biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Fragment
, 17th–18th century
silk, linen Technique: plain weave with supplementary warp floats.

Vertical stripes patterned with supplementary warp floats. Selvage at one side.
Figures
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1877
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of a figure holding an infant.
Button
, 19th century
Silver plated on brass

Slightly convex button with heraldic devices, encircled by a chain and surmounted by a crown. Back and shank of brass. On reverse, "Dagbert and Matheissen Place Beauvau."

On card C
Elevation, Chapel and Alter of San Lorenzo Basilica
Alessandro Specchi, Italian, 1668 - 1792, ca. 1660
Engraving, brush and blue wash on paper
Print

Elevation, chapel and alter of San Lorenzo
Ornamental Vase Design
L.N. Percenet, French, born 1736, 1761
Etching on laid paper
Print

Vase with two handles made of snakes. The tails of the snake wind around each other at the center of the vase; the snakes arch upward and their mouths bite rings on either side of the vase. The belly of the vase has a band of waves at its center. The foot of the vase is fluted and tapered and is raised on a small socle. The vase is elevated on a platform that extends to the edge of the image. The plate is signed and numbered.
Button
, late 19th century
brass

1931-59-346-a: circular buttons with ornament showing a chariot d...
Design for an Overdoor
Piat Joseph Sauvage, French, 1744 - 1818, 1785-1790
Pen and ink, brush and sepia washes
drawing

Two seated girls support garlands drooping from a flower vase.
Button
, late 18th century
Wood, metal, glass, linen

On card 14
Circular wooden button covered on the face with metal ornamentation on the back with linen and threads. Design of concentric rings of foil embossed metal and metal threads around glass center.
Table light and case
, 19th century
brass, silk, leather

Antique brass and dark green silk table light shade which disassembles to fit into rectangular leather covered case
Design for a Mass-Operational House Designed by Hector Guimard, Chimney Duct Construction
Hector Guimard, French, 1867–1942, October 1920
Pen and black ink, graphite on tracing paper
Drawing

Design for a mass-operational house by Guimard, detailing the smoke duct of the chimney.
Sample
Orinoka Mills, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, ca. 1910

Gold warp and pink weft. Cut on all four sides.
Apollo on Parnassus
Marc Antonio Raimondi, Italian, 1483 – 1527, ca. 1520
Engraving on paper
Print

Apollo playing his lyre is seated under four olive trees in mid-distance. He is surrounded by several figures.
A. Wateau
Antoine Watteau, French, 1684–1721, 1727
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Print after a self-portrait by the painter Antoine Watteau. The artist is pictured at an angle, with his head and shoulders visible, and his head turning to his left to look out at the viewer. He has short hair and wearing a buttoned coat with a Pierrot collar. The title and a short verse are lettered below the image. The plate is signed and addressed.
Textile
Jean-Baptiste Huet, French, 1745 – 1811, 1789–1791
cotton Technique: printed by engraved copper plate on plain weave

A textile fragment with red printed on white ground showing merchant ships, a cock standing on a lion, and tree branches.
Wine glass
Louis Comfort Tiffany, American, 1848–1933, ca. 1900
Favrile glass

Flower-shaped cup with pink and mauve interiors shadowed on exteriors with milky white: fluted clear glass stems with milky white at top and bottom; domed foot with white rim and eight tapering pinwheel forms radiating from stem.
Sketch of Angels
Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909, ca. 1895
Graphite on laid paper
Drawing

Upper left, group of three angels facing towards the right, with crossed arms. Upper right, one angel moving towards the left. Lower left, bust of angel, facing left.
Fragment
, 19th century
silk Technique: bobbin lace, blonde style

Blonde lace border with a detached leaf motif in a field of mesh.
Bedcover
, 1791
linen Technique: weft looping

Three pieces of unbleached linen cloth decorated with weft looping and joined loosely on the long sides. Heavy pattern wefts looped on surface to form stylized animals and flowers in square framework. Left piece has inscriptions above and below large panel with vase and flowers: "Año de 1791. Soi (?) Antonio Garcia." Linen fringe on three sides.
Band
, 19th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace, Binche style with Binche ground

Band of lace has an angular scroll pattern in a provincial style.
Button
, 19th century
pearl shell, rhinestones, glass and brass

two buttons of pearl shell ornamented with a ring of touching circles cut in the shell, a ring of brilliants and a/: a central brilliant; b/: a piece of red glass in center -  brass shanks.

On card 29
Two Designs for Decoration of Boxes, Tor di Nona Theater, Rome
Giuseppe Valadier, Italian, 1762–1839, 1819
Pen and gray ink, watercolor, over pencil
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle: section showing boxes in four rows and alternative designs of a box for a prince, projected and as approved.
Fringe
, 17th century
silk, metallic thread (gold strips wound on a silk core) Technique: soumak weave

Fringe with a soumak heading in pink and gold metallic thread. Band has a trellis pattern in gold metallic thread above a skirt of twisted blue threads.
Textile
, 18th century
silk Technique: compound plain weave

Silk panel in dull blue with a small allover pattern of serpentine leaves and flowers.
Bookmark
Thomas Stevens, English, 1828–1888, 1870–1880
silk Technique: jacquard woven

Black ribbon with a robin on a vine with white berries at top. Just below the text: "Wishing You a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year." Below text, a bouquet of red and white carnations and a conventionalized lace pattern in a V-shape at the very bottom.
Study of Right Foot
Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909, ca. 1895
Graphite on tracing paper
Drawing

Lower part of right foot shown.
The Deer and the Vine, Illustration for Aesop's Fables
Victor Wilbour, ca. 1916
Pen and red ink, crayon on white board
Drawing

Deer nibbling on vine under a tree. Bird, upper right, over a hunter aiming at the deer.
Curtain panel
, late 18th–early 19th century
cotton Technique: twill and plain weave

White curtain panel woven in groups of stripes in various widths. Weave structure alternates between twill and plain weave to produced raised stripes. Fitted with tapes for hanging.
Woman with Her Arms in Chains, and Four Other Figures, from the Vari Capricci
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian, 1692 - 1770, 1750–1760
Etching on laid paper
Print

Only state
Chasuble
, late 17th–early 18th century
silk, linen, metal Technique: flame (brick, Florentine, bargello) stitch embroidery on loosely woven canvas bound together by silver trimming; lined

Panels of loosely woven linen canvas bound together by silver trimming, and solidly embroidered in bright polychrome silk floss in flame (brick, Florentine, bargello) sittch. Lined with old natural linen.
Coverlet fragment
, 19th century
linen, wool Technique: twill weave

Ground in goose-eye (diamond twill) in blue and rust red wool with wide windowpane plaid of lighter blue wool outlined in undyed linen. Remains of border showing rust red wool warp continuous chevron on ground striped in undyed linen and shades of blue wool.
Textile
, 19th century
wool Technique: warp rep with warp-patterned stripes

Square made of two lengths seamed down long side. Edged on four sides with patterned tubular embroidery. Broad stripes of red and dark brown with thin stripes in white, pink, yellow, and green. Intervals of warp-patterned stripes in these colors and white showing humans, animals, geometric forms, high pointed scrolls. Seamed down center with loose stitch in bright wools forming strip of triangles.
Collar
, 19th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace appliqué on machine-made net

Collar with an appliqué border and decorated with conventionalized roses and other motifs.
Ornament, Christmas tree
, 1850–99
Sugar on cotton

Swaddled babies, tied with red ribbon.
Embroidered picture
, mid- 17th century
silk embroidery, linen canvas Technique: drawn, embroidered

Woven linen canvas with design drawing showing animals and figures in landscape. Partially embroidered with silk.
Tailpiece
Homer Wayland Colby, American, 1874–1950, ca. 1910
Pen and ink on illustration board
Drawing

A symmetrical design composed of a lighted torch held by snakes, money-bags, wings, banderole.
Fragment
, 19th century
linen Technique: bobbin made continuous tape with net added

Band fragment with a tape-like pattern has a central fan motif and coarse scrolls with flower heads.
Fragment
, 18th century
linen Technique: needle lace

Fragment of Argentan lace with a leaf design.
Figural Letter, Capital C from a story of Louis XIV of France
, ca. 1700
Etching with engraving on paper
Print

Shown against a battle of horsemen. Moulded frame.
Trimming
, 18th century
metallic Technique: bobbin lace

Wide border, metallic gold lace in all over small scale repeated diamond shape.
Fragment
, 16th–17th century
silk Technique: supplementary warp forming cut and uncut raised pile on plain weave foundation (velvet) with supplementary warp

Lozenges and running bands in tan and yellow on blue.
Sidewall - fragment
, 1840–1900
Machine-printed, flocked

a) Top layer; on discolored white background, pale gray flat leaf patterns with scalloped edges, white background exposed to represent veining. Reserved white areas within gray leaves form smaller leaf patterns with veining in thin blue lines, and blue pin-work; b) Border over top layer: brown, green, and orange flocked rococo-revival leafy-scroll pattern; c) gray on white leaf-like pattern; d) bottom layer: gray on white overall pattern possible meant to represent wood graining (?); e) border: maroon background with bright pink and blue flowers, green leaves.
Border
, 1820–50
Block-printed on paper

Eight swatches of wallpaper borders, including architectural moldings, floral motifs, ribbon twist, beading
Frontispiece for Book 4, in Eight books of Ornament
William Delacour, French, 1741 – 1767, 1741–47
Engravings on white laid paper, bound in half-calf and marbled boards
Bound volume

First book (dedicated to Lord Middlesex): title page and six plates, dated 1741, of rocaille cartouches; second book (dedicated to the Earl of Holderness): title page and five rocaille motifs, dated 1742; third book (dedicated to the Duke of Rutland): title page and six plates of cartouches, dated 1743; fifth book; title page and fourteen plates (one bound upside down) of furniture, dated 1743; sixth and seventh books: title pages (half-size) and fourteen plates of cartouches, undated; eighth book: title page and six plates of jewelery, dated 1747.
Border
, 1860–1900

Borders, polished colors.  All with beading, some marbleized.
Sidewall
, ca. 1880
Machine-printed paper

1970-26-4-cbb: Aesthetic all-over pattern of scattered lily-like ...;     1970-26-4-cdd: Aesthetic or Anglo-Japanesque pattern with overlap...
NOUVEAU LIVRE de Principes d’Ornements Particulierement pour trouver un nombre infini de forms qui en dependent. d’Après les Desseins de C. Gillot Peintre du Roy. Gravé par Huquier
Claude Gillot, French, 1673–1722, 1749–61
Album

Album containing a series of bifurcated arabesque/ grotesque ornament panel designs with a different design on the left and right side of the plate, with a title page and engraved text addressed to the reader, after drawings by Claude Gillot from ca. 1710-20, and published by Huquier in the mid-18th century.
Half leather binding with marbled paper boards. Gold filet on boards and gold tooling on spine. Red leather lettering piece with ‘GILLOT' lettered in gold on spine. Marbled endpapers. Binder's stamp ‘VAUTHRIN RELIEUR' on verso of upper cover endleaf.
Valance
, 19th century
cotton Technique: embroidery in chain stitch (machine) on plain weave; areas of delected element work

Deeply pointed edge with a design of plants filling in the points. In white on white.
The Antikamnia Calendar, March and April, 1899: His Fourth of July!
Louis Crusius, American, 1862 - 1898, 1898
Chromolithograph on paper with string binding
Calendar

March and April, 1899.
Ornamental Panel, plate 33, from Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (Works by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier)
Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750, 1695–1750
Engraving on white laid paper
Print

1921-6-212-34-a: Candlestick on platform; body formed by twisting s...;     1921-6-212-34-b: At center of ornamental panel, a putto sits on bac...
Twenty-Three Envelopes
, before 1916
Paper
Stationary

Group of twenty-three unseparable envelopes
Knife with Jasperware Handle
Wedgwood, English, established 1759, 1805–15
jasperware, gold plated, silver
knife

Silver-gilt sabre-shaped handle with engraved scalloped decoration on the bolster. Banded ferrule, tapering jasper handle, oval in section. Light blue ground with raised design in white, in the centre a bow and arrow, a quiver filled with arrows, a flower wreath and an incense burner surrounded with ribbons, olive twigs and a bow. Beaded cresting along the sides, floral decoration at the top of handle, a metal cap in the centre.
Design for a Garden Parterre of Cut Grass and Colored Gravel, from "Nouveaux Livre de Parterres," in Oeuvres Du Sr. D. Marot..., The Hague: Chez Pierre Husson, c.1702
Daniel Marot, French, active in the Netherlands and England, 1661–1752, ca. 1702
Etching on cream laid paper
Print

Symmetrical arrangement of parterres de broderie in desgin of fleur-de-lis and cartouches.  The spaces between filled witih colored sand or gravel.  At upper center, a reflective pool with fountain flanked by putti spewing water.  Borders of vertical grass strips flanked by potted evergreens and bands of flowers.
Border
, 1815–30
Block-printed and flocked on handmade paper

Wrapped cable top edging. Center band contains stylized foliage with highlights and shading, against a flocked ground. Lower edge consists of dentilling.

H# 439
Textile
, 19th century
silk, paper with applied gold foil Technique: plain compound weave

Blue ground with metallic gold continuous geometric pattern with swastikas. Horizontal pattern with alternating large and small flowers in multicolored threads.
"Les Francais en Egypte" [French in Egypt]
Jean-Julien Deltil, 1791 – 1863, ca. 1814
Block printed on handmade paper
Scenic - panels

Four panels from "Les Francais en Egypt" pasted on a screen. The inscription beneath the broken column in left foreground panel is "Le 20 Mars 1800, 10,000 Francais Commandes par le Brave Kleber ont vaincu 80,000 Turcs dans les plaines d'Heliopolis.." The second panel shows conquered Turks resting, and marching French soldiers.The third panel, a tall obelisk; the fourth, the French encampment with a group of cavalry led by Kléber on a white horse. Vivid colors with a grey sky and a black marbleized border at bottom.
Textile
, ca. 1775–85
linen warp, cotton weft Technique: printed by engraved copper plate on plain weave; mordant for brown

Repeat of four oval-shaped outdoor scenes which fill the full width of the fabric. Scenes include: a covered wagon "Newcastle to London" and passengers; carriage with travelers hearing their fortune; two men fighting over two dead animals; and two women in a garden with gazebo, spied upon by a man behind a hedge. Pattern printed over both edges.
Printing block
, late 19th century
wood

One from a set of five blocks for printing fabric. This presumably would have been the third in the series to have been printed.
Study of landscape
William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900, ca. 1855
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Sketch of a lake with trees along the shore and a dam in the background.
Textile
, mid-19th century
cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller and block printed; glazed

A) Molette-printed ground of tan zig-zags; unprinted white areas form stripe and moire patterns. Over-printed with grey and white lilac sprays and pink and green rose clusters. B) Ground molette-printed in grey with pattern of stripes consisting of checks formed by tiny dots. Over-printed with lilac sprays in brown and white. C) Same with lilacs in blue and white.
Pax
, early 19th century
Metal
Button

Circular button with bust of woman (?) in helmet and armor; "PAX" under figure, within band around rim.

On card 43
Clock Set in a Porcelain
, ca. 1855
Brush and gouache, graphite on tracing paper, mounted on white wove paper
Drawing

Front elevation; the body of the clock is a blue porcelain vase with the clock itself set on the face of it. the frame of the clock handles, lid base are bronze. Two bronze cupids surmount the lid.
Valance
, late 18th–early 19th century
cotton, linen, silk Technique: block printed on plain weave, lined with plain weave linen and bound with blue silk tape

Valence with scalloped border in floral printed cotton with the edges bound in blue tape. The pattern has natural-size flowers and leaves in violet, blue, green, yellow, red, and brown on a picotage ground in brown on white.
Purse
, 19th century
wool, linen Technique: embroidery on plain weave

Small bag embroidered solidly on coarse canvas in wool in Hungarian or "Flame" stitch in two browns, two blues, rust red and white. Edged with blue cord and finished with two ball tassels of blue and white wool at the upper corners. Lined with pale green glazed cotton.
Cherry Blossoms
, late 18th–early 19th century
Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu),
Katagami

Traditional abstract motif containing cherry blossom (sakura) petals, smaller four petalled flowers and tiny squares with the center punched out. Cherry blossoms is the spring flower that symbolizes a time of renewal and fleeting life. Every year there are festivals of hanami (cherry blossom viewing). These blossoms, also known as sakura, signify love, beauty and strength. These blossoms are a metaphor for the fleeting life.
Manokthiha
, 18th century
Carved, painted, gilt wood

Carved, lacquered and gilded architectural corner element
Ceiling paper
York Card & Paper Co., 1891, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Floral wreaths with bellflower centers within lattice or treelis composed of scrolls. Printed on a chartreuse ground.
Ceiling paper
Warren, Fuller and Co., 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Non directional, foliate scrolls and floral motifs. Printed in green and white on blue-gray ground.
Pair of stockings
, early 19th century
silk Technique: knitted and printed

Striped stockings with printed floral pattern.
spoon
, late 19th century
silver

Large fig-shaped spoon bowl, flat flaring neck, scrolled decoration on front, lion's head in the centre. Long plain neck, round in section. On top of handle a soldier holding a spear with both hands, standing on a pedestal.
Miser's purse
, early 19th century
silk, metal Technique: crocheted

Crocheted pink silk ornamented with geometric pattern of cut steel beads.  One steel ring controls side opening; steel pendant at each end.
Sidewall
, 1800–1825
Block-printed

Variety of flowers, including roses and lily of the valley, printed in red and white with green leaves. Printed on light gray ground.
Purse
, early 19th century
silk, metal Technique: knotted netting

Small bag of fine blue silk net with cut steel beads. Set into a frame of cut steel, with a catch to close.
Plate 6, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)
Christoph Jamnitzer, German, 1563 - 1618, 1610
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Two rat-like beasts, mounted on fantastic snail-shaped horses, joust. A wooded landscape in background.
Fisherwoman with a Catch
, ca. 1750
Graphite, brush and watercolor on vellum with various fabrics
Decoupage

A standing fisherwoman wears red hose and a blue apron.  She holds a large fish in her left hand.  Sailing craft visible in the background, and a flower and stump in the foreground.
Earrings
, late 19th century
Turquoise matrix and silver

Pair of earrings. Turquoise matrix and silver.
Miser's purse
, early 19th century
silk, metal Technique: crocheted

Crocheted pink silk ornamented with cut steel beads in hexagonal pattern.  Two cut steel rings control side opening; beaded tassels of cut steel at either end.
Design for Entrance Hall, East Wall, Royal Pavilion, Brighton
Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859, before 1802
Brush and watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite on white laid paper
Drawing

1948-40-35-a: Elevation of a wall, with a painted decoration in ...;     1948-40-35-b: A panel, painted in imitation of stonework with a ...
Frieze
Xavier Mader, 1825–35
Block-printed and flocked paper

Fans of ostrich plumes emerging behind sunburst of jewels, over which are drapery swags rendered in flock; this bound by a string of pearls and emeralds. Swags are caught up with jewelled medallion from which is pendant a giant pearl, and over this, a cluster of jewels. Tassels hang below this. Along the edge, egg and dart banding.  On the verso, an imprint of a simple striped pattern with sprigs in widely-spaced grid, the paper hung with this frieze.
Fragment
, 16th century
silk Technique: 5-harness satin damask

Red and cream-colored fragment with a design of a rayed sun with a crown.
Textile
, ca. 1800
cotton Technique: block printed on plain weave (black, two reds, blue)

Fragment of a framed basket of flowers and an urn on top of a large flower on a black picotage background.
Ceiling paper
Carey Bros. W.P. Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded 1882, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, ribbed

Large central circular motif composed of scrolling acanthus, linked floral swags or garlands on inner edge, with floral motif in center. Printed in green, tan, and metallic gold on light yellow ground.
Ceiling paper
, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Rows of alternating diamond shaped medallions containing green quatrefoils, and smaller square medallions, both composed of foliate scrollwork. Medallions are printed over an allover pattern of small white dots. Pattern is printed in green, brown and white on khaki ground.
Lavercost Priory Church
Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925, 1879–80
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Outlines of capital, base, string course, at Lavercost Priory Church.
Corner Confederate Burying Ground
Harry Fenn, American, 1845–1911, 1888
Pen and ink heightened with white gouache on tan paper
Drawing

Stone wall and overgrown cemetery with one gravestone seen in distance.
Band
, early 17th century
linen Technique: grid of laid cords with needle lace (reticella style)

Squares filled with floral shapes and bordered at either side by smaller squares.
Flounce
, mid- 18th century
linen Technique: bobbin made continuous tape with net added

The continuous tape-like pattern is the curving floral vine. Added to this are separately made birds, butterfly and animals plus the hunting scene at the bottom and all held in place by the background net.
Design for a Gilded Silver Bowl or Plate
Erasmus Hornick, Flemish, died 1583, ca. 1550–83
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk with inscribed compass lines on off-white laid paper laid down
Drawing

Design for a circular bowl or plate decorated with ovals, framed with woven, scaled and facetted bands and beading
Demitasse Spoon from Rockledge Service
George Washington Maher, American, 1864–1926, 1911–12
gold plated, silver
spoon

Demitasse spoon, part of flatware service designed in "Martelé" silver for "Rockledge Estate" in Winona, Minnesota. Gold plated oval bowl with narrow join, leading to thick flat handle, with gently rounded sides, widening towards terminal. Obverse side decorated with lily motif within border, stemming from join of handle, continuing up handle with three sets of mirroring leaves on either side of central stem, terminating in mirroring lily blossoms encasing mongram 'EKG.' Terminal in form of segmented or flat arch, with slight upturn at tip. Reverse side of handle undecorated with plain textured hammered suface. Textured hammered surface visible throughout tines and handle.
Sketchbook Page: Female Figure
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, 1875
Graphite on paper
Sketchbook folio

Sketch of female figure, standing frontally, with drapery over one breast; left arm raised over head.