biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Sampler
, late 19th century
cotton embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: needle lace insertion in plain weave foundation

Four rows of needle-lace insertion.
Shono, Rainstorm, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)
Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858, ca. 1834
Woodblock print (ukiyo-e) on mulberry paper (washi), ink with color
Print

Three villagers with a litter in driving wind and rain on a steep hillside to the left with two others on the right.
"Le Jardin d'Armide" [The Garden of Armida]
Desfossé et Karth, French, 1863, 1854
Block-printed paper
Scenic panel

Semi-circular free standing arcade at back surmounted by a trellis roof. Suspended from a gold chain in foreground, a hanging vase filled with very large roses and other flowers. Sepia architectural dado with acanthus enrichment, at bottom. This is one of the two pictures that go to make up the scenic.
Sketchbook Page: Portrait of Man in Profile
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, 1877–78
Graphite on laid paper
Sketchbook folio

Portrait of man with close-cut hair shown in right profile.
Sidewall
, 1875–1900
Machine-printed on paper

Staggered small clusters of flowers in white, yellow and pink, on light peach ground.
Sampler
, late 17th century
silk and linen embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in long armed cross, satin, overcasting variation, and withdrawn elements with needlemade fillings (reticella) on plain weave foundation

Part of an unfinished white work sampler.  Bands of pattern: open work followed by solid all white.  At bottom alphabet in red and green.
The Tuileries From The Garden, Plate 62 from "Vues Pittoresques des Princepaux Édifices de Paris"
Les Campion Frères, Paris, France, 1792
Engraving and brush and watercolors on paper
Print

A façade of the Tuileries Palace, and part of the garden, with figures. Title, artists' and publisher's names below.
Fragment
, 18th or 19th century
silk on cotton Technique: embroidered on plain weave

Textile fragment with embroidery of blue and yellow silk on cotton showing design of running animals with floral vines.
Convent Garden Marker, from "Ackermann's Repository"
Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827, 1808
Aquatint, brush and watercolors on paper
Print

Street, filled with stalls and a large crows. Some are carrying banners for the Westminster election. Title, artists', and publisher's names below.
"Vues d'Italie" [Bay of Naples]
Dufour et Leroy, 1815–20
Block-printed
Scenic

In sepia tones. Shephard with small flock of sheep in foreground. Architectural structure in mid-ground, with large tree above.
Espalier Garden Fashioned as a Labyrinth with Two Fountains
Daniel Marot, French, active in the Netherlands and England, 1661–1752, ca. 1700
Etching on paper
Print

Symmetrical garden designed as labyrinth with two fountains.  Garden enclosed in a wall with eight gates and lined by trees.
Border
, 1875–80
Block-printed and flocked

Alternating large and small floral rosette, the larger flanked by outstreched leaf clusters and the smaller by line interlaces, bound-rod motif along edges. Printed in brown and gold, with red-violet flock and black overprinting.
Design for a Diadem
, 1825–50
Pen and ink, brush and sepia wash on paper
Drawing

Design for a crown or tiara. Upright directed volutes are fixed by scroll pins at a bar. Upon the pins and at the lower and the upper cusps are triangular diamonds, with round ones at the sides.
Woman on a Horse in Hawking Costume
, early 17th century
Pen and sepia on paper
Drawing

Woman on a horse in a hawking costume.
Sketch of the Virgin, the Infant, and St. John
Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863, 1815-1830
Brush and dark brown and sepia wash on paper
Drawing

The Virgin, sitting. The Infant is leaving her to embrace St. John, standing at right. Framing line.
Designs for Bedroom Alcove Wall Elevations
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1790
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper
Drawing

The alcove has the shape of a broad niche, with a spherical ceiling above the entablature. The main entrance and two lateral secondary entrances are suggested. Above: the main entrance has the shape of a Palladian arch with hermae as inner supports. Outside are pillars. Above the entablature is a pedestal, rising in the center, with a vase on top. Laterally are lower walls with book shelves beside the doors. Below are panels of a dado. In the center above the entablature stand busts. Below: a variation of the before mentioned project. The arch is not Palladian; it is supported by embedded columns. Above the entablature, in the center, is a medallion with a bust between hanging garlands. At the places of the busts are vases. Below the shelves stand console tables. Colored background.
A Street in Trouville
Eugène Edouard Soulès, French, 1811–1876, 1840–1860
Graphite, black crayon on paper
Drawing

A street leads through one of the old gates opening into the city.
Pleated fan
, ca. 1830
Gilded paper leaf with hand-colored lithograph, pierced ivory sticks with spangles and mother-of-pearl plaques

Pleated fan. Gilded paper leaf with hand-colored lithograph. Obverse: a finely dressed man and woman meeting two rustic women on an island. Reverse: Two men and two women around a statue. Pierced ivory sticks with spangles and mother-of-pearl plaques.
Designs for Three Chairs
Jean Démosthène Dugourc, French, 1749–1825, 1790
Pen and brown ink, brush and wash, graphite on white laid paper
Drawing

Showing three chairs, left, shown frontally, rear legs are in center and forked; back consists mainly of a disk between two horns. Center, obliquely shown, plan arm chair; right, foreleg surrounded by disks.
Band
, 19th century
silk on canvas; silk backing Technique: counted stitch embroidery on plain weave

Design of pink and blue morning glories with green leaves, arranged on stems growing form ends of strip towards the center.  Bound and lined with ivory silk.  Worked in tent stitch.
Trophy Designs
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1772–77
Etching on paper
Print

Six designs for agricultural themed trophies incorporating flowers, leaves, fruit, vegetables, topiary, scythe, sickle, shovel, rake, basket, ladder, wheelbarrow, bell, and watering can. The plate is numbered.
L’ORDRE COMPOSIT
Louis-Gustave Taraval, French, 1738 – 1794, 1768–75
Etching on paper
Print

Design for a portico featuring Neoclassical motifs associated with the classical architectural orders of ancient Greece and Rome. Stairs leading up to a door with a pediment and hanging festoon of leaves above, flanked by composite order columns, supporting a frieze with figures above and an arched pediment with a pyramid and sunrays. The whole framed by rectangular panels, sculpted festoons of leaves, and an arch with laurel leaf and ribbon molding, and coffered rosettes. Columns on the sides with sculptures of standing figures above. A cross with clouds and putti atop the arch. The building's façade features corbels, palm leaf ornament, and panels. The plate is titled, signed, and numbered.
Design for Embroidered Waistcoat
Mademoiselle Favel, ca. 1785
Brush and gouache on laid paper
Drawing

Lilac bottom edges of the pocket and of the waistcoat. A row of beads is shown parallel to the last named. View of a meadow with flowers and trees, of which two are shown.
Fragment, frame
, ca. 1750
wood, painted and gilded

Portion of a carved Venetian moulding, painted cream, green and red;  flowers and fruit with running foliage.  Scrolled edge.
Plaque
, late 18th century
wood

transcibed from label on A and B " Presented by Mr George A. Hearn"
David in Prayer
Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, Dutch, 1606–1669, 1652
Etching on paper
Print

Interior: figure of David is shown kneeling in prayer, at right, facing left. Harp on ground beside him, in the foreground. Signed and dated, lower left: "Rembrandt f. 1652."
Monument after Palladio with bust of Palladio and wolf with Romulus and Remus
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, ca. 1810
Pen and brown ink, brush with bistre wash over traces of graphite on cream laid paper
Drawing

Palladian monument consisting of high pedestal. Bust shown.  Figure representing "Painting" shown on palate with nearby representation of Romulus and Remus with she-wolf. "Sculpture" and "Architecture" stand laterally. Three wreaths stand before monument. Verso: woman holding child, stands beside column. Another woman seated at left. Vaulted ceiling indicated. Framing angle at right and left.
Fragment
, 18th century
silk, metallic thread Technique: plain compound weave

Sash fragment divided into narrow horizontal stripes. Stripes are alternately gold with blue geometric and linear pattern and green with pink and gold stylized flower and leaf pattern. One edge buttonholed, and the top is bound with magenta taffeta.
Study for a dancing woman, “Moods to Music,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1893–1895
Pastel crayon on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of a female figure dancing.
Sepulchral Monument of James III and Henry Cardinal York
, ca. 1818
Pencil, pen, wash, and Chinese ink.
Drawing

James is seated on top of a round pedestal against which the Cardinal is leaning. The lower pedestal is formed by a sepulchral chamber with closed doors. A pyramid rises in the background. The setting shows a niche flanked by pilasters supporting a vault. Framing lines are found throughout and are partially cut off.
Textile
, 16th century
silk Technique: 4&1 satin damask

Ogival bands with heart-shaped leaves in red.
Button
, 1801–25
Brass, gold plated

1931-59-127: Circular flat button with shield showing heraldic ...
Model of South Facade of Grand Central Terminal
Whitney Warren Jr., American, 1864–1943, 1910
Photograph on sensitized paper
Photograph

Photograph of the plaster model of the facade of Grand Central Terminal, New York, which facing south on lower Park Avenue.
Wall painting
Mauro Gandolfi, Italian, 1764–1834, ca. 1820
Pen and brown ink, brush and watercolor on white laid paper, squared in graphite and lined, laid down
Drawing

Horizontal format.  A dancing girl holding a garland together with two putti.  Squared.
Fauteuil en Gondole tournant sur Pivot
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1775-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Design for an armchair that can swivel on its base. The chair is covered in a striped and patterned textile and is decorated with carved ornament motifs including interlocking piastre, a wreath with laurel branches, fluting, and bead course. The plate is signed and numbered.
Sidewall
, 1750
leather, silvered, varnished and painted

Vining floral pattern. Red flowers and blue flowers in intertwined vine. Painted in colors on embossed ground.
Two Arabesque Panel Designs
Jean-Baptiste Fay, French, active 1765 – 1790s, late 18th century
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Fourth plate from a series of ornament panel designs. Two vertical panels with arabesque and neoclassical motifs including birds, birds' nests, flaming torches, quivers of arrows, draped fabric, tassels, baskets of flowers, a hat, shepherd's crook, festoons of flowers and leaves, fruit, wheat stalks, scrolling acanthus leaves, fleurons, and beads. The plate is numbered and signed.
Door frames giving impression of Renaissance works in ruins
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1780–1790
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Inscription tablets are over the arched door openings. Colored background.
Mountains near Berchtesgaden, Bavaria (Germany)
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 1868
Oil and graphite on tan paperboard
drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of mountains in the Bavarian alps in Germany. A rolling, wooded hill stretches across the foreground in front of two tall and rugged mountains in the middle distance at left and right. The converging slopes of these mountains forms a "V" that frames a rocky, snow-capped peak in the distance--possibly Untersberg--which is bathed in the rosy orange light of the rising or setting sun. Above, cream colored clouds stretch across an otherwise blue sky.
Bed curtain
, 19th century
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered on plain weave

Bed curtain of hand-spun undyed linen, embroidered with a border of tree of life, peacock, and dog motifs in red, beige and green silks. With tassels.
Sidewall
, ca. 1710
Leather, stamped, silvered, painted

With blue field, flowers raised against a diapered background, printed on blue field.
Sketches for Frames and Escutcheons
Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786, 1758–69
Pen and sepia ink on laid paper
Drawing

One of the escutcheons indicated as that of Pope Clement XIII (1758-69). On verso in artist's handwriting: "In questo punto a mandar e Lavon;" five partial triangles in a vertical row.
Trimming
, 19th century
silk Technique: cut supplementary warp pile in a satin ground (velvet)

Red and yellow trimming fragment in a Greek fret pattern.
Wallpaper Design
, 1840–60
Brush and gouache, graphite on white paper
Drawing

A dado is shown at the bottom. On top are a purple stripe, an entablature, a brown and a dark gray stripe. The dove gray panel is decorated with a net and stylized and elongated blossoms.
Fireplace (Chimney Piece and Mantel) Design
François II de Poilly, French, 1666 – 1741, 1712
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

An interior wall elevation with a fireplace (chimney piece and mantel) to the left and wall paneling (boiseries) to the right. The backplate features the French Royal coat of arms with the three fleurs-de-lys. The mantel is marble, with two variations in the design (split in half). The overmantel mirror or frame features a central cartouche above, with a mask (mascaron), scrolling acanthus leaves, fleurons, diaper pattern, strapwork, and s-scrolls. To the right of the overmantel, is a wall sconce with two candles, decorated with vine leaves, grapes and strapwork. The cornice design is split into two with different options, a strapwork diaper and rosette molding or a running pattern featuring rosettes, strapwork, acanthus leaves, and fleurons. The paneling (boiseries) to the right includes two smaller horizontal panels and a larger central panel with similar motifs and ornament, and a plain dado level below.
Clock Case Design
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, ca. 1900
Photomechanical print
Bound print

Page with a profile and design of a wall pendule, or clock case, decorated with a vase, dragons, scrolls, cartouches, and lion head mascaron. The plate is signed and numbered.
Wooded Lakeshore
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, possibly 1856
Graphite on gray-green wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of trees and vegetation the far shoreline a lake in a mountainous landscape, possibly in Maine. The water's surface is visible along the lower margin before it meets the shoreline just above. At least seven tall trees stand on the shore, surrounded by other indistinct vegetation and undergrowth. In the background, the outline of a distant mountain range is shown.
Panneau avec porte vitrée
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for wall panels with a door at center; the door has six planes of glass in the upper two thirds. Above the door is a panel decorated with a relief of a vase with flowers, garland, crossed branches, ribbon, and egg and dart band. The plate is signed.
Design for a Comb
, ca. 1830
Pen and ink, brush and gray, yellow watercolor on paper
Drawing

Jewelry design for a hair comb. The cresting has the shape of a spheric triangle, with a row of round diamonds as a frame. In the center, a diamond framed as a blossom. On every side a rinceau of a branch with leaves, pomegranates and other fruits. Below, a metal stripe with an engraved frieze of scallops. Twenty-seven tines.
Side View of the First Carriage (1686) of Lord Castelmaine Built in 1686 by Andrea Cornely after Ciro Ferri, 1687-1700
Giovanni Battista Lenardi, Italian, 1634 – 1704, 1687–1700
Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper
Print

Side view of carriage with allover ornate decoration of shells and scrolls; carved figures in front and rear.
Sidewall
, ca. 1800
Block printed on handmade paper

Vertical rectangle composed of joined sheets of paper. Framework of tangent octagons outlined by foliate forms and squares, enclosing hexagons outlined by yellow-orange honeysuckle motif. Between top, bottom and sides of octagons, square panels with large rosettes formed of interlacing ogival forms.
Designs for Firearms Ornament and Fittings
Claude Simonin, French, ca. 1635 – 1721, 1705
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Plate ten from a pattern book with designs for firearm fittings and ornament featuring grotesque motifs, fantastical creatures, putti, animals, mascarons (masks), lions, foliate scrolls, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), fleurons, and rosettes. The plate is numbered and signed.
Détails d’une Glaciere precede d’un Temple Egyptien et surmontée d’un Kiosque le tout construit dans le Parc de Mr. Davelouis à Soisy sous Etiole par Dubois ainé Architecte, Eleve et 1er neveu du Feu Antoine Archte. des Monnoies de France
Jean-Charles Krafft, French, 1764 - 1833, 1812
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Exterior elevation within its landscape and floorplan for an icehouse and Egyptian style temple with obelisks, columns, sculptures, and hieroglyphs. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
Design for Holy Water Spouts, from "Inventions Pour Faire des Plaques"
Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682, ca. 1660
Etching on paper
Print

Verso: Blotted red crayon sketches; three pointed ornaments.
Insects
, 18th century
Rice paper
Drawing

Detailed representation of five butterflies, a flying grasshopper, caterpillar and a beetle. Insects and butterflies in brilliant colors.
baluster
, ca. 1800
Maple

Turned baluster; square base, turned shaft twisted in upper part. Lacks square capital.
Designs for Bowl, Cup, and Saucer
, mid- 19th century
Brush and gray, yellow, brown watercolor on cream paper
Drawing

Designs for parts of a tea service, including a bowl, cup, and saucer. Probably made of cut glass, opal, and hyalite. Handle is shown at right. The decorations consist mainly of a row of gray ovoidal holes with gold beads inside, around the bodies. Golden handle and border lines.
Botanical Sketches from the Río Magdalena, Colombia
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, May 1853
Graphite on gray-green laid paper
Drawing

Botanical sketches along the Magdalena River, Colombia. Palm tree visible at left and a hanging bough with leaves visible at right. Sketch of each with foliage at lower right.
Icebergs of Twillingate, Canada
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 4, 1859
Oil and graphite on tan paperboard
Drawing

Seascape sketch showing three views of an iceberg near Twillingate in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, from different angles and in various stages of disintegration. One view comprises the upper half of the composition and shows a large iceberg characterized by the bulging, cubic mass on its left side, and the lower, craggy spit of ice at right. Dark ocean waters comprise the foreground and grow lighter, into a shade of aquamarine, around the iceberg's shallows. A hazy, possibly overcast sky above. At lower left, the same iceberg floats on dark water in front of a rugged, mountainous coastline. While, at lower right, the berg, now at a greater distance, is loosely rendered beneath an overcast sky.
Study for "Mathematics," "The Sciences," Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, ca. 1895
Graphite on paper
Drawing

A nude female figure is seated holding an abacus in an upright position. The paper is squared for transferring the image.
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

Hanging halves of leaves form a strip beside a simplified vartiation of 1920-36-105.
Panel for a fan case
, 19th century
silk, metallic yarns Technique: embroidered in couching, satin, and chain stitches on satin weave

1942-7-9-a: Long panel of red satin with floral design embroid...;     1942-7-9-b: Long panel for a fan case. Completely covered with...
Mountain Landscape on the Road to Mocha, Ecuador
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, June 16, 1857
Graphite on light brown paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of a rugged mountain landscape seen, according to the artist's inscription, on the road to the town of Mocha in Ecuador. In the foreground at lower left, a rugged prominence with rounded tops is visible in front of a larger but similar peak in the middle distance at center. Its rough peak has several rocky, rounded forms that continue on a pair of ridges to the right. A billowing cloud is faintly rendered in the background at upper right.
Two doorknobs
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1790
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Two doorknobs.
Title Page
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, late 18th century
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Title page for a series of fashion designs for waistcoats (vests). Designs for two embroidered men's waistcoats decorated with floral (flowers) and feather motifs. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
Woman
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1877
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of a female figure holding an open fan.
Orfèvre Grossier, Ouvrages
J.R. Lucotte, French, 1733 – 1784, 1762
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Plate depicting designs for eight silver liturgical objects. The objects include a thurible, candlestick, incense boat, chalice, monstrance, ewer, vase, and cup. The objects are decorated with rococo motifs, and angels. The objects are numbered and lettered. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
Button
, 1868–72
Brass

Eagle with spread wings on bar with lightning bolts surrounded by "Garde Nationale Publique". On reverse, "A Cardier Paris". Double shank.

On card 57
LE PONT ROIAL DES THUILERIES
Livens, unknown, active 1687 – 1703, 1687–1703
Etching on laid paper
Print

View of Paris with the river Seine in the center with the Pont Royal in the foreground. Barges, and boats with figures along the river. Buildings along the banks of the river. Trees, buildings, hills, and windmills in the background. A description of the bridge is lettered below with an explanatory legend. The plate is titled and signed.
Design for a Daybed
Jean-Charles Delafosse, French, 1734 – 1789, 1849–66
Etching on paper
Print

Design for an upholstered daybed with a carved frame featuring scrolling leaves, festoons of flowers, shells, a bird, and flaming torches. The plate is signed with the printmaker, publisher, and original designer, and numbered.
Fragment
, 1695–1725
silk, linen Technique: satin and twill weave in a plain weave foundation (brocatelle) Label: Silk, linen plain compound satin weave

Large leaves and globular bud forms that resemble poppy buds. Pattern in red on a dark yellow ground.
Tile
, late 18th–early 19th century
Earthenware, glazed and high fire decorated

Woman in bluish skirt and yellow apron, holding a bundle on her head and another in her right hand.
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

Five big lace leaves in heart shape form an undulating leaf stem. A waved line is at the bottom.
A Young Woman (St. Mary Magdalene under the Cross)
Marco dal Pino, Italian, ca. 1525–ca. 1587, 1550–75
Red chalk on thin brown paper
Drawing

Shown in three-quarter profile from the back, a woman with flowing robes and head and hand raised.
Design for Two Cartouches
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1745
Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper
Print

Designs for two cartouches, each containing within it mountainous landscape scenes with rustic architecture. The cartouches are comprised of diverse elements including attributes of hunting, trellises, and foliage. The plate is signed and numbered.