biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Pitcher
Ludwig Lobmeyr, Austrian, 1829 - 1917, ca. 1877
Enameled and gilt glass

Enameled glass pitcher with blue, white, and gold foliate design, possibly of Near Eastern influence.
Cap streamer
, early 18th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace

1967-46-40-a: Cap streamer worked with rococo bands and floral f...;     1967-46-40-b: Cap streamer, worked with rococo bands and floral ...
Window shade
, 1875–1900
Block printed and flocked on canvaa

Wide central band of Anglo-Japanesque in gold, with flowers and wheat above, and swags with tassels below. Burgundy flock with metallic gold, silver and green on light green fabric support.
Band
, 18th century
linen Technique: needle lace with ground of loop and twist with twist return

Fragment of a narrow band with a floral vine pattern.
Sampler
, 1794
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross and satin stitches on plain weave foundation

Square sampler with a large brick building, a school?, at center bottom, flanked by smaller brick structures. Adam and Eve in center top medallion, flanked by flowering trees, spot motifs. 1794 IEC at top.
Saucer
, 19th century
Porcelain

Overglaze and underglaze decoration in colors of American flag, eagels, head of Liberty with decorative borders of orange, gold, and black.
Sidewall - fragment
, 1825–35
Block-printed, handmade paper

Large wreaths, quartered with gauze pulled through ring at center, in green and brown, against shadow foliage background pattern in grays.
House of Commons, from "Ackermann's Repository"
Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827, 1808
Aquatint, brush and watercolors on paper
Print

Meeting room with benches in balconies and underneath them. Table in center with clerks and a speaker. Title, artists', and publisher's names below.
Border
, mid 16th – 17th century
linen, metallic thread Technique: needle lace with filet and needle interlacings

Border of green linen and silver stripes in geometric pattern contained with squares. One side edged by small-scale pendants.
Three-Banded Female Sandgrouse, Plate 23 from Birds of Western Africa
William Home Lizars, Scottish, 1788 - 1859, 1837
Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper
Print

Brown, black and white specked bird walking on grassy ground, a cactus beyond, right. Title and artists' names below.
Purse
, 1640–1700
silk, metal Technique: tapestry woven

Small flat envelope-shaped case, probably for letters. Dark red silk, basket weave, with woven design in cream color. Back has woven design of a fleur-de-lis on an orb with crown above, and flanked by two lions rampant. Flap, symmetrical foliage decoration. Clasp is lyre-shaped in silver. Blue silk lining. Same pattern on both sides.
Angel figure
, 18th century
Painted papier-mâché

Cherub with outstretched arms, one leg forward, head facing to his right. Painted accents on wings. .
Environs de Lyon
Adolphe Appian, French, 1818 - 1898, 1879
Etching in dark brown ink on cream-colored Japan paper
Print

A small steamboat and a sailboat are moored at a quay, from which a high bank rises abruptly, left. Buildings are seen in center distance.
Wool Embroidery Design (Berlin Wool Work)
T. P. Devrient, active ca. 1860, ca. 1860
Brush and gouache, pen and black ink over etching on cream laid paper
Drawing

Design for wool work on squared paper.  A green scroll with a burgundy colored cross.
Tangiers
Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925, 1891
Graphite, brush and watercolor on gray paper
Drawing

View of the city from a high vantage point, the city wall and figures in the foreground. The sea is in the background, with the shore line visible beyond it.
Border
, 1750–1800
linen Technique: bobbin lace, Mechlin style

Band with a hunting scene called "Hunt of the Swan."
Textile
, 1850–63
cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller and block printed

Ground elaborately decorated with grouped stripes in strong blue, alternating with broad stripe, the ground of which is printed in elaborate foliage pattern of wild flowers in grey. This is over-printed with flower clusters, asters, in grey-green, white and dull rose shadows, probably by block.
Great Fair Given at the City Assembly Rooms, New York, December 1861, in Aid of City Poor, from Harper's Weekly, December 28, 1861, pp. 824-825.
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, December 28, 1861
Wood engraving in black ink on newsprint paper
Print

Horizontal view of the interior of a large hall with booths displaying merchandise set up all around it (a numbered booth in lower right foreground) and groups of men and women moving about it.
Ceiling paper
Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Floral quatrefoil motif within foliate circle. A floral wreath fills the juncture where four foliate circles join.
Study of Bending Nude Figure
Louis Schaettle, American, 1867–1917, ca. 1900
Graphite on light brown paper
Drawing

Bending female nude shown from rear. Three small sketches on left side of page, depicting same pose draped. Figure bent from waist forward; right arm bent and raised; left arm extended downward.
The Algerian Merchant, Game of Strange People
The Cincinnati Game Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, 1895–1900
Lithograph on paper
Playing card

Rectangular format playing card with rounded edges, printed in black and white only. Part of a series of cards from an educational game featuring half-tone reproductions of people in national costumes from different countries around the world. Within rectangular swirling border, a photoillustration of a male figure in exotic non-Western costume, wearing boots, a hat, and a long cape. Below the image, printed in black ink: THE ALGERIAN MERCHANT. / Denmark's "Sweet Disposition." / "Far-away Moses" and his Pets. / A Typical Turk.; at upper left and lower right: C / 2
Waistcoat fragments
, late 18th century
silk, printed silk, silver and brilliants Technique: embroidered, appliquéd, and printed on plain weave

Bottoms of two waistcoat fronts in ivory silk taffeta embroidered with polychrome silks, silver metallic yarns and brilliants. Applied printed medallions with pastoral scenes, surrounded by sprays of embroidered flowers.
Geisha's Head
, late 19th century
Brass
Matchsafe

In the form of a Geisha's head in 3/4 profile, with raised, finely rendered ceremonial hairdo that wraps from front to back, featuring assortment of hair ornaments, including a large flower with bow and tassles on front, textured comb on reverse. Lid opening intersects upper part of hairdo, hinged on right side. Striker located on lower right, at base of neck.
Fragment
, late 17th century
linen Technique: lace of early premade tape with needle fillings and raised work added

Fragment of a wide band with a design of hunters, lions, eagles, and dogs.
Jeune Fille Écrivant
Norbert Goeneutte, French, 1854 - 1894, 1884
Etching on paper
Print

A young lady wearing a hat trimmed with a bow is seen in right profile, seated at a desk with a particularly completed letter before her. She bites the tip of the pen-holder and gazes toward the observer.
Bed hanging
, 1730–70
silk, metal-wrapped silk-core yarns Technique: embroidery in satin and couching stitches on plain weave foundation Label: silk embroidered with silk in satin stitch and couched metallic yarns

Bed hangings of heavy white silk, embroidered in gold thread, gold foil strips, and colored silks. Each panel is made up of two breadths of fabric seamed down the center and is lined in white silk plain weave. The design is arranged so that golden rococo curves meet at the center seam to form a symmetrical v-shaped pattern, with flowering branches and birds, worked in satin stitch in colored silks. While the flowers are symmetrical, the birds are vertically off-set; each panel shows eleven birds, all different, which appear to be taken from a set of ornithological prints by Xaviero Manetti. Metallic effects in several textures are created with couched crimped gold lamella and couched foil-wrapped silk-core threads.
Ceiling paper
Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Trellis or grid pattern with diagonal lines made up of squares and rectangles with beading. Fleurons are set in the squares. Background is a pattern of three dashes. Ground is greenish beige. Printed in white, beige, brown, gold mica. 
Printed in right selvedge: "S. A. Maxwell & Co." "2423"
Teapot
Carl Thieme Potschappel Porcelain Manufactory, German, established 1872, late 19th–early 20th century
hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
teapot

Cylindrical body and domed lid with gilded flower finial. Flower wreath with basket.
Cruet Stand
, ca. 1810
copper, silver
cruet stand

Flat base with reeded molding around edge; thick reeded guard rings for seven bottles supported by vertical brackets with feathered motifs; tall central loop handle with two applied floral mounts at base.
Wall pocket
, late 17th–early 18th century
silk, metallic thread, metal paillettes, gilt wire Technique: embroidered on plain weave; appliqué of padded silk satin stich and couching on natural linen plain weave; couched gold-wrapped silk and gilt wire plus attached coils of gilt wire and spangles

Wall pocket with three pockets and rounded top, made of dark green silk and decorated with floral designs of applied and padded silk in strong relief; outlined with gold thread and paillettes. Each pocket has a different design of symmetrical floral sprig in green, blue, red, and dark cream. At the top, a winged cherub with a painted face. Edged with fringed gold braid.
Textile
, 18th century
silk Technique: compound satin

Incomplete repeat showing symmetrical design of swags of fringed ribbon with floral festoon at bottom, enclosing array of trophies on column with trumpeter on either side in small fenced enclosure. In white twill and cloth tie on sky blue strie satin ground.
Source of the Gordicchio
Joseph Pennell, American, active England, 1857–1926, 1895
Pen and ink, graphite on paper
Drawing

A stream runs through a town, left, and is spanned by a heavy four-arched stone bridge. Road and a small canal, spanned by a single arched bridge, right. High mountains rise in the background.
Cameo
, late 19th century
Paste

Unfinished head of woman facing left. Upright oval, white on gray.
Ceiling border
, 1875–1906
Block-printed

Wallpaper roll.
Blue daisy-like flowers with green leaves printed on metallic copper background with gold and brown framework.
Funffte Ausgab seiner vorhabenden werckes...Unterschiedliche Neu Inventirte Verkleiden Zu Modernen und Astonmischen Perpendicul-Uhren...
Johann Jakob Schübler, German, 1689–1741, ca. 1720
Engraving on cream laid paper
Print

Plate 6. Design for a large standing case clock topped with an urn filled with fruit. It is placed to the right of a window with an astrological screen.
Brooch
, ca. 1870
Sunbird head, gold

Sunbird's head with irredescent brown, golden yellow and blue-green feathers, mounted on gold bar pin; a small gold leaf on either side of bird's head.
Sketchbook Page
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, 1875
Graphite on paper
Sketchbook folio

Sketch of a woman seated in a chair with a shawl around her shoulders.
Study for "Justice," Lunette in Hudson County Courthouse, Jersey City, NJ
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, 1910
Charcoal and graphite on off-white wove paper, laid down
Drawing

Allegorical representation of Justice holding bowls of a scale in each hand. Her hair is in ringlets held back by a band. She is seated on a chair with ball and claw feet, and her foot is visible, sticking out from beneath her drapery.
Vase (One of a Pair)
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756, ca. 1868
hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold, metal
vase

A blue porcelain vase with gold details. Vase is decorated with a pattern of large leaves in the form of stars. The stacked foot and beaded lip are both finished in gold.
Pair of cachepots and liners
, ca. 1765
sheet metal, metal, paint, gold

Cylindrical containers curving inward to a low feet. Wire handle at each side. Gold ground with chinoiserie decoration.
Souvenir picture
, 1893
silk Technique: jacquard woven

Picture of a house. Woven at top: "Souvenir / Woven in the Columbian / Exposition Chicago 1893." Woven at bottom: "Shakespeare's House / Stratford on Avon"
Light Bursting over Beach with Rock
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, 1890–1900
Pen and black ink on off-white wove paper
Sketchbook folio

Small, calm waves coming onto shore, rock in bottom left corner. Miscellaneous pen strokes in all margins outside image.
Textile
, 19th century
cotton Technique: warp ikat

Oblong panel showing geometric design in the central area with vertical stripes along the sides. Done in reddish brown, black and cream color. Black and yellow along selvages. Fringe on both ends is set off with a line of black and white embroidery.
Ceiling paper
William H. Mairs and Company, Brooklyn, New York, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Loose and widely spaced floral sprigs, non-directional pattern. Printed in red, white, and green mica on off-white ground.
Sidewall
Cole and Son, Ltd., 1835–45
Block-printed on paper

Staggered rows of pink rosebuds with green leaves and stems. Mica polka dots in all-over pattern on white ground. Matches straight across.
Tempietto Elevation
, 1750–70
Pen and brown ink on paper
Drawing

Elevation of a domed tempietto set on a high base approached by steps. Matching porticos appear on all sides featuring columns of the Doric order and sculptured entablature and pediment.
Border
, 1850–75
Block-printed and flocked paper

Maroon flock, gray scrollwork pattern on white ground
Ceiling paper
, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Design composed of overlapping circles and squares, forming four-leaf clover or pinwheel motifs. Printed in tan on a beige ground.
Peep-Show Print, View of Versailles from the Chateau
Georg Gottfried Winckler, German, 1710 - 1786, ca. 1775
Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper, pricked, mounted
Print

The court of the cheateau is shown in the foreground with many figures and carriages, with the road to Paris beyond. Windows of the chateau and dependencies pricked. Verso covered with a strip of colored paper.
Design for a Sugar Bowl
Noritake, Japan and New York, New York, USA, 1880–1910
Brush and watercolor, black gouache, graphite on cream paper
Drawing

Design for a sugar bowl with curved and decorated handle; a dip in the rim of the bowl. Body has allover decoration in form of sunset landscape with cottage on right and path to the left.
Study of boats on the coast
William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900, ca. 1875
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Sketch of boats on the beach.
Sample book
S.A. Maxwell & Co., 1915
Machine-printed, airbrushed, embossed, oatmeal paper

Collection of different designs, each shown in multiple colorway. Patterns for living rooms, halls, dining rooms and bedrooms. Many are shown with matching top and bottom cut-out borders. Some have attached fabric swatch. The samples are arranged with the more expensive in the front of the book.
Beaker
, 1650–75
silver, gold
beaker

Flaring body with large vertically arranged stemmed flowers, repoussé and stippled. Scrolled band in "Ohrmschel" style at top and bottom. Foot ring in lozenge pattern above flat foot, gilt as is the inside.
Designs for Dressers
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1780-1789
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Designs for three dressers. The left dresser is tall and narrow. The central dresser is elevated on ball feet and has mascaron and rinceaux details on the upper corners. The right dresser is open with a flat top. The plate is signed and numbered.
Border
, early 19th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace, Mechlin style

Straight border of Mechlin lace with a design of buds sprinkled over the field, and a border of detached leaf and flower motifs above a row of flowers.
Stage Design: Interior of a Temple
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1796-1801
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

Interior of temple with high vaults on columns with Italian inscriptions. Sculptural group in the middle with inscription. Sculptures of hanged men on the wall.
Trees in Mexico
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1890–93
Graphite on off-white wove paper; verso graphite
Drawing

Botanical sketch showing a view of closely grouped trees in Mexico. At center right, a leafless tree with twisting branches is darkly sketched, while at center left, the billowing leaves and branches of another tree are visible below a barren treetop. 

Verso: Mixed sketches from Mexico showing loosely rendered views of a leafless flower at left, a cow or bull shown in right profile with a figure at upper right, and a house on a ridge- or coastline (it's unclear) at lower right.
Cupid in Flight
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, ca. 1800
Pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Sketch of cupid, his left hand holding a bow. Suggestion of architecture at left.
Studies: Two sitting men
Carlo Maratti, Italian, 1625 - 1713, 1650–1675
Charcoal and white heightening on blue paper
Drawing

Vertical composition with sitting men on both sides. A) Probably Christ, turned toward left, raising his hands. B) Reverse: the legs of the man are turned toward the right and the upper part of his body is shown from the front with his head turned toward the left. His left hand is lowered and his right hand is raised.
Man
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1877
Graphite on wove paper.
Drawing

Sketch of a seated male figure wearing a turban.
Design for a Candelabrum
, March 14, 1791
Pen and black ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

The scheme of the design is a variation of that of -149. The plant shows acanthus and naturalistic motifs. The vase has angular handles. The decoration stresses the horizontal dimensions.
Design for a Stagecoach
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1780-1796
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Profile and rear view of a design for a stagecoach decorated with feathers, scrolls, garland, rinceaux, wave pattern, wreath, and urns. The plate is signed and numbered.
Ornamental Medallion Designs
Théodore Bertren, active in France, 18th century, 1765-1768
Etching on paper
Print

Two oval designs one on top of the other. The oval above is topped by flowers. The lower oval is topped with attributes of gardening including a basket, a spade, a rake, grapes, and a vine. The plate is numbered but not signed.
Frieze
, ca. 1860
Block-printed and flocked paper

Twisted green flock and pink cables, forming circles at intervals.
Dessein de Cheminée pour un Cabinet dont la decoration variée du Lambris est des plus riches
Nicolas Pineau, French, 1684-1754, 1700-1742
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Chimneypiece design with over-mirror mantel and richly ornamented paneling. The mantle is decorated with carved, grotesque heads on either side, and a scallop motif in the center. On either side of the mirror, above the mantle, are engaged candelabra; on the left is a two-arm candelabra held up by a putto sitting on a grotesque motif; on the right is a two-arm candelabra held up by a male herm wearing a headdress. At the top of the mirror are winged herms emerging from scrolls, and garlands draping from a central cartouche with two putti releasing birds into the air. The panel at the left, from bottom to top, features a carved vase with flowers, grotesque borders, an oval with a profile portrait in it, over which is a baldachin. Above this carved paneling is another panel featuring an image of a young woman with a bared breast and two cupids, one with a bow. The panel on the right, from bottom to top, features carved grotesque ornamentation of scrolls and leaves. Above this panel is an image of a young woman with bared breast, plucking the arrow out of the hands of one of the two cupids pictured.  At the bottom of the plate is a cross section for the "Plan du Chambranle" and the scale bar of four French feet ("4 pieds"). The plate is signed but only faintly numbered.
Grotesque Figure
Filippo Marchionni, Italian, 1732–1805, 1550–1625
Pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Panel decoration. A kneeling male figure sits on top of a larger sculpture of a squatting male figure.
Autumn Woods
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, possibly 1872–73
Brush and oil, graphite on paperboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch of a wooded hillside, bright with autumn colors, likely in Vermont. A green, partially shaded, and slightly sloping hill extends across the foreground, while a cloud bank fills the blue-gray sky above.
Vue en perspective de la Cascade et du Pavillon au bout du Canal des Jardins de Lunéville.
Emmanuel Héré de Corny, French, 1705–1763, 1753
Engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Perspective view of the fountain and pavillion in the gardens of Lunéville. The site is filled with socializing, well-dressed individuals, taking walks, sitting under trees, and riding boats.
Old Town of Visp, Switzerland
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, August 1868
Graphite on light brown wove paper
Drawing

Landscape and architecture sketch showing a view of closely-grouped buildings in the Old Town of Visp, Switzerland. At left, the pointed spire of Dreikönigskirche is visible, while at right, the belltower and rectangular basilica of St. Martin's Catholic Church are shown. A prominent building with a stepped gable at center is surrounded by several other multi-storied buildings. In the background, overlapping mountain ridges of the Bernese Alps are rendered as outlines.
Diligence à Cul de Singe à 4 Personnes par le Moien d’un Strapontin
Jean-François Chopard, French, active 18th century, ca. 1750
Engraving on paper
Bound print

Plate 5, Folio 5 of a series of 13 prints of designs for carriages or coaches. Carriage decorated with rocaille motifs, shown in elevation, with details of the various parts at upper left and upper right. The body of the coach is asymmetrical and is made of panels decorated with mounts, possibly executed in bronze. The folding seat shown in elevation at upper left allowed for four passengers to ride in the vehicle.
Trimming
, 18th century
White, black, and colored silk in uncut velvet weave.

Two crowned shields; one shows two lions (?) standing up with forefeet against a tree which separates them.  The other shield is of diagonal bands.  A row of the fleurs-de-lis appears between the shields.  Colors are black, brown, and yellow and blue on a white ground.
Regence style caned fauteuil
, ca. 1725
carved beech wood
Armchair

Curvate rectangular back, caned, posts and rails chanelled; crested with a rocaille ornament.  Curved arms, stumps carved with coarse leaf forms.  Caned seat rails are serpentine, carved with shell and scroll designs.  Cabriole front and rear legs, scrolled feet.
Medallion
, 3rd–4th century
warp: S-spun linen; wefts: S-spun linen, S-spun wool Technique: plain weave with discontinuous wefts (tapestry), open slits Label: wool slit tapestry in a linen foundation

Monochrome tapestry roundel with an eight-pointed star formed by two interlocking squares, containing a smaller square with half spirals. Border of four-lobed motifs in circles, connected by a curving linear element.
Playing card
, ca. 1855
Red and black ink, paper

At top: N 3 N; below central image: 4
Design for a Printed Fabric
, 1820–40
Pen and ink, brush and gouache on paper
Drawing

Tulip flower which is decorated with floral motifs and black dotted boughs with flowers are shown upon light olive-colored ground. Tulips are to be staggered in alternate horizontal rows.
Theater and Government House, Cape Town
H. C. de Meillon, 1831
Lithograph on paper
Print

Vertical rectangle. Above is A/. Oblique view of the theatre which stands in the midst of a square, from the left corner of the frontside. An ox-cart and a group of two men are in the foreground. Caption: Day + Haghe, Lithrs to the King, 17 Gate St.. London. H.C. de Meillon delt / THE THEATRE / Pubd. 1st Jany. 1832 by G. Greig Cape Town. Below: B/. Oblique garden view of the house. A soldier is shown from the back in the foreground. Caption as above with the exception: GOVERNMENT HOUSE, CAPE TOWN.