biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Distant Island with Church and Possible Debris
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, 1890–1900
Pen and black ink on off-white wove paper
Sketchbook folio

View out to sea from beach, with possible shipwreck debris in bottom left onshore. In distance, at right, large island with a structure at its highest point. On horizon, at left, what could be rocks or a distant outcropping.
McSorley's Back Room
John French Sloan, American, 1871 – 1951, 1916
Etching on off-white wove paper
Print

Three men sit around a fireplace. A window, at left; pictures and a clock on the wall.
Fragment
, late 18th century
silk Technique: cut supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a woven foundation

Gray velvet fragment with a design of white stripes alternating with stripes of dots and black dashes. Dots are alternately black, orange and off-white or black, tan and off-white.
Choppy Sea with Many Distant Sailboats
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, 1885–90
Graphite on cream wove paper, bound
Sketchbook folio

Choppy sea in foreground. In distance, at left center, two prominent sailboats. On horizon at left and right center, 6 distant boats.
Trade Card Advertisement for S. A. Maxwell Wallpaper
Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1909
Offset color lithograph on heavy paper
Postcard

View of a bedroom illustrating the use of wallpaper pattern. Vanity table on left, partial view of bed on right.
Vase
Jacques Sicard, French, 1865–1923, 1902–07
Molded, glazed, and lustered earthenware

Gray-white clay body, molded. Tall, slender, slightly cylindrical body with globular shoulder, no neck, incurving rim; no foot. Design of vertical flowers (stylized carnations) and curving leaves that rise up onto the shoulder. Beneath and between these are smaller flowers and leaves. A few random dots on top of shoulder. Decoration in metallic lustres on an iridescent ground, in shades of peacock blue, lavender, crimson, and green against a copper glaze ground, particularly lustrous at the base.
Scarf sample
, mid-19th century
silk Technique: printed on plain weave

Quarter of a printed scarf in magenta, tan, and black. Field is undyed and border shows lily of the valley on striped ground.
La Chasse au Sauglier (l'attaque)
Gihaut Frères, French, 1815 - 1871, ca. 1830
Lithograph, brush and watercolor on paper
Print

Hunting party in a valley; the dogs closing together, below left. Title and artists' names below.
Study of landscape, Lake Maggiore, Italy
William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900, 1857
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Sketch of a mounatin range.
Church of St. Paul the Apostle, New York City, Chancel Decoration
John La Farge, American, 1835–1910, 1896–99
Watercolor, gouache, over graphite on buff-colored thick wove paper
Drawing

A perspective view of the interior looking toward the sanctuary. Behind the altar, the rendering of the wall decoration is incomplete. Above the wood paneling, one section of the painted decoration is indicated, right. The decoration of the apse is complete. Only one window design rendered.
Stamp Office, Somerset House, from "Ackermann's Repository"
Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827, 1809
Aquatint, brush and watercolor on paper
Print

Long, low, vaulted room, with men working at tables, stamping, by hands and with presses. Title, artists', and publisher's names below.
Roman Catholic Chapel of St. Sylvia
Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925, 1887–88
Graphite and white heightening on brown paper
Drawing

Chapel on slope, steeple at left.
Border
, 1875–1906
Block-printed

Wallpaper roll.
Printed two across, red and yellow flowers with large foliage, printed on beige ground.
Chintz fragment
, 1750–1800
cotton Technique: mordants (2 reds, black, purple and brown) and dye (yellow) applied by brush or pen; blue brushed over resist; chintz on plain weave

Diamond lattice enclosing floral forms. Horizontal line at bottom. Faint pencil line at right where fabric was cut.
Grape Shears with Grape Vine Handles and Slug
Charles Victor Gibert, French, ca. 1890
silver
shears

Scissors with irregular oval finger loops formed out of grape vine, which terminate in grape leaves, one on each side, with tendrils wrapping around stem. Vine form continues until neck where a snail is applied perched with head outstretched over the right side. Swivel mechnaism connects two short blunt blades.
Tile
J. & J. G. Low Art Tile Works, 1877 – 1883, 1877–83
Molded glazed earthenware

Square molded tile made of white clay, Tile face is decorated with stylized dandelions (gone to seed) in an all-over pattern set between plain horizontal borders. Tile is painted deep honey-brown crackle glaze.
Locket in the form of a heart
, ca. 1850
Gold, silver, enamel, pearls, diamonds
Pendant

Heart-shaped, enameled red, with pearl and small diamonds at center; on back side a circular locket compartment; loop and ring with three pearlsat top.
Necklace
Fortunato Pio Castellani & Sons, Italy, founded 1815, ca. 1880–1900
Cast and woven gold, enamel, carved emeralds, pearls

Oval black enamel plaques, each with one carved emerald mask and one pearl drop and pearl studded piece separating each plaque.
Ceiling paper
, ca. 1888
Machine-printed paper

Twisting acanthus octagonal framework centered with leafy forms interlock in all-over pattern. Printed on light tan ground.
Border
, early 19th century
linen Technique: needle lace, 6-sided reworked ground

Border with an elaborate scalloped border filled by floral sprays. Remaining area powdered by sprays.
Flowers
, late 18th - early 19th century
Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu)
Katagami

Flowers with six petals, some of which are overlapping, others are simplying in whole form to create the overall design. The flowers are created through tiny puntuated holes (komon). There appears to be some dark marks thoughout the stencil that may suggest it was used at some point for textile design.
Ceiling paper
Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Floral and foliate wreaths in columns or rows, linked together by foliate scrolls.
Saint Matthew and Saint John
Hans Sebald Beham, German, 1500–1550, 1520
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Figures of the two Apostles are shown in profile facing left: Saint Matthew is seated on a tree stump reading a book and has a halberd propped against his right shoulder; Saint John stands to his right, holding a chalice.
Textile
, mid–late 18th century
cotton Technique: printed by engraved copper plate on plain weave

Plate printed in red showing design of a man and woman dressed in eighteenth century garments. The man is seated in front of a house with a shoe, beside him is a box of tools. Woman is looking out of the entrance door. Scene is set within large scale garlands of birds, flowers and fruit.
Sun Shining on Ocean
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, late 19th century
Graphite on white paper, lined
Album page

Sun coming through clouds producing alternating dark and light areas on water.
Rocky Inlet, perhaps Conanicut Island
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, ca. 1880
Graphite on lined paper, mounted
Album page

Ocean inlet with rocks in foreground, beach and cliffs in background.
The Battle of Bunker Hill – Watching the Fight from Copp's Hill, in Boston
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, June 26, 1875
Wood engraving in black ink on paper
Print

Figures, at right, watching the battle of Bunker Hill from a roof. Ship seen in harbor in distance.
Band
, 16th–17th century
silk, linen Technique: woven

Band with a flower and vine pattern and narrow borders in yellow on white.
Pleated fan
, mid-19th century
Gilded paper leaf with hand-colored lithograph, sandalwood sticks, pierced and inlaid with steel discs, brass ball with silk and metallic tassel

Pleated fan. Gilded paper leaf with hand-colored lithograph. Obverse: rustic fisherpeople against a landscape with water, and scrolling gold borders. Sticks are sandalwood with pierced designs and inlaid steel discs. Brass ball with silk and metal thread tassel.
The Elysee
, 1884–90
Machine-printed on paper
Sidewall

Bouquets of red roses and foliate garlands tied with blue bows, printed on satin striped white background.
Scrolling polychrome passion flower floral garlands
, ca. 1830
Block-printed on continuous paper
Border

Scrolling floral vine with passion flower and morning glory on satin cream ground with gray and green bands at either edge. Printed three borders across the width.
Sidewall
, 1900–10
Machine-printed with oil-based color

Small scale pears and foliage printed in thin oily colors. Printed in browns, beiges and yellow.
Sketchbook Page: Man's Head
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, 1875
Graphite on paper
Sketchbook folio

Portrait of a man with a mustache, turned towards the right.
Band
, 100 BC–800 AD
cotton and wool Technique: tapestry-woven; warp selvage with remains of what may have been a fringe or tassel; 3 sections: a) slit tapestry b) slit tapestry. Use of non-horizontal wefts limited use of wrapping c) slit tapestry, use of non-horizontal wefts; sides: intact, end: one end, warp selvage, with remains of what may have been a fringe or tassel

Two fragments of headbands in tapestry weave.  Red, yellow, green, black and tan.  Part of design has narrow zigzag stripes.
Study of coastline, Capri, Italy
William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900, ca. 1855
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Sketch of rock formations.
Waiting for a Bite, from Harper's Weekly, August 22, 1874, p. 693
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, August 22, 1874
Wood engraving on off-white wove paper
Print

Three boys are seated on a tree trunk which has fallen over a stream.  In the center, one boy is fishing, while another watches.  The third boy, on the right, baits his line.  Forest in background.  Possibly located at Keene Valley in the Adirondacks.  Information from Linda S. Ferber, Barbara Dayer Gallati, Marilyn S. Kushner, Winslow Homer: Illustrating America (New York, NY: George Braziller in association with Brooklyn Museum of Art, 2000), 63.
borders
, ca. 1870
Block-printed paper, varnish

Shaded buff and yellow strips carry rosette enclosed in a square. Square has bell-flower shaped ornament on each side. Strips separated by a deep maroon band.  Printed in buff, yellow, maroon
Container
Gavet Coutelier, France, 1809–19
Horn, ivory

1985-103-281-a/j: Red leather holder with tooled gold borders and ve...;     1985-103-281-a: Barrel-shaped red leather case with stamped gold d...;     1985-103-281-b: Plain silver cup with flaring rim, decorated with ...;     1985-103-281-c: Red leather holder with stamped gold decorations f...;     1985-103-281-d: Blade has straight sides, upper edge tapering towa...;     1985-103-281-e: Oval spoon-bowl with pointed tip, flat slightly ta...;     1985-103-281-f: Fork has four slightly curved tines, rounded shoul...;     1985-103-281-g: Small cork screw with knob on top with hole throug...;     1985-103-281-h: Cylindrical horn and ivory container consisting th...;     1985-103-281-i: Cylindrical horn and ivory container consisting th...;     1985-103-281-j: Cylindrical horn and ivory container consisting th...
Portrait
Jacques Sicard, French, 1865–1923, 1902–07
Molded, glazed, and lustered earthenware
Plaque

Molded red earthenware body modeled in low relief with a Pre-Raphaelitesque left profile of a woman wearing a coronet and having slightly trailing hair. Halo-like image above her head. Decoration of metallic lustres on an iridescent ground, predominately in shades of purple and green.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk Technique: cut and uncut supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a woven foundation

Fragment of blue silk velvet, cut and uncut, on a yellow ground with a pattern of peacocks, flowers and lions rampant.
Illustration
, ca. 1850
Watercolor and gouache on paper

Floral designs, realistically rendered, with butterfly, a large bee and beetles. Painted on a blue-green ground.
Petite Commode en Toilette, Demie Toilette à Pieds de Biche
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1775-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Designs for two dressing tables. The cubic dresser on the left has a dressing table at top and is decorated with ornament motifs including fluting, lozenge pattern, and rosettes. The dressing table on the right has thin, curved, tapered legs, three drawers, and is decorated with ornament motifs including branch guilloche and acanthus leaf. The plate is signed and numbered.
Title Page
Jean-Baptiste Le Roux, French, ca. 1677-1746, ca. 1700
Etching on paper
Print

Title page (before lettering) for a series of wall elevations featuring different designs for wall treatments including paneling, doors, chimney pieces, and bookshelves. A central medallion (cartouche) on a pedestal topped with a vase. The cartouche is framed by scrolling leaves, palm leaves, foliate branches, and a mask (mascarons). A curtain frames the whole scene, with a wall elevation in the background featuring arched windows overlooking a garden with fountains. The decorative paneling features trophies, oval medallions, masks (mascarons), pilasters, and a running frieze along the cornice with brackets.
Designs for Chairs
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1780-1789
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Designs for two armchairs and a stool, all decorated in the style of antiquity with ornament motifs including fasces, busts, branches, fluting, drapery, putti, foliage. The plate is signed and numbered.
Untitled. Landscape.
Howard Russell Butler, American, 1856 - 1934, 1885–1900
Black crayon. White heightening. Light brown paper.
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Rocky coast with a bay in the left central plane. Ships are anchored. Signed in the lower right corner: HRB.
Sign
, ca. 1780
Painted metal

A metal sign. At center, a square with openwork lettering: STAD/ EN / LANDS / EYK / MEESTER (Master of city and country). Around this, scrollwork. Above, the silhouette of a footed urn with festoons.
Design for a Wall Vestibule
Charles Percier, French, 1764–1838, 1800-1805
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor, red crayon, graphite on paper
drawing

A wall panel which is flanked by two pilasters and is out of center contains the dial of a clock over door the bottom is shaped as a part of the dado. At right, two panels with frames and a narrowed other panel and pilasters. Open passage to another room at left.
Study for a kneeling woman, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1896
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of a woman kneeling beside a fountain.
Design for an altar
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746-1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

The mensa stands upon a half-circular platform to which steps lead. Four angels stand upon parts of of columns upon high pedestals and support half of a crown with curtains as baldachin. Laterally in front are two statues of angels with candles. Above, at right, is a rough pen sketch with  the idea of having the angels standing immediately upon the pedestals.
Button
, 19th century
Brass

1931-59-162: Convex button with "Colonie de Citeaux". Brass bac...;     1931-59-194: On card E50
Sketches of Guacamaya, Bogotá, Colombia
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, June–July 1853
Brush and watercolor, graphite on buff wove paper
Drawing

Mixed sketches from Bogotá, Colombia, showing views of a house, a standing woman, a large berry, and two views of a macaw (or guacamaya in Spanish). At upper left, a woman wearing a dress stands in left profile beside home that is viewed frontally. Flanked by trees, the house has a terra cotta tiled roof and two grated windows. Below it, at center left, a macaw, rendered in graphite, is shown perched on a branch. A large berry made up of numerous small circles is sketched at lower center, while, at right, a macaw stands on a rock in right profile. Its vibrant blue and yellow feathers are rendered in watercolor.
Design for a Woven Fabric, Fragment
, 1815-1840
Gouache on oily tracing paper, mounted
Drawing

A fantastical flower plant with a tree trunk grows from a strip of soil; low plants. A bunch of flowers at right.
Studies for Holy Figures
, ca. 1650
Clack crayon, white heightening on gray paper
Drawing

The bust of a bearded elderly man; the head of a woman with shawl in agony, possibly Mary; the head of a nun looking upwards; a left hand; the upper part of a nun's body, pulling aside her clothes to receive the wound.
Trimming
, 18th century
silk Technique: woven

Trimming woven in a yellow checkerboard design.
Design for the End Wall of the Noble Cabinet, Palazzo Altieri
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1789–1793
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid white paper, lined
Drawing

Room, section showing entrance wall.
Monte Rosa and a Bridge near Pontegrande, Italy
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, September 12, 1868
Graphite on light brown wove paper
drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of the mountain known as Monte Rose and a bridge in a valley near the town of Pontegrande, Italy. In the foreground, the sandy bed of a stream is flanked by boulders at right and a group of small trees at left. The stream continues into the middle distance, where it is spanned by a bridge with multiple arches at center. The valley's heavily wooded and steep mountainsides ascend to the upper corners at left and right. In the background at center, the rugged and snow-capped summits of Monte Rosa loom over the scene.
Border
, 1805–1815
Block-printed on handmade paper

Horizontal rectangle. Leaf motif across top, in yellow and red-orange. Below, peonies in pink and leaves in yellow and red-orange, on green ground.
Design for a Sepulchral Monument for a Medici Cardinal
Francesco da Sangallo, Italian, 1494 - 1576, ca. 1560–70
Pen and ink, brush and bistre wash, incised lines, black chalk on paper
Drawing

Architectural design for a sepulchral monument. Below is a dado which is shown in bird's-eye view.  Upon a pedestal with the tablet for the inscription, of which the letters "D O M" are inserted, and which is framed by pilasters with trophies of shields, stands the sarcophagus.  Upon it lies a cloth, the prelate, wearing a tunic and the mitre.  An escutcheon with six roundlets, 3, 2, 1.  A pedestal rises behind the figure.  Above is a group of the Virgin and the Child, who stands beside her upon a bench.  Torches stand at the right front and at the left back corners. Verso: some ink strokes are in the upper corners.
Ciseaux et Pomme de canne [Design for Scissors and Cane Handle, 3rd Plate], pl. 44 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurele Meissonnier
Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750, 1748
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

1921-6-212-16-a: Consisting of five designs; three pairs of scissor...;     1921-6-212-16-b: Side view of a garden sleigh, high-backed seat dec...
Chimneypiece Designs
Jean Berain, the elder, French, 1640-1711, 1711
Engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Two chimneypiece designs. The chimneypiece on the left is set within a niche topped with a bust statue of Dionysus under an ivy-wound trellis with two winged putti. On the alter is a bas-relief of a triumph attended by satyrs. The chimneypiece on the right features a mascaron, garlands, a rondel with a scene of Orpheus or Apollo playing a lyre, sphinxes, and candelabra. Between the chimneypieces is a panel with a console table topped by a pendule, a cartouche, and grotesque ornamentation. The plate is signed and numbered.
Sleeve ruffle
, early 19th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace, Mechlin style

Mechlin sleeve ruffle with the upper part showing floral sprays and leaf ornaments with little squares sprinkled over the field. The lower part has an openwork band with medallions and a scalloped border of pendant flowers.
Gorge between Ceppo Morelli and Macugnaga, Italy
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, September 11–12, 1868
Graphite, brush and white gouache on gray-green paper
drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of a deep gorge between the towns of Macugnaga and Ceppo Morelli in the valley of the Anza River (Valle Anzasca) in northern Italy. At center, the Anza River flows forward at the base of a steep gorge with vertical walls. An elevated wooden walkway is affixed to the mountainside at left and curves into the distance with it. Another steep, partially wooded mountainside at right frames the scene. In the background, dramatic and wooded mountainsides as they recede into the distance. At upper center and upper right, two snowy peaks are visible.
An Audience
Domenico Mondo, Italian, 1723 - 1806, ca. 1740–1806
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on paper
Drawing

Two figures in foreground and several in the background. The figure at right sits in a chair with a circular back; he looks and gestures at his companion. The other stands with his right hand pulled to his body and his left extended toward the seated figure.
Fragment
, 17th–18th century
silk Technique: plain weave with floats of supplementary warp

Striped weave of dark yellow, red, blue and yellow-green. Broadest stripes are dark yellow and red. Chevron-like patterning made from supplementary warp threads.
North-South Lake near the Catskill Mountain House, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, September 1844
Graphite on off-white wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of North-South Lake beside the Catskill Mountain House, near Catskill, New York. Viewed from Sunset Rock, the reflective lakes comprise the middle distance and are viewed beyond a dense evergreen forest in the foreground. A hill rises behind the lakes, and behind this hill, Kaaterskill High Peak (left) and Roundtop Mountain (upper center) are visible along the horizon. Other mountains are visible at right. 

Verso: Botanical sketch showing an unfinished view of an oak tree in or near Catskill, New York. Situated at center, the tree's twisting trunk and branches are clearly delineated, while its leaves/canopy is not included.
Staircase Balustrade Design
Laurent Desboeufs de Saint-Laurent, French, active 1763 – 1776, 1772–77
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

A design for a wrought-iron staircase balustrade featuring ovals, key and wave patterns, rosettes, fleurons, and scrolling leaves with a sculpted flaming vase newel finial decorated with ram's heads on the handles. There is a large flaming vase on a plinth in a niche to the left, below the staircase. The vase is decorated with a frieze of putti, acanthus leaves, fluting, and Greek key handles. The plate is numbered and signed.
Sandy Beach with Breakers
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, ca. 1869
Brush and oil paint on canvas
Painting

Horizontal view of seacoast: dark blue ocean with green-blue white-capped breakers rolling from the middleground into a neutral gray-yellow sandy beach with brown tracks and rows at water's edge in the foreground, as a dark blue-gray sky with clouds is seen in the distance.
Button
, 19th century
Tin-plated sheet iron

1931-59-75: Slightly convex button with "Grenle Mobilisee" pla...
Title Page
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1777–79
Etching on paper
Print

Title page and six designs for trophies incorporating books, quill, jar, flowers, leaves, fruit, plants, scythe, baskets, rake, coral, shells, fish, and nets. The plate is titled and numbered.
Design for a Painted Porcelain Tureen and Tray
French National Porcelain Manufactury at Vincennes, 1738 – 1756, ca. 1750
Brush and watercolor, black chalk on cream laid paper
Drawing

Covered tureen shown in elevation (above) with tray (below).  Tureen with ovoid bowl on foliated legs from which rise rod-shaped handles with entwined bands of ribbon and leaves. Floral sprays in yellow, red and blue of roses, ranuculluses, and daisies on the body of the bowl, cover, and tray; cover with floral knop. Lozenge-shaped tray with floral decoration and bands.