Collection Highlights: Recent Acquisitions
Each year, many new objects are added to Cooper Hewitt's collection. The examples shown here were purchased or donated in just the last few years. They include a wide variety of media and span the Renaissance to the 21st century, reflecting the great diversity of the museum's holdings.
- Textile, Golden Harvest
- cotton.
- Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
- 2021-1-1
- This object was made by Hull Traders, Ltd..
- This object is part of the Textiles collection.
- Wall Hanging, H22 C20 O13
- tapestry weave of alpaca, silk, and metallic threads; cochineal dye.
- Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
- 2020-16-1
- Remolten N1: Monolita Chair 10, Quitralco, Osorno Volcano, May 17, 2019 Chair
- stoneware, volcanic lava.
- Gift of Juan Yarur Torres.
- 2020-15-1
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 6 images of this object.
- Cocktail Table Table
- teak, iron.
- Museum purchase through the American Women's History Initiative Acquisitions....
- 2020-14-5
- This object was made by Glenn of California.
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 4 images of this object.
- Buffet Buffet
- walnut, thermoset plastic, metal.
- Museum purchase through the American Women's History Initiative Acquisitions....
- 2020-14-4
- This object was made by Glenn of California.
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 11 images of this object.
- Floor Lamp Lamp
- steel, aluminum, paint.
- Museum purchase through the American Women's History Initiative Acquisitions....
- 2020-14-3
- This object was made by Ralph O. Smith Co..
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 5 images of this object.
- B-4 Lamp
- metal, plastic, paint.
- Museum purchase through the American Women's History Initiative Acquisitions....
- 2020-14-2
- This object was made by Bergbom & Co. AB.
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 14 images of this object.
- Table Lamp Lamp
- steel, chrome, paint.
- Museum purchase through the American Women's History Initiative Acquisitions....
- 2020-14-1
- This object was made by Ralph O. Smith Co..
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 8 images of this object.
- Textile, Views of Paris
- cotton.
- Gift of Saul Steinberg Foundation.
- 2020-13-15
- This object was made by Patterson Fabrics.
- This object is part of the Textiles collection.
- Drawing, Europe Year 3000
- graphite, color pencil, crayon, and collage on paper.
- Gift of Saul Steinberg Foundation.
- 2020-13-12
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Perspectival Street View
- graphite and color pencil on paper.
- Gift of Saul Steinberg Foundation.
- 2020-13-9
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Betty
- pen and ink, graphite, color pencil, crayon and collage.
- Gift of Saul Steinberg Foundation.
- 2020-13-8
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Print, Bauhaus
- lithograph and graphite on paper.
- Gift of Saul Steinberg Foundation.
- 2020-13-7
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Three Couples
- pen and ink, crayon, and rubber stamp on paper.
- Gift of Saul Steinberg Foundation.
- 2020-13-6
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Giant Cat
- pen and ink and graphite on paper.
- Gift of Saul Steinberg Foundation.
- 2020-13-1
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Textile, The Nest
- cotton.
- Gift of Susan Howatt.
- 2020-12-1
- This object was made by Riverdale Drapery Fabrics and Associated American Artists.
- This object is part of the Textiles collection.
- Drawing, Arthur Ross Terrace and Garden, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design...
- watercolor and charcoal on white wove paper; verso: watercolor and charcoal.
- Gift of Walter Hood.
- 2020-11-1-a,b
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Installation, The Substitute
- software: maya, unreal engine, illustrator, aftereffects, reaper protools,....
- 2020-10-1
- This object is part of the Digital collection.
- Shaving Basin (for the Mexican Market) Basin
- porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold.
- Museum purchase from Charles E. Sampson Memorial Fund.
- 2020-9-1
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 6 images of this object.
- Poster, Roth-Händle, Naturrein
- offset lithograph on paper.
- Gift of Merrill C. Berman.
- 2020-8-14
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Poster, DSB (6)
- offset lithograph on paper.
- Gift of Merrill C. Berman.
- 2020-8-4
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Poster, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago 21st Anniversary
- color separation lithograph on paper.
- Gift of Merrill C. Berman.
- 2020-8-1
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Basin Basin
- porcelain.
- Museum purchase from Charles E. Sampson Memorial Fund.
- 2020-4-1
- This object was made by Unknown.
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 10 images of this object.
- Textile, Carnivale
- cotton.
- Gift of Ellen J. Katz.
- 2020-3-4
- This object was made by Associated American Artists.
- This object is part of the Textiles collection.
- Textile, Bees in a Bonnet, 1954
- cotton.
- Gift of Ellen J. Katz.
- 2020-3-3
- This object was made by Associated American Artists.
- This object is part of the Textiles collection.
- Textile, Imperial Seal, 1955
- cotton.
- Gift of Ellen J. Katz.
- 2020-3-2
- This object was made by Associated American Artists.
- This object is part of the Textiles collection.
- Guidance Images, Inter-skintone Couple Emoji
- images (computer generated).
- Gift of Emojination.
- 2020-1-2-1/55
- Guidance Images, Person With Headscarf Emoji
- images (computer generated).
- Gift of Emojination.
- 2020-1-1
