biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
printer's sample book
Old Pacific Print Works, Lawrence, MA, USA, 1875
Leather, paper, cotton.

Small notebook with handwritten formulas for dyestuffs for printing textiles. Contains 624 small samples, mostly lawns.
Vignettes
Jakob Frey, Swiss, active Italy, 1681 - 1752, ca. 1715
Engraving on paper
Print

The flying angels carry the Tunic.
Band
, early 17th century
linen Technique: grid of laid cords with needle lace, reticella style, edge of punto in aria

Border of square compartments with a narrow serpentine band running through the entire length. Pieced edged by pendants.
Border
, 17th century
silk Technique: 7&1 satin with complementary wefts bound in 3/1 twill

Religious motifs of grape, wheat, Host and paten in polychrome on red. Woven at right angles to the design.
Three Deeds of Hercules
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1813
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on cream laid paper
Drawing

Circular medallion showing Dejanire mounting Nessus. At center, sphere octagon showing Jupiter performing marriage of Hebe and Hercules in presence of gods. At bottom, circular medallion showing Hercules victorious over Queen of Amazons.
Fringe
, 16th century
silk Technique: woven

Red and white fringe with a patterned heading and a red and white thread skirt. Red threads are longer than the white.
Fragment
, 17th century
linen Technique: needle lace

Fragment in a pattern of a small flower with several openwork petals.
Stole fragments
, 16th–17th century
wool, linen Technique: two interconnected structures

Two parts of a stole, formerly joined, in blue-green and off-white. Design has small-scale palmettes framed by banded S-curves in off-white on a blue ground.
Brooklyn Bridge at Night
Joseph Pennell, American, active England, 1857–1926, 1922
Aquatint in black ink on paper
Print

The Brooklyn Bridge is shown with street lights lit. Heavy clouds overhead. Bright reflections in the East River.
Fringe
, 17th century
silk, metallic thread (gold strips wound on a silk core) Technique: soumak weave

Pink and metallic gold fringe with a soumak heading. Trellis design in gold metallic thread above a skirt of twisted threads.
Panneau de Cabinet
François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1748 - 1797, 1788
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Two designs for decorative paneling featuring arabesque motifs, scrolling leaves, putti, fountains, trophies, shells, birds, torches, quiver of arrows, festoons of leaves, flaming hearts, cornucopia, fruit, a clock in the shape of a lyre, and the head of Apollo. The upper design features a vignette with two nude female figures holding up a winged putto (the figure of Love carried by the Muses). The plate is signed, numbered, and dated.
Altar
Antonio Foschini, 1741 – 1813, ca. 1770
Pen and brown ink, watercolor, black chalk, grahite Support: off-white laid paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. To insert a small picture of the Virgin and the Child, revered by two angels, sculptured. Colored marbles. Above a window which is included in the structure. Two wax seals of the Prelate who ordered the approval of the design (RB '45)
Band
, 16th–17th century
linen silk, metal-wrapped silk, wire Technique: split (stem) and satin stitch embroidery using silk, satin and stem stitches using metal-wrapped silk, couched single, paired and plied metal-wrapped silk, round and square wire coils on plain weave

Cream-white border embroidered in gold with yellow, green, blue and white silk. The design shows a version of the Triumph of Cupid. The god, crowned and with arrows in one hand, stands in an enormous chariot drawn by a unicorn. At the rear, behind Cupid, appears a figure holding golden reins. An owl and eagle perch on the end of the chariot. The unicorn is ridden by a winged boy. The figures are worked in white silk with black for eyes. Colored silks used for crowns. Chariot is in fine couched gold with heavy surface stitches for wings and reins. Along top and bottom is a narrow guard border with a design of leafy vines.
Fan leaves, Fifth and sixth plates of the set, "Divers Desseins de grands Eventails, Encrans, et autres Ornamens, inventés et gravés par Nicolas Loire"
Alexis Loir, French, 1640 - 1713, ca. 1670
Etching, engraving on laid paper
Print

Semicircular plate. Seated putti flank a flower basket. Snakes, snails, dragonflies.
Fragment
, 16th–17th century
silk, linen, cotton Technique: stamped and slashed compound twill

Embossed linen. Interlacing strap motif forming quadrangular fields. Dull red.
Bag
, 19th century
wool Technique: complementary warp

Small square flat bag with remains of woven shoulder straps. Warp rep stripes of various widths in cream, black and shades of brown alternate with warp-patterned stripes in same colors showing horsemen, animals, floral and geometric forms on dark brown warp rep. Tassels of same wool on lower sides and across bottom. Edging of tubular embroidery on three sides.
Drawing
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1795-1800
Pen and brown ink, brown wash over traces of black chalk. Paper

Ariadne is seated upon a couch, at left. Amor kneels beside her. A woman kneeling at the head of the couch extends a wreath toward Bacchus who is stepping out from his lion drawn chariot. He is accompanied by a Bacchic entourage.
Vase
Rookwood Pottery, American, 1880 - 1967, 1921
Glazed earthenware

Grey-green ground with twelve underglaze vertical branches of brown leaves and muted red flowers. Tall, footless body, wider at shoulder than at base; vestigal neck, large mouth. Under-glaze brown bands at neck and base.
Sketch of Worshipping Angels
Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909, ca. 1895
Graphite on laid paper
Drawing

Angels in a group, central one with arms outstretched.
Fragment
, 16th–17th century
linen Technique: grid of laid cords with needle lace, reticella style

Fragment with a grid-like arrangement intersected with wavy diagonal bands.
Key
, 1806–35
Gilt bronze

Bow in shape of hanging pear, supported by blossoms and leaves; contains worked a jour the Imperial eagle with the monogram F I (Francis I) in a shield on a cross, which is, below, surronded by the chain of the Golden Fleece.
Medallion
, late 19th century
linen Technique: needle lace

Oval medallion of a man holding grapes.
Table cover or chalice cover
, 19th century
silk Technique: bobbin lace

Chantilly type of lace, probably made in Spain. Design of drapery swags with floral forms and Maltese crosses and a shield with coat of arms surmounted by a count's crown.
Fragment
, 16th–17th century
silk, metallic thread Technique: supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a woven foundation

Fragment of dark brown velvet on a tan-colored ground in a pattern of leafy medallions that alternate with double barrette shapes.
Textile
, 1761
cotton Technique: printed by engraved copper plate on plain weave

Textile printed in red on white showing a design composed of two motifs. A shepherd playing the flute sits on a ruin before a shepherdess with a spindle. Nearby animals recline. The other motif shows a peacock and other birds among ruins and trees.
NOUVEAU RECUEIL en divers genres d’Arabesques de Plafonds, Meubles, Vases & du Décor en général Par Chles. Normand, Architect
Charles Normand, French, 1765 – 1840, 1787–95
Album

Album of designs for arabesques, furniture, vases, and ornament featuring Neoclassical and Empire style motifs.
Second Empire Salon
Unknown, French, 1850–60
Brush and watercolor, gouache, graphite on white wove paper
Drawing

This is a typical salon of mid-nineteenth century France, possibly in Paris. The walls are hung with dark green striped paper and the floor covered with a carpet of Rococo Revival floral design.  Red draperies are hung from gilt-bronze poles. The cabinet-on-stand, chairs, and candelabra are decorated with gilt-bronze elements in the Empire style.  Large porcelain vases, probably Chinese, flank the candelabra. A large crystal chandelier hangs over a cloth-covered table.  A kneehole desk with a green leather [?] top is most probably English.  Ancestor portraits and an antique statue placed on a pedestal table complete the salon of a royal or aristocratic owner.
Lid and Two-Part Spout of Hot Water Kettle
Samuel Kirk & Son, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 1815 - 1979, ca. 1845
silver
lid, spout

1976-109-1-a: Teapot (a) of inverted pear form repoussé and chas...;     1976-109-1-e/g: Part of repoussé and engraved tea set consisting o...
Fan leaf
, late 19th–19th century
Silk leaf painted with gouache and applied with lace

Fan leaf. Black net with scalloped black lace applied at edge, painted with gouache showing a border of yellow roses.
Design for Round Table "C"
A.N. Davenport Co., 1900–05
Graphite on thin cream paper
Drawing

Round thin molded table top raised on plain slender columnar supports with molded double band around bottom, sitting atop molded triangular base terminating in 3 [2 shown] bracket feet on casters.
View of a Paris Street
Griffith Baily Coale, American, 1890–1950, 1913
Graphite on paper, laid down on cardboard
Drawing

View looking across a Paris boulevard, with a priest and numerous other figures in the scene.  Bare trees in the center strip dividing the street.
Livres de Balcons
G. Vallée, French, active late 17th century, late 17th–18th century
Album

An album of designs for wrought-iron balcony rails (balustrades). The first two plates are most likely from the same suite and the following ten possibly from a later 18th century suite. The plates are signed G. Vallée and S. Vallée, possibly father and son
Textile
, 1800–1850
cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller on plain weave.

Four scenes, captioned in French, illustrating love and marriage in Switzerland. In red on white.
Album of Hunting and Animal Scenes
Charles Dagomer, French, active 1750 – d.1766, 1755–76
Album

Album with hunting scenes featuring dogs chasing and attacking birds and hares (or rabbits), engraved in red ink in crayon manner. The album contains two title pages, but the series' are incomplete and includes plates from other unidentified series.
Hunting scenes
, ca. 1825
cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller on plain weave
Textile

Three scenes showing men hunting deer. in red on white.
Sidewall
, 1840s
Block-printed paper

Drop repeating design in white and gray, of two landscape vignettes: 1) classical temples and 2) a mosque. Flower and foliate scroll enframements. Straight across match.
Album Pintoresco Herbario
, ca. 1872
Pressed flowers in purple leather binding studded with mother-of-pearl
Ephemera

1960-128-3: Album of pressed flower pictures.  Large quarto, t...;     1960-128-3-1: Album of pressed flower pictures.  Large quarto, t...;     1960-128-3-2: Album of pressed flower pictures.  Large quarto, t...;     1960-128-3-3: Album of pressed flower pictures.  Large quarto, t...;     1960-128-3-4: Album of pressed flower pictures.  Large quarto, t...;     1960-128-3-5: Album of pressed flower pictures.  Large quarto, t...;     1960-128-3-6: Album of pressed flower pictures.  Large quarto, t...;     1960-128-3-7: Album of pressed flower pictures.  Large quarto, t...;     1960-128-3-8: Album of pressed flower pictures.  Large quarto, t...
Ceiling paper
Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Alternating medallions inside yellow rose wreaths and white flower wreaths with petal-shaped vining tendrils. Ground is light green. Printed in white, silver mica, green, yellow, and brown. 
Printed in selvedge: "S. A. Maxwell & Co. New York & Chicago 2329" "Exclusive Design"
Frieze
Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Printed two across. Band of bright pink floral bouquets across bottom. Scalloped striped band above, having appearance of decoartive fence. Plain tan background above.
Fragment
, 18th–19th century
silk Technique: compound weave

Fragments with flowering plant forms set within undulating ogival forms.
Le Billet Doux
Nicolas Delaunay, French, 1739–1792, 1778
Engraving and etching on white paper
Print

Print after a gouache work by Niclas Lafrensen, the younger. Shows an interior featuring a man and two women. The woman on the right is handed a folded letter by the standing man in the center, as she reaches towards him. She is seated with a small musical instrument is in her lap. The second woman appears to the left of the man; she is seated and reading a sheet of music. A harp, cello, and harpsichord stand to the right, and some books, music, and a box lie on the floor next to them. The interior is ornate, consisting of a mantle and large mirror in the center. The walls are decorated with roundels, sculptures, garlands, and Corinthian pilasters. The interior also includes a curtain on the left with a screen in front, candelabra on opposing sides of the mirror, and a carpet with an elaborate pattern. A cat is seated next to the fireplace in the center of the composition. A coat of arms and two lions appear below the image.
The Fleur-de-Lys
, 1875
Block-printed paper
Sidewall

Diapered with fleur-de-lis, printed in orange, brown and mustard.
Textile
, 1785–95
Technique: block printed on plain weave foundation; registration marks present

Diamond lattice enclosing floral sprigs in red, yellow and white. This is a very good copy of a Jouy design. On the Jouy fabric the floral veins are in lines; here they are scattered dots.
River at Milford
Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925, 1879–80
Graphite and white heightening on gray paper
Drawing

Curve in river, with rowboats.
Ceiling paper
Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Floral sprig made up of three flowers encircled by eight very petite lavender flowers, alternate with smaller sprig with two flowers. Each of the different sprigs is sepated by a scrolling framework against a honeycomb-like off-white. background.
Band
, 18th century
linen Technique: bobbin made continuous tape with bars and net added

Symmetrical repeat of diagonal floral bands with a flowering plant at the apex of symmetrically reversed diagonals.
Sidewall
Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Medallion stripe design, with acanthus scrolls and floral motifs. Printed in green, brown, and white on taupe ground.
Fragment
, 18th century
silk Technique: embroidered on satin

Fragment with embroidered flowers.
Chintz fragment
, 18th century
cotton Technique: mordants for 3 reds, black and purple applied by pen or brush; madder dyed; blue applied by brush over resist; chintz on plain weave

Small fragment showing part of a cornucopia-like shape and floral vines.
Sidewall
, 1880–1900
Block-printed and embossed paper

Imitation tapestry weave, with multi-colored floral and foliate motifs, on dark green glossy ground.
Fragment
, 17th century
linen, silk Technique: appliqué on gauze weave

Border fragment with multi-colored silk embroidery on velvet linen gauze in a symmetrical floral pattern.
Landscape with Trees, Stream, and Possible Haystacks
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, 1885–1902
Graphite on cream wove paper
Sketchbook folio

Grass in foreground with trees at left in middleground. At right, extending back, a river with grass along bank. On distant bank, a stand of trees at right curves with river out of sight.
Textile
Arthur Wilcock, ca. 1886
cotton Technique: roller printed on plain weave

Sinuous design of windblown leaves, poppies, and wheat in red and russet on a spotted light ground.
Sketches of Buildings and Trees
Remigio Cantagallina, Italian, ca. 1582–1656, 1610–30
Pen and brown ink on cream laid paper
Drawing

Upper left: sketch of a house and hay-stack; upper right: a thatched lean-to; center: foliage; lower left: a tree; lower right: a log and branch.
Study for a Luggage Label, Orient Line
E. McKnight Kauffer, American, 1890–1954, Februrary 25, 1935
Brush and red, black, and white gouache on heavy paper
Drawing

Study for a circular design of an adhesive Orient Line luggage label. Large letter "A" in black, designating the area of the ship to which luggage was headed, with text in white, upper center: ORIENT; lower right: LINE; joined by a thin, white line.
Border
, ca. 1880
silk, metal-wrapped silk threads Technique: machine-made net foundation with machine embroidery and couched metal thread

Border with repeating design of circular flowers between smaller leaves in dark colors on black net.
Sidewall
, 1875–1900
Flocked

Small gold laurel wreaths enclosing floral bouquets, on green flocked ground.
Study of foliage
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, 1865–1870
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Sketch of trees with foliage and the outline of a wall in the foreground.
Frieze
Janeway & Co. Inc., New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1848 - 1914, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

On a cream-green ground, yellow roses on green scroll stems and trellises growing upward.
Chrysanthemum Pattern Crumb Scoop
Charles T. Grosjean, American, d. 1888, ca. 1880
silver
scoop

Flat scoop with straight, knife-like edge on one side, with raised curved rim on other, together forming a shovel or trowel shaped scoop. Tapered neck, widening to silver handle of curving, ungulating shape, covered in a relief pattern of overlapping foliate scrolls and chrysanthemum buds, with engraved "B" in the central reserve in terminal. Rounded terminal, topped with chrysanthemum flower. Reverse side densley decorated with overlapping foliate scrolls and chrysanthemum buds, continuing up past neck to underside of scoop.
Stage Design: Jerusalem and Mount Zion, for Athalia
Karl Friedrich Schinkel, German, 1781–1841, 1816
Colored acquatint
Print

Horizontal rectangle. A broad terrace with statues of decked-out bulls bordered by Egyptian palaces. In the background, a fortress with square towers on a hill. Below, artists' and publisher's names and title: "AUSSICHT AUF DIE STADT JERUSALEM UND DIE BURG SION / in der Oper Athalia von Poissl"
Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Sucre de Canne (Sugar Cane) from the Service des Objets de Dessert (Dessert Service)
Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849, 1819–20
Pen and brown, black ink, brush and brown, black wash, white gouache, red crayon, graphite on tan paper mounted on blue-gray paper
Drawing

Design for a painted porcelain plate, rondel. Scene in a sugar shop.  Figure of a black man, center, points to a large picture on the right wall depicting people working in a sugar cane field.  He is explaining the scene to a young boy and girl.  He holds an axe in his right hand to cut a piece of sugar cane in a dish placed on a table in front of him.  A young boy, left foreground, seated at the table is tasting a piece of sugar cane.  Another boy seated opposite him is processing sugar [?].  A cupboard, left background, holds large pieces of sugar cane.
Countryside with Trees and Rocks
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, 1870–85
Graphite on cream wove paper, bound
Sketchbook folio

Open field with several large rocks in left-center foreground. Farther back, at center, a lone tree. Across background, there is a line of trees.
Frieze
Imperial Wallcoverings Inc., American, founded 1901, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Alternating large and small floral medallions with floral vining connected by scroll and trelis pattern. Top has floral swag and pendant motif. Solid blue fills parts of background. Ground shades grey to light teal (bottom to top) with a lighter band in the center. Printed in blue, white, pinks, greens and metallic gold. Printed in top selvedge: "Imperial Wall Paper Co." "Sandyhill, N.Y." pattern number "820".
Seven of Diamonds
E. Le Tellier, French, active late 19th century, late 19th century
Lithograph on paper
Playing card

Seven of Diamonds playing card from a pack of transformation playing cards. Vertically, a figural scene shown in outline. Two men drinking alcohol in an interior, possibly a pub. At top, a man wearing a flat hat holds a bottle of liquor behind his back while drinking from a tall glass. A lamp and clock on a table beside him. At bottom, a man wearing a waistcoat and top hat holds a book. Red diamonds integrated into the scene.
Austria, Ace of Diamonds from Set of "Jeu Imperial–Second Empire–Napoleon III" Playing Cards
B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France, 1858
Lithograph on glazed paper
Playing Card

Austria, Ace of Diamonds from Set of "Jeu Imperial-Second Empire-Napoleon III" Playing Cards.
Mourning sampler
Mary Bechler, American, 1838
silk and human hair embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered on plain weave foundation

A man and woman in black stand on either side of a tomb surmounted by an urn shaded by a weeping willow tree. The inscription on the tomb reads: 
Sacred to the memory of Elizabeth Moore who departed this life March the 7th, 1830 aged 32 years, six months and 28 days.

With a deep rose vine border at the top and sides, and the inscription. Human hair is used for the hair of the two figures.
Fragment
, 18th century
silk Technique: cut and uncut supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a satin foundation

Fragment of cut and uncut dark pink velvet in a design of flower buds and leaves.
Embroidered picture
, 17th century
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in tent stitches on plain weave foundation

At left a seated woman with a lute at her feet, at right a man with two women, in the background a landscape with buildings and deer.
Chintz fragment
, 18th century
cotton Technique: mordants for 2 reds, 2 purples and black applied over resist; madder dyed; blue applied over resist by immersion; yellow applied by brush, (chintz) on plain weave

Fragment from a larger panel. Design of flowers springing from decorative shapes.
Design for Stained Glass Window
, 1866
Brush and wash and white gouache, pen and black ink, graphite on paper
Drawing

Three tall vertical panels, with cusped heads, each panel in two sections containing figures. Left: Saint Andrew, Saint Agnes. Center: Christ, Madonna and Child. Right: Saint Paul, Saint Margaret of Antioch.
Sampler
Mary Ann Wilson, English, 1810
silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in running, overcasting, stem, and cross stitches on plain weave foundation

Darning sampler with four crosses, and four swatches with rose in the center.
Brisé fan
, early 19th century
Gilded horn sticks with steel piqués, silk ribbon

Brisé fan. Blond horn decorated on obverse with gold painting of floral, fern, wheat and feather motifs. Sticks connected by gold-colored ribbon. Steel piqués arranged in scalloped band below ribbon.
Textile
, ca. 1855
cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller and block printed on plain weave

Textile made to commemorate the Paris Universal Exposition of 1855. Half-drop repeat of a scenic oval medallion framed by rococo floral scrolls. Within the medallion: at bottom, a building identified as the Palais de L'Industrie. Above it, a ribbon held by an eagle, and at top, Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie. The coat of arms of Napoleon III incorporated in the floral frame at the bottom. White ground fabric printed red and deep purple for the pattern and yellow for the background.
Miser's purse
, early 19th century
silk, steel Technique: crochet

Crocheted silk of yellowish-green is ornamented with cut steel beads in double zigzag and diamond patterns. Steel rings with relief pattern control side opening; ornate acorn-shaped drops at each end.
Border
, 1825–40
Block printed on paper

Two identical bands composed of gold molding and gold rope, blossoming wheat stalks surrounded by green floral wreaths alternating with leaves.
H# 374
Fragment
, 18th century
silk Technique: plain compound satin

Allover geometrical design in blue and tan on a gray ground.
Damascus
, 19th century
Glazed earthenware, transfer-printed decoration
Plate

Plate with red transfer print showing floral pattern. Border is lattice with stripes and florals.
Headboard panel
, 19th century
silk Technique: embroidered on satin weave

Embroidered headboard panel of ivory satin worked in multicolored silks in a pattern of delicate floral garlands, jars of flowers, ribbons and birds. Initials (illegible) embroidered in a central medallion.
Sidewall
, 1880–89
embossed paper

Solid maroon with geometric pattern incorporating stylized foliage, medallion & guilloche, stamped in relief