biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
La Pastorale
P. Moithey, French, active 18th century, mid- 18th–late 18th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

A design for an ornamental trophy representing the pastoral, incorporating a hat, shepherd's crook, basket of flowers, bagpipe or musette, tambourine, festoon of leaves, foliate branches with flowers, and ribbons. The plate is titled and numbered.
Sidewall - fragment
, 1890–1900
Machine-printed

Small roses in bright shaded reds with green and brown leaves in apparentlya continuous all-over scroll effect. Stems of roses are merely green lines.Background is a two-toned narrow vertical stripe. Printed in bright red, green, and brown on two-toned sage green field.
Stage Design, Court in Castle
, early 19th century
Pen and ink, brush and sepia wash on paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Court in castle, columns supporting vaults, several stairs. Verso: sketches of details.
Sceaux à rafraîchir
Pierre Germain, French, 1703 - 1783, 1748
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for an ice bucket decorated with ornament motifs including grotesque mascarons, scalloping, and scroll feet. The plate is signed and numbered.
Fragment
, 14th century
silk Technique: two integrated fabric structures, plain weave plus plain weave

Yellow grape vine on tan ground.
Design for Mechanical Furniture: Secretary Desk
, ca. 1805
Graphite, pen and black ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

A secretary with double fall-front, one above the other, showing alternative treatment of kneehold base; elevation, two sections, and isometric.
Rampes d’escaliers d’hôtel
Alexandre Tessier, French, active 1800 – 1830, early 19th century
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Two different designs for staircases featuring scrolling leaves and beads along the balusters and handrails. The column-shaped newel for the lower design is topped with a finial in the shape of a large globe surrounded by candles. The upper design features arched and crossed bands and a simple oval (egg shaped) finial topping the newel. The designs are titled and the plate is numbered.
Design for a Small Table with a Vase
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for a small, single-legged table with a vase on top. The table is decorated with ornament motifs including a lion head, an engaged fluted column with a mixed Corinthian-Ionic capital, and bound leaf garland. The plate is signed.
Iceberg near Belle Isle, Canada
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 15, 1859
Graphite on tan wove paper
Drawing

Seascape sketch showing a view of a large, craggy iceberg floating in the waters near Belle Isle, off the coast of Labrador, Canada. Dominating the composition at center, the foremost portion of the iceberg is defined by extremely craggy, serrated, potentially collapsed forms that resemble broken porcelain. The rear portion of the berg features a double-humped prominence. Sheer, vertical edge on left side of the iceberg.
Textile
, 18th century
silk and chenille Technique: plain compound cloth, brocaded

Large-scale serpentine branches brocaded in green silk with flowers in polychrome chenille threads.  Secondary design of ribbon-like serpentines and small branches in floats of wefts of same color as ground fabrics.
Elevation of a Pedestal
, 1700–1750
Pen and brown ink with brown wash and traces of graphite on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Supported by lion legs with ram heads beneath the top corners and with an escutcheon rising in the top center.
Design for a Watchcase Lid or Medallion
Jacques Vauquer, French, 1621–1686, 17th century
Engraving on laid paper
Print

A small ornament print - a design for a medallion or the lid of a circular watchcase - with a central profile portrait supported by winged putti, and surrounded by a dense design of scrolling leaves, fleurons, flowers, birds, and two dolphins below.
The Shepherdess of the Alps
Sarah Rogers, English, 1796
silk embroidery on silk Technique: back, split and stem stitches on plain weave
Embroidered picture

Man and woman under a tree with sheep nearby and house in the distance. In black silk on white.
LE BASSIN DE L’ISLE D’AMOUR, où L’ISLE ROYALE
Adam Perelle, French, 1638 – 1695, 1681–1703
Etching on laid paper
Print

View of two basins and fountains in the formal gardens at Versailles. In the foreground, a large basin with a fountain in the center and smaller jets of water throughout, and a couple of small ornately decorated boats. Beyond, a semi-circular basin with a large, sculpted fountains, framed by smaller cascading fountains. Trees in the background and figures (courtiers) throughout. The plate titled with a description.
Cows in a Pasture
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1858
Brush and black and brown wash, graphite on white wove paper
Drawing

Four cows (one on the ground, one facing the viewer and two grazing) in a grassy pasture with trees on either side.
Dish
Bernard Palissy, French, 1510 – 1590, late 17th century
Lead-glazed earthenware

Oval dish with curving sides, on oval molded foot. In center, oval depressions with four circular depressions tangent at mid-point of sides and ends. Edge of dish and depressions are outlined by raised patterned bands of dark blue. Spandrels between four circular depressions are glazed in red-brown, with relief figures of winged putti bearing military attributes. Mottled glazes in depressions and on reverse.
Copy of the Portland Vase
Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, British, 1850–1860
stoneware
Vase

Dark blue two-handled ovoid body with tapered neck and flared circular mouth; body decorated with low white running relief scene showing figures in classical garb set amongst a columned structure and landscape, copying the design of the Roman Portland Vase; bases of handles decorated with white masks; underside of vase decorated with white relief of man in Phrygian cap before a leafy tree branch.
The Yule Guest Illustration, Illustration for The Cosmopolitan (XIV, No. 2, December 1892, p. 167)
Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924, December 1892
Printed in black ink on paper
Ephemera

Left, poem; right, various birds sitting on leafless branches singing, winter, snow on branches.
Descending a Shrine
Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858, 1797-1858
Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
Print

A shrine on top of a hill is decorated with lanterns. A family is heading down the stairs. One woman looks back at the little child. A mother elegantly balances a parasol in one hand as she guides her child down the steep steps. This brilliant scene overlooks the rooftops and ocean.
Designs for Rocaille Motifs
Emmanuel Eichel, German, 1717–1782, mid- 18th century
Engraving on white laid paper
Print

Designs for rocaille motifs, featuring scrolls, rinceaux, and leaves, shown from various perspectives. The plate is signed and numbered.
Girl on a Swing
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1879
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Drawing

Vertical view of a girl seated on a swing, hung from the branch of a tree, looking to her left and holding with both hands the rope on her right.
Buttons
, 18th century
silk and wood

buttons made of wooden molds covered with tan silk embroidered in pink and tan silk in design of open flower.

Component -a is on card A
Component -b is on card 15 and is not labeled with a component
Church Triumphant over Falsehood
Paolo de Mattheis, Italian, 1662 - 1728, ca. 1700
Pen and brown ink, brush and wash, black chalk on paper
Drawing

Drawing of falsehood depicted as a woman falling over while a bishop pulls off her mask.  He is seated with a chalice in his other hand.  Looking over his shoulder is the Virgin Mary (?) and a bird flies over at center.
Design for Woven Corner with Neoclassical Motifs
, ca. 1820
Brush and gouache on laid paper
Drawing

Vertical composition with two motifs rendered in white gouache--one circular and one rectangular--surrounded by stars.  The larger, rectangular motif consists of an oblong shape formed by boughs with a lozenge and palmettes inside.  The smaller, circular motif consists of an abstract wreath with small plants and blossoms on its inner perimeter with palmettes at each of the cardinal axes.
Fragment
, 15th century
silk Technique: two integrated structures; 4&1 satin plus plain weave (lampas)

Circular medallion with geometric center arranged in staggered rows with background filled with foliate forms.
Side chair
, late 18th century
carved walnut, upholstered with stamped leather

Back is an interrupted oval, carved at top with small leaf forms; back supported by two leaf sockets.  Shapted seat, front rail serpentine.  All legs turned, straight, tapered, and fluted.  Rosettes at knees.
Design for Mechanical Furniture: Desk
, ca. 1805
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Upper left, front elevation of a desk. Upper section with center having flap opening to a compartmented interior with drawers and pigeon-holes, flanked by two lower sections with short drawers; center with flap opening to another series of compartments, and fitted for writing; below, two long drawers on legs. Upper right, details of construction, sections at two levels, shown from above. Scale at left.
Panel
, 19th century
silk, metallic thread Technique: embroidered

Emblems embroidered in multicolored silks with shades of dark red and coral predominating on a ground of gray silk. Lined with dark red silk.
Architectural Plan for a Cabinet
Jacques-François Blondel, French, 1705–1774, 1725–40
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

A plan for a cabinet (room) described as including mirrors, paintings, and sculptures, and designed by Blondel. The chimney, tables, sofas, mirrors, and doors are labelled on the plan along with the cornice, with a scale below. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
Sketch, Figure on Donkey Heralded by Musicians and Worshippers
Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863, 1820–1850
Pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Sketch, Figure on Donkey Heralded by Musicians and Worshippers.
Mountains in Mexico
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1883–1884
Graphite on light green wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of rugged mountains in Mexico. Two craggy ridges at left and right frame a valley at center, as well as a view of distant, rocky mountains beneath faint clouds in the background at center. 

Verso: Figure and architecture sketches from Mexico showing: at upper left, a seated man wearing a brimmed hat and viewed from behind; a child speaking to seemingly the same man at center left; at center and center left, two profile sketches of a man's head with shaggy hair; at upper center, a tiny sketch of a church, while a larger sketch of a similar church with a square belltower is visible at right, and oriented to the right.
Candlesticks
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1790
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Upper row, at left: Two winged women stand beside a columna miliaria supporting brackets springing from it laterally, consisting of three branchces with burning candles. At right, with alternative suggestions: in the center of a base rises a columna miliaria, flanked at left by a sitting sphinx with a basket upon her head from which three burning candles spring, at right by a half-figure with a similar basket upon the head. Lower row, at left: a column standing near the end of a parapet. Center: a sketch like -2023, above, at left. At right: a similar design on a larger scale.
Wallpaper Design
, 1840–60
Brush and watercolor, gouache, graphite on white paper
Drawing

A colored ovolo is beneath the entablature. Narrower and broader stripes alternate. Candelabra of flowers, repeating a single motif, framed alternately by moldings, decorate the broad stripes. For the narrow ones are suggested rows of concentric circles, enclosed laterally by arches. The motif is shown in a bigger scale below, in a smaller one above.
Chinese Chippendale
Desfossé et Karth, French, 1863, ca. 1850
Block-printed paper
Scenic

1941-88-28: Portion of a palace with triple roof. In foregroun...;     1941-88-29: Portion of a palace and adjoining wall. In foregro...;     1941-88-30: In foreground, portion of a stream, at the edge of...
Table Design with Vases
Pierre Lepautre, French, 1652–1716, late 17th–early 18th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

Console table design with garniture of nine vases placed on top. The design is divided. On the left, the cornice has an interlocking scroll pattern; on the right, the cornice has rosettes inset in lozenges. The cartouche on the left features a medallion with flowers surrounded by sprays of leaves; on the right, the cartouche has a head with rays, and a horn of plenty. Below the cartouche is a vase: the left side is in the form of a lidded vase, the right side is an open vase with a landscape drawn on it. On the left, the wider leg features a cupid, the thinner tapered leg is striated with floral ornamentation. On the right, the wider leg features a mascaron against a lozenge background; the thinner leg, scrolling, interlocking ornament. The vase forms on top are also mirrored with variations. The plate is not signed or numbered.
Elevations of a Mausoleum
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1790
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

Top: an obelisk raises upon a pedestal above a Doric temple front. Three doorways lead into the interior of the building which is flanked by colonnades. Shown is somewhat more than the right part of the structure. The measurements for the widths are indicated. Bottom: A similar structure as above stands upon a platform, and the building, in turn, stands upon a platform of the height of the entablatures of the colonnades. Pyramids flank the structure. Somewhat more than the right part is shown.
Earrings
, mid-18th century
Hair, gold

A) and B). Gold hoop with heart and ball ornaments and band of woven human hair.
Stage Design, Courtyard of an Egyptian Temple
Antonio Giuseppe Basoli, Italian, 1774–1843, early 19th century
Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Court in Egyptian temple with sculptures and elaborate decorations. Two figures in middleground at right ascend staircase.
Design for Wallpaper or Textile
, 1820–1850
Graphite, blotted crayon, brush and purple watercolor on paper
Drawing

Recto: rising, undulated leaf stem with blossoms and buds, a bunch of  grapes and scrolls. Verso: Vertically, top right unfinished: a motif with interlacement bands. Bottom: not quite finished. Shown are a calyx, alternatively standing and hanging leaves connected by a rinceau, scrolls and a band.
Flowers
Martin Engelbrecht, German, 1684–1756, 1725-1750
Engraving on paper
Print

Bilderbogen print with posies. Top row: three nosegays, two twigs. Center: a nosegay. Bottom: two nosegays; two twigs, horizontally disposed; a carnation twig, horizontally disposed.
Trimming
, 19th century
silk Technique: cut supplementary warp pile on satin ground (velvet)

Trimming fragment in a design of an angular stem with leaves in red cut velvet on a yellow satin ground.
Design for a Coffeepot
, 1831–46
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, graphite on paper
Drawing

Intended to be executed in metal. Shown in profile with handle at right. Lower section of spout is the coat of arms of Pope Gregory XVI. Lower section of body is fluted. Lid shows calyx upside down. Plant form as finial.
Tomb Decorations in the Museum of Athens, Greece
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, April 1869
Graphite on gray-green wove paper
Drawing

Object sketch showing the carved decorations on a stone tomb in the museum of Athens. At center, an acanthus flower motif is visible atop a plinth with two circular medallions below it.
Title Page
Christophe Huet, French, 1695 – 1759, mid- 18th century
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Title page for a series of singerie scenes after Huet. The central vignette shows three monkeys dressed as shepherds, one male, one female and a child, in a landscape with a farm in the background and sheep around them. In the center a partly ruined wall with a pediment and blank plaque, where a sheep is drinking from a basin below. The standing monkeys are on either side of the drinking basin. The title is lettered below.
Decorated Capital Letter R
Jakob Frey, Swiss, active Italy, 1681 - 1752, ca. 1715
Engraving on paper
Print

Letter R before the kneeling St. Roch.
Wall Elevation with an Alcove
Étienne Charpentier, French, 1707 – after 1792, 1739–80
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

An interior wall elevation with ornamental rococo paneling and decoration. An alcove in the center flanked by doors on either side. The overdoor panels feature vases of flowers, fleurons, c-scrolls, and acanthus leaf motifs. The narrow panels in between the doors feature shell motifs. There is a plain dado level below the carved paneling, on either side of the alcove. The alcove features textiles, possibly a sofa, and carved birds in the arch above. Below the elevation is a scale and two outlines of the wall paneling, as seen from above, illustrating the shape and depth of the carving. The address is lettered below.
Neuvième Livre des Oeuvres de J.A. Meissonnier, Surtout de Table/Cuvette de Roy [Ninth Series of Designs from the work of J.A. Meissonnier, Design for Table Centerpiece/King's Bowl], pl. 55 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier
Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750, 1742–48
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

1921-6-212-21-a: Only state. Table centerpiece in full-blown rococo...;     1921-6-212-21-b: Basin with central cartouche, surrounded by a shel...
Project for a Vase
, 1820–1835
Graphite, pen and black ink, brush and gray wash on paper
Drawing

Elevation of a footed urn decorated with acanthus leaves, masks, swags and classica
Button
, 19th century
Brass, gold plated

1931-59-164: Convex button ornamented in design showing a crown...
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.
Chandelier a deux branches
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for a two-arm candelabra decorated with ornament motifs including acanthus leaf, garland, gadrooning, fluting, and lion mask. The plate is signed.
Perpetual Motion Design
, ca. 1780
Cut paper on wood frame
Lantern slide

Magic lantern slide, optical toy. On black field, circumference a pink band with eight elliptical rings. Within, eight cartouches alternating with eight chains of circles and and ellipses. At center, figure composed of eight incurving arcs, enclosing rayed disk.
Mountains in Mexico
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, February 22, 1890
Graphite on gray wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of large mountains across a plain in Mexico. A wide, grassy plain extends across the foreground and middle distance until it encounters a range of rolling hills in the background. Behind these hills, a small, dark peak is visible, which itself is backdropped by an immense conical mountain, possibly the volcano Popocatépetl. Its sharp peak is flanked by puffy clouds at upper center.

Verso: Landscape sketch showing a distant view of buildings, possibly a church or monastery complex, atop a rugged mountain ridge in Mexico. Situated at center, a group of buildings that includes a tall tower is visible, perched on an undulated ridge that extends to the left and right. At right, a kind of plateau or flat peak is shown looming above the buildings.
Side chair
John Hewitt, American, 1777–1857, ca. 1820
Mahogany, poplar, horse hair

Back legs flat-sided, front legs flat excepting rounded front face; legs curve outward toward bottom, and back legs incline toward each other at bottom.  Corner posts of back in a double curve terminating at top in an elementary volute form. Flat top rail bowed toward back, slightly arched, with a rectangular panel of inset veneer surrounded by beading.  Splat horizontal, composed of small oblong faced with veneer, flanked on either side by horizontal coupled C-scrolls deeply carved with foliage, terminating in volutes.  Seat flares from back to front, with straight edges.
Title Page
Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808, 1774
Etching on laid paper
Print

Title page from a series of chinoiserie prints depicting figures in landscapes with garden canopies in the form of large parasols. A man with a stick stands on a platform looking at a hanging textile with the title lettered in the center. The title banner hangs from a large pole with two circular decorative rings above with hanging garlands of flowers. Trees, flowers, and foliage in the background. The plate is numbered, signed, and dated.
Flowers
Jean Mariette, French, 1660–1742, ca. 1750
Engraving on paper
bound print

Flowers from bound album
Man and woman
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, n.d.
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of a male figure embracing a female figure.
Four Balustrade Designs
Jean-Baptiste Fay, French, active 1765 – 1790s, late 18th century
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Four wrought iron balustrade designs for balconies featuring geometric patterns and shapes, acanthus leaves, flowers, leaves, c-scrolls, beads, and running pattern moldings. The plate is numbered.
Design for a Vase
Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, French, 1727 – 1801, 1764
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for a lidded vase, decorated with two goats' heads, garlands of vine leaves and grapes, acanthus leaf and gadroon ornament. The plate is signed and numbered.
Elevation of a Palace
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1790-1800
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, red ink on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

Somewhat more than the left half of the central wing is shown. Three stories. The central sections of nine bays and the end sections of seven bays project slightly. In between is a section of five bays. Three doorways in the central, one in the lateral sections. In the center is an order of embedded columns supporting an entablature and an attic showing an inscription and reliefs and topped by statues and a group.
Flounce
, early 19th century
cotton Technique: embroidered

Embroidered border on irregularly shaped piece, possible cut for a garment, with a repeating design of stylized flower sprays and leafy fronds.
Elevation of Mansion
Whitney Warren Jr., American, 1864–1943, ca. 1894
Graphite, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Front view of building.
Egg Cup, from a Napoleon III Table Service (Coquetier, Service à Chiffre Doré de l'Empereur Napoléon III)
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756, 1844
hard paste porcelain, gold
egg cup

Flat circular food. Gilding on edges. Decorated with crowned cipher of Napoleon III.
Plate (Assiette)
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756, 1774
soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
plate

Circular, the rim scalloped and gilded. Cavetto and border with small polychrome floral sprays on white ground; the border with narrow blue stripes interrupted by short diagonal strokes of gold, in pairs.
Fragment
, 15th century
silk, metallic threads Technique: two integrated fabric structures, 4&1 satin patterned by plain weave

Top row: flying angels swinging censors. Bottom row: angels holding three nails
Philodendron Vines, Jamaica
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, May–September 1865
Brush and oil on paperboard
Drawing

Botanical sketch showing vines, leaves, and blossoms of a philodendron plant. Plants are loosely organized into three vertical forms. Red, white, purple, and orange blossoms visible throughout. Dark brown ground visible at right and upper right corner.
Wainscoting with Three Panels and Mirror
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 18th century
Engraving on paper
Bound print

Design for interior in Rococo style. View of wainscoting with three panels, the center one containing a mirror and with the most elaborate frame (vegetal imagery throughout and a head of a Cherub at top). Flanking the mirror are two panels in alternative designs. Scale at lower center.