This month, Sarah Coffin, curator and head of product design and decorative arts, introduces us to Mr. and Mrs. John Innes Kane, donors of some of Cooper Hewitt’s most important decorative art pieces. In last month’s Cooper Hewitt Short Story, Matthew Kennedy revisited the Ringwood Manor guest books, pulling out delightful images that spoke to the summer season at the Hewitt’s country estate. Cooper Hewitt Collection These iconic designs are a part of Cooper Hewitt's diverse collection, spanning thirty centuries of historic and contemporary design. Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum located in New York | Open M-F & Su 10-6, Sa 10-9 In our most recent Short Story, we looked at the friendship between the Hewitt and Carnegie families, and how those relationships still shape Cooper Hewitt today. In last month’s Short Story, we feasted on dazzling jewelry designs from Cooper Hewitt’s collection. Cooper Hewitt’s permanent collection includes more than 210,000 objects, which together span thirty centuries and reflect cultures from around the world. PRINT, FAUST IN HIS STUDY, CA. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window), Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window), Discover Smithsonian Open Access with Treasures from the Cooper Hewitt Collection, Cooper Hewitt Short Stories: Erskine Hewitt, Cooper Hewitt Short Stories: Carroll Beckwith and the Hewitt Sisters, Life in the Lab: Conservation at Cooper Hewitt, Cooper Hewitt Short Stories: A Formidable Inheritance from a Gilded Age, Cooper Hewitt Short Stories: Hewitt Sisters Collect Wallcoverings, Cooper Hewitt Short Stories: A Manor of Collecting, Cooper Hewitt Short Stories: Collecting Before the Alarm Clock Rings. In last month’s Cooper Hewitt Short Story, we buttoned up with a rousing exploration of the history of the button as illustrated by Cooper Hewitt’s expansive collection. This month, staying in the theme of sibling charity, we profile another Hewitt who, in his own way, made a substantial contribution to Cooper Hewitt: Erskine Hewitt! In our last Short Story, we perused children’s books by great designers donated by the Kean sisters. This year, the Smithsonian Institution launched its Open Access initiative. The store sold objects created by students from the Cooper Union Women’s Art School inspired by designs in the collection of the Cooper Union Museum of the Arts of Decoration. This month, a research mystery catches our eye. Discover Smithsonian Open Access with these five designs drawn from the Cooper Hewitt collection. This month, we delve into the uniquely Cooper Hewitt collection of historical and contemporary wallcoverings. What will you create? Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. The Conservation Department’s main responsibility is the care and technical study of these pieces, to ensure their preservation for today and into the future.
In Meet the Hewitts Part 15, Au Panier Fleuri—possibly the first ever museum shop—flourished.
Recently, curatorial researcher Josephine Rodgers brought our attention to a lovely portrait of a woman given to the museum in 1931... Cooper Hewitt’s permanent collection includes more than 210,000 objects, which together span thirty centuries and reflect cultures from around the world. The Conservation Department’s main responsibility is the care and technical study of these pieces, to ensure their preservation for today and into the future.
This month in Cooper Hewitt Short Stories, Caitlin Condell, Associate Curator and Head of Drawings, Prints & Graphic Design at Cooper Hewitt, takes us to Italy to discuss one of the most significant contributions of European drawings in the early days of Cooper Hewitt's collection: the addition of the Giovanni Piancastelli collection. In this snippet of “Meet the Hewitts,” we meet some students... Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Smithsonian Open Access invites you to share, remix, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images—right now, without asking.
In Meet the Hewitts Part 15, Au Panier Fleuri—possibly the first ever museum shop—flourished.
Recently, curatorial researcher Josephine Rodgers brought our attention to a lovely portrait of a woman given to the museum in 1931... Cooper Hewitt’s permanent collection includes more than 210,000 objects, which together span thirty centuries and reflect cultures from around the world. The Conservation Department’s main responsibility is the care and technical study of these pieces, to ensure their preservation for today and into the future.
This month in Cooper Hewitt Short Stories, Caitlin Condell, Associate Curator and Head of Drawings, Prints & Graphic Design at Cooper Hewitt, takes us to Italy to discuss one of the most significant contributions of European drawings in the early days of Cooper Hewitt's collection: the addition of the Giovanni Piancastelli collection. In this snippet of “Meet the Hewitts,” we meet some students... Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Smithsonian Open Access invites you to share, remix, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images—right now, without asking.