biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Waistcoat
, 1775–1800
silk embroidery on silk foundation, linen back Technique: embroidered on satin weave

White satin with polychrome silk embroidery and green and brown chenille. Small floral sprays scattered over the ground. Down the center, a series of fish of many different types. Cut straight across the bottom. Pockets are straight.
Seascape
Walter Clark, American, 1848–1917, ca. 1885
Pastel on grey paper
pastel

Distant view of a shore across water with three moored boats. Sunset. High clear sky.
Sewing sample
, late 19th century
Linen

Square of natural color linen net or filet, with simple geometric pattern worked in. Part of ground, in center, has square mesh, part of sides four-sided mesh. Details of design, like slender leaves, are separately worked in buttonhole stitch, and attached, giving raised effect.
Fragment of funerary pall
, possibly 17th century
silk Technique: woven

Fragment with zig-zag band of Kufic inscription.
Fragment
, 13th century
linen, silk Technique: plain weave

Red and tan plaid.
Textile
, ca. 1790
cotton Technique: printed by block on plain weave

Textile printed with design of vertical stripes with alternating rows of flowering vines or scattered blooms.
Design for a Candlestick with Alternative Suggestions
Johann Nepomuk, 1820-1835
Pen and ink, brush and sepia wash, graphite on paper
drawing

Three eagles support a base from which a gain rises showing heads with helmets under the top, and a vase on top. The sockets supported by a winged male half fgiure at left by a fantastical vat at right. Three dogs surround the bottom of the gaine.
Drawing
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, About 1790
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over traces of graphite on cream laid paper

Obverse: a) Danae shown de face lying upon the bed holds a gold piece in her right hand. A girl catches the falling gold with a cloth in the rear. Reverse: b) Vertically: a moulding with a row of rising acanthus leaves.???
Costume fragment
, 17th century
silk, metallic thread Technique: woven pieces stitched together

Shaped piece made up of different fabrics. Principal piece was probably originally intended as neck opening for a robe.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk Technique: two integrated structures, 7&1 satin and plain weave

Stripes patterned in the grotesque style with birds and hounds. Red and yellow.
Portrait of Zachary Taylor
Bureau of Engraving and Printing, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Washington, D.C., ca. 1880
Steel engraving on paper
Print

Within an uneven oval is a bust length portrait of Zachary Taylor (1784-1850), twelfth President of the United States (1849-1850), shown in military uniform and facing frontally.
Cap crown
, 17th century
linen Technique: needle lace

Point plat de Venise of flat Venecian point in a design of scrolling stems and flowers joined by ornamental brides.
Textile
James Garfield, 1880
cotton Technique: printed

Printed patchwork fragment has the image of President James A. Garfield and alternating shield flags patterned with either stars and stripes or an anchor with stars. Remaining quadrants have a printed patchwork design and are divided into eight equal triangles filled with four different patterns. This particular image of Garfield in profile wearing a white shirt and dark jacket and tie is based on a photograph from the Pach Brothers photography studio of New York and was widely circulated around the United States.
Border
, ca. 1840
Block-printed on paper

Green and black strapwork.
Plate
, late 19th century
Creamware with underglaze transfer-printing and painting

A and B, with flat marly bearing the alphabet in relief and rope moulding on rim.  B) of "The Pride of the Barnyard"--three children admiring a rooster.
Pitcher
, 18th–mid-19th century

Brown borders, ribbed body
Design for Round Dining Table on Scroll-Like Feet
A.N. Davenport Co., 1900–05
Graphite on thin cream paper
Drawing

Round molded table top raised on fluted and molded columnar support with concentric moldings at bottom, sitting atop "X"-shaped base terminating in 4 [3 shown] scroll-like feet with carved floral rosettes.
Sidewall
, 1850–70
Machine printed on machine-made paper

Diamond trellis design. Trellis pattern is gray band with vining floral. Insedt panels containing floral bouquet. Printed in brown, green and gray on off-white ground. c. 1850, from Capt. Farlen House, Salem. Printed in selvedge: "1346".
Textile
, ca. 1800
cotton Technique: printed by engraved plate on plain weave

Scenes of children playing. In dark purple on white.
Textile
, ca. 1830
cotton Technique: roller (mule) printed on plain weave

Piece of thin glazed chintz, printed by combination of roller and block or roller and "surface roller". Yellow ground, pillar design in red with capitols in yellow, black and red; sides of pillars ornamented with flower sprays in yellow, red and black. In yellow field between flower clusters of natural size, roses, pansies and columbines, with butterfly, in shades of red, sepia and yellow.
Table runner
Unknown, ca. 1907
linen, silk Technique: embroidered on plain weave

Off-white runner with creamy white flowers outlined in yellow-green.
Album of Medallion or Frame Designs
Théodore Bertren, active in France, 18th century, ca. 1771
Album

Album of ornament prints containing plates from two different series of oval medallion or frame designs, hanging from ribbons, and featuring floral motifs. The plates are numbered and signed with the artist's monogram. Only one of the title pages is bound within.
Sidewall
, ca. 1820
Block-printed on joined sheets

Blue and white stripes with petal shapes in blue on white dots.
Saved
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1889
Etching on cream-colored paper
Print

Horizontal view of with the figure of an unconscious woman supported by a seaman, at center, being pulled to shore by means of breeches buoy.
Woman's cap
, 18th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace, Mechlin style

Woman's white cap with a drawstring at the back of the neck and wide border of Mechlin style bobbin lace at the front. The pattern on the lace is of a basket of flowers centered at the middle of the cap. The pattern is a repeating one. There is one complete motif and portions of the repeat of each side. The border of bobbin lace has been cut and hemmed to fit the hat at each side. There is an embroidered initial "I" on the left and "S" on the right.
Matchsafe
, late 19th century
Enamelled brass

Flat rectangular brass form with hinged lid and rounded corners, the front with enamelled decoration composed of a red-tipped white match placed diagonally near the top, with blue enamel capital letters above and below, forming the rebus, "A (match) FOR YOU AT ANY TIME"; ridged striker on underside.
Ceiling paper
Henry Gledhill & Co., 1889 – 1900, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Tile design with quatrefoil motifs at intersection of octagons. Each octogaon has an inset circle. Printed in tan, green, yellow ocher, and white mica on light yellow or tan ground.
Fragment
, 18th century
silk Technique: cut loops of a tie-dyed, stenciled or block printed warp in a 3/1 twill foundation (velvet)

Fragment of velvet in a chinoiserie design has a circular pavilion with a pointed roof and bells, flanked by fruit and pheasants and separated by looped garlands from scalloped pinnacled canopy. Under the canopy, two monkeys in cocked hats balance on either side of a composite musical instrument with central cymbal which they beat. Diamond framework of flowering vines sets off repeat. In shades of red, golden yellow, brown, tan, green, black, light blue, on a cream-colored ground.
Blue Seascape with Cliffs and Structures
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, after 1878
Blue colored pencil on cream wove paper
Sketchbook folio

Choppy ocean with small rocks in left foreground and (possibly) right foreground with cliffs at right. Possible structures atop cliffs.
Banknote Proof: The Library of Congress
Bureau of Engraving and Printing, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Washington, D.C., ca. 1900
Engraving in black ink on paper
bank note

Proof of bank-note engraving. Vignette, showing facade of Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., seen from above.
Fragment
, 18th century
silk Technique: 5-harness satin damask

Pieced white damask with a symmetrical vertical ogival repeat with fruits, flowers, and decorative filling patterns. Selvages have three red stripes.
Cap streamers
, mid-18th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace, Brussels style

Brussels-style lace in a design that shows asymmetric volutes placed intervals terminating in complex floral sprays.
Sidewall
, 1810–20
Block-printed on handmade paper

Large peacock feathers hang down over drapery edged in pink and green. The drapery has green damask design of ovals and diamonds. The edging has black sprigwork and other foliate motifs.
Armband
, late 19th century
glass, hide Technique: lazy stitch embroidery with beads Label: Label: Lane stitch embroidered glass beads on hide

Arm band of hide, beaded in a geometric pattern of white, black, red, and light orange on a predominantly blue beaded ground.
Border
, late 18th century
Technique: bobbin lace

Bobbin lace border, symmetrical floral; late 18th century Valenciennes
Valance
, 18th century
cotton Technique: mordant painted and dyed and resist dyed (chintz) on plain weave Label: mordant painted and dyed and hand-painted cotton (chintz)

Scalloped valence with one seam. Chintz fabric features pineapples and exotic botanicals in brown, purple, greens, yellow, pink and red on a white ground.
Title page, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)
Christoph Jamnitzer, German, 1563 - 1618, 1610
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Within an eleborate frame resembling a domed building with columns is the suite title and a vine line inscription (in German script) with the date. At the side, fantastic beasts sit on the capitals, and drop fishing lines into basins held on the backs of fauns, below.

Translation of title: "New Grotesque Book, invented graded and published by Christopher Jamnitzer, citizen and goldsmith in Nuremberg. Very old antique temple full of brand new strange oddities in the service of all who love art, now driiven here [to this book] for something new, hoping that this should be fruitful, and whomever does not like it should pass it up.
Five Stages of Life
, ca. 1890
Plated brass
Matchsafe

Rectangular, rounded sides and corners, featuring raised decoration of various character's heads, of different ages, young woman at top left, older man at top right, young girl at center, middle-aged man at bottom left, elderly man at bottom right, a few leaf motifs in-between, lid features partially visible fairy or angel-like, winged character who appears to be peering at group below, reverse unadorned except for raised scroll work at edges. Lid hinged on side. Striker on bottom.
Ceiling paper
Carey Bros. W.P. Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded 1882, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Trellis pattern with quatrefoil motifs at the intersection, with C scrolls and bellflowers. Printed on light yellow ground.
Sidewall and border
, 1868–69
Machine-printed

Small-scale light green scrolls printed on darker blue-green ground, contains sidewall and border fragments.
Mirror with candle brackets
, 1720–35
Walnut veneer on deal, carved gessoed,and cast brass, mirrored plate glass

Rectangular mirror (a) with original rectangular bevelled glass. Inner gilt molding carved with regularized floriation in low relief; shaped at upper corners. Wider conforming cyma and bead walnut molding outside. Cresting, with gilded ears of voluted leaf carving, is itself scrolled, voluted, and pierced at center to admit a round pierced gilded ornament. Shaped base has ears similar to above and bears a pair of engraved brass sockets which receive two scrolled candle brackets (b,c) with circular candle sockets and cups.
Sidewall
, 1875–1900
Embossed paper

Design of chrysanthamum, lily and insects. Printed in red on gold.
Croquet Player
Charles Dana Gibson, American, 1867–1944, ca. 1900
Pen and black ink, with graphite and watercolor, on paperboard
Drawing

Young man in knickerbockers standing, hands on hips, before a croquet wicket, and holding the mallet in his left hand.
Two of Hearts
E. Le Tellier, French, active late 19th century, late 19th century
Lithograph on paper
Playing card

Two of Hearts playing card from a pack of transformation playing cards. Male figure depicted in outline, wearing the costume of a soldier with a sword at his left hip, raises a glass with liquid in his right hand. His left hand rests on a table shown at right, upon which is placed a bottle. Two symmetrical red hearts appear at center top and bottom.
Ceiling paper
Standard Wall-Paper Company, Standard Wall-Paper Company, Sandy Hill, New York, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

View of sky with clouds set within a square scroll medallion. These medallions are linked together with foliate squares. Printed in blue and white on light blue ground.
Unfinished Mountain Contour
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, 1885–1902
Graphite on cream wove paper
Sketchbook folio

Rectangular border with quick, unfinished outline of a mountain in distance, with central peak farthest back and two smaller rises in front, on either side.
Border
, late 16th–early 17th century
linen Technique: withdrawn element work, cutwork, needle lace, embroidery

Border of diagonal elements balanced by asymmetric floral sprays at intervals.
Fork with Porcelain Handle
Bow Porcelain Manufactory, English, active ca. 1744 – 1776, mid- 18th century
steel, silver; soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel
fork

Three curved tines, rounded shoulders. Baluster-shaped neck. Silver ferrule with scalloped edge. Pistol-shaped handle decorated in relief with floral sprays and a parrot's head at the top of the handle.
Sidewall
, 1890–1910
Machine-printed

Vertical stripes of garland, leaves and lavender flowers.
Ceiling paper
Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Four acanthus scrolls branch out from a C scroll containing a single flower. Printed on a light yellow ground.
Portrait Miniature Mirror with Pouch
, 19th century
(a) gold, enameled metal, pearl, glass, paper, pigments; (b) silk
mirror, pouch

Beveled glass mirror (a) set in rectangular Renaissance style frame with gold openwork, opaque white and translucent green and red enamel, and whole pearl at each corner. Reverse beveled glass set with portrait miniature of a young woman. Drawstring pouch (b) of dark purple voided silk velvet, lined with floral-printed silk satin.
Frieze
Carey Bros. W.P. Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded 1882, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Printed two across, bands of mirror-reversed repeating design composed of a landscape scene of trees and mountains and clouds bordered on the bottom by a simple continuous frieze of large and small anthemions and on the top by a simple repeating diamond design on a solid ground. Printed in mica, beige, light blue, greens, taupe and cream.
Sidewall
, 1870–90
Block-printed

All-over pattern of stylized flowers and foliage. Printed in metallic gold, deep red and black on beige ground.
Group of Angels on a Cloud Bank
Angelo Michele Colonna, 1600–1687, 1630–50
Pen and black ink on paper, laid down
Drawing

Five angels are grouped on a cloud bank.
Standing Cloaked Male Figure
Matteo Rosselli, Italian, 1578–1650, 1610–30
Red chalk on cream laid paper, laid down
Drawing

A heavily cloaked standing male figure is seen frontally, with his right hand in front and his gaze directed to the left.
Map of Louisiana (Mississippi)
Johann Baptista Homann, 1664 – 1724, after 1718
Etching and engraving, hand-colored, on white laid paper
Print

Map of Louisiana shows the Eastern part of the United States up to Canada; different colors are used for Louisiana (green), Eastern States (yellow), New Mexico (pink) and Canada (pink). On upper left corner, title of map embellished with an allegorical figure; below view of Niagara Falls.  In lower right corner, a vignette with the coat-of-arms of Lns.  Gall Societatis Indiae Occidentalis and below and Indian man and woman with a bull. (OPB '59)
Trapping the serpent
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, ca. 1595
Engraving on paper
Print

Horizontal rectangle. A large serpent is trapped at the entrance of a cave, a net blocking the entrance. Foot-soldiers and cavalrymen, blowing trumpets and beating drums, surround the cave. Near left center: "IOAN. STRADANUS INVENT. / CORNELIUS GALLE SCULPSIT"; center: "PHLS GALLE EXCUD."
Classical Antiquities
Joseph Clementson, English, active 1836–1864, after 1849
Glazed earthenware, transfer-printed decoration
Plate

Plate with blue transfer print showing classical figures seated on klismos chairs. Scrollwork border with pottery and grape vines.
Sidewall
Cresswell & Washburn Ltd, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1880 - 1900, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Light and dark brown wood-like ground with green wreaths and light brown ribbons.
Handkerchief
, 1896
cotton Technique: printed on plain weave

"Cuba's Heros and Thier Flag" Portraits of Jose Marti, Maximo Gomez, Antonio Marco, Salvador Cisneros, and Calixto Garcia.
Legend: "Souvenir lithograph/ of the/ Grand Cuba-American Fair/ Madison Square Garden/ New York City. N.Y. U.S.A. /May 25-30, 1896." and signatures.
Title Page, The Seven Planets
Hans Sebald Beham, German, 1500–1550, 1539
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Vertical format. A cartouche on which is printed, from top to bottom: DIE TAG / DER. VII. PLANETEN. / SUN. DEN SUNTAG. / LUNA. MONTAG. / MARS. DINSTAG. / MERCURIUS. MITWOCH. / IUPITER. DUNERSTAG. / VENUS. FREITAG. / SATURNUS. SAMBSTAG.
House on Dumpling
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, 1890–1900
Pen and black ink on off-white wove paper
Sketchbook folio

View of ocean from beach, out towards horizon. In center, a craggy island with possible structure (ruins?) at its peak.
Frieze
, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Alternating large and small foliate medallions. Top has a scroll pattern, bottom has stripes with floral scalloping. Ground is blue and the background is an irregular grid with tiny blue flowers. Printed in shades of blue, metallic blue and metallic gold.
Purse
, 18th century
silk, metal Technique: looping

Small round bag with a rose spray on four sides, in green, rose and metal threads. Narrow braid draw cords, with drops covered in silver net. Unlined.
Shawl
, 1850–1900
silk, cotton Technique: twill woven

Oblong shawl of ivory silk twill with deep end and side borders of machine woven paisley design. In pale shades of rose, ecru, and soft green.
Ceiling paper
Carey Bros. W.P. Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded 1882, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Circles of acanthus and floral sprigs surround floral and leaf motif.  Shades of brown, pink, and green on a cream ground.
Sidewall
Zuber & Cie, Rixheim, Alsace, France, founded 1797, 1875–1900
machine-printed on machine-made paper

Powdered background of stylized irises on finely-striped embossed paper. Wreaths of roses enclosed by festoons of ribbon caught on branches of roses and daisies. At ends of festoons bowknots hold clusters of roses. Printed in blues, pink, coral, rose, pale aqua, greens and yellow.
Miser's purse
, 1830–50
silk, metallic beads Technique: beaded netting

Miser's purse  in brown, cream, and soft pink silk netting in a honeycomb pattern, with gold-colored and cut-steel beads. The side opening is controlled by two cut steel rings. One end finished with tassel of twisted strands of beads, the other with a deep fringe of beads.
Fragment
, 18th century
linen Technique: block printed on plain weave

Small fragment of heavy hand-woven grayish linen block printed in black. Design a series of contiguous circular forms enclosing rosettes. Linen ground color forms most of the design with background and center of circular frame in black.
Design for Stained Glass Window
Sir Andrew Orr, Scottish, 1801–1872, 1860
Brush and watercolor, pen and ink, graphite on paper
Drawing

Three tall vertical panels, with pointed arches, each containing figures, and coats-of-arms below. Three decorative openings above.
Opium Pipe with Case
, late 19th century
bamboo, gold
opium pipe

Pipe (-16a) comprising bamboo stem with mouthpiece and head of blackened and partly gilt metal. Long oval two-part case (-16b,c) of reeded bamboo, sections carved and stained in three different patterns simulating basket weave; metal ring and rim.
Textile
, 19th century
cotton Technique: wax resist dyeing (batik) on plain weave

Batik textile, probably a shoulder cloth (selendang) or breast cloth (kemben) in dark blue, brown, and cream-white. Shows an all-over pattern of the "ship of the dead" motif, stylized and abstracted yet bearing its original meaning.
Tassel
, 17th century
linen Technique: braided and knotted

Pear-shaped linen tassel, braided and knotted. Double loops are attached to pear-shaped unit from which hang three knotted elements, alternating and attached to three smaller units. From center hangs a ball.
Feeding mulberry leaves to the silkworms
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, ca. 1590
Black ink on paper.
Print

Horizontal rectangle. At left, a woman is seated before trays of silkworms; center, a group of women, in another room, in background, left, laundering.  Figures in adjoining area, right. At lower right, in plate: "Ion. Stradan. invent. / Phls. Galle excudit." In margin, below: "EXCLUSUS OUO RITE VERMIS, OCYUS..."
Design for Meuble de Vestibule
Alexandre-Eugène Prignot, French, 1822–after 1875, 1873–79
Graphite, color pencil, brush and watercolor on cream paper
Drawing

Wall elevation for entrance hall in renaissance-revival style (although it is called "genre Boulle" in published drawing, see bibliography).  Lower portion consists of console decorated with panels with carved urns, masks and a garland.  Two metal (?) ewers flank a metal (?) covered vase on lower opening.  Central portion dominated by a large mirror with floral arrangement below, niches on either side decorated with caryatids on pilasters, cups in the mannerist style and tazzas below.  Upper portion consists of open pediment with covered cup and a demi-lune carving with cartouche and date (1873), flanked by volute-figures reclining on garlands of fruit, a covered cup on base at each end.  Cast shadows throughout.
Quilt
, early 18th century
cotton Technique: quilted, corded

Small oblong quilt of white cotton with central design and all-over stylized leaf and vine pattern.
Sidewall
Carey Bros. W.P. Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded 1882, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Floral stripe design, with columns of white poppy flower bouquets on stems separated by narrower bands of daisy-like flowers on stems. Printed in white, lavendar, and green on a taupe ground.
The Waistcoat (Caricature on the Fashion of Waistcoats)
Unknown, English, ca. 1770
Engraving on paper
Print

In this caricature, a man demonstrates how a waistcoat can fit around a group of much smaller men. In the background on the left is a picture of the men being wrapped in the waistcoat, and on the right is a picture of a very large man wearing it.
Sidewall
Carey Bros. W.P. Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded 1882, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Large-scale bunches of red and white flowers with foliage. Printed on light gray-green ground.
Ceiling paper
, 1875–1900
Machine-printed on paper

Seemingly random placement of running lines and twigs and floral motifs. Dots surround these latter elements. Printed in metallic gold on soft yellow ground.
Child's bib
, 19th century
cotton Technique: resist printed on plain weave

Child's bib with a design of a very stylized cat and flower arrangement in off-white on blue background.
Sampler
, 19th century
silk and mercerized cotton embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in cross stitch on plain weave foundation

Rural landscape with butterflies, dog, and deer and frame of interlaced motifs.  Date 1917 probably added later.