Pattern - Geometry Quilt Squares
Developed as part of Complementary Learning: Arts-integrated Math and Science Curricula generously
funded by the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation
Introduction:
Students will explore color and pattern, using only isosceles right triangles to create a paper quilt square
design.
Grade Level and Subject Area:
Grade level: 9-12
Subject Area: Geometry
Key Concepts:
 Students must be proficient at using a ruler to measure, in either inches or centimeters.
 Students must be able to identify and apply the following: square, triangle, right triangle, isosceles
triangle, perpendicular and parallel lines, diagonals, sides, vertices, area formula for a square,
translations, reflections, rotations.
Materials:
List all of the associated artworks; handouts; books; technology.
 Powerpoint presentation Patterns (images from the CMA)
 Posterboard, or similarly stiff cardboard, cut into 12” square pieces.
 Construction paper. 9”x12” is ideal. Two or three colors. You may like to use school colors,
holiday colors, etc.
 12-inch rulers
 Scissors
 Gluesticks
 Graph paper (any size, but ½” squares is ideal) on which to plan the design.
 Colored pencils for design planning.
 Envelopes and folders for holding paper pieces between class sessions.
Procedure:
I use this lesson with my Basic Geometry students, who are in grades 10 and 11, typically. We do this
project after we have learned about parallel and perpendicular lines, triangle classification, quadrilateral
classification, and polygon terminology, such as sides, vertices, and diagonals. We have 40-minute class
periods.
I choose the colors of paper we will use. Depending on the time of year, we might use school colors or
holiday colors. We use either two or three colors—no more—for the best quilt effect.
Students will practice designing a quilt square made up of a four-time repeated pattern. Four blocks (same
pattern) make up a student’s 12” block. Each of the four blocks is composed of 8 isosceles triangles cut
from four 3” squares of colored paper. (The finished product will therefore have 32 triangles cut from 16
squares.) The practice designs can be drawn with colored pencil in miniature scale on the graph paper, so
that students may experiment with several designs, in order to decide on which design they will implement
with cut paper.
Designing could easily take one 40-minute class period, as students experiment with different arrangements
of their triangles. If a student is having difficulty visualizing how the triangles can be translated, reflected,
rotated, etc., s/he can cut out mini-triangles in 2-3 colors and move them around on his/her desk, until a
pleasing pattern is found. Then the design could be transferred to graph paper, either by tracing or gluing
the pieces onto the graph paper.
Some of the steps may be done in different order. For instance, this year I did “Day 2” and the math
discussion of “Day 1” first; it actually took two days this time. Then I did the designing portion of “Day 1”
and had students complete several design ideas over the weekend. The actual piecing together of triangles
began before spring break, and will be completed after the break. Things seemed to take longer than
planned this year, for various reasons. The lesson stretched from 3 days to 6 days. In addition, my classes
had been experimenting with color, pattern, and geometry in several other miniprojects throughout the
year, to prepare them for this project.
Day 1 Review definition of isosceles right triangle. Overview of the project, including discussion of
dimensions of finished product, area formula, how many 3” squares will fit into a 12” square. Demonstrate
how to set up graph paper into mini-blocks of 16 squares. Experiment with designs on graph paper. (The
CMA powerpoint on pattern was viewed and discussed right before the students started experimenting.)
Decide on a design to be used for one’s project.
Day 2 One sheet of each color for each student. Instruction and supervision on measuring 3” squares,
using the edge of the paper as the side of a row of squares, and using knowledge of parallel and
perpendicular lines to double-check one’s measurements. How many 3” squares can we get from a 9”x12”
piece of paper? Cut out the squares. Use ruler to draw one of the diagonals for each square. Cut along the
diagonal to produce two isosceles right triangles. Store triangles in envelopes.
Day 3 Use graph paper design sheet as a guide in placing and gluing triangles onto the 12” square of
cardboard. Emphasize that no gluing should be done until the entire design is laid out and checked over.
Care should be taken when gluing, so that no triangles overlap, and that there is little or no “white space”
left between triangles.
Display suggestion: Hanging all the students’ projects together in one big “quilt” formation makes for a
very striking display. I particularly like hanging them “on point,” so that the “quilt” forms a big diamond
on the wall outside my classroom. Very dramatic!
Standards:
Include: the subject area and visual arts ODE standards and benchmarks associated with this lesson; the
national standards associated (see http://www.educationworld.com/standards/); and how this relates to IB
Standards.
Pattern
Translation
Reflection
Rotation
Geometry
Isosceles right triangle
Parallel and perpendicular lines
Diagonals
Measurement
Linear measurement
Area
This lesson plan was developed by Maryhelen Bednarchik.
1917.480det03.tif
Metadata
Accession Number:
1917.480
Primary Title:
Doctor's Basket, Canoe- shaped
Date:
1890
Artist(s):
California, Pomo
Credit Line:
Presented by William Albert Price in memory of Mrs. William
Albert Price
Department:
Art of the Americas
Collection:
AA - Native North America
Artists search link:
Classification:
Basketry
Medium:
coiled, with shell and yellow glass beads
Copyright:
Dimensions:
Overall - h:14.50 w:44.00 cm (h:5 11/16 w:17 5/16 inches)
Filename:
1917.480det03.tif
Label Copy:
Object ID:
43315
Object Type:
A
Period:
Inscription
1917.62.tif
Metadata
Accession Number:
1917.62
Primary Title:
Hubbell Revival Style Rug with Moki (Moqui) Stripes
Date:
c. 1890-1910
Artist(s):
America, Native North American, Southwest, Navajo, PostContact, Early Period
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. L. E. Holden
Department:
Textiles
Collection:
T - Native North American
Artists search link:
Classification:
Textile
Medium:
tapestry weave: wool (Germantown)
Copyright:
Dimensions:
Overall - h:194.80 w:138.40 cm (h:76 11/16 w:54 7/16 inches)
Filename:
no name
Label Copy:
Navajo blankets are splendid microcosms of the Southwest’s
cultural richness. This example has
two old Navajo designs: the terraced diamond and the striped
moki pattern. Moki’s origin is unclear. It
may have come from Pueblo peoples, from whom the Navajo
learned weaving after migrating to the
Southwest from Canada. Or it could have come from the
Spaniards, who arrived in the Southwest in 1540, not long after
the Navajo. Though the patterns are old, the blanket was created
1918.187.tif
Metadata
Accession Number:
1918.187
Primary Title:
Textile Fragment
Date:
19th century
Artist(s):
Morocco, 19th century
Credit Line:
Dudley P. Allen Fund
Department:
Textiles
Collection:
T - Islamic
Artists search link:
Classification:
Textile
Medium:
plain compound cloth; silk
Copyright:
Dimensions:
Average - h:23.80 w:11.60 cm (h:9 5/16 w:4 9/16 inches)
Filename:
1918.187.tif
Label Copy:
Object ID:
30457
Object Type:
A
Period:
19th century
Inscription
Inscription
1918.308.tif
Metadata
Accession Number:
1918.308
Primary Title:
Velvet Fragment
Date:
1700s
Artist(s):
Italy, 18th century
Credit Line:
Dudley P. Allen Fund
Department:
Textiles
Collection:
Textiles
Artists search link:
Classification:
Velvet
Medium:
velvet
Copyright:
Dimensions:
Overall - h:46.50 w:51.00 cm (h:18 1/4 w:20 1/16 inches)
Filename:
1918.308.tif
Label Copy:
Object ID:
26956
Object Type:
A
Period:
18th century
Inscription
Inscription
1921.557.tif
Metadata
Accession Number:
1921.557
Primary Title:
Rug (Woman's Wearing Blanket Style)
Date:
c. 1895-1905
Artist(s):
America, Native North American, Southwest, Navajo, PostContact, Early Period
Credit Line:
Gift of J. H. Wade
Department:
Textiles
Collection:
T - Native North American
Artists search link:
Classification:
Textile
Medium:
tapestry weave: wool (handspun)
Copyright:
Dimensions:
Overall - h:125.00 w:146.50 cm (h:49 3/16 w:57 5/8 inches)
Filename:
no name
Label Copy:
Object ID:
34536
Object Type:
A
Period:
Post-Contact, Early Period
Inscription
1921.563.tif
Metadata
Accession Number:
1921.563
Primary Title:
Rug
Date:
c. 1890-1900
Artist(s):
America, Native North American, Southwest, Navajo, PostContact, Transitional Period
Credit Line:
Gift of J. H. Wade
Department:
Textiles
Collection:
T - Native North American
Artists search link:
Classification:
Textile
Medium:
tapestry weave: wool (handspun)
Copyright:
Dimensions:
Overall - h:231.10 w:153.70 cm (h:90 15/16 w:60 1/2 inches)
Filename:
no name
Label Copy:
Object ID:
34542
Object Type:
A
Period:
Post-Contact, Transitional Period
Inscription
1921.565.tif
Metadata
Accession Number:
1921.565
Primary Title:
Rug (Third-phase Chief Blanket Style, Germantown Weaving)
Date:
c. 1890-1910
Artist(s):
America, Native North American, Southwest, Navajo, PostContact, Early Period
Credit Line:
Gift of J. H. Wade
Department:
Textiles
Collection:
T - Native North American
Artists search link:
Classification:
Textile
Medium:
tapestry weave: cotton and wool (Germantown)
Copyright:
Dimensions:
Overall - h:162.00 w:211.00 cm (h:63 3/4 w:83 1/16 inches)
Filename:
no name
Label Copy:
Object ID:
34544
Object Type:
A
Period:
Post-Contact, Early Period
Inscription
1923.1079det05.tif
Metadata
Accession Number:
1923.1079
Primary Title:
Jar (Olla)
Date:
1875
Artist(s):
Southwest, Pueblo, Acoma, Laguna, Post- Contact Period,19th
century
Credit Line:
Gift of the Smithsonian Institution
Department:
Art of the Americas
Collection:
AA - Native North America
Artists search link:
Classification:
Ceramic
Medium:
pottery
Copyright:
Dimensions:
Overall - h:29.00 w:33.50 cm (h:11 3/8 w:13 3/16 inches)
Filename:
no name
Label Copy:
Object ID:
43323
Object Type:
A
Period:
Post- Contact Period,19th century
Inscription
1923.825det01.tif
Metadata
Accession Number:
1923.825
Primary Title:
Silk Damask with Floral Pattern
Date:
c. 1920 after original of 1500s
Artist(s):
Italy, 20th century after 16th century original
Credit Line:
Educational Purchase Fund
Department:
Education Art
Collection:
Ed Art - Textiles
Artists search link:
Classification:
Textile
Medium:
Satin weave; silk
Copyright:
Dimensions:
Label Copy:
Object ID:
60362
Object Type:
D
Period:
20th century after 16th century original
Inscription
Inscription
1923.853.tif
Metadata
Accession Number:
1923.853
Primary Title:
Moorish Tile
Date:
13th century (?)
Artist(s):
Spain, Granada, 13th century (?)
Credit Line:
Educational Purchase Fund
Department:
Education Art
Collection:
Ed Art - Islamic Art
Artists search link:
Classification:
Ceramic
Medium:
glazed ceramic
Copyright:
Dimensions:
Overall - w:13.97 l:13.97 cm (w:5 1/2 l:5 1/2 inches)
Label Copy:
Object ID:
50567
Object Type:
X
Period:
13th century (?)
Inscription
Inscription
1924.92det03.tif
Metadata
Accession Number:
1924.92
Primary Title:
Jar (Olla)
Date:
1922
Artist(s):
Monica Sylva (American)
Credit Line:
Educational Purchase Fund
Department:
Art of the Americas
Collection:
AA - Native North America
Artists search link:
Monica Sylva
Classification:
Ceramic
Medium:
ceramic
Copyright:
Dimensions:
Overall - h:25.00 w:29.00 cm (h:9 13/16 w:11 3/8 inches)
Filename:
no name
Label Copy:
Object ID:
53804
Object Type:
A
Period:
Post-Contact Period, 20th century
Inscription
Inscription
1927.378det01.tif
Metadata
Accession Number:
1927.378
Primary Title:
Fragment from a Large Curtain
Date:
1300s
Artist(s):
Spain, Granada, Islamic period, Nasrid period, 14th century
Credit Line:
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Department:
Textiles
Collection:
Textiles
Artists search link:
Classification:
Textile
Medium:
lampas: a combination of two weaves, twill weave and plain
weave; silk
Copyright:
Dimensions:
Overall - h:37.50 w:24.80 cm (h:14 3/4 w:9 3/4 inches)
Filename:
no name
Label Copy:
The ability to combine different designs and colors
harmoniously was one of the unparalleled achievements of
Islamic art. This silk curtain fragment reveals juxtapositions of
large and small scaled designs with curving and angular lines,
all woven with bold colors in bands of varying widths. The
contrasts are featured in the upper design of large squares
positioned to form eight-pointed stars, in the narrow band with
ivory-silk cursive script offering "good fortune and prosperity,"
and in the wide band with large yellow-silk kufic script
extending "beatitude." A rare, complete contemporary silk
1927.490.tif
Metadata
Accession Number:
1927.490
Primary Title:
Rug or Saddle Blanket
Date:
c. 1890-1910
Artist(s):
America, Native North American, Southwest, Navajo, PostContact, Early Period
Credit Line:
Educational Purchase Fund
Department:
Textiles
Collection:
T - Native North American
Artists search link:
Classification:
Textile
Medium:
tapestry weave: cotton and wool (handspun)
Copyright:
Dimensions:
Overall - h:127.00 w:92.00 cm (h:50 w:36 3/16 inches)
Filename:
1927.490.tif
Label Copy:
Object ID:
52205
Object Type:
A
Period:
Post-Contact, Early Period
Inscription
1929.283.tif
Metadata
Accession Number:
1929.283
Primary Title:
Storage Bowl
Date:
Unassigned, before 1929
Artist(s):
Northwest Coast, Quinalt, Salish, Unassigned
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Horace Kelley
Department:
Art of the Americas
Collection:
AA - Native North America
Artists search link:
Classification:
Basketry
Medium:
Beargrass, Cedar root; woven, 1/2 twist overlay
Copyright:
Dimensions:
Overall - h:25.50 w:24.75 cm (h:10 w:9 11/16 inches)
Label Copy:
Object ID:
52593
Object Type:
A
Period:
Unassigned
Inscription
Inscription
1930.32det02.tif
Metadata
Accession Number:
1930.32
Primary Title:
Bowl with Geometric Design (Four- part Scroll-in-Box)
Date:
1000- 1150
Artist(s):
Southwest, Mogollan, Mimbres (1000-1150), Pre-Contact
Period, 10th-11th century
Credit Line:
Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund
Department:
Art of the Americas
Collection:
AA - Native North America
Artists search link:
Classification:
Ceramic
Medium:
ceramic
Copyright:
Dimensions:
Overall - h:8.00 w:18.50 cm (h:3 1/8 w:7 1/4 inches)
Filename:
no name
Label Copy:
Object ID:
54034
Object Type:
A
Period:
Pre-Contact Period, 10th-11th century
Inscription
1930.35.tif
Metadata
Accession Number:
1930.35
Primary Title:
Bowl with Geometric Design (Four- Part Pinwheel)
Date:
c 1000- 1150
Artist(s):
Southwest, Mogollan, Mimbres, Pre-Contact Period, 11th-12th
century
Credit Line:
Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund
Department:
Art of the Americas
Collection:
AA - Native North America
Artists search link:
Classification:
Ceramic
Medium:
ceramic
Copyright:
Dimensions:
Overall - h:8.50 w:19.00 cm (h:3 5/16 w:7 7/16 inches)
Filename:
1930.35.tif
Label Copy:
Object ID:
54002
Object Type:
A
Period:
Pre-Contact Period, 11th-12th century
Inscription
1930.39det02.tif
Metadata
Accession Number:
1930.39
Primary Title:
Bowl with Geometric Design (Four-part Design)
Date:
c 1000- 1150
Artist(s):
Southwest, Mogollan, Mimbres, Pre-Contact Period, 11th-12th
century
Credit Line:
Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund
Department:
Art of the Americas
Collection:
AA - Native North America
Artists search link:
Classification:
Ceramic
Medium:
ceramic
Copyright:
Dimensions:
Overall - h:12.00 w:28.75 cm (h:4 11/16 w:11 5/16 inches)
Filename:
no name
Label Copy:
Object ID:
54004
Object Type:
A
Period:
Pre-Contact Period, 11th-12th century
Inscription
1930.44det02.tif
Metadata
Accession Number:
1930.44
Primary Title:
Bowl with Geometric Design (Two- part Design)
Date:
c. 1000-1150
Artist(s):
Southwest, Mogollon, Mimbres, Pre-Contact Period, 11th-12th
century
Credit Line:
Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund
Department:
Art of the Americas
Collection:
AA - Native North America
Artists search link:
Classification:
Ceramic
Medium:
earthenware
Copyright:
Dimensions:
Overall - h:12.50 w:25.50 cm (h:4 7/8 w:10 inches)
Filename:
no name
Label Copy:
Object ID:
40470
Object Type:
A
Period:
Pre-Contact Period, 11th-12th century
Inscription
1930.64.tif
Metadata
Accession Number:
1930.64
Primary Title:
Raffia Mat
Date:
c 1920s
Artist(s):
Austria, 20th century
Credit Line:
Educational Purchase Fund
Department:
Decorative Art and Design
Collection:
Decorative Arts
Artists search link:
Classification:
Miscellaneous
Medium:
woven raffia
Copyright:
Dimensions:
Overall - w:20.64 l:20.64 cm (w:8 1/8 l:8 1/8 inches)
Label Copy:
Object ID:
59041
Object Type:
D
Period:
20th century
Inscription
Inscription
1937.743det01.tif
Metadata
Accession Number:
1937.743
Primary Title:
Plate
Date:
c 1930s
Artist(s):
Tonita & Jean Roybal ()
Credit Line:
Gift of Amelia Elizabeth White
Department:
Art of the Americas
Collection:
AA - Native North America
Artists search link:
Tonita & Jean Roybal
Classification:
Ceramic
Medium:
black on black ware
Copyright:
Dimensions:
Overall - h:6.00 w:36.50 cm (h:2 5/16 w:14 5/16 inches)
Filename:
no name
Label Copy:
Object ID:
68503
Object Type:
A
Period:
Post- Contact, 20th century
Inscription
Inscription
1937.761.tif
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Metadata
Accession Number:
1937.761
Primary Title:
Rug Banded with "diamond stripes"
Date:
c. 1890-1900
Artist(s):
America, Native North American, Southwest, Navajo, PostContact, Transitional Period
Credit Line:
Gift of Amelia Elizabeth White
Department:
Textiles
Collection:
T - Native North American
Artists search link:
Classification:
Textile
Medium:
tapestry weave: wool (handspun)
Copyright:
Dimensions:
Overall - h:211.00 w:142.50 cm (h:83 1/16 w:56 1/16 inches)
Filename:
1937.761.tif
Label Copy:
Object ID:
52172
Object Type:
A
Period:
Post-Contact, Transitional Period
Inscription
1937.855.tif
Metadata
Accession Number:
1937.855
Primary Title:
Eyedazzler Style Rug
Date:
c. 1890-1900
Artist(s):
America, Native North American, Southwest, Navajo, PostContact, Transitional Period
Credit Line:
Gift of Amelia Elizabeth White
Department:
Textiles
Collection:
T - Native North American
Artists search link:
Classification:
Textile
Medium:
tapestry weave: wool (handspun)
Copyright:
Dimensions:
Overall - h:184.00 w:138.50 cm (h:72 7/16 w:54 1/2 inches)
Filename:
1937.855.tif
Label Copy:
Object ID:
52180
Object Type:
A
Period:
Post-Contact, Transitional Period
Inscription
1937.857.tif
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Metadata
Accession Number:
1937.857
Primary Title:
Diamond Network Style Rug
Date:
c. 1890-1900
Artist(s):
America, Native North American, Southwest, Navajo, PostContact, Transitional Period
Credit Line:
Gift of Amelia Elizabeth White
Department:
Textiles
Collection:
T - Native North American
Artists search link:
Classification:
Textile
Medium:
tapestry weave: wool (handspun)
Copyright:
Dimensions:
Overall - h:182.80 w:130.80 cm (h:71 15/16 w:51 7/16 inches)
Filename:
1937.857.tif
Label Copy:
Object ID:
52181
Object Type:
A
Period:
Post-Contact, Transitional Period
Inscription
1937.900.tif
Metadata
Accession Number:
1937.900
Primary Title:
Banded Eyedazzler Style Rug
Date:
ca. 1890-1900
Artist(s):
America, Native North American, Southwest, Navajo, PostContact, Transitional Period
Credit Line:
Gift of Amelia Elizabeth White
Department:
Textiles
Collection:
T - Native North American
Artists search link:
Classification:
Textile
Medium:
tapestry weave: wool (handspun)
Copyright:
Dimensions:
Overall - h:225.00 w:139.70 cm (h:88 9/16 w:55 inches)
Filename:
1937.900.tif
Label Copy:
Object ID:
52185
Object Type:
A
Period:
Post-Contact, Transitional Period
Inscription
1937.901.tif
Metadata
Accession Number:
1937.901
Primary Title:
Banded Rug
Date:
c. 1890-1900
Artist(s):
America, Native North American, Southwest, Navajo, PostContact, Transitional Period
Credit Line:
Gift of Amelia Elizabeth White
Department:
Textiles
Collection:
T - Native North American
Artists search link:
Classification:
Textile
Medium:
tapestry weave: cotton and wool: (handspun and Germantown)
Copyright:
Dimensions:
Overall - h:159.00 w:119.00 cm (h:62 9/16 w:46 13/16 inches)
Label Copy:
Object ID:
50112
Object Type:
A
Period:
Post-Contact, Transitional Period
Inscription
Inscription
1937.903.tif
Metadata
Accession Number:
1937.903
Primary Title:
Fourth-Phase Chief Blanket Style Rug
Date:
c. 1900
Artist(s):
America, Native North American, Southwest, Navajo, PostContact, Early Period
Credit Line:
Gift of Amelia Elizabeth White
Department:
Textiles
Collection:
T - Native North American
Artists search link:
Classification:
Textile
Medium:
tapestry weave: wool (handspun, Germantown, and bayeta)
Copyright:
Dimensions:
Overall - h:178.40 w:151.10 cm (h:70 3/16 w:59 7/16 inches)
Filename:
1937.903.tif
Label Copy:
Object ID:
52190
Object Type:
A
Period:
Post-Contact, Early Period
Inscription
1951.363det01.tif
Metadata
Accession Number:
1951.363
Primary Title:
Plate with Feather Design
Date:
1945-1950
Artist(s):
and María Martinez (American, c. 1887-1980), Santana
Martinez ()
Credit Line:
The Harold T. Clark Educational Extension Fund
Department:
Art of the Americas
Collection:
AA - Native North America
Artists search link:
Santana Martinez
Artists search link:
and María Martinez
Classification:
Ceramic
Medium:
blackware ceramic, slip
Copyright:
Dimensions:
Overall - h:4.00 w:38.50 cm (h:1 9/16 w:15 1/8 inches)
Filename:
1951.363.tif
Label Copy:
María Martinez and her husband, Julian, achieved international
fame for black-on-black ware, which they began to make in
1918. The process involves painting a pattern in slip-a creamy
mix of clay and water-on a surface that has already been
uniformly slipped and then polished. With firing, the exposed
polished areas become glossy while the second layer of slip
retains a matte finish. Aside from her husband, María Martinez
worked with other family members, here her daughter-in-law
Santana Roybal Martinez.
1951.364det03.tif
Metadata
Accession Number:
1951.364
Primary Title:
Bowl
Date:
1930s- 1940
Artist(s):
Desideria Montoya (, 1889-1992)
Credit Line:
The Harold T. Clark Educational Extension Fund
Department:
Art of the Americas
Collection:
AA - Native North America
Artists search link:
Desideria Montoya
Classification:
Ceramic
Medium:
black on black ware
Copyright:
Dimensions:
Overall - h:15.25 w:22.50 cm (h:6 w:8 13/16 inches)
Filename:
no name
Label Copy:
Object ID:
54358
Object Type:
A
Period:
20th century
Inscription
Inscription
1956.434det01.tif
Metadata
Accession Number:
1956.434
Primary Title:
Red-on-Red Plate
Date:
1935- 1940 , could also be 1950
Artist(s):
Rose Gonzalez ()
Credit Line:
The Harold T. Clark Educational Extension Fund
Department:
Art of the Americas
Collection:
AA - Native North America
Artists search link:
Rose Gonzalez
Classification:
Ceramic
Medium:
ceramic
Copyright:
Dimensions:
Overall - h:4.50 w:25.50 cm (h:1 3/4 w:10 inches)
Filename:
no name
Label Copy:
Object ID:
54366
Object Type:
A
Period:
Post-Contact Period, 20th century
Inscription
Inscription
1968.270.tif
Metadata
Accession Number:
1968.270
Primary Title:
Cross
Date:
300s - 400s
Artist(s):
Byzantium, North Syria, 4th - 5th centuries
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Klejman
Department:
Medieval Art
Collection:
MED - Byzantine
Artists search link:
Classification:
Mosaic
Medium:
marble tesserae
Copyright:
Dimensions:
Overall - h:94.65 w:93.35 cm (h:37 1/4 w:36 3/4 inches) Wt:
300 lbs.
Filename:
1968.270.tif
Label Copy:
Object ID:
9063
Object Type:
A
Period:
4th - 5th centuries
Inscription
1973.74det01.tif
Metadata
Accession Number:
1973.74
Primary Title:
Mirror with Phoenixes, Birds, Butterflies, and Floral Sprays
Date:
700s
Artist(s):
China, Tang dynasty (618-907)
Credit Line:
Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
Department:
Chinese Art
Collection:
Chinese Art
Artists search link:
Classification:
Metalwork
Medium:
bronze with silver and gold inlaid lacquer
Copyright:
Dimensions:
Diameter - w:19.20 cm (w:7 1/2 inches)
Filename:
1973.74det01.tif
Label Copy:
As head of the Arts and Monument Division in Japan, Lee had
the unique opportunity to
examine Japanese cultural monuments, including the rarely
seen art treasures preserved in the Shoso-in repository in Nara.
This experience informed his establishment of the standards of
quality required for art acquisition.
This exquisite Chinese mirror-a rare surviving specimen of its
type-was acquired from Japan,
where there has been a long tradition of collecting Chinese art.
1982.16.tif
Metadata
Accession Number:
1982.16.a
Primary Title:
Curtain (left side)
Date:
1400s
Artist(s):
Spain, Granada, Islamic period, Nasrid period, 15th century
Credit Line:
Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
Department:
Textiles
Collection:
Textiles
Artists search link:
Classification:
Textile
Medium:
lampas, silk
Copyright:
Dimensions:
Overall - h:438.15 w:271.78 cm (h:172 1/2 w:107 inches)
Filename:
1982.16.tif
Label Copy:
This curtain was probably woven in Granada, the last Muslim
stronghold in Spain. Not only was Granada a famous center of
silk weaving, but the central and side panels of the curtain are
inscribed with the motto of the Nasrid dynasty which ruled that
city from 1231 to 1492. This is the largest, most complete and
most ornate curtain to have survived from the Middle Ages
when silk curtains were commonly hung from the windows,
walls and beds of medieval palaces and castles. Its design is
known to have been a standard one for curtains woven in Nasrid
Spain during the 15th century, and if this curtain did not
actually hang in the Alhambra Palace, it is undoubtedly the type
1984.11.tif
Metadata
Accession Number:
1984.11
Primary Title:
Casement Window
Date:
c. 1904
Artist(s):
designed by Frank Lloyd Wright (American, 1867-1959), made
at Linden Glass Co. (American)
Credit Line:
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Department:
Decorative Art and Design
Collection:
Decorative Arts
Artists search link:
Linden Glass Co.
Artists search link:
Frank Lloyd Wright
Classification:
Glass
Medium:
leaded glass panes in metal frame
Copyright:
© Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation / Artists Rights Society
(ARS), New York
Dimensions:
Overall - h:105.10 w:28.50 cm (h:41 3/8 w:11 3/16 inches)
Filename:
1984.11.tif
Label Copy:
This window was made for the library of the Darwin D. Martin
House built in Buffalo, New York, in 1905.
Object ID:
12961
Object Type:
A
Period:
20th century
Inscription
1987.1071.tif
Metadata
Accession Number:
1987.1071
Primary Title:
American Doll Quilt
Date:
1800s
Artist(s):
America, Ohio, Medina, 19th century
Credit Line:
Department:
Education Art
Collection:
Ed Art - Textiles
Artists search link:
Classification:
Textile
Medium:
single quilt block nine patch pattern
Copyright:
Dimensions:
Overall - w:33.00 l:33.00 cm (w:12 15/16 l:12 15/16 inches)
Label Copy:
Object ID:
49032
Object Type:
X
Period:
19th century
Inscription
Inscription
1993.143.tif
Metadata
Accession Number:
1993.143
Primary Title:
Geometric Abstraction
Date:
c. 1950
Artist(s):
Pim van Os (Dutch, 1910-1954)
Credit Line:
John L. Severance Fund
Department:
Photography
Collection:
PH - Misc. 20th Century
Artists search link:
Pim van Os
Classification:
Photograph
Medium:
gelatin silver print
Copyright:
© Pim van Os
Dimensions:
Image - h:23.70 w:17.70 cm (h:9 5/16 w:6 15/16 inches)
Matted - h:50.80 w:40.64 cm (h:20 w:16 inches)
Filename:
1993.143.tif
Label Copy:
Active just after World War II, Van Os was a pioneering Dutch
photographer who gained considerable recognition in postwar
Europe for his experimental imagery. This abstract composition
was made exclusively with the camera, and the movement of
light is both the means of expression and the subject of the
picture. Layered geometric shapes give the slightest sense of a
threedimensional arrangement of bold shapes.
Object ID:
1241
Object Type:
A
1997.246.tif
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Metadata
Accession Number:
1997.246
Primary Title:
Marilyn x 100
Date:
1962
Artist(s):
Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987)
Credit Line:
Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund, and Anonymous Gift
Department:
Contemporary Art
Collection:
CONTEMP - Painting
Artists search link:
Andy Warhol
Classification:
Painting
Medium:
screenprint ink and synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Copyright:
© Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights
Society (ARS), New York
Dimensions:
Framed - h:210.19 w:573.15 d:6.35 cm (h:82 3/4 w:225 5/8
d:2 1/2 inches)
Unframed - h:205.70 w:567.70 cm (h:80 15/16 w:223 1/2
inches)
Filename:
1997.246.tif
Label Copy:
This monumental painting is a classic example of the work that
brought Pop artist Andy Warhol to the forefront of 20th-century
art. It is the largest of his many renderings of Marilyn Monroe,
a series prompted by news of the actress's suicide in August
1962. Marilyn became Warhol's favorite subject among the
various celebrities whose images he used throughout his career
to summarize essential aspects of our era. His paintings and
1998.419.tif
Metadata
Accession Number:
1998.419
Primary Title:
Silk Curtain Fabric Depicting Tropical Vegetation
Date:
c.1927
Artist(s):
designed by Paul Rodier (French)
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Derek Ostergard
Department:
Textiles
Collection:
Textiles
Artists search link:
Paul Rodier
Classification:
Textile
Medium:
silk, compound weave, reversible
Copyright:
Dimensions:
Overall - h:401.30 w:114.30 cm (h:157 15/16 w:45 inches)
Filename:
1998.419.tif
Label Copy:
When this luxurious French silk was hung as a curtain in a New
York City penthouse apartment overlooking Greenwich Village
in the late 1920s, it was strikingly avant garde. The linear
drawing of exotic tropical vegetation is characteristic of the
French Art Deco movement—highly creative Art Moderne
decorative work that relied upon the luxury trades for its
production for some thirty years (about 1910 to 1940). This silk
was designed about 1927 by the prominent Art Deco designer,
Paul Rodier, who was renowned for his technical knowledge of
textiles, which he used to achieve rich textures. In this
reversible fabric, the nobly tangerine-copper silk pattern
contrasts with the shimmering golden silk ground, creating a
2001.119det01.tif
Metadata
Accession Number:
2001.119
Primary Title:
Belt Buckle
Date:
c. 525-560
Artist(s):
Visigothic, Spain, Migration Period, 6th century
Credit Line:
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Department:
Medieval Art
Collection:
MED - Migration Period
Artists search link:
Classification:
Jewelry
Medium:
bronze with garnets, glass, mother of pearl, gold foil, traces of
gilding; bronze and glass
Copyright:
Dimensions:
Overall - w:7.10 d:2.70 l:13.20 cm (w:2 3/4 d:1 1/16 l:5 3/16
inches)
Filename:
2001.119det01.tif
Label Copy:
The art of the European Migration Period (3rd-7th centuries
AD) is almost exclusively one of personal adornment-a portable
art that followed men and women to their graves. Belt buckles
with large rectangular attachment plates have been discovered
in cemeteries across the Iberian Peninsula-now occupied by
Spain and Portugal-from the period of Visigothic occupation
(about AD 412-711). Their decoration varies. Finer examples,
like this one, are distinguished by brilliantly inlaid semiprecious stones and colored glass. Garnets were especially
2003.3.tif
Metadata
Accession Number:
2003.3
Primary Title:
Velvet Panel (Four Lengths) of Ottoman Velvet with an Italian
Pattern
Date:
1575-1600
Artist(s):
Turkey, Istanbul, second half of the 16th century
Credit Line:
Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
Department:
Textiles
Collection:
T - Islamic
Artists search link:
Classification:
Velvet
Medium:
brocaded velvet; silk, cotton, and gilt-metal thread
Copyright:
Dimensions:
Overall - h:170.00 w:241.00 cm (h:66 7/8 w:94 7/8 inches)
Filename:
2003.3.tif
Label Copy:
Object ID:
56536
Object Type:
A
Period:
second half of the 16th century
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