My Favorite Things by Maira Kalman

Author:Maira Kalman
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9780062387530
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2014-10-21T06:00:00+00:00

PAGE 83: Album, Autograph Album with Illustrations, 18th century.

Georg Phillip Rugendas (German, 1666–1742). Tooled, gilt leather

binding; brush and gouache on laid paper. 9.7 x 15 x 4 cm (313/16 x

5⅞ x 19/16 in.). Gift of Unknown Donor, 1980-32-1307. Photo by Matt

Flynn © Smithsonian Institution.

PAGE 85: Book, Certificate of authorization for the title of “Von” for

Johann Ferdinand Richter, April 7, 1785. Franz Mayer (Austrian, active

1750s). Pen and ink, brush and watercolor over engraving on vellum,

bound in velvet-covered boards with imperial seal in brass case.

37 x 33 cm (149/16 in. x 13 in.), (case diam.). 14.9 cm (5⅞ in.). Museum

purchase through gift of Erskine Hewitt, 1962-194-1. Photo by Matt

Flynn © Smithsonian Institution.

PAGE 86: Photograph, Construction of a Mass-Operational House

(No. 47), 1921. Hector Guimard (French, 1867–1942). Photographic

print on sensitized paper mounted on gray paper. 33.4 x 28.5 cm

(13⅛ x 11¼ in.). Gift of Mme. Hector Guimard, 1951-160-2-47.

Photo by Matt Flynn © Smithsonian Institution.

PAGE 90: Mount, ca. 1810. France or Italy. Gilt bronze. H x W x D:

11.5 x 7 x 0.7 cm (4½ x 2¾ x ¼ in.). Gift of Mrs. George B. McClellan,

1907-3-13. Photo by Matt Flynn © Smithsonian Institution.

PAGE 92: Mourning sampler, England, ca. 1800. Silk, embroidered

in silk. 26 x 22.9 cm (10¼ x 9 in.). Gift of Anonymous Donor from

the Fraser/Martin Collection, 1974-100-13. Photo by Matt Flynn

© Smithsonian Institution.

PAGE 93: Mourning sampler, England, ca. 1810. Silk, embroidered

with silk and painted. 41 x 39.5 cm (16⅛ x 159/16 in.). Gift of

Anonymous Donor from the Fraser/Martin Collection, 1974-100-30.

Photo by Matt Flynn © Smithsonian Institution.

PAGE 94: Handkerchief, In Memoriam, 1901. Roller printed cotton.

37.8 x 37.8 cm (14⅞ x 14⅞ in.). Gift of Paul F. Walter, 2008-21-1.

Photo by Matt Flynn © Smithsonian Institution.

PAGE 95: Wineglass rinser, late-18th century. Etruria, England. Glazed

earthenware. 10.9 x 16 cm (45/16 x 65/16 in.). Bequest of Erskine Hewitt,

1938-57-425. Photo by Matt Flynn © Smithsonian Institution.

PAGE 98: Coffin cover, Lincoln Funeral Pall, April 25, 1865. United

States. Black silk. 360.68 x 157.48 cm (142 x 62 in.). Gift of the

Lake County Historical Society, 1962. 242158. Division of Political

History, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian

Institution. © Smithsonian Institution.

PAGE 99: Watch, Abraham Lincoln’s Watch, ca. 1858. England.

Gold, glass, and metal. Watch: 5.08 x 7.62 x 1.27 cm (2 x 3 x ½ in.);

watch chain: 33.02 cm (13 in.). Gift of Lincoln Isham, great-grandson

of Abraham Lincoln, 1958. 219098.1. Division of Political History,

National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

© Smithsonian Institution.

PAGE 100: Sampler, Mexico, 19th century. Made for Matilde

Thompson. Linen, embroidered in linen and silk. 27 x 32.1 cm

(10⅝ x 12⅝ in.). Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe, 1941-69-132.

Photo by Matt Flynn © Smithsonian Institution.

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