biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Design for a Frieze
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Design for a Frieze
Bay window
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1880
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of a building facade with a bay window.
Ecstasy of St. Theresa after Circle of Francesco Albani
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1810–20
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over traces of black chalk on white laid paper
Sketchbook folio

Swooning Saint with book on ground before him; Saint supported by an angel and another figure (God the Father?) hovers above at right. Angels and cherubim on clouds above.
Button
, 1848–70
Brass and nickel

Circular button showing design of burning brands and the words "Sapeurs pompiers"; brass shank - button worn by firemen in the engineering corps.

On card H
Ornament Designs
Jean Berain, the elder, French, 1640-1711, ca.1670–ca.1700
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Ornament designs with grotesque and arabesque motifs, featuring a central female figure in profile, wearing an ornamental helmet with feathers, possibly Athena. Two separate designs for ornament in the upper center and center right of the plate, featuring fleurons, herms, masks, scrolling foliage, and a bird. In the upper left, a head in profile, with exaggerated facial features. The plate is numbered and signed.
Project: decoration for a panel
, 1600–1625
Pen and ink, charcoal, on paper
Drawing

This a moulded frame of a vertical oblong. Inside are tangent panels, with empty squares in the outer corners between. In the top section are two stags upon and beside a lath and scroll motif. At the two side panels are figures of women standing in niches below canopies, the niches are constructed as laths, and supported by figures of satyresses. In the lower panel are boys sitting upon goats and climbing podium steps.
Plafon du Salon de Me. la Princesse de Rohan. coté opposé aux croisées
Germain Boffrand, French, 1667–1754, after 1745
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Ceiling decoration for the Salon of the Princess de Rohan in the Hôtel de Soubise, currently a part of the French National Archives.The oval ceiling has at its center an elaborate fleuron with garlands that radiates to the cornice. The cornice is covered in rocaille ornamentation and eight cartouches with trophies inside, and carved putti above. Paintings between the cartouches illustrate the story of Cupid and Psyche.
Détails de la Sculpture du Dossier, du Profil, et de la Devanture du Fauteuil A
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1775-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Elevation and profile of the armchair in 1921-6-279-43, with details of the carving on the chair frame. The plate is signed and numbered.
Cane
, 18th century
Malacca (rattan), ivory, brass, iron

Slightly tapering stick, trimmed with ivory. Brass ferrule and iron tip.
Trimming
, 19th century
silk Technique: macramé Label: macramé

Deep border of red silk macramé with fringe of knotted tassels.
Textile
, 19th century
cotton Technique: pile formed by supplementary wefts in a plain weave foundation with stamping (embossed velveteen)

Radiating feather on a field of scrolls. Brownish yellow color.
Design for a Monstrance
, mid-17th century
Red chalk on paper
Drawing

Loose sketch of a monstrance at center through which a concecrated host would be exhibited for veneration. Two angels kneeling upon the cornices of broken pediments raise a crown above the transparent vessel containing the host with one-hand each. The angel on the left holds a cross in his right hand, while the angel on the right holds an anchor in his left hand.
Mantel Clock Design
Jean François Forty, active 1775 – 1790, 1775–94
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Design for a mantel clock, square with a round clockface with roman numerals, toped by a portrait bust of a woman with a crescent moon on her head (probably the Greek and Roman goddess and personification of the moon, Selene/Luna), flanked by putto holding chains connected to dogs, and a festoon of flowers. The whole is decorated with scrolling leaves (rinceaux), fleurons, fluting, gadrooning, and running pattern moldings, and a central frieze with quiver of arrows, a bow, and a crescent moon. The plate is numbered and signed.
L'Amour
Alexis Peyrotte, French, 1699–1769, mid- 18th–late 18th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

Within a double-lined frame, an ornamental trophy representing love, with a lyre, a quiver with arrows and a caduceus hanging from a cord or textile, intertwined with foliate branches and ribbons. The plate is titled, signed, and numbered.
Molding and Door Designs and Sections
Jean Mariette, French, 1660–1742, late 17th–mid- 18th century
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Molding designs for doors with section views of details for wood, stone, and marble. Each component is titled, and there is a scale in the center. The plate is titled and signed by the publisher.
Cover
, 17th century
silk Technique: compound twill with appliqué and embroidery

Cover with backing and fringe of a red satin ground with design in yellow, green and white of foliated rosettes of two different types in staggered repeat with dot clusters in between. Appliqué and silk holy monogram in center. Blue satin backing with monogram also.
Designs for a Mantelpiece
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphit on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Designs for a Mantelpiece.
Button
, 19th century
Pearl, shell, steel, glass

Flat circular button with shanks, varying. -a: engraved pearl and steel beads arranged in rings; -b: flower with petals of colored steel; -c: pearl and colored steel in rings; -d,h: smoked pearl and cut steel; -f,g,j,m: engraved pearl centers on disc of steel; -e,k,l,n: ornamented steel centers on pearl discs; -i: pearl shell, colored yellow, and set in steel rim. 

Components -a/-c,-e/-g/-j,-k,-m,-n are on card 31
Portrait of Asher B. Durand
Frederick W. Halpin, British, 1805 - 1880, 1865
Engraving on china paper, laid down
Print

Within an oval frame is a bust portrait of the painter, Asher Brown Durand (1796-1886), wearing a long, white beard and facing one quarter left. Below, artist's, engraver's and publisher's names.
Horseshoe Falls from the American Bank, Niagara Falls, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 7, 1856
Graphite on light green wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of Horseshoe Falls and Terrapin Tower from the base of the falls at Goat Island. Massive boulders comprise the riverbank at lower center, while the cliffs of Goat Island ascend vertically to wooded tops at left. Next to them at center left, the Terrapin Tower is shown perched atop the falls as massive quantities of water cascade in ribbons over the edges flanking it. At center, the bulge of Horseshoe Falls curves into the distance, where the opposite side of the falls stretches horizontally across the middle distance. The heavily wooded Canadian Bank of the Niagara River is visible in the background.

Verso: Loosely rendered landscape sketch showing a section of Niagara Falls, partially interrupted by a rock on its edge, producing a billowing plume of mist at its base.
Chandelier à deux branches
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for a two-arm candelabra decorated with ornament motifs including rosette, wave pattern, ribbon twist, acanthus leaf, fluting, garland, mascaron, and acanthus scrolls. The plate is signed.
Design for a Frame
, 1775–1800
Pen and ink, brush and sepia on paper
Drawing

Design for an oval mirror on scrolling feet. Below, a faceted plinth. Crest with floral decoration.
Interior Alcove
Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682, ca. 1651
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for an interior alcove with a canopy bed set within a large room with windows and an intricately sculpted ceiling. The alcove is semi-circular with a rounded balustrade surrounding the bed. The canopy and bed curtain are supported by posters in the form of herms, with feather finials. Two men stand in front of the bed. The alcove is framed by columns with a central roundel profile portrait framed by laurel leaf festoons. The cornice and ceiling are highly ornamented with sculpted friezes and paneling, wave patterns, rosettes, laurel leaves etc. The side walls of the alcove feature arched niches with sculpted figures.
Design for a Pendant
, late 18th century
Pen and black ink, brush and gray, red watercolor on light green paper
Drawing

Jewelry design for a pendant. Six rows of disks are hanging from a "roof" with an entablature. On top a knot, hanging from a red ribbon.
Design of a Console Table with a Mirror
, 1750
Pen with greyish, black ink, brush with black washes, black chalk on paper
drawing

Conceived, probably by an apprentice, in the style of François Cuvilliés. A dragon is shown in an escutcheon in the bottom center of the table, a trophy of attributes of gods in a panel over the mirror.
Table and Wall Bracket Designs
Jean-Bernard Turreau, French, 1672 - 1731, ca. 1716
Etching on laid paper
Print

Table (center) and wall bracket (right) designs featuring dragons, herms, masks (mascarons), basket of flowers, cartouche, feathers, vase, profile oval portraits, putti satyrs/fauns, diaper, and rosette pattern, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), fleurons, flowers, herms, cartouches, feathers, and fluting. The plate is signed.
Chimneypiece Design with Overmantel
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1775-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Chimneypiece design with war trophy (helmet, flags, quiver) at the overmantel. The frame of the mirror is ornamented with acanthus leave ribbon twist detail. There is a scale bar of four French feet ("4 Pieds") at the bottom. The plate is signed and numbered.
Dedication Page to Charles III of Spain and the Two Sicilies, frontispiece for Paolantonio Paoli, Rovine della città di Pesto detta ancora Posidonia (1784)
Giovanni Volpato, Italian, 1733 - 1803, ca. 1765
Etching, engraving on off-white laid paper
Print

Genii placing bust of a man on an engraved pedestal before a shining sun: AL / GENII IMMIGRIALE / DEL / RE CATTOLICO / CAROL TERZO / QUESTA SUA PERA / e se medesimo / OFFRE E CONSACRA / il Conte Gazola. Below several attributes: a horn, book, palette and brushes, etc. Above a goddess on a cloud before a colonnaded structure.
Embroidery sample
, ca. 1790
silk Technique: embroidered on a ribbed foundation

Violet ribbed ground embroidered in a border design of small flowers in white and pale colored silks.
Baignoire
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for a bathtub, viewed from the side, with a high back, and carving including scrolls, acanthus leaves, and fluting. The plate is signed.
A Recumbent Sphinx
, mid- 18th century
red crayon on paper
Drawing

A lion with a human head and Egyptian head dress.
Design for a Pendant Trophy
René Charpentier, French, 1680 - 1723, 1738–61
Etching on laid paper
Print

A design for an ornamental pendant trophy from a series of twelve plates. The trophy features arms and armor, and a framed cartouche depicting a lion intertwined with ribbons, and a lion's skin hanging from a tied ribbon, with a central shell motif with acanthus leaf scrolls. The plate is signed and numbered.
Monument
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, October 1796
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Mathematics, Painting are seated upon a pedestal, flanking the cardinal's portrait which is supported by the standing Architecture. A high and oblong pedestal forms the base. The architectural setting shows coffered arms. A part of the design is drawn over a geometrical one, showing circles.
Panel
, 1821–50
iron, wood (teak), glass

Teak panel in two sections, glass fronts, ground-glass backs.  Fret-scroll metal hanger.  Upper section:  Bamboo, main stem, with small shoots and leaves, all in wrought iron.  Lower section:  Orchids, two flowers, and a crcket, all in wrought iron.
Two Putti
François Boucher, French, 1703–1770, 1738–49
Etching on laid paper
Print

Two winged putti in the clouds. The one to the right holds a feathered helmet above his head, the one to the right, holds a sword by his side. Ribbons wrap loosely around them. The plate is signed and numbered.
Burse
, 17th century
silk, linen, metallic trim

Burse has a center of red cut and uncut velvet on a red satin ground. Border of polychrome cut and uncut velvet on a white satin ground. Trimmed with gold ribbon and backed with linen.
Osborne
, ca. 1850
Machine-printed on continuous paper
Sidewall

Horizontal rectangle giving nearly a complete repeat of a design of Rococo scrolls enclosing two large and two small scenic landscape cartouches. Two figures in both large cartouches, while the smaller cartouches contain goats in one and a harbor with boats in the other. Roses and ferns entwined in scrolls.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk Technique: cut and uncut supplementary warp pile (velvet) on satin ground

Fragment of deep purple cut and uncut velvet on self-colored satin ground. Design of large-scale branches with leaf and blossom. One horizontal row of design remains with branches curving to the left.
Button
, 1801–50
Circular, convex button showing with heraldic device, flanked by dogs, surmounted by a crown. Brass shank.

Circular, convex button showing shield with heraldic device, flanked by dogs, surmounted by a crown. Brass shank.

On card E
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 marble mantel), an arched overmantel mirror, with paneling (boiseries) on either side. The design is split in half with two different options for the decoration and ornament which includes fleurons, scrolling acanthus leaves, strapwork, a profile portrait roundel, a mask (mascaron) cartouche, festoons of fleurons, and flowers, and different diaper and fretwork patterns featuring flowers, pearls, and diamonds. There is a scale below the fireplace.
Brook and Trees
Samuel Finley Breese Morse, American 1791-1872, January 24, 1844
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Sketch of a brook with trees and a meadow in the background.
Sketchbook Page, Folio 64: Study after Bolognese Architecture and Sculpture; Verso: Geometric Designs
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1811
Pen and brown ink, brush and bistre wash over traces of black chalk on off-white wove paper
Drawing

Left image shows Reno, bordered and crossed by houses; water pours from houses in foreground; right image: Mercanzia, shown from portico.
Head of an Old Man
Dominique Vivant Denon, French, 1747 - 1825, ca. 1788
Etching on paper
Print

An old man's head seen frontally, looking down toward the left. He wears a narrow-brimmed hat.
Title Page
Jean-Baptiste Fay, French, active 1765 – 1790s, late 18th century
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Title page for a series of ornament panel designs. The title is lettered below two vertical panels decorated with arabesque and neoclassical motifs including arms and armor, helmets, shields, arrows, swords, spears, quivers of arrows, laurel leaf crowns, draped textiles, festoons of leaves, scrolling acanthus leaves, rinceaux, incense burners, putti, snakes, caduceus, roundels with profile portraits and mythological figures, ribbons, chains, tassels, and thunder bolts. The plate is signed and numbered.
Two Elevations for a Chandelier
, ca. 1800
Pen and ink, brush and sepia, watercolor on paper
Drawing

Two elevations for a candlestick, both with column-like shafts and wide drip pans at bottom. Hanging tassel. Left candelabra has two arms terminating in bronze acanthus leaves.
Trophée des Arts
Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820, 1775–76
Etching and engraving (crayon manner) in red ink on laid paper
Print

A design for an ornamental trophy of the arts. A vignette with objects relating to the arts and its attributes within clouds, including a globe, easel, palette, paint brushes, canvas, base of a column, sculpture bust, spears, calipers, and books. The plate is titled and signed.
Sunbeams
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, possibly 1856
Graphite on gray-green wove paper
Drawing

Atmosphere sketch showing a portion of a panoramic view of clouds and sunbeams. At center, a long, puffy cloud extends horizontally across the composition, while beams of sunlight--rendered as dark and light striations--emanate diagonally below and from behind the cloud. Another cloud is faintly  sketched above at left.
Fragment
, 5th–6th century
Warp: S-spun, Z-twist linen. Wefts; S-spun wools Technique: slit tapestry with supplementary weft wrapping

Fragmented part of figure at bottom.
Petits Trumeaux de la Galerie d’Apollon
Jean Bérain the Younger, French, 1674 – 1726, 1710
Etching on laid paper
Bound print

Fourth plate from a series of prints depicting the ornament and interiors of the King's apartment at the Royal palaces of the Louvre and the Tuileries, part of the Cabinet du Roi (King's Cabinet) series published by the Imprimerie Royale. The plate illustrates six sections of ornamental panelling between doors or windows in the Gallery of Apollo at the Louvre. The panels are ornamented with grotesque and arabesque motifs, including strapwork, fleurons, rosettes, masks, acanthus leaves, shells, fleurs-de-lys, interlaced L's, the Royal coat of arms, trophies, mythological figures, cupids, dolphins, the attributes of Mercury, birds, hearts, garlands, incense burners, animals, canopies, and foliage. The plate is titled, signed, and numbered.
Buttons
, 19th century
pearl shell, copper and glass

circular buttons showing imitation jewel [white glass] set in copper on a disc of pearl cut in slanting radiates - copper shank.

On card 29
Designs for Candlesticks, Console Table, and a Trophy
Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820, 1777–78
Etching on paper
Print

Designs for two candlesticks flanking a console table and a hanging trophy with a cartouche and bird featuring neoclassical ornament and military motifs such as arms and armor, shields, chains, drums, helmet, festoons of leaves, wings, ribbons, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), cartouches, and foliate scrolls. The plate is numbered.
Designs for Firearms Ornament and Fittings
Claude Simonin, French, ca. 1635 – 1721, 1705?
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Plate 3 from a pattern book with designs for firearm fittings and ornament featuring grotesque motifs, fantastical characters, shynx herms, winged putti, a crowned cartouche, mascarons (masks), a gorgon with snakes for hair, man on horseback hunting a deer with dogs, a cockerel, birds, animal (possibly a monkey), foliate scrolls, rosettes, fleurons, and scrolling leaves (rinceaux). The plate is numbered and signed.
View from Olana, Southwest Across the Hudson Valley
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1870–80
Brush and oil, graphite on paperboard
Drawing

Unfinished landscape sketch from the artist's estate near Hudson, New York, looking southwest over the Hudson River Valley at twilight. The wide portion of Hudson River is visible in the middle distance at center, while Catskill Escarpment is included at right. The three largest peaks are, from left to right, Overlook, Plattekill and Indian Head Mountains. The sky is a cool twilight gradient.
Botanical Studies, Colombia
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1853
Graphite on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Botanical sketches from Colombia showing views of various plants and trees, with a monkey hanging from a branch at upper left. At upper center, a small tree top is shown with details; at upper right, branches with leaves are visible; at lower left, a tree; at lower center, a detail of a tree branch; at lower right, a tree with hanging fruits, two of which are shown in larger scale.
Study for a woman, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1895–1898
Graphite, pastel crayon on wove paper
Drawing

Three sketches of a female figure.
Fragment
, 15th century
silk Technique: two connected structures; 3/1 twill and plain weave (lampas)

Eight-pointed stars and more eight-pointed stars within squares.
Sample book
T. Th. Clerc fils & Cie., Paris, late 18th–early 19th century
Medium (samples): wool, cotton Technique (samples): warp-faced plain weave with supplementary warp patterning (velvet) Label: tooled leather-bound book with wool and cotton velvet samples mounted to paper pages

Salesman's sample book of 285 small samples of wool and cotton, mounted on paper and bound in gold-tooled green leather book. Many samples have the appearance of duvetyn, a soft woolen fabric with a downy nap that was used for waistcoats.
The Goddess Diana Leaning on an Outcropping
Francesco Brizzi, Italian, 1574 - 1623, early 17th century
Pen and bistre on paper
Drawing

The Goddess Diana wears a crown with her insignia of a half moon and is depicted in outdoor setting with her spear loosely leaning against her right arm.  Trees and bushes fill the upper left side of the drawing and there is a line across the middle of the background to her right, possibly indicating a horizon line over water.
Designs for Decoration of a Chapel and Garden Statuary
Jean-Charles Krafft, French, 1764 - 1833, 1812
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

An architectural print with an elevation and floor plan for a Chapel's oratory and an elevation for a garden pavilion with a portrait bust on a fluted column in the center and trees in the background. The plate is numbered and signed.
Drawing
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1795–1820
Pen and black ink, brush and sepia wash over black chalk on paper

Horizontal rectangle showing two seated male figures, nude but for drapes across their laps. The left feeds an eagle from a kilix; the right holds a cornucopia and faces a menacing dragon.
Deux diferents desseins de Tables
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1745
Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper
Print

Elevations of designs for two console tables with the plans of their marble tabletops. The table frame is comprised of ornament motifs including tritons, dolphins, shells, cartouches, a mascaron, dragons, birds, and putti. The plate is signed and numbered.
Elevation and Profile of a Secretary Desk, Plate 3 from "Premier cahier de Meubles et d'Ebenisteries" Cahier A
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, ca. 1780
Engaving on paper
Print

Side and front elevations of a drop-lid secretary desk, decorated with a trophy on the lid and arabesque on side; turned fluted legs. From "Premier cahier de Meubles et d'Ebenisteries," Cahier A, pl. 3.
Bergere à la Grecque
Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, French, 1727 – 1801, 1771
Etching on paper
Print

Print titled ‘Bergere à la Grecque', from a series of 10 plates featuring fanciful costumes inspired by Ancient Greek and Roman ornament and architectural motifs. A standing female figure wears a costume and headdress featuring a skirt in the form of a fluted column with laurel leaf garlands. The headdress features two cone-shaped elements with bells hanging from both ends. The plate is titled, signed and numbered.
Design for the Embroidery of the Right Top Part of a Man's Waistcoat of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, ca. 1785
Graphite, brush and gouache on paper
Drawing

A pierced, rocky base supports a column against which a medallion with the monogram "VR" leans and from the capital of which a circular blue rubbon hangs, with the inscription: "IOUIR EST T… (?)". A rose surrounds the column. Plants grow upon the base. Part of the collar is shown on top. From its bottom edge, pearl chain festoons and a flower garland are suspended. The latter, hanging downwards, surrounds the grotesque candelabrum growing from the head of a satyr, so supporting the collar.