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Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. New York, NY.Cooper Hewitt Museum was home of Andrew Carnegie. New York, NY.Garden entrance Cooper Hewitt Museum now home of Smithsonian's National Museum of Design. New York, NY.Cooper Hewitt Museum greenhouse entrance. New York, NY.
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum (1903) (2 E. 91st St. at 5th Ave.). New York, NY. Architect: Babb, Cook & Willard.Cooper Hewitt Museum was home of Andrew Carnegie. New York, NY.Garden entrance Cooper Hewitt Museum now home of Smithsonian's National Museum of Design. New York, NY.Cooper Hewitt Museum greenhouse entrance. New York, NY.
Stained glass window in Cooper-Hewitt Museum. New York, NY.Carnegie Mansion now houses Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Main staircase at Cooper Hewett Museum originally designed as Carnegie Mansion. New York City, NY.Details of stairway banister at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.
Stained glass window in Cooper-Hewitt Museum. New York, NY.Carnegie Mansion (1902) now houses Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY. Architect: Barb, Cook & Willard.Main staircase at Cooper Hewett Museum originally designed as Carnegie Mansion. New York City, NY.Details of stairway banister at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.
Details of stairway banister at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Stairway ceiling at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Original stained glass window at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Original stained glass window & molded wall trim at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.
Details of stairway banister at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Stairway ceiling at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Original stained glass window at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Original stained glass window & molded wall trim at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.
Fireplace with inset painting at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Painted clock c1700 from Austria with movement by Jeremias Sautter at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Earthenware tile with allegory with continent of America from Spain at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Earthenware tile with allegory with continent of Europe from Spain at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.
Fireplace with inset painting at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Painted clock c1700 from Austria with movement by Jeremias Sautter at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Earthenware tile with allegory with continent of America (early mid 18thC) from Spain at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Earthenware tile with allegory with continent of Europe (early mid 18thC) from Spain at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.
Earthenware tile with allegory with continent of Africa from Spain at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Earthenware tile with allegory with continent of Asia from Spain at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Molded tile of women in falconry garb by Adolph Metzner for Hamilton Tile Works of Hamilton, OH at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.French & Swiss iron candleholders 2 using screw mechanism to raise flame to exactly right height for reading at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.
Earthenware tile with allegory with continent of Africa (early mid 18thC) from Spain at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Earthenware tile with allegory with continent of Asia (early mid 18thC) from Spain at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Molded tile of women in falconry garb (1883-1901) by Adolph Metzner for Hamilton Tile Works of Hamilton, OH at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.French & Swiss iron candleholders (17th-19thC) 2 using screw mechanism to raise flame to exactly right height for reading at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.
Neoclassical cast iron radiator by Stratton & Seymour of NYC at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Copper kettle & iron stand by Christopher Dresser for Benham & Froud of London at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Frieze panel of Chicago Stock Exchange by Louis Henry Sullivan at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Cast iron Art Nouveau balcony grilles by Hector Guimard at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.
Neoclassical cast iron radiator (mid-19thC) by Stratton & Seymour of NYC at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Copper kettle & iron stand (c1885) by Christopher Dresser for Benham & Froud of London at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Frieze panel of Chicago Stock Exchange (1893-4) by Louis Henry Sullivan at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Cast iron Art Nouveau balcony grilles (1909-11 & c1900) by Hector Guimard at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.
Elephant Trunk shaped legs table by Adolf Loos of Austria at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Collection of Art Deco chairs & furniture at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Peacock side chair for Imperial Hotel of Tokyo, Japan by Frank Lloyd Wright at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Wendingen Dutch magazine cover of which seven issues covered life of Frank Lloyd Wright to that year at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.
Elephant Trunk shaped legs table (c1910) by Adolf Loos of Austria at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Collection of Art Deco chairs & furniture at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Peacock side chair for Imperial Hotel of Tokyo, Japan (1921-2) by Frank Lloyd Wright at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Wendingen Dutch magazine cover (1925) of which seven issues covered life of Frank Lloyd Wright to that year at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.
VDL Research House chair by Richard Neutra at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Airline Chair by KEM of Los Angeles at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Sandows #5 side chair by René Herbst at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Floor lamp by Walter von Nessen of New York City at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.
VDL Research (Branch) House chair (designed 1931; made 1942) by Richard Neutra at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Airline Chair (1935) by KEM (aka Karl Emanuel Martin) of Los Angeles at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Sandows #5 side chair (1929) by René Herbst at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Floor lamp (1928; made c1938) by Walter von Nessen of New York City at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.
Floor lamp for Elizabeth Arden's Saloon by Marius-Ernest Sabino at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Dressing table & bench c1929 by Léon Jallot for Lord & Taylor of NYC at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Art Deco desk by Pual T. Frankl of NYC at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Custom desk attrib. Jean-Michel Frank of Paris at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.
Floor lamp for Elizabeth Arden's Saloon (c1930) by Marius-Ernest Sabino at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Dressing table & bench c1929 by Léon Jallot for Lord & Taylor of NYC at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Art Deco desk (c1933) by Pual T. Frankl of NYC at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Custom desk (1930-5) attrib. Jean-Michel Frank of Paris at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.
Fire silk textile exhibited at 1925 Paris Expo by Yvonne Clarinval for Tassinari & Catel of Paris & Lyon at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Door from music room of Solomon Guggenheim by Jean Dunand of Switzerland at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Pair of wrought iron & bronze gates from Chanin Building, NYC by René Paul Chambellan at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Wrought iron fire screen by Samuel Yellin at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.
Fire silk textile (1925) exhibited at 1925 Paris Expo by Yvonne Clarinval for Tassinari & Catel of Paris & Lyon at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Door from music room of Solomon Guggenheim (1925-6) by Jean Dunand of Switzerland at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Pair of wrought iron & bronze gates from Chanin Building, NYC (1928) by René Paul Chambellan at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Wrought iron fire screen (c1920-5) by Samuel Yellin at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.
Wrought iron andiron for Westinghouse Air Brake Building by Samuel Yellin at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Way to Reach the Moderns brochure by Star Co. to promote their advertising at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Guidebook to stores at Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs Paris by René Herbst at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Earthenware charger by El Lissitzky of Russia as part of De Stijl movement in Germany at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.
Wrought iron andiron for Westinghouse Air Brake Building (c1927) by Samuel Yellin at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Way to Reach the Moderns brochure (1920) by Star Co. to promote their advertising at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Guidebook to stores at Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs Paris (1925) by René Herbst at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Earthenware charger (c1923) by El Lissitzky of Russia as part of De Stijl movement in Germany at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.
Kodak Camera 1A & gift box by Walter Dorwin Teague then made by Ingraham Co. of Britol, CT at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Dinette Tea Set by Jean George Theobald for Old Colony Pewter at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Silver-plated brass tray by Weidlich Bros. Manuf. of Bridgeport, CT at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Zeppelin Airship Cocktail Shaker made by J.A. Henckels Twin Works of Solingen, Germany at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.
Kodak Camera 1A & gift box (Rochester, NY) (c1930) by Walter Dorwin Teague then made by Ingraham Co. of Britol, CT at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Dinette Tea Set (c1928) by Jean George Theobald for Old Colony Pewter at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Silver-plated brass tray (c1928) by Weidlich Bros. Manuf. of Bridgeport, CT at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Zeppelin Airship Cocktail Shaker (1928) made by J.A. Henckels Twin Works of Solingen, Germany at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.
Porcelain Mocha Pot by Ladislave Sutnar & silver spherical tea set by Jean Elysée Puiforcat of France at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Silver bowl by Josef Hoffmann & made by Wiener Werkstätte at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Silver vase by Dagobert Peche & made by Wiener Werkstätte at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Glass flower bowl by Marianne Rath for J.&L. Lobmeyr of Vienna which displayed it at 1925 Paris Expo at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.
Porcelain Mocha Pot (c1929) by Ladislave Sutnar & silver spherical tea set (c1928) by Jean Elysée Puiforcat of France at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Silver bowl (1917) by Josef Hoffmann & made by Wiener Werkstätte at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Silver vase (1923) by Dagobert Peche & made by Wiener Werkstätte at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Glass flower bowl (1923-4) by Marianne Rath for J.&L. Lobmeyr of Vienna which displayed it at 1925 Paris Expo at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.
Tourbillons glass vase by Suzanne Lalique of Paris under René at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Ruba Rombic glass vase by Reuben Haley for Consolidated Lamp & Glass of Coraopolis, PA at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.New World Radio in phenolic plastic by Raymond Loewy for Colonial Radio Corp. of Buffalo, NY at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Volksempfänger VE 301 DYN Radio made in Austria & Germany with Bakelite cover at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.
Tourbillons (aka Whirlwinds) glass vase (1926) by Suzanne Lalique of Paris under René at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Ruba Rombic glass vase (c1928) by Reuben Haley for Consolidated Lamp & Glass of Coraopolis, PA at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.New World Radio in phenolic plastic (1933) by Raymond Loewy for Colonial Radio Corp. of Buffalo, NY at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Volksempfänger VE 301 DYN Radio (c1938) made in Austria & Germany with Bakelite cover at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.
Sunburst Radio by Henry Dreyfuss for RCA at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Crowsley molded plastic table radios from Cincinnati, OH: Model D25WE & E15WE at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Gallery arrangement at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Enignum Free Form Chair by Joseph Walsh at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.
Sunburst Radio (c1948) by Henry Dreyfuss for RCA at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Crowsley molded plastic table radios from Cincinnati, OH: Model D25WE (1952) & E15WE (1953) at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Gallery arrangement at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Enignum Free Form Chair (2014) by Joseph Walsh at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.
Enignum Free Form Chair by Joseph Walsh at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Stratum Chair by Ammar Kalo of Canada at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Brompton Folding Bicycle by Andrew Ritchie of England at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Cubic Coffee Service by Erik Magnussen for Gorham Manuf. Co. of Providence, RI at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.
Enignum Free Form Chair (2014) by Joseph Walsh at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Stratum Chair (2016) by Ammar Kalo of Canada at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Brompton Folding Bicycle (2016) by Andrew Ritchie of England at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Cubic Coffee Service (1927) by Erik Magnussen for Gorham Manuf. Co. of Providence, RI at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.
Tea service by Paul Lobel for International Silver Co. of Meriden, CT at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Vanity set with hand mirror & hair brush by Elsa Tennhardt for E.&J. Bass Co. of NYC at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.

Tea service (1934) by Paul Lobel for International Silver Co. of Meriden, CT at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.Vanity set with hand mirror & hair brush (1928) by Elsa Tennhardt for E.&J. Bass Co. of NYC at Cooper Hewett Museum. New York City, NY.

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