biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Illustrations for "A Wheel Around the Hub," Scribner's Monthly (XIX, No. 4, February 1880)
Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924, 1880
Etching on paper
Ephemera

Top; upper left, man riding bike, waving hat, down a road. Lower left, back of a centaur walking up the path, hands out in surprised. Vegetation at either side of the road. Image labeled with title, An Unexpected Meeting. Bottom; bicycle wheels, feet peddling; lower right pair of feet intertwined. Labelled and titled, Winners or Losers by Half a Length
Scarf
, 1860–70
wool Technique: printed on twill weave

Fine printed wool scarf; fringed at ends; black background in body of scarf; red background at ends; polychrome print in persian cone pattern; one long edge hemmed.
Design for a Baptismal Font
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1775
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

Octagonal base, shaft with a cherub at the front. The bowl has below a leaf calix, above a frieze with festoons supported by bowknots. The shaft of the lid has the shape of an octangonal pedestal, each side having a circular pediment. In the front is a medallion with two figures, framed by two crossed branches. The oblique sides are decorated with a hanging garland. On top is a cross supported by cheubim. Usual background.
Summit of the Watzmann, near Berchtesgaden, Bavaria (Germany)
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 9, 1868
Graphite and white gouache on tan wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of a rocky, rugged peaks of the Watzmann in the Bavarian alps near Berchtesgaden, present-day Germany. At left and right, rolling, wooded ridges descent toward the center to frame a view of the precipitous summit of the Watzmann. Partially covered in snowfields, the mountain's peak is characterized by massive granite pinnacles.
Balcony Rail (Balustrade) Design
S. Vallée, French, 18th century, 18th century
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Design for a wrought-iron ornamental balcony rail (balustrade) featuring scrolling bands and scrolling leaves. The plate is signed.
Button
, 1801–25
Steel

1931-59-191-a: Flat, circular button with beveled edges; in the c...
Four Designs for Furniture Legs
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, 1860
Etching on paper
Print

Four designs for sculpted furniture legs featuring neoclassical motifs, fluting, gadrooning, mascarons (masks), putti, lions, and scrolling leaves. The plate is signed with the printmaker, publisher, and original designer, and numbered.
Textile sample
American Print Works, founded 1835, 1870s
cotton Technique: printed on plain weave

White fabric in a printed design showing a dark red rooster and "1876."
The Worried Clam
Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924, 1878
Printed in black ink on paper
Ephemera

Left, profile of heron with clam in beak. Right, short story about heron and clam.
printer's sample book
Cocheco Print Works, Dover, NH, USA, 1884
cardboard, paper,and printed cotton textile samples

Small book of printed cotton samples with notches down right edge reading Buffs, Browns, Olives, Reds &  Pinks, Blue, Greens, Stones & Slates, Purples.
Doily
Deerfield Society of Blue and White Needlework, Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA, 1896–1926, ca. 1905
linen Technique: embroidery on plain weave

Round white linen doiley with a notched edge, embroidered in white with a pink border. In the center, a curving stem bearing one large and one small blossom embroidered in muted blues, greens, and pinks.  A signature "D" is embroidered within a pink wheel.
Textile
Robert M. Davidson, 1918
wool, cotton Technique: woven imitation of wool needlepoint

a) Length of upholstery fabric with an exotic floral vine muted red, blue, green and ochre on black background. The pattern is achieved by brick repeat of the rectangular pattern.
b) Same pattern with deep purple, blue-green, dark green, yellow and ochre floral vines and tan background.
Vintage in the Mountains Near Rome
Bartolomeo Pinelli, Italian, 1781–1835, 1807–08
Pen and gray ink with watercolor and black chalk on off-white wove paper
Drawing

The two standing girls, who are shown from the rear, plate 3, loc. cit., are shown in similar poses. Between them a seated boy receives a bunch of grapes from the left girl. The group ends with the girl at the outermost right in the etching, in a varied pose. The donkey is shown obliquely from the rear, at left.
L'Escarpolette
Jean-Baptiste Huët, French, 1745–1811, 1783–89
cotton Technique: printed by engraved plate on plain weave foundation
Fragment

Pastoral figures and trophies with birds and animals. Central scene is a woman on a swing framed by two female herms. The swing is pulled by a string held by a young man. In red on white.
Ornament Design with Shepherd
Antoine Watteau, French, 1684–1721, 1723-1735
Etching on laid paper
Bound print

Page of ornament with a central rocaille cartouche comprised of batwings, scrolls, and garlands. At center of the cartouche is a scene of a shepherd reclining in a landscape; rain is about to fall. The plate is signed.
Fragment
, early 19th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace (Lille-style with heavy outlining thread)

Fragment of Lille type bobbin lace.
Page Five from "Cinquième Livre Contenant des Cartouches Inventés par G. M. Oppenort Architecte du Roi et Gravé par Huquier"
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, after 1751
Etching on paper
Print

Three  cartouches in sequence. First, a shell with voluted lower rim. Second: cartouche field encircled by draperies, masques, a putto, etc.; Third, shell-like cartouche held up by two putti. Inscribed, upper left: "E"; upper right: "5"; lower left: "Oppenort inv."; lower right: "huquier sculp. et excudit"; center: "Avec privilege du Roi".
Costume Design: Youth and Diana for a Ballet
, ca. 1720
Lead pencil with additional pen and ink, bistre on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. A: at left: A young man is shown frontally. He is crowned with a wreath. He is holding a dog on a chain. The raised right hand carries a bag (?). Caption: "Gioventu / Vestito di varii collori con Girlanda chi / fiorni di Marie sorte."

B: at right: the goddess is shown standing. Her head is crowned by a wreath with feathers. The left hand carries the bow, the right one a large arrow, surrounded by vines. Caption: "queste deve servire Par Dianna."
Acanthus frieze
, ca. 1640
Engraving
Print

Calyx and two spirals
Peep-show, Vue Perspective de la Ville de Basle en Suisses du Cote du Fauxbourg de Saint Alban, No. 33
, ca. 1750
Engraving in ink with washes of watercolor on paper, mounted on scrapbook page
Print

Peep-show print
Drawing
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1810-1822
Pencil. Pen, ink. Brush, bistre. Rough greyish paper.

Horizontal Rectangle. Shown sitting, turned toward right, she holds the bow in the left hand. The right hand grasps at an arrow in the quiver other back. Other quivers lie at left and stand at right.
Fragment
A .G. Jennings & Sons, American, 1884
cotton Technique: machine made lace

Imitation Spanish lace in red thread. Net ground with floral pattern.
Peep-show, Vue Perspective de l'Universite d'Augsbourg fondé par l'Eveque Julien, No. 96
, ca. 1750
Engraving in ink and washes of watercolor on paper, mounted on scrapbook page
Print

Peep-show print
Fringe
, late 19th century
silk, metal, glass beads

Strands of white chenille are intermixed with strands gold-colored glass beads punctuated with knots of gold and silver metal cord.
panel
, ca. 1850
Carved oak

Front of a chest, with architectural decoration in the Flamboyant style: five huge arcades, of which the center is smaller, carved with tracery; shield overlaid upon tracery of center arcade.
Friezes: Title Page for the set "Frises Feuillages et autres Ornemens..."
Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682, 1650–60
Etching on white laid paper
Print

A = Jombert 2, 1. B = J. 2, 2. C = J. 2, 3. D = J. 2, 4. | Guilmard, p. 70, No. 2
Escutcheon, Probably a Design for a Title Page
, 1850–1880
Pen and ink on ruled paper
Drawing

New Rococo style. Writing is indicated in the field. Eros and Psyche stand in the framing, either raising a dove.
Cover or veil
, early 18th century
linen Technique: Brussels style bobbin lace

Veil of Brussels-style lace with droschel ground and slender curving stems with leaves and flowers.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk, linen or cotton Technique woven

Plant forms within diamond grid in yellow and tan.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk, metallic Technique: plain weave with supplementary weft

Floral sprig facing in different directions on alternate rows. In gold on blue.
Buttons
, 19th century
steel

1931-59-512-a/c: steel buttons with decoration in blue tinting - a/...
The Fox and the Stork, Illustration for Aesop's Fables
Victor Wilbour, ca. 1916
Pen and red ink, crayon on white board
Drawing

Stork facing left in profile, its beak in a vase, center. Fox at left, in right profile. Two columns in Egyptian style.
Study of Mark Anthony from a Statue
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1840
Graphite Support: white wove paper
Drawing

Horizontal format - Head of boy looking toward right.
Fragment
, 14th century
silk, linen wound with silvered goldbeater's skin Technique: plain weave with supplementary wefts

Fragment of woven silk with a teardrop-shaped motif, filled with small flowering vine, flanked by confronted eagles and addorsed gazelles. In blue and tan with silver metallic.
Fragment
, 19th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace (late Valenciennes ground)

Flowering band above border of ovals separated by leaf ornament.
Sleeve
Unknown, 1836–40
silk Technique: compound weave, printed by engraved roller

1960-81-2-d: Sleeve of a dress of printed silk fabric, ivory wi...;     1960-81-2-e: Sleeve of a dress of printed silk fabric, ivory wi...
Panel
, 19th century
wool, silk Technique: appliqué and embroidery

Bits of colored woolen cloth applied on a light ground in a pattern of vases containing flowers and scrolls, arranged around a niche and in borders. The niche and outer border are of red velvet; silk fringe in several colors at top and bottom.
Dish (One of Six)
Cozzi Porcelain Factory, Italian, 1763 – 1812, ca. 1765
hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
dish

Scalloped shell form with Chinese-style decoration and bow knot.
Design for Sideboard with Six Drawers
A.N. Davenport Co., 1900–05
Graphite on thin paper
Drawing

Large sideboard on six short straight tapered legs; rounded front corners decorated with neo-classical motifs; extended back and pair of columns on either side support top shelf; flat central section on front contains six drawers of approximately equal size in three rows.
Four tiles
, late 16th century
Glazed moulded earthenware

Moulded in low relief, with white, blue, green and brown glazed, forming an octagonal motif, with conventionalized floral and foliate forms.
Fragments
, 16th–early 17th century
silk Technique: embossed velvet

Red cut silk velvet with a stamped pattern of scrolling forms that frame palmettes.
Albums of Prints: German Rocaille Designs
Caspar-Gottlieb Eisler, German, active 1707–1755, 18th century
Album

Album of prints containing rocaille metalwork and ornament designs and motifs by German artists including Caspar-Gottlieb Eisler, Jeremias Wachsmuth, and Georg Michael Roscher.
Ornament Design with Asparagas, Mushroom and Turnip, from Livre des Legumes, pl. 15 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier
Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750, 1748
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

1921-6-212-9-a: A crayfish lies over a shell cartouche and in fron...;     1921-6-212-9-b: Two Fish and a snake (?) lie above a shell fountai...;     1921-6-212-9-c: A rabbit and a bird (up-side down) lay over two cr...;     1921-6-212-9-d: Cartouche framed with leaves and vegetables and ti...;     1921-6-212-9-e: Two birds lie on top of a branch of acanthus leave...;     1921-6-212-9-f: Curving acanthus leaves lie on top of shell.50;     1921-6-212-9-g: Six plates depicting different vegetables. At cent...
Sketchbook page
Frederick Krieg, American, b. Germany 1852–1932, 1864–78
drawing

One of fourteen pages in a sketchbook
Album of Prints: Designs for the Carriage of the Duke of Ossuna by Bernard Picart
Bernard Picart, 1673–1733, 1714
Black ink, engravings on paper
Album

Album of prints of designs for a carriage for the Duke of Ossuna by Bernard PIcart. Picart was commissioned with several coach designs following the Congress of Utrecht (1712-1713) which settled the War of the Spanish Succession, leading to the crowning of Philip, Duke of Anjou - Louis XIV of France's grandson - as Philip V of Spain. Picart created this album of seven coach designs, published in Amsterdam, for the Duke of Osuna, ambassador to the new King of Spain.
Model of the Radcliffe Camera
, late 18th–mid-19th century
wood, gesso, paint, glass
architectural model

The circular building with rusticated lower tier supporting set back upper tier with double columns between window bays, alternating blind and paned windows, surmounted by a domed top with finials around and a spire above, all replicating the Radcliffe Camera building in Oxford, England.
Design for Six-legged Sideboard with Rounded Front and Four Drawers
A.N. Davenport Co., 1900–05
Graphite on thin cream paper
Drawing

Sideboard on six straight tapered legs; rounded front edges each with medallion motif; four rectangular drawings in central section with C-shaped handles and keyholes; low backsplash at back of top.
Button
, late 18th century
Stoneware

1925-2-10: Circular medallion in the style of Wedgwood Jasper...;     1925-2-11: Circular mount in the style of Wedgwood Jasperware...;     1925-2-12-a: Two circular medallions in the style of Wedgwood J...;     1925-2-13: Circular medallion in the style of Wedgewood Jaspe...;     1925-2-14: Circular medallion in the style of Wedgwood Jasper...;     1925-2-15-a: Circular medallion in the style of Wedgwood Jasper...;     1925-2-16-a: Circular medallion in the style of Wedgwood Jasper...;     1925-2-17: Circular medallion in the style of Wedgwood Jasper...;     1925-2-18: Circular medallion in the style of Wedgwood Jasper...;     1925-2-19: Circular medallion in the style of Wedgwood Jasper...;     1925-2-1-a: Medallions in style of Wedgwood Jasperware; a twen...;     1925-2-1-b: Medallions in style of Wedgwood Jasperware; a twen...;     1925-2-1-c: Medallions in style of Wedgwood Jasperware; a twen...;     1925-2-1-d/p: Medallions in style of Wedgwood Jasperware; a twen...;     1925-2-21-a: Three circular medallions in the style of Wedgewoo...;     1925-2-21-b: Three circular medallions in the style of Wedgewoo...;     1925-2-21-c: Three circular medallions in the style of Wedgewoo...;     1925-2-22: Circular medallion in the style of Wedgewood Jaspe...;     1925-2-24: On card 450;     1925-2-26-a/d: Four octagonal mounts in the style of Wedgewood Ja...;     1925-2-27-a/c: Three octagonal mounts in the style of Wedgwood Ja...;     1925-2-28: Octagonal mount in the style of Wedgwood Jasperwar...;     1925-2-29: Octagonal mount in the style of Wedgwood Jasperwar...;     1925-2-2-a: Medallions in style of Wedgwood Jasperware, twelve...;     1925-2-30: Octagonal mount in the style of Wedgwood Jasperwar...;     1925-2-31-a,b: Three circular medallions in the style of Wedgwood...;     1925-2-32: Oval medallion in the style of Wedgwood Jasperware...;     1925-2-33: Oval medallion the style of Wedgwood Jasperware; o...;     1925-2-34-a,b: Two rectangular mounts in the style of Wedgwood Ja...;     1925-2-35: Octagonal mount in the style of Wedgwood Jasperwar...;     1925-2-36: Octagonal mount in the style of Wedgwood Jasperwar...;     1925-2-38: Circular medallion in the style of Wedgwood Jasper...;     1925-2-39-a/f: Six circular medallions in the style of Wedgwood J...;     1925-2-3-a,b: Medallions in the style of Wedgwood Jasperware - f...;     1925-2-5-a,b: Seven circular and one lozenge shaped medallions o...;     1925-2-5-a: Circular and lozenge shaped medallions or mounts i...;     1925-2-5-b: Circular and lozenge shaped medallions or mounts i...;     1925-2-5-c/g: Seven circular and one lozenge shaped medallions o...;     1925-2-6-a: Medallion or mount in the style of Wedgwood Jasper...;     1925-2-7-a: One circular medallion in the style of Wedgwood Ja...;     1925-2-9-a: One circular medallion in the style of Wedgwood Ja...
Fork with Porcelain Handle (Paired with Knife)
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present, after 1730
hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel; steel, silver
fork

Fork has three tines, slightly curved. Long flat neck, sloping from the centre towards the sides. Silver ferrule, octagonal in section. White pistol-shaped porcelain handle. Multi-colored Chinoiserie decoration; tiger, bamboo and flowers on one side, flowers on the reverse side.
Frieze
Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Art Nouveau style. Stylized tulips and leafs, alternating from large to small. Background fades from a light green at the bottom to beige at the top. Printed in gold, green, and shades of beige.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk Technique: cut and uncut supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a plain weave foundation

Fragment of dark brown cut and uncut velvet in small-scale floral pattern against a light gray ground.
Portrait of a Woman
Philip Leslie Hale, American, 1865–1931, ca. 1900
Silverpoint on prepared paper
Drawing

The head of a woman, facing right. Her hair is loosely gathered into a knot at the nape of her neck and she wears a brimmed hat decorated with flowers at back.
Theodore Gardelle
Samuel Ireland, English, ca. 1744–1800, 1786
Aquatint and etching in brown ink on paper
Print

An old man in side view towards right. Half-length, he holds in his right hand an opened book. He wears a white nightcap, white shirt and a dark coat. Illustration for Ireland, "Graphic Illustrations…" I, 172.
Ocean and Cloud-filled Sky
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, ca. 1900
Graphite on white wove paper, lined
Album page

1953-179-85-17: Hatched sketch of flat ocean beneath billowing clo...;     1953-179-85-18: Ocean with choppy waves below sky with sun shining...
Design for a Chinese Pavilion
Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859, 1815–22
Brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. A large structure, with columns as supports on the section visible. The building is divided into three sections, each roofed separately: two enclosed wings and a central open porch. The structure is on a terrace, with ramps and stairways leading to it. Stairs right.

Original album associated with this collection still exists.  See 1948-40-1 accessory
Fragment
, 16th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace, continuous braid-like

Fragment of a band with diamond shapes between two pieces of linen.
Scarf sample
, mid-19th century
silk Technique: printed on plain weave

Red and black quarter of a printed scarf. Shows plain red field and border with scallop shape pattern of berries on grid ground.
Ceiling paper
Allen-Higgins Co., 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Light pink ground with small white liquid mica triangles. Printed in selvedge: "Allen-Higgins W. P. Co." "704"
Frieze
Robert S. Hobbs & Co., Brooklyn, New York, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Art nouveau. Spiraling and scrolling medallions connected by vining with large flowers. Bottom band of waving scrolls/spirals. Printed on light beige ground in beige, light green, red-brown, pink-brown, metallic gold and metallic copper. Printed in top selvedge, "Robert S. Hobbs & Co." pattern number "2616".
Plate XXXVIII from Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum
Julio Paschale, 1582
Woodcut on paper
Print

Crame for transferring solid objects from the ship to shore: water, at  left; boat with columns. Two men turn a screw on a platform that moves the crane. Description in Latin on verso of 1949-152-235.
Earrings, bracelet and brooch
, ca. 1870
Gold, turquoise

Suite of turquoise and gold jewelry with a bracelet, pair of earrings and a brooch in a fitted box.
Eight of Spades
E. Le Tellier, French, active late 19th century, late 19th century
Lithograph on paper
Playing card

Eight of Spades playing card from a pack of transformation playing cards. Vertically, a group of figures engaged in various activities, the spade symbol composing the center of their torsos. At left, three seated figures. At center, two standing figures, one holding a sword and shield, the other with a peg leg and cane. At right, a jaunty man taking a wide step at top. Below, two men carry a sedan chair carriage in which a woman rides.
Necklace
Marens and Co., ca. 1855
Braided gold, enamel, cabochon turquoises and pearls, baroque pearls, foil, embroidered silk (box)

Twenty-one turquoises, eighteen pearls, one hundred forty-eight baroque pearls. Braided gold thread ties.  In embroidered lavender box.
Le Triomphe de Voltaire
Manufacture de Dubern & Comp. a Nantes, ca. 1790
cotton Technique: printed by engraved copper plate on plain weave; all z-twist yarns
Textile with chef de piece

A series of scenes associated with Voltaire including Henry IV crowning Voltaire with laurel, an eagle placing a bust of Voltaire on a pedestal and Voltaire's tomb at Scelliere. All in red on white.
Frieze
Carey Bros. W.P. Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded 1882, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Stylized rose with foliage, above and below serpentine ribbon. Band of thorny rose stem along top edge. At bottom edge, band of rose and stem, possibly to be cut off and used separately.
Bowl
, early 19th century
Glass

Shallow oval bowl with flat, oval base, radial cut. Body cut with sharp diamonds of graduated size. Fan scalloped rim with saw tooth top.
The Drawbridge, plate VII from the series Carceri d'Invenzione
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720–1778, 1745 (printed later)
Etching on white laid paper
Print

Vertical rectangle. Wooden bridges connect piers and arcades in the distance. Spiral staircases on piers connect several bridges.
Low Hills with Trees and Distant Water
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, 1890–1900
Pen and black ink on off-white wove paper
Sketchbook folio

Hill in left foreground with three trees. Two more trees in left distance, and another hill at left farther back. Light sky with well-defined, airy clouds.
Sidewall
, ca. 1870
Machine-printed paper

Green and white floral sprigs, alternating with single green flower. Printed over wide striped bands, a medium gray alternating with fine white pin stripes. The right selvedge has been trimmed on "b". Printed in the selvedge: "16 yards" and pattern number "706".
Goblet
Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853, 1907
Cast gilt bronze

Cast gilt bronze goblet with artichoke pattern on exterior; thick foot with letters; stem is plant-like.
Floral design for printed textile
Louis-Albert DuBois, Swiss, 1752–1818, 1800–1818
Brush and gouache, graphite on pale green wove paper
Drawing

Floral border design, pink flowers, green and brown leaves, scattered buds on field above.  White ground.
The Adoration of the Magi
, ca. 1770–90
Coth and paper, brush and gouache on cardboard
Decoupage

Figural scene; within a partially roofed-over stable is the scene from the Nativity of the Three Magi paying homage to the Christ Child, held by the Virgin Mary at left. Figure of Joseph behind her. At right, the Magi in elaborate dress and coats present gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. The interior setting and the flesh of the figures is painted in gouache, the clothing is rendered in applied cloth.
Textile
, ca. 1870
silk Technique: compound weave of satin and twill

Red length with a pictorial design in imitation of Pompeiian style. Symmetrical arrangement of female figure with doves; below canopy, with garlands of pearls and below female with cupids, and swan and tortoise and below dolphins. At sides, herms with foliage and roses.
Frieze
W.H. Mairs & Co., 1855, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Alternating large and small medallions simulating cross stitch or needlepoint; printed on a gradient ground Two borders printed across the width.
Bronze Old Silla Dynasty Era Spoon
, 6th century
bronze
spoon

Elongated subtly pointed shallow oval bowl, the long curving stem incised with four lines below the terminal.