biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Trimming
, 18th century
silk Technique: uncut voided velvet

Design of a serpentine flowering stem entwined with colored ribbon. In blue, dark yellow, dark red and olive green on a white ground. Narrow striped borders in blue and dark yellow.
Sewing sample
, late 19th century
Linen, cotton

Small sample of pillow case, white linen, with fastening on reverse, flap with small buttons and buttonholes; narrow needle lace edge. At side of little pillow case a small sample of lace worked on blue paper over padding of batting. Spray of flowers, needle made net, with thread stems.
Design for an Embroidery or a Woven Horizontal Border, of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1800-1815
Brush and gouache on glazed tracing paper, laid down on paper
Drawing

Two bunches of roses which are fastened by ears of grain are shown over a row of lace panels.
Panel
, 19th century
cotton, silk Technique: cross stitch embroidery

Panel of coarse cotton embroidered at one end in red silk with sections in violet. The other end shows embroidery in yellow-green and pale blue. Highly conventionalized border designs and stylized trees.
Fringe
, 18th century
silver foil on a silk core Technique: woven

Silver fringe with a plain-woven heading and a skirt of loops.
Wood engraving. Vignette.
, 1800–1830
Engraving and etching.

Sphinx crouching before a sphere, on a meadow.
Ornament
, 1850–99
Walnut

(A) wrapped in blue, (B) in purple, (C) in silver tin foil.
Three Figures in a Wooded Landscape
Antoni Waterloo, 1618–1677, ca. 1650
Etching on paper
Print

A road crosses a broad, flat woods. in the distance, are two figures, and in the foreground, a third, his staff and knapsack slung over his shoulder.
Clavi
, 600–800
coloured wool and linen on linen warps Technique: tapestry weave

Tapestry woven clavi (band of shoulder ornament terminating in pendant medallion) of coloured wools and undyed linen thread on linen warp.
Champagne flute No. 2
J. & L. Lobmeyr GmbH, Vienna, Austria, founded ca. 1935, ca. 1835
glass
champagne flute

Thick-walled faceted crystal glass champagne flute on baluster-shaped stem with broad foot, frelief-prismatic-cut, and polished.
Bottle-Shaped Vase (One of a Pair)
Minton Ceramics Manufactory, English, established 1796, 1870s
porcelain, vitreous enamel
vase

Circular mouth tapering into slender neck flaring to oval body on slightly flaring circular foot.  Glazed deep turquoise with black arabesque decoration.
Tall China Cabinet with Eagle Motif
A.N. Davenport Co., 1900–05
Photograph on paper, pen and black ink
Photograph

Tall china cabinet with tri-partite lower front consisting of 3 drawers flanked by 2 doors and molded top with sphere-shaped finials and carved eagle center.
Waistcoat
, ca. 1775
silk, metallic thread, metal sequins Technique: embroidered

Left front of man's waistcoat in cream-colored silk with multicolored floral embroidery down the front and along the bottom. In a cutaway style with wide standup collar and pointed pocket flaps. Body of the waistcoat is decorated with sequins and single leaves.
Album of Decorative Ironwork Designs for Gates, Balustrades, and Altar Rails
Caillouet, French, mid-18th century, 1775–87
Album

Album of decorative ironwork designs. The designs include garden and church gates, church altar (communion) rails, and balcony and staircase balustrades. Some designs feature royal and religious iconography. The plates are signed and numbered.
Rosalie
John Henry Belter, American, b. Germany, 1804 – 1863, ca. 1850
Laminated rosewood, hardwood, cotton upholstery, metal
chair

Upholstered, laminated rosewood back in kshape of inverted pear, topped by carved flowers-and-fruit garland; elongated S-scroll on each side of back.  Upholstered spring seat on rosewood frame with serpentine front, cabriole forelegs with slipper seat, scrolled at each side, on tapered supports; reverse-curve rear legs; casters.
Machine-made openwork samples
, ca. 1910
cardboard, linen, silk, metallic Technique: linen embroidery with ground cloth dissolved Examples of embroidery on net produced by the Schiffli machine Metallic embroidery on net Machine-made openwork in imitation of hand-embroidered net Mostly floral and a few geometric patterns, some designs described as "Spanish" Imitation hand-made filet Machine filet Imitation filet crochet Ploven (burnt-out lace) Fancy curtain lace made on the Levers machines Real filet (handmade) next to Machine-made filet Spotted curtain nets, made chiefly at Nottingham, England and Caudry, France.

Samples of machine-made openwork and several examples of hand made lace mounted on boards. They imitate hand-embroidered net, crochet, or needlepoint.  All are floral patterns plus a few of early 1920's geometric style.
"Embroidered net" produced by the Schiffli Machine.
Sidewall sample
, 1880–90
Machine-printed on paper

Fragmentary wallpapers from sample book, including aesthetic-style and Anglo-Japanesque designs.

72 pages of samples.
George James Drummond's Room at Oxford, 1853
George Pyne, English, 1800 – 1884, 1853
Brush and watercolor, gouache, graphite on white wove paper
Drawing

This view is one of two by the artist depicting an undergraduate's room (probably in Christ Church) at Oxford College. The room features a green patterned carpet; printed slipcovered seating furniture and matching curtains; a large table covered with a green tablecloth; and framed watercolors lining the walls. A view into an adjoining room is seen through the open door at the center rear.
Tablecloth
Unknown, ca. 1907
linen, silk and viscose rayon Technique: embroidered on plain weave

Off-white square tablecloth has in each corner a design of purple flowers with pale green stems and leaves. Flowers are made from embroidered knots. Each floral cluster enclosed by a brown and black scrolling border.
Tile
, 18th century
Tin-enamelled earthenware

Vertical rectangles. Each tile with identical pattern of two flowers and leaves on continuous scrolling stem. One flower faces the observer and the other is in profile. Manganese violet on white ground.
Portrait of Leonard Cox
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, July 27, 1894
Graphite on blue-grey paper
Drawing

Portrait of the head of a baby, looking straight ahead.
Purse
, early 19th century
silk, wire; silk lining Technique: needle knotting (bebilla or oya), silk satin lining Label: silk needle knotting (bebilla or oya), silk satin lining

Flat purse with a drawstring top; one face has a bouquet of flowers, the other a basket of flowers. The sides and top are decorated with a deep edging of fruit, flowers, and animals, including a camel. In polychrome silks over white satin. An example of a type of needle knotting called oya, practiced in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Sketchbook Page: Nude Female Figures in Landscape
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, 1877–78
Graphite on laid paper
Sketchbook folio

Recto: Sketch of four nude female figures in a landscape. The standing figure, at left, holds a pitcher. The other figures are seated, at right. 
Verso: Faint sketch marks along right side, likely transfer from opposite page.
Floral Arch on Stand (One of a Pair)
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present, ca. 1745
hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
figure and stand

Stand on scrolling foot. Floral archway on a rocaille flourish.
Frieze
Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Large foliate scroll medallions, alternating with smaller medallions. The inside of the medallions are filled with lattice and crosses, containing a fleur-de-lis-like motif. Printed in yellow, red, green and white on background that shades from tan to taupe.
Collar
, early 18th century
Technique: bobbin lace

Bobbin lace collar, growing flowering plant, early 18th century Brussels
Study of landscape, Delaware River
William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900, ca. 1855
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Sketch of a river with figures fishing.
Study of foliage
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, October 25, 1862
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Sketch of a tree with foliage.
Design for a Plate
Noritake, Japan and New York, New York, USA, 1880–1910
Brush and watercolor, gold gouache, graphite on cream paper
Drawing

Design for a partial plate with gold rim containing light blue tulips (flowers) and cartouches. Inside border there is a vine bearing red roses and leaves.
Study of Light in Sky and Ocean (Recto); Small Abstract Sketch, Possibly Leg (Verso)
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, 1890–1900
Pen and black ink on off-white wove paper
Sketchbook folio

Recto: Rough sketch of ocean. Detailed sky with sun coming through clouds.
Verso: Small, quick, abstract sketch, possibly of a leg.
Bonnet veil
, 1800–1850
linen Technique: needlework on net

Bonnet veil of embroidered net with a floral border on three sides with the widest border at the bottom edge. Border has a pattern of flower clusters and leaves with small flower heads scattered across the field.
Vignette: Man Crouching on a Scaffolding
Walter Appleton Clark, American, 1876–1906, 1899
Brush and black washes, with graphite, on white watercolor paper
Drawing

Vignette showing a workman on his knees croushing on a scaffolding, a trowel and wooden bucket beside him.
Design for Wallpaper and Textiles: Flowers
, 19th century
Brush and gouache, graphite on gray paper
Drawing

Horizontally-oriented diamond shape made of clusters of orange and yellow flowers and green foliage at center of page. Flowers and foliage are somewhat evenly spaced and face various directions. Guidelines in graphite are visible on the page with the diamond bisected horizontally and vertically. On light lavender ground.
Handkerchief
, 1840–1860
linen Technique: buttonhole, knot, and satin stitch embroidery

White linen handkerchief with elaborate embroidered borders. Buttonholed scalloped edge with shield-shaped sections framing minute embroidered flowers. Above are other border designs and festoons of small flowers. Large corner initial embroidered in white: "P.D.O."
Fashion Plate from Le Journal des dames et demoiselles
Jules David, French, 1808 - 1892, ca. 1857
Hand-colored engraving on paper
Print

Fashion plate from Le Journal des dames et demoiselles.
Rough Study of Choppy Sea and Tall Cliffs
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, 1885–90
Graphite on cream wove paper, bound
Sketchbook folio

Ocean in foreground with large, tall cliffs at left.
Gilt Demitasse Spoon, Part of Set of Ten
Gorham Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, founded 1818, 1880
silver, gold
spoon

1986-113-10: Oval bowl. Matte gilded obverse and reverse. Edge ...;     1986-113-11: Oval bowl. Matte gilded obverse and reverse. Edge ...;     1986-113-12: Rectangular box with maroon velvet on top and side...;     1986-113-2/12: Bowl of spoon elongated oval, gilded, with band of...;     1986-113-2: Bowl of spoon elongated oval, gilded, with band of...;     1986-113-3: Oval bowl, plain, gilded and undecorated. Stem of ...;     1986-113-4: Oval bowl, plain, gilded and undecorated. Stem of ...;     1986-113-5: Pointed oval bowl, matte gilded. Repousse anthemio...;     1986-113-6: Pointed oval bowl, matte gilded. Repousse anthemio...;     1986-113-7: Pointed oval bowl, matte gilded obverse and revers...;     1986-113-8: Square, spade-shaped bowl. Matte gilded obverse an...;     1986-113-9: Square, spade-shaped bowl. Matte gilded obverse an...
Ceiling border
, 1875–1906
Block-printed paper

Wallpaper roll.  Ceiling border corner with stylized floral and foliate motifs. Printed in copper, blue and olive green on taupe ground.
Sampler
, 19th century
cotton, glass beads Technique: embroidered in half-cross stitch

Unfinished beadwork sampler with four small squares of beading in the lower right corner of an otherwise unworked ground. Each square contains a vase of flowers or floral garland.
Design for an Oil Lamp
, ca. 1855
Graphite, pen and black ink, brush and water color, gouache on tracing paper, laid down
Drawing

The body of the lamp is a light blue porcelain vase with a central field of flowers against a white background, within a gold frame.  Base, handles, and fixture supporting the glass globe surmounting the vase, are of bronze.
Zeus Angered
, 1800–20
Graphite on cream paper
Drawing

Zeus, brandishing a bundle of lightning and accompanied by an eagle, hovers on a cloud over a group of falling nude figures that appear to be Furies, creatures in Greek mythology that were responsible for exacting divine retribution from those guilty of wrong-doing.
Folding knife
Gavet Coutelier, France, 1809–19
Silver, wood, steel

1985-103-281-a/j: Red leather holder with tooled gold borders and ve...;     1985-103-281-a: Barrel-shaped red leather case with stamped gold d...;     1985-103-281-b: Plain silver cup with flaring rim, decorated with ...;     1985-103-281-c: Red leather holder with stamped gold decorations f...;     1985-103-281-d: Blade has straight sides, upper edge tapering towa...;     1985-103-281-e: Oval spoon-bowl with pointed tip, flat slightly ta...;     1985-103-281-f: Fork has four slightly curved tines, rounded shoul...;     1985-103-281-g: Small cork screw with knob on top with hole throug...;     1985-103-281-h: Cylindrical horn and ivory container consisting th...;     1985-103-281-i: Cylindrical horn and ivory container consisting th...;     1985-103-281-j: Cylindrical horn and ivory container consisting th...
Tile
William Frend De Morgan, British, 1839–1917, mid-19th–early 20th century
Glazed earthenware

Square tile of reddish clay with grogg added. Bluish white crackled glaze with zebra and two sucks painted in blue.
Frieze
, 1800–1825
Block-printed on handmade paper

White drapery swag suspended from architectural molding. Foliate garland in front. Printed in colors against blue background.
$100 Federal Reserve Note
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, ca. 1914
Engraving in black ink on paper, laid down
Print

Design for United States bank note. The allegorical figures represent, from left to right: Agriculture, Prosperity, America, Peace, and Commerce.
Buttresses on City Walls; Loches
Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925, 1883
Graphite, brush with blue wash and white heightening on blue-grey paper
Drawing

Stone or brick buttress juts from right, Houses below, right and left.
Hotel Luxembourg, Nîmes – From Our Window
Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925, 1892
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Buildings background with figures standing in front, foreground, stream with two swans swimming
Pitcher
Ernest Chaplet, French, 1935 – 1909, 1882–85
Stoneware

A brown colored pitcher with a very small spout and a handle. The piece is decorated with outdoor scene depicting water and birds flying above along with some flower detail around the top.
Snuff box
, ca. 1750
Carved bloodstone, chased and engraved gold, cut diamonds, rubies, emeralds

Pouch shape, with two hinged covers and two compartments; plaques of heliotrope held in a frame of gold carved with scrolls, leaves and pinecone motifs; thumb-piece of foliate scrolls set with small diamonds, rubies, and emeralds; sides of box lined with gold.
Vase
Rookwood Pottery, American, 1880 - 1967, 1894
earthenware
vase

White earthenware, cast.  Ovoid body, decorated with two herons flying along rushes; no foot.  Birds in underglaze white slip (appear yellow) and rushes in green. Background shading shifts throughout the vessel with ochre, forest green, sage green, brown and russet.  Exterior and interior: yellow glaze.
Sampler
Mary Ann Howard, 1799
silk on wool Technique: cross, stem and satin stitches on plain weave foundation. Counted stitches.

Memorial verse with a curving floral border. Verse reads:
"Take holy Earth:
All that my soul holds dear:
Take that best gift which Heav'n so lately gave:
To Bristol's fount I bore with trembling care Her faded form:
She bow'd to taste the wave, and died-does youth,
does beauty read the line?
Does sympathetic fear their breast alarm?
Speak dead MARIA: Breath a strain divine,
Ev'n from the grave thou shalt have power to charm.
Bid them be chaste, be innocent like thee,
Bid them in duty's sphere as meekly move,
And if so fair, from vanity as free,
As firm in friendship, and as fond in love.
Tell them, tho tis an awful thing to die
(Twas ev'n to thee)
yet the dread path once trod,
Heav'n lifts its everlasting portals high,
And bids the pure in heart behold their God.
Underneath this stone doth lie,
As much virtue as cou'd die,
which when alive did vigour give,
To as much beauty as cou'd live.

Signed "Mary Ann Howard, April the 26 1799."
Frieze
, 1880–1900
Machine-printed

Large-scale flowers with band of circular motifs in grid across bottom edge. Printed on textured metallic gold ground.
Sketches From Pen and Ink Drawings
Jane Ireland, British, 1794
Etching on paper
Print

Six drawings of half-length figures in three rows. They represent - from upper left: a woman hitting a man; a woman and two men in profile, facing left smiling; a boy, facing left; a sleeping man, in frontal view; a man in frontal view, a woman in side view; a young man, head turned to left.
Eschutcheon
A.W.N. Pugin, English, 1812–1852, ca. 1845
Brass

Rectangular brass lock with pierced Gothic design of stylized foliage and brass 'rope' applique.
Purse
, late 17th–early 18th century
silk Technique: woven

Small envelope-shaped purse in green and white silk. Pattern in white silk is a symmetrical arrangement of a crown with confronted dolphins and three fleurs-de-lis above with stylized foliage borders. Lined with pink taffeta.
Sidewall
, 1850–1900
Machine-printed

Small scale floral green and pink on white purple dot fill.
Border
, late 18th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace made in Lille style with heavy outlining thread

Border of Lille-style lace edged with a garland formed by floral blossoms in a serpentine arrangement.
Frieze
S.A. Maxwell & Co., 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Large-scale bunches of deep red grapes hanging from vines. The entire design is overprinted with thin, horizontal wavy black lines and metallic gold pin dots.  The background color shades from a pale yellow at the top to a greenish-taupe at the bottom. The pattern number is 3004.
Fashion Plate from Le Monde Elégant
, 1871
Wood engraving, brush and watercolor on paper
Print

Girl, left in purple and yellow dress. Two women; center one in pale violet and white pleats; right one in blue and beige. Trees beyond. Title and date below.
Plave LVIII from Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum
Julio Paschale, 1582
Woodcut on paper
Print

Four boats holding up four winches strapped to a latticework of poles, left, to bring up a wrecked boat beneath. Cabled to a ship, right. Description in Latin on verso of 1949-152-255.
Port Side of S.S. Nansemonde, Showing Camouflage
Griffith Baily Coale, American, 1890–1950, 1917–18
Color lithograph on paper, laid down on cardboard
Print

The ship faces left. Stripe camouflage. Specifications given in box, upper right. Approved, lower right.
Child's dress
, 1860–70
wool; silk trimming; silk and cotton lining Technique: printed on plain weave

Long wrapper with front opening, dropped shoulder adn elbow-length sleeves with deep ruffles. Fine tan wool printed with small blazes in deeper browns. Broad salmon pink silk ribbon applied as border on sleeve ruffles and down fronts. Broad white silk ribbon applied as lining to fronts; remainder lined with white glazed cotton.
Fragment
, early 18th century
silk, metallic yarns Technique: woven

Square fragment of white silk with silver yarns showing design of large-scale symmetrical florals. Both selvages present. Edged with silver galloon.
Border
, ca. 1850
Machine-printed and flocked

Three scalloped bands of scroll-like strap work in Chinese red flocking on pastel green ground.
Ceiling medallion
, 1875–1906
Block-printed

Wallpaper roll. 
One half of a circular ceiling medallion: central floral motif within a half circle. This is set within a larger triangle shape containing pink and blue flowers. Gold corners extend beyond this triangle, containing pink flowers. Pink circular line encloses entire medallion.
Model no. 12061 T
Gebrüder Thonet, Austrian, founded 1853, ca. 1886
bent wood, woven caning, metal
Child's chair and tray

Frame of curving linear bent beechwood elements; caned, oval back joined to oval bent wood element comprising the back legs and back; caned circular seat secured between back and front legs; removable tray rests atop front legs
Frieze
Carey Bros. W.P. Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded 1882, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

A repeating design of geometric flowering trees within scrolling acanthus-like borders connected by complementary flowering vines upon a background of brown, resembling water, turning into cream with horizontal splashes, complementing the darker area below, between complementary borders of gilt and bronze. Printed in cream, beige, brown, olive green, rust, gilt and bronze.
Choir Stalls, Chichester
Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925, 1879–80
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Six sketches of woodwork, labelled.
Army Encampment
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1862
Graphite on pasteboard
Drawing

Vertical view of soldiers grouped near a shelter made of pine branches.
Design for the Entrance Wall of a Courtroom
Walter Shirlaw, American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909, 1875–80
Brush and watercolor, pen and blue ink on cardboard with gold border
Drawing

A painting showing Justice enthroned between two winged children holding a book and a pair of scales, respectively, is suggested over the entablature of the folding door. The lower parts of the painting are framed laterally by the tops of panels and by the entablature of the wall. A half-circular band of moudling standing upon the escutcheon frames the upper part of the painting. Parts of brackets with lamps are shown in the wall panels. Framed by golden stripes.
Leaf from an ornament suite of arabesques
, ca. 1730
Black ink on paper
Print

Design for ornamental leaf arabesques
Soleils
Pierre Germain, French, 1703 - 1783, 1748
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for liturgical staffs with sunburst. The plate is signed and numbered.
One of Sixteen Scenes of the Death and Burial of a Man
, 19th century
Japan watercolor on silk or paper
Drawing

From a series of sixteen scenes of the death and burial of a man in Japan.
Stage Design, Palace Interior
, early 19th century
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray ink wash on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Interior of palace, long hall at the left and stairs at the right.
Project for the Painted Decoration of the Ceiling of a Hall (Painted Oval Ceiling)
Jean Baptiste Marie Pierre, French, 1714–1789, 1761
Pen and black ink, brush and gray and black wash on two sheets of off-white heavy laid paper joined together horizonatally, lined
Drawing

Image of an oval ceiling, without the room setting.  At the center, a view at the sky passing an oval entablature.  In the sky are Apollo, the Muses and genii.  The entablature is supported by arches through which parts of further structures are shown.  In four of the arches stand pedestals with griffins crouching beside a clock-like form.
Title Page
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, 1749-1761
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Page printed with two plates (each divided into two) depicting architectural fragments, including columns profiles, a pediment, a church niche, a term, a grotesque, and drapery. At the upper right is the title plate, the text printed within a cartouche surrounded by scrolling leaves and within a lion at the top. The plates are numbered but not signed.
Decorative Panel Designs
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1777–79
Etching on paper
Print

Design for two rectangular decorative panels featuring arabesque motifs including scrolling acanthus leaves (rinceaux), flowers, festoons of flowers, vases, and fleurons. The plate is numbered.
Design for a Garden
Jean-François de Neufforge, Flemish, 1714–1791, 1772
Engraving on paper
Print

Design for a garden with a scale bar of 6 Toises at the bottom. The plate is signed and numbered.
Ornament Designs
I. F. Saur, German, active 18th century, mid- 18th century
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Designs for ornament motifs, possibly for metal owing to screw details. The plate is signed and numbered.