biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Design for a Reliquary
, early 18th century
Pen and ink, brush and sepia wash, blue and gray watercolor, red crayon on laid paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle with rounded corners. A coffin-like box, with cornices around its middle part, which has the greatest diameter. The upper and lower parts are mainly made of glass, with framing wooden parts. Scrolls at the feet. In front of the center of the central cornices is an escutcheon. The upper part has in the center a circular pediment with two cherubim in clouds in the center, and a monogram "PX" above two crossed palm branches on top. Laterally are cornices of a broken pediment.
Design for an Ewer
, 19th century
Pen and ink on paper
Drawing

A footed helmet shaped ewer, spout facing left. On its handles it's a sphinx. Bands of floral decoration. Below of the spout, a portrait medallion. In chalk, lower right: a face shown in profile.
Soup Plate
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present, late 18th–early 19th century
hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel
plate

Molded with relief floral decoration and fainted with scattered flowers.
Sketch of Hands
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, December 20, 1878
Graphite on grey wove paper
Drawing

Right arm of  young woman, done twice, going across the page in opposite directions. A third, smaller study of the same arm. Verso: On right half, man seated, facing frontally, turned to the left with his name, lower right.
Wall Sconce Design
Jean François Forty, active 1775 – 1790, 1775–94
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Design for a two-light wall sconce incorporating a putto with a basket of flowers on his head, and scaly scrolling leaves for legs, foliate branches, grapes, scrolling acanthus leaves, and rosettes. The plate is signed and numbered.
Elevation of Palace
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1792
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

Center: most of the elevation is shown. Three houses are connected by two colonnades as shown in -1105. The elevation of the central one is similar to that of -1105 but it shows a dome. The lateral houses have three stories each; alternative suggestions are shown for their decorations. Below is the plan and accounts. Above are probably a sketch of the entablature and the roof of the left building, a plan, accounts, and an inscription.
LA SCULPTURE / LA PEINTURE
Jacques Bacheley, French, 1712 – 1781, mid- 18th–late 18th century
etching on paper
Print

Second plate from a series of fifteen depicting children and the sciences, framed within decorative rococo cartouches, two per plate, side-by-side. The series is incomplete here. The left-hand scene shows a boy sculpting a portrait bust with other sculptures in the background. The right-hand scene shows a boy painting a portrait of a girl, who is seated in front of him. The canvas is on an easel, they sit in an interior with another figure to the right. The titles are lettered above each cartouche, the plate is signed and numbered.
Vignette no. 3, from "IIme Suite de Ciels de Lampes et Fleurons"
Pierre-Gabriel Berthault, French, 1737–1831, 1770–1780
Etching on paper
Print

A bough, a stem of reed, fishes, objects of fishing. Signed.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk Technique: 4&1 satin damask; interruption of 2

Selvage to selvage piece of yellow and green damask with a design of plant forms within a strapwork lattice.
Ornament Designs
Nicolas-Jean-Baptiste Poilly, de, French, 1707 – 1780, mid- 18th century
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Three designs for rococo cartouches and ornament and a sconce featuring acanthus leaves, c-scrolls, shell, palm leaves, wings, plumes, gadrooning, floral motifs and birds. The plate is signed and numbered.
Console Table Design
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1785-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Elevation of four-legged console table with an inkwell, globe, and candle on top. The table has fluted, tapered legs topped with hybrid capitals. The front of the table is carved with scrolls and lion heads holding portrait medallions (on the left and right) and a helmet with shields and quiver in the center. A trophy with helmets, flags, fasces, a laurel wreath, and a shield with a gorgon head is placed on a low pedestal under the table. The plan view of the table is indicated directly under the elevation. Below the plan is a scale bar of three French feet ("Echelle de 3 Pieds"). The plate is signed and numbered.
Festive Court Scene and Scene of an Execution of a Grand Vizir
Jean Berain, the elder, French, 1640-1711, 1711
Engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Sheet with two plates printed on it. The top plate depicts a court scene. At left, a woman sits enthroned between two chained African captives. In the center, courtiers present trays of food. The bottom plate depicts a scene of exoticized individuals preparing to execute the Grand Vizir through strangling. The plates are both signed.
Lit à Chaire, à Precher
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1779-90
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Design for a canopy bed (baldachin) (side view) with the posts bending inwards to support a smaller crown canopy (baldachin) along the side of the bed. The headboard and footboard are the same height and decorated with fleurons, scrolling acanthus leaves (rinceaux), diagonal fluting on the posts, and upholstered with a striped pattern and hanging textiles from tied bows. The crown is topped with a central acorn finial and corner feather finials and draped with floral and scalloped embroidered textiles. The bed curtains are tied back to the posts. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed. A scale below.
Sidewall
, 1890–1900
Machine-printed, stamped or embossed paper

Complete width. Ground ribbed horizontally, design raised with vertical cross-hatchings. Design contains numerous neo-classical motifs including an oval medallion containing draped fabric with tassels, a bracket supports two doves facing a pedestal or altar with flames. Draped fabric or lambrequin with tassels suspended from medallion. Motifs of acanthus foliage sprouting what appears to be wheat. Pomegranates appear in foliage above medallion. Printed in solid metallic gold on stamped paper.
Scrolling Foliate Ornament Design
Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820, 1777
Etching on laid paper
Print

A scrolling foliate ornament design with leaf and rinceaux motifs. The plate is signed and numbered.
Combers in a Stormy Sea
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1890
Graphite on yellow-gray paper
Drawing

Horizontal sketch of combers in a stormy sea, with manuscript color notations.
Design for a Chinese Pavilion in a Lake
Jean Démosthène Dugourc, French, 1749–1825, ca. 1785
Aquatint in brown ink on paper
Print

View and plan of a game house in a park. A drawbridge leads to it. A row boat, a pair of ladies and a fisherman are shown in the first one.
Sketch of Evergreens
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1875–85
Graphite on tan wove paper
Drawing

Botanical and landscape study showing views, at upper left and upper center, of two tall evergreen trees covered in moss, and at lower center, a dead and fallen evergreen hanging over the shore of lake strewn with reeds.
Figure Studies
François Boucher, French, 1703–1770, 1735
Etching on paper
Print

Figure studies / sketches on a single plate. Two barefooted young men seated on the ground. The figure to the right is holding a jug in his hand with a basket behind him. Foliage in the background. The plate is signed and numbered.
Century Plant, Jamaica
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, May–September 1865
Oil and graphite on paperboard
Drawing

Botanical sketch of agave (century) plant in Jamaica among nearby green and brown foliage. Pointed leaves of the plant are rendered with greater attention and detail than the hastily painted background. Other plants visible in immediate foreground.
Button
, 18th century
brass

three fleur-de-lis and Imperial Crown

On card 57
Study for "Commerce," "The Progress of Civilization: The Forge, Commerce, and Education" State Capitol, Des Moines, IA
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, 1905–1906
Graphite on paper
Drawing

A young male figure carrying a sack on his shoulders. The paper is squared for transferring the image.
Mountains and Clouds in Mexico
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, April 1885
Graphite on off-white wove paper; verso: graphite
drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of clouds over mountainous terrain in Mexico. In the middle distance, a large, bulging mountain is shown at center left while another range is faintly rendered behind it at right. Above, a variety of puffy clouds are variously lit in an otherwise blue and open sky.

Verso: Landscape sketch showing a fragment of a panoramic view of Toluca, Mexico, predominantly illustrated in 1917-4-1072-b. At far right, a portion of a wooded hill is loosely rendered. Two trees are prominently visible.
Plan et Elévation d'une Ottomane
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1775-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Plan and elevation of a sofa with curved ends. The sofa is decorated with a striped textile; the sofa frame is carved wit ornament motifs including rosettes, acanthus leaves, garland, interlinked piastre, and, at top, an urn surrounded by laurel branches. On either side of the sofa are details of the carving. The plate is signed and numbered.
Stage Design, Interior of Chapel
, early 19th century
Pen and bistre ink, brush and sepia wash on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Interior of a room with indications for decoration. In the background, a vestibule separated by columns which support a coved ceiling.
Design for a Baptismal Font
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1775
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

The circular bowl is supported by lion feet, two are visible upon two plinths. From the feet rise volutes with cherubim on top. In the center, above the front, is a bowknot from which hang a circular medallion with the representation of the baptism of Christ, and festoons toward the below the cherubim. The lif is framed by a round base, with a group of sitting and kneeling angels upon clouds together supporting a high chalice with the host hovering above it. Usual background.
LA FRANCE
Jean Lattré, French, ca. 1722 – 1791, mid- 18th–late 18th century
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Design for a hand fan with a map of France framed within an upside-down pear-shaped rococo border ornamented with flowers, acanthus leaves, c-scrolls, and ribbons. The plate is titled and addressed.
Decoration of the Top of a Niche
, ca. 1750
Pen, brown ink, Chinese black washes, and traces of graphite
Drawing

A cherub is over the center of the niche. Convex entablature with broken pediment. A putto holds an ermine mantling. Another putto seated upon a cornice raises a wreath.
Ecran à l'antique [et] Ecran
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Designs for two standing screens. The one on the left is decorated in an "antique" style with scrolls, scalloping, and acanthus leaf details. The right screen is narrower at the bottom and features egg and dart, acanthus leaf, scrolls, and scallop carving. The plate is signed.
The Holy Family and a Female Saint
Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863, 1820-1850
Graphite on paper
Drawing

A saint virgin sits at right, on the ground, seen in profile. The Child is taken from her lap by the Virgin, who sits in the center, the wash basin in front of her. At left is St. Joseph with a book in his right arm, his head turned toward Mary. Framing line.
Lit en dome retrousse a la romaine vu de face.
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, late 18th century
Etching and engraving on blue paper
Print

Design for a bed (front view at an angle) with a crown canopy (baldachin) supported by two bed posts along the side of the bed. The headboard and footboard are the same height with acorn and feather finials. The bed linen and upholstered head and footboards are decorated with floral motifs, bows, and tassels. The bed curtains are tied back to the posts. The posts are carved with a running pattern. The canopy is topped with feather finials. A scale below. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
Design for a Stove
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1780-1789
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Design for a tall stove richly decorated with ornament motifs including urn, pinecone, lozenge with rosettes, claw feet, garland, bead course, mascaron, and fluting. The plate is numbered.
Mount Katahdin across Togue Lake, Maine
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, September 1878
Graphite on white wove paper
drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of Mt. Katahdin across Togue Lake in Maine. The surface of the lake extends from the foreground the middle distance, where it encounters the lake's wooded shoreline. Beyond, rolling, mountainous terrain ascends to the lofty and snow-strewn peak of Mt. Katahdin, which is partially obscured by a cloud bank that crowns the mountain.
American Plains with Mountain Range in the Distance
Thomas Moran, American, b. Britain, 1837–1926, before 1872
Graphite, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Plains with mountain range in the distance.
Bedcover
, 1750–1800
silk Technique: plain compound weave, brocaded

Bedspread made in 19th century from old fabric and two fragments of same material. White ribbed silk with vertical taffeta stripes. Brocaded design, in polychrome silks and rose and red chenille, of serpentine rose vines (over taffeta areas) and scattered floral sprays.
Design for the Decoration of the Conch of a Niche
Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786, ca. 1750
Pen and sepia ink, brush and gray watercolor, graphite on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Divided into three compartments, framed by upright stripes with garlands and with a shell on top above an entablature, which is supported by consoles at the ends of the stripes. The compartments are decorated with lozenges or coffers, with rosettes inside. Outside framed by insular mouldings in front of which is an escutcheon with the arms of a layman, supported by genii.
Sidewall
, ca. 1780
Block-printed on handmade paper

Square of paper, with rows of small clusters of roses and rosebuds. Ground speckled with white dotting. Printed in pink, green and white on pale brown ground.
Kearsarge from Mill Pond, at Conway Corner
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1855
Graphite on pale green paper
Drawing

A shore near a pond with low banks and groups of trees. A raft of logs, right. Mountain beyond, center and right. Place, lower right.
Fragment
, 19th century
silk, paper with applied gold foil Technique: plain compound weave

Octagonal motifs with a central medallion in green, gold, pink, yellow, red, and blue.
Trimming
, 1800–1810
silk Technique: woven

Yellow and blue trimming fragment in a design of an open flower with chevron-like leaves at either side.
Trophies with Historical Attributes
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, ca. 1780
Black chalk, pen, ink, watercolor, paper
Drawing

A harp, a trumpet, a tambour, a sheet of music are included.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk Technique: damask

Pommegranates and foliage in a diamond lattice framework.
Beaker
, 1767
silver, gold
beaker

Beaker with a flaring cylindrical body in three sections. Three rings are attached to the upper band, two of them with lozenge-shaped pendants (third missing). The upper section is decorated with three eagles with wings outstretched and scrolls. The middle section is engraved with a hunting scene. The lower section is engraved with oval ornaments. The beaker rests on a spreading domed foot on three balls.
Design for Candy Box Cover
, ca. 1880
Brush and watercolor on cardboard
Drawing

Ovoidal design for a candy box cover.  A high pedestal with sculptural figures of children seated around a vase, rises in a garden.
Sidewall
, 1890–1900
Machine-printed, embossed, mica, liquid

Full width, giving slightly less than one repeat of Neo-rococo design of scrollwork and cartouches, from which develop floral sprays. Printed in buffs against pink ground enriched with vertical mica "satin finish" stripes, and embossed.
Sketches for a tablet
Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786, ca. 1750
Pen and black ink on laid paper
Drawing

A tablet with a head rising from the middle of the top rim; its frame is supported by a woman leaning upon the tablet at left: a standing woman is alternatively suggested at right. Second row: a cloth frames the tablet; it is supported at left by a woman; at right on top by a flying angel, at the bottom by a kneeling figure. At right, a tablet is flanked by the two seated women. Third row, at right: the left half is shown; a chimera supporting a tablet. Bottom: a tablet with a pediment with a mask on top is supported by a standing angel, at left, by a flying small one at right.
Necklace
, 19th century
Gilt silver

Necklace of gilt silver, made of two distinctly different designed parts. Lower part: seven 12-sided ridged globular units of filigree work and of graduating sizes. Connected by elongated bell-shaped unit to upper part of filigree braided links over circular, small-scaled units.
Sidewall
, ca. 1910
Machine printed with mica on oatmeal paper

a) Plain gray-brown oatmeal paper; b) Wide floral band with narrow herringbone band. Printed on same gray-brown oatmeal paper.
Tea Bowl and Saucer
Royal Worcester, English, established 1751, ca. 1770
soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel
tea bowl and saucer

Simple cup without handle; outcurving side with cylindrical foot, with curved side. Decoration of floral sprays and butterflies.
Man
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1881–1883
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Recto: Sketch of a male figure; Verso: Sketch of a male figure wearing a hat.
Medallion
, 5th–8th century
Warp; S-spun Z-twist linen. Wefts; S-spun wools Technique: slit tapestry with supplementary weft wrapping

Linear design within a deep curving viane and leaf frame.
Project for a Candelabrum
, ca. 1820
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and bistre on paper
Drawing

At base are lion's feet terminating in acanthus leaves. The base is octagonal. At the front is an oval medallion with festoons and a bow knot. The lower part of the shaft is an urn standing upon acanthus. The upper part is a baluster rising above a calyx. On top is a bossed bowl and a socket.
Project for a Tureen
, early 19th century
Pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Elevation of a tureen with gadrooning at base. Body decorated with scrolling acanthus leaves and a shield with star. Twisting handles. Finial in the form of a seated putti.
Plate from Frises, Feuillages et Grotesques (Friezes, Foliage and Grotesques)
Stefano della Bella, Italian, 1610–1664, ca. 1645
Etching on laid paper
Print

Horizontal rectangle showing two friezes composed of scrolling arabesques and masks. Upper register shows an eagle with lion's head; lower register shows three masks.
Title Page
Pietro Metastasio, Italian, 1698 – 1782, 1755
Etching on laid paper
Print

Title page for the fifth of ten volumes of poetry by Metastasio. The title, address and date are lettered within an ornamental border, featuring c-scrolls, and acanthus leaf ornament, fleurons, gadrooning, garlands of flowers, a cartouche, a roundel with a profile female portrait and three winged putti.
Button
, 19th century
Brass, gold plated

Circular convex button decorated with fasces on crossed flags with words "Republique Francaise".

Component -b is on card C
Band
, before 500 AD
wool Technique: twined ground with pile

Vertical strip of eleven rectangular vertical panels containing bird motifs. The nine top panels contain stylized standing bird with two-toed feet and S-curved tail, in left profile; the two lower panels a spotted angular S-shape terminating with bird head at both ends. In blues, olive green, red, white, yellow, brownish mauve woolen pile on twined ground in broad horizontal bands of brown, tans, beige wool.
Coupe de l’Escalier de la Reyne au Château de Versailles / Plan au rez-de-chaussée de l’Escalier de la Reyne
Jean Mariette, French, 1660–1742, 1727–42
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

An architectural section of the Queen's staircase at the Royal Palace of Versailles in the upper half and a plan of the ground floor of the staircase below, with a scale between the two. The section illustrates a plain ground floor with two arches and a couple of steps and a balustrade. Above the steps lead to a landing with two sets of two-leaf doors with rectangular overdoor panels with putti above. In the center, an arched niche with a classical sculpture of a woman with a peacock, above the niche a sculpted trophy of arms and armor. Pilasters on the wall in between the doors and niche and corbels at the cornice level. The plate is labelled.
Heur et Malheur (Happiness and Woe)
Raymond Gayrard, French, 1777 - 1858, early 19th century
Cast silver
Token

Octagonal gambling token. Obverse shows the double bust of young Janus. Inscription: HEUR ET MALHEUR (happiness and woe) / GAYRARD-F. Reverse shows sea goddesses.
Design for a Lamp
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1780
Pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Flame burning in a bowl standing upon a column. The latter is supported by scrolls terminating with the busts of two women.
Man
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1877
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of a seated male figure wearing a turban.
Study of Flower Boughs for Woven Textile
Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808, ca. 1780
Black and red chalk, colored gouache on paper
Drawing

Three sprays of fanciful flowers, in the Pillement taste.
Sepulchral Monument for the Poet Colte, of Rome
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1795–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on beige laid paper
Drawing

A pyramid monument decorated with a lyre within a laurel wreath, and the child figures of Romulus and Remus with the she-wolf. On either side, a brazier with birds. Inscription at front.
Sidewall
, 1890–1900
Machine-printed, embossed, gilded

Conventional lotus design in tan and olive embossed on cream ground. Outline of design embossed and gilded.
Design for the Embroidery of a Man's Waistcoat, Unfinished
, 1780–1800
Graphite, brush and gouache on paper
Drawing

Design for the left bottom corner of the embroidery of a man's waistcoat, unfinished. Traced design on the pocket. Flower boughs and lacy leaves.
Wallpaper Design
, 1840–60
Brush and gouache, graphite on white paper
Drawing

A dado is shown below, an entablature on top. As decorations of the yellow panel are suggested lozenges with a rosette, above, oblique stripes, below. These consist of alternate straight leaf boughs and waved garlands. Four purple stripes with increasing heights are drawn on top.
Design for Frame Surrounding the Portrait of Sir Francis Walsingham
Gravelot, French, 1699 - 1773, active in England, 1737–38
Pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Design for frame surrounding the portrait of Sir Francis Walsingham. Two escutcheons, the top one blank and intended for the portrait, surrounded by a mortar board, seal, book, and bird at lower left. At bottom, the frame contains a figural scene depicting the presentation of a portrait painting to a seated woman.
Handle plate
, ca. 1800
Brass

Elliptical in shape, horizontal. Repoussé molding and concentric concave ellipse.
LA BASSIN D’ENCELADE
Adam Perelle, French, 1638 – 1695, 1675–1703
Etching on laid paper
Print

View of a fountain in the gardens at Versailles. A round basin and fountain in the center with jets of water shooting out from rock formations with a giant in the center, within a bosquet, or large hedged ‘grove', with trellis walls and trees. Figures (courtiers) walking along the paths. The title and a description of the fountain is lettered below.