Works of Art (27)
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"Irudrée" Gown, ca. 1923,
Paul Poiret (French),
Silk, metal (2007.146) |
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Between Earth and Heaven, 2006,
El Anatsui (Ghanaian),
Aluminum, copper wire (2007.96) |
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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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Breast defense (peytral) from a horse armor, 15th–17th century,
Tibetan or Mongolian,
Leather, iron, brass or copper alloy, silver, gold, shellac, pigments, textile, and hair (1999.36) |
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Buddha Amoghasiddhi with Eight Bodhisattvas, ca. 1200–1250,
Tibet (Central regions),
Distemper on cloth (1991.74) |
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Head defense for a horse (shaffron), 15th–17th century,
Tibetan or Mongolian,
Iron, leather, gold, brass or copper alloy, and textile (2004.402) |
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Helmet, probably mid- to late 17th century,
Chinese,
Iron, gold, silver, and textile (1997.18) |
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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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Robe à l'anglaise, 1784–87,
French,
White muslin with hammered silver foliate diaper-patterned and red silk thread embroidery (1991.204a,b) |
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Saddle, 17th–18th century,
Eastern Tibetan or Chinese for the Tibetan market,
Iron, gold, silver, wood, leather, and textile (1997.214.1)
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Spear, 18th–19th century,
Tibetan,
Iron, wood, yak hair, and silk (2001.179a,b) |
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Surcoat (jimbaori), Edo period (1615–1868), 17th century,
Japan,
Silk, felt, metallic thread, lacquered wood (2006.95) |
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Woman's Dress, 14th–early 16th century, Peru; Chuquibamba, Camelid hair (1995.109) |
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Thematic Essays (9)
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