biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Title Page
Jean Mondon, French, fl. 1736 – 1745, 1749
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Title page from a series of six ornament prints featuring designs for boiseries (paneling) to be used in the decoration of chimney pieces, overmantels, overdoor paintings, and doors with rococo ornament and motifs. The title is lettered in a cartouche in the lower center, with a balustrade behind, framed by ‘rocaille' motifs, c-scrolls, s-scrolls, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), festoons of flowers and two ewers. Behind the balustrade, a design for a bed in a niche framed by carved paneling (boisieries), and a curtain drawn back. The bed features an ornate headboard with putti, birds, and a basket of flowers. The arched niche is topped with winged putti holding crowned heraldic shields or escutcheon, with winged female busts below, on either side. The paneling features rocaille motifs, shells, c-scrolls, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), fluting and festoons of flowers. The plate is numbered and dated.
The American Falls, Niagara River, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1856 or 1858
Graphite on white wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch looking southwest down the American Falls of the Niagara River, from a vantage known as Prospect Point. The zig-zagging edge of the falls curves from the foreground to the middle distance at left as sheets of water cascade over it. At center, Goat Island and its wooded contour are visible, while beyond it at right, the Terrapin Tower and a portion of Horseshoe Falls are included.
Study for Reclining Nude
François Boucher, French, 1703–1770, ca. 1750
Red and white chalk on cream paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle with a woman shown from the back lying leaning on her right arm. The left hand holds what appear to be a bed cloth and the head is turned toward the left hand.
LE LABYRINTE DE VERSAILLES
Nicolas Langlois, French, 1640 - 1703, 1673–1703
Etching on laid paper
Print

Plan view of the labyrinth in the gardens at Versailles featuring fountains with animals from Aesop's Fables. The fountains and details are numbered with a legend to the left. A short description and title are lettered above with a scale below. The description includes instructions on how best to use the plan when navigating the labyrinth.
Trophy Design
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1778
Etching on laid paper
Print

Pastoral themed trophy design incorporating foliate branches, flowers, basket of fruit and vegetables, festoon of leaves, rake, hat, shovel, scythe, and pipes. The plate is signed and numbered.
Mixed Sketches, Turkey
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, June 2 and May 30, 1868
Graphite on tan wove paper; verso: graphite
drawing

Mixed sketches around Constantinople (now Istanbul) and the island of Tenedos in Turkey, showing a fortified castle at center, a bay window beneath a projecting wall, visible lower left, a sail boat at sea in front of a tall minaret at lower center, and shown at lower right, a sketch of a boat with three sails is included. The latter three sketches are oriented vertically.

Verso: Landscape sketch showing a view from sea of the city of Smyrna, now known as İzmir in Turkey, and the castle known as Kadifekale (or, "Velvet Castle") that looms over it. In middle distance, the buildings of the town are shown, with a town and a dome prominently visible at center. The bow of a docked boat faces the viewer at lower left. Above, the fortified walls of Kadifekale stretch across the crest of a steep prominence that backdrops the city known as Mount Pagos.
Portrait of Louise Elisabeth Bourbon, Duchess of Parma, Piacenza and Quastalls
Anton Fritz, German, active in Rome, born 1718, ca. 1760-1770
Engraving on paper
Print

Bust-length portrait of the Duchess, head turned slightly to left, body to right. She wears large earrings and matching jewels in her hair. Around her shoulders is an ermine stole. The oval frame is supported by an inscribed pedestal.
An Assault
, ca. 1600
Pen and ink on paper
Drawing

A horseman flees two soldiers, who take aim at him; he gallops through an arch formed by rocks directed toward the shore. His walking companion is attacked by a man with a sword. Another man runs toward the right carrying a club or a gun. Mountainous wooded country. Framing stripes.
Wall with Painting and Consoles
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 18th century
Engraving on paper
Bound print

Design for interior wall. A framed painting or tapestry at center depicting a still life of fruit with monkeys at left, architectural ruins and partial view of landscape in background; the frame of the scene topped with an armorial trophy. Below the painting, a narrow marble console table with two matching pillars topped with matching gilt bronze candelabra. Flanking the painting are partial views of decorative wall panels (wainscoting). Scale at lower center.
Elevation of a Tomb
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, 1749-1761
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Elevation of a tomb with sculpted angels on either side, and at center a painted scene of Christ's last supper topped by a sculpted group of a lamb held aloft by two small angels. This tomb is set against a wall, against which is a sculpture of a saint and on which are scenes of sacrifice and a sculpted group of an angel holding a cross, held aloft on a cloud supported by putti. The plate is signed and numbered, although the numbering is hidden within the fold of the album.
Cup and Saucer with Putti Medallion
Gotha Porcelain Factory, German, established ca. 1757, 1860–1885
hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
cup and saucer

Light purple ground with circular reserves framed by painted chains. The ground within the reserves is pale pink and is painted in grisailles showing putti on cup and military trophies on saucer. The interior of the cup and bottom of the saucer are undecorated. Rectangular handle.
Designs of Carriage Parts
Jean-François Chopard, French, active 18th century, ca. 1750
Engraving on paper
Bound print

Plate 12, Folio 12 of a series of 13 prints of designs for carriages or coaches. Variety of carriage parts in plan view with accompanying captions.
Shawl
, mid-19th century
silk Technique: appliqué on net

Shaped scarf made of green and lavender taffetta cut out in a design of flowers and scrolling leaves and applied to net by machine stitching; edged with green and lavender picot and fringe.
Design for Stained Glass in the Laurentian Library, Florence, Italy
Wouter Crabeth I, Dutch, active 1559 – d. 1589, ca. 1570-80
Brush and brown wash, black chalk on laid paper, squared in black chalk
Drawing

Grotesque ornament with masks, putti and fantastic anaimals.  In the center, a plaque displays the Medici arms. Below, the word: SEMPER.
Metalwork Design
Babin, French, ca. 1750, ca. 1780
Etching on paper
Print

Design for ironwork/ metalwork - a horned sheep or ram supporting a blank coat of arms. The plate is numbered and signed.
Design no. 12 for an Embroidered or Woven Horizontal Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1805–1815
Brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper pasted on paper
Drawing

A fantastical plant rises from the hollows of an undulated line. A small plant stands on the wave tops. Somewhat more than four repeats are shown.
Entryway and Exterior Elevation of the Length of the Room on the Rue de Sève
Jean François Blondel, French, 1681–1756, 1751
Engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Entryway and exterior elevation of the temporary structure erected on the Rue de Sève for the celebrations in honor of the marriage of Louis Dauphin and Maria Teresa of Spain given on February 23-26, 1745. The entryway has double arches and a carved scene of Bacchus and Ariadne set within an elaborate cartouche at top; the columns are covered in grape vines. The arches along the length of the structure have chandeliers positioned below satyr heads, and statues of nymphs holding aloft grains, fruit, and flowers at each end.
Design for an Oblong Ceiling
George Richardson, British, ca. 1736 - 1813, 1770–75
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Horizontal format design for an oblong plaster ceiling. One quarter is shown. Bands separate the inner field and oblongs at the short sides. The latter show drapery festoons hanging from candelabra which stand upon scrolls, connected by segments consisting of calices. The scheme of the decoration of the inner field is that of a frame with festoon surrounding inner circles. In the center are the frames of a medallion, the outermost being surrounded by rows of circle motifs. Winged lions with scrolls as tails stand beside candelabra in the outer circular strip. Below the scale. Framing strip.
Project for a Set of Tableware
Pietro Belli, Italian, 1780–1828, ca. 1820
Pen and black ink, brush and black, yellow, and blue watercolor, graphite on paper, lined with green paper
Drawing

Designs for dishes, eleven groupings in total, distributed across the sheet.
From top row: a tureen with two biforked handles and a vine slope on top.  The plate is in an upright position; caption, written in ink: "Zvppiera".  A fork, a spoon, a knife over an oval bowl.  Caption: "Posta"  and "Navette Per li Bicchieri"; a bottle cooler, "Vaso Bottiglia"; an oval covered bowl corresponding to the tureen, "Terina"; oval bowl as a saucer, the spoon is over it, "Tazzetta Per le Salze"; a cruet frame the handle consisting of three intertwined oval rings, "Porta Oglis"; a silver bowl, a spoon with a wooden handle is shown over it, "Vaso Per il Poncio"; a plate, "Tondino"; a plate warmer with a wooden handle, "Per Scaldare le Vivande."  Bottom center: a round salt cellar, "Saliera."  Two framing lines, blue stripe.
Centerpiece
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Design for a centerpiece.
Design for Decoration of a Panel
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 18th century
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

Roundel with a vestal, and grotesques for the decoration above the mirror, noble cabinet, Palazzo Altieri.
Button
, 19th century
Nickel

Crown over shield, lion on left, horse on right.

Component -a is on card i80
Component -b is on card C
Stage Design: Curtain, The Workshop of Apollo
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1800–1805
Pen and brown ink (iron gall ink) brown wash
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Framing similiar to 3180. View into circular vaulted structure, right part formed by front of temple dedicated to Apollo. Left foreground, herm stands, crowned by putto and surrounded below by musical intruments, books, scrolls. Center: altar with old priest.  At right: three muses and victorious putto over demon. At left: sketch of monument with inscription below, " Teatro delle Muse," above flying flame.
Doily
, mid- 19th century
linen Technique: knitted

Circular cover knitted in a design of diamond-shapes and other lace-inspired forms. Sawtooth edge.
Project for the Coat of Arms of a Cardinal
, ca. 1750
Pencil, pen, black ink watercolor washes on paper
Drawing

The escutcheon shows two eyes; it is topped by a diadem and two pastoral staffs and is held by two angels. Maltese cross behind the escutcheon. An angel holds a miter and a cardinal's hat on top. The supporting angel at right holds a standard with the crossed keys in his left hand; trophy of arms at the bottom.
Oak Leaf Wreath with Eagle
Romolo Achille Liverani, Italian, 1809 - 1872, 1830–1850
Pen and ink, brush and grey wash on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle showing an oak leaf wreath with left-facing eagle and ribbon.
Stage design: Stage, Persons Acting
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 18th century
Pen and ink, brush and sepia wash and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Half circular wall broken by columns (?) circumscribes scene which is framed in the foreground by architectural construction decorated with caryatids. Two actors vaguely sketched.
Dedication page, from Diverses pièces de serruriers (Various Designs for Locksmiths)
Hugues Brisville, French, active ca. 1663, after 1662
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Dedication page printed in black. Above the text is the Longuet  coat-of-arms flanked on either side by a lion and an acanthus leaf. On top of the coat of arms is a frieze decorated with a piece of armor that is surrounded by foliage, and below the arms is a grotesque head. Dedication is to Monsieur Longuet, king's councilor.
Four Heraldic Achievements (Devices)
, late 17th–early 18th century
Etching on paper
Print

Four designs for heraldic achievements (devises) featuring cartouches supported by animals, birds, and mythological figures. The plate is numbered.
Designs for a Mantelpiece
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Designs for a Mantelpiece.
Design for an Embroidered or Woven Horizontal Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1805–1815
Brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper
Drawing

A bunc hf two flower boughs is to alternate with a cluster of flowers over a row of lacy plants. Slightly over one repeat is shown.
Candlestand Design
Charles Normand, French, 1765 – 1840, 1787–95
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for a large candlestand or torchère decorated with Neoclassical and Empire style motifs such as fluting, foliage, acanthus leaves, laurel leaves, gadrooning, festoons of fruits and foliage, eagle heads, vase, sphynx, or winged lions, palmettes, rosettes, and scrolling leaf patters. The plate is numbered and signed.
Toltec Gorge and Eva Cliff from the West, Colorado
Thomas Moran, American, b. Britain, 1837–1926, 1892
Brush and watercolor, white gouache, graphite on gray wove paper
Drawing

Under a heavy grey sky, a deep chasm opens to a jagged cliff amid dark outcroppings, while touches of white punctuate a distant mountain.
Design for an Embroidered or Woven Horizontal Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1805–1815
Brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper
Drawing

The repeat, four of which are shown, consists of five bell-like forms disposed radially around a central rosette, and of a bough with a fantastic cluster of flowers rising on the left side.
Bed alcove and chimney mantel
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1790
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-whtie laid paper, lined
Drawing

At left: the half of a mantelpiece with a gaine with a female bust supporting the frieze of the entablature. The frieze is divided into panels, the central one being framed by the same molding as the opening. Center: the elevation of the tripartite entrance to an alcove, the two lateral ones being closed by curtains. On top of the central one stands a bust. At right: the left half of a mantelpiece, with a console supporting the entablature.  The lateral pilaster strip is decorated by a branch. Below in the center are two sketches similar to the upper one. Colored background.
A Sailing Ship
Filippo Marchionni, Italian, 1732–1805, ca. 1780
Pen and ink on paper
Drawing

A sailing ship facing left.
Designs for Rocaille Ornament
J. Matthaeus Schmahl, German, active 18th century, mid- 18th century
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Four rocaille ornament designs. The design at the upper right features a fortress and a canon with rinceaux and scroll; the design in the lower right features a large rocaille ornament in a landscape with a skull at its base. The plate is signed and numbered.
The Holy Family with Saint John
Simone Cantarini, Italian, 1612 - 1648, after 1648
Etching on paper
Print

Reverse of composition of 1931-94-211.
Trophy with Symbols of the Virtues
Romolo Achille Liverani, Italian, 1809 - 1872, 1830–1850
Black crayon, pen and black ink, brush on paper
Drawing

An assembly of a pitcher, a chalice with the host above, cross anchor, balance, looking glass with snake, balance box with candles, lily and other branches.
Design for a Wall Panel with Fireplace
Johann August Nahl the Elder, 1710 - 1781, 1745
Pen and black ink, brush and gray and light violet wash, graphite on white laid paper, ruled border in pen and black ink
Drawing

Wall elevation featuring fireplace with overmantel and cove above, all in the Rococo style.  C- and S-curves abound on every section of the ornament.  In the center of the overmantel one finds a representation of a pastoral scene framed by feathery plant ornament with raffle leaves that curve over central field and onto the chimney panel.  Some of the plant ornament extends past the entablature and into the area of the cove.
Design for Two Friezes with Putti
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, ca. 1800
Graphite, pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Page divided horizontally into two friezes featuring groups of putti.
Design for Wallpaper Border
, 1825–50
Brush and black ink, gouache on dark blue paper
Drawing

In the center an escutcheon with an empty oval. Beside, a kind of altar lamp suspended at the end of a rinceau, upon which a bird sits; it originates from the inner top of a framed oval, in which stands below a basket with flowers. The ground is blue. The border is red and brown.
Fan leaves, Tenth and eleventh plates of the set, "Divers Desseins de grands Eventails, Encrans, et autres Ornamens, inventés et gravés par Nicolas Loire"
Alexis Loir, French, 1640 - 1713, ca. 1750
Etching, engraving on laid paper
Print

The finding of Moses; the Judgment of Paris.
Trophy Design
François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1748 - 1797, ca. 1767
Etching on paper
Print

An ornamental hanging trophy with pastoral attributes incorporating a hat, birds, birdcage, horn, staff, basket, flowers, crowns, foliate branches, rake, and a bagpipe (musette).
Cartouche decoré
Pierre Edme Babel, French, 1720–1775, 1743-1763
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Rocaille cartouche in front of a statue of Mercury on a pedestal. Water also spills from the bottom of the cartouche. The plate is signed and numbered.
L'Eau
Jean Démosthène Dugourc, French, 1749–1825, 1782
Etching on paper
Bound print

Plate 4 of a series of 6 numbered plates. Symmetrically-designed panel with grotesques. At lower center, two grotesque putti figures with swirling cartouche tails support a platter upon which stands a decorated vase with a mask at center. On either side of the vase, large swan-like birds emit water in streams from their beaks. Above, two putti hold onto branches contained within the vase. Ornamental decorations include festoons of flowers and female figures with a string of fish.
Army Wagon with Mules
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1862
Graphite on wove paper, laid down
Drawing

Horizontal view of an unhitched army wagon among trees, with three [?] mules lying on the ground.
Design for a Woven or Embroidered Vertical Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1805-1815
Brush and gouache on glazed tracing paper
Drawing

Rising undulating stem from which kinds of cornucopias branch off, alternately toward right and left, and from which five lobed leaves emerge.
Designs for Ceiling Decoration
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Various designs for ceiling decoration including acanthus, rosette, grotesque, and geometric motifs and gothic arches.
Rockface near Belalp, Switzerland
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, August 28, 1868
Graphite and white gouache on gray-green wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch a view of a sheer, rocky cliff face in the Bernese Alps the hamlet of Belalp. Dominating the composition at center and right, the rockface has an uneven, fragmented surface and a jagged upper edge. In the distnace, the Rhone is visible as it winds though valley floor below. In the background, the snowcapped mountains that form the opposite side of the valley are visible.
Design for a Watchcase
Jacques Vauquer, French, 1621–1686, 1660–1670
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Design for the lid of a circular watchcase, decorated with a biblical scene representing the flight to Egypt; flanked by two flower arrangements. The plate is signed.
Hercules in the Garden of the Hesperides
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1805
Pen and brown ink over traces of graphite on cream laid paper
Drawing

Hercules shown resting in pose of Hercules Farnese. Dead dragon lies behind him.
Study for "Contemplative Spirit of the East," Minnesota State Capitol, St. Paul, MN
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, ca. 1904
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Two sketches of an outspread wing.
Two Designs for Sarcophagi
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1780
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

Two left halves of elevations are shown. At left: the body is angular, with the representation of a classical sacrifice in the trapezoid of the front. At right: A bathtub form with a fluted body, supported by volutes standing upon a base. Colored background.
Three Herms, Studies after Carracci
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1821–22
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk on white heavy wove paper
Sketchbook folio

Upper left drawing of seated female herm flanked by 2 putti and 2 female herms, supporting bracket. Upper right drawing of seated male herm flanked by 2 putti with garlands, and 2 female herms, supporting bracket. Lower left drawing of standing male herm flanked by male and female satyr with horns of plenty, and two female herms, supporting bracket. Lower right drawing of male figure seated on and struggling with what seems to be sphinx.
Elevation d'une porte à placard à deux vanteaux
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for a double door closet, decorated with ornament motifs including egg and dart band and garland. The plate is signed.
Plate, from a Dessert Service
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756, 1823–1824
hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
plate

flat bottom; slightly cavetto marly decorated with concentric bands of wreath enclosing a peacock on cylindrical vessel, flanked by armorial devices - caption below, in Gothic letters: Les Repas de Chevalerie - pendant to 1938-57-319, -320, to -324, -326, to -330 - compare with: 1936-13-14.
porcelain decorated in yellow, green, red and brown with gilding
Two Ornament Designs
Nicolas Pierre Loir, French, 1624 - 1679, ca.1660–1713
Etching on paper
Print

Two plates of ornament designs printed side-by-side on a single sheet. The designs feature winged putti on plinths surrounded by ornament with festoons of leaves, birds, snakes, rosettes, mask (mascaron), quivers of arrows, roundel profile portrait, rosettes, fleurons, foliate scrolls, and scrolling leaves (rinceaux). The plates are signed and numbered.
Standing Bedouin Figure
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1869 - 1870
Oil and graphite on paperboard
Drawing

Figure study of a mustached individual outfitted in Bedouin garments. Wearing striped clothing, a brown and white robe, a yellow headdress, and red boots, the figure holds the barrel of a long rifle in both hands as its stock rests on the ground. The foreground consists of loosely-rendered patches of grass amongst dirt, while the background is an indistinct brown surface. Although wearing the flowing headdress and draped clothing of the Bedouin people, this individual is actually Benjamin Bellows Grant Stone, Church's neighbor who he dressed up to serve as a model.
Design for an Interior Wall Elevation
Jacques-François Blondel, French, 1705–1774, 1725–40
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Design for an interior wall elevation featuring paneling, for with spaces for mirrors or paintings, designed by Blondel. The section of the wall features three panels, with highly decorative over panels and cornice, with a painted lunette with figures in a landscape above the central panel. The decoration with rococo and grotesque moitfs features diaper and rosette pattern, herms, putti, fleurons, masks, rinceax, scrolling leaves, and acanthus leaves. The dado paneling is plain with sculpted moldings. And a central diamond design. The plate is titled and numbered with a scale to the left of the design.