simpson (American),
Newcomb College, New Orleans, Louisiana,
Silk on linen (2004.334) |
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Hanging shade, ca. 1899,
Louis Comfort Tiffany (American); Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company (American),
Leaded Favrile glass (69.150) |
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Lamp, ca. 1912–15,
Dirk Van Erp (American, born Netherlands),
San Francisco, California,
Copper, mica (1989.129) |
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Length of printed cotton, 19th–20th century, William Morris (British); Manufacturer: Morris & Co., Merton Abbey, England, Cotton (23.163.7) |
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Library table, 1904,
William Lightfoot Price (American),
Rose Valley, Pennsylvania,
White oak, stained (1991.145) |
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Library table, ca. 1906,
Gustav Stickley (American); Craftsman Workshops,
Syracuse, New York,
Oak, leather (1976.389.1) |
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Linen press, ca. 1904,
Edna M. Walker (American),
Byrdcliffe Arts and Crafts Colony, Woodstock, New York,
Oak, tulip poplar, brass (1991.311.1) |
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Living room from the Little House, Wayzata, Minnesota, 1912–14, Made by Frank Lloyd Wright (American) (1972.60.1) |
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"Pink and Rose" wallpaper design, ca. 1890, William Morris (British), Hand-block-printed wallpaper (23.163.4a) |
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Publisher's binding proof for Mid-Day Magic and The Fair Abigail, from the At the Ghost Hour Series, 1894,
Designer and illustrator: Alice C. Morse (American, 1863–1961); author: Paul Heyse (German); publisher: Dodd, Mead & Company, New York,
Lithography, some color on title page (56.522.103)
Gift of Alice C. Morse, 1923, transferred from the Library (63.693.14) |
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Tall clock, ca. 1900,
Charles Rohlfs (American),
Oak, copper (1985.261) |
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Tyg, 1908,
Designed and decorated by Leona Nicholson (American); Newcomb Pottery (American),
New Orleans, Louisiana,
Painted and glazed earthenware (1983.26) |
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Vase with cover, 1888–98,
William De Morgan (British); Manufacturer: Sand's End Pottery (British),
Lustered earthenware (23.163.2ab) |
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Vase, 1899–1910,
Grueby Faience Company (American),
Boston, Massachusetts,
Earthenware (69.91.2) |
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Vase, 1915,
Sara Galner (American, born Galicia [Ukraine]); Paul Revere Pottery (also known as the "Saturday Evening Girls") (American, 1908),
Boston, Massachusetts,
Earthenware (2000.31) |
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Thematic Essays (5)
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