biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Design for a Candlestick
Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750, 1748
Etching on paper
Print

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View of the Dining Hall in Magdalen College, Oxford
Joseph Nash The Elder, British, 1808 - 1878, 1856
Brush and watercolor, white gouache, gray wash, black ink and graphite on heavy off-white wove paper
Drawing

The Magdalen College dining hall is furnished with long tables, chairs and benches. One table is set for a meal with a white linen cloth, glasses and utensils. The Tudor style is reflected in the linen-fold panelled walls, carved with scenes from the life of St. Mary Magdalen; vaulted plaster ceiling; and leaded stained glass windows. Portraits of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey and of the Magdalen College founder, William Waynflete, hang in their original positions, joined by portraits of others associated with the College.
Sketchbook Page: Seated Baby
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, 1875
Graphite on paper
Sketchbook folio

Sketch of a seated baby with one eye open, legs towards the right. Additional face seen in profile below, possibly a carving on the seat.
Spreading the leaves on the feeding trays
Philip Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612, ca. 1590
Engraving on paper
Print

Woman busily spreading leaves on the tiers of trays, right.  Through the open door, left a view showing women gathering mulberry leaves from the trees.  A man, in center foreground, empties a sack of leaves on the floor.
Sketchbook Page: Portrait
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, 1883
Graphite on paper
Sketchbook folio

Recto: Sketch of a man with a mustache, facing frontally.
Verso: Sketch of a man with exaggerated features, including an over-sized head, large eyes, and a large nose, facing towards the left with his right arm raised, perhaps leaning against something.
Sketchbook Page: Seated Figure with Violin
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, 1875
Graphite on paper
Sketchbook folio

Seated male figure, possibly in period costume, playing a violin.
Fragment
, 17th–18th century
1902-1-304Medium: silk Technique: 5-harness satin damask

Short length of red damask in a symmetrical arrangement of large flowers and scrolling leaves.
Portrait Sketch of a Young Woman with Closed Eyes
Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923, ca. 1885
Black, blue crayons, white chalk, on gray paper
Drawing

Head of a young girl, turned toward the right in three-quarter view. Her head is slightly tilted, her glance downward to the right. Her hair is formed with a knot on top of her head. Signed initial, lower right: "V."
Sketches of Earthenware
Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925, ca. 1883
Graphite on paper
Drawing

At top, 3 sketches of earthenware vases. Bottom, sketch of mermaid
Textile
, late 19th century
cotton Technique: printed on plain weave, glazed

Bouquets of pansies and asters in polychrome on an off-white ground with narrow stripes.
Border
, late 18th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace made in Lille style with heavy outlining thread

Border in a Lille-style pattern that was probably executed in Italy.
Frieze
Howell and Brothers, 1835 – 1900, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Printed two across. Cluster of foliate sprigs and berries, printed in blue and tan on  tan ground.
Prism
, mid-19th century
Pressed glass
Goblet

Series of vertical ridges on goblet.
Sketchbook Page
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, 1875
Pen and brown ink on paper
Sketchbook folio

Indistinct sketch, possibly a portrait.
Dessert Spoon with Lizard and Moth
Charles Victor Gibert, French, ca. 1890
gold plated, silver
spoon

Oval bowl with plain narrow stem. Stem continues to form lyrate leaf handle, with terminal turning downwards. Lizard applied crawling on leaf and twisting around stem and base of leaf with tail curling around stem towards bowl. Gold-plated moth perched on very end of leaf terminal, with missing antenna.
Study of landscape
William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900, ca. 1855
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Sketch of a landscape with a church surrounded by trees.
Bilboquet
, possibly ca. 1780
Ivory, silk cord (replacement)

Stick and ball toy: ball pierced with hole through center, featuring black engraved images of putti in various stages of play, including several using a Bilboquet; foliage, flowers, pair of doves on plinth in background; continous festoon above play vignettes; top and bottom of ball feature continuous acanthus leaf motifs; ball attached by green silk cord to spirally fluted, baluster-turned stick; stick engraved with additional acanthus leaf motifs near top and bottom; continuous coin pattern carved above and below; stick inscribed near top:  "MENUS PLAISIRS DU ROY, VERSAILLES." Narrow post at top of stick  inserts into larger hole at the bottom of the ball.
Floral design for printed textile
Louis-Albert DuBois, Swiss, 1752–1818, 1800–1818
Brush and gouache, graphite on white wove paper
Drawing

Multi-colored flowers, green leaves on purple twig-like branches on white ground.  Graphite lined border.
Panel
, 18th century
cotton Technique: block printed and painted on plain weave

Vertical panel with series of borders around a central field containing serpentine flowering sprays with small birds, arabesque spandrels in corner and arabesque medallion in center, both with flower-filled compartments. Wide inner border of big decorated flower heads in scrolling stems and leaves. Wide outer border with continuous row of tri-lobed forms on cusped bases with flower fillings, scrolling floral guard borders. In red, dark purple, blue, gold on undyed cotton ground. Red and blue remain most strongly. Faced with plain blue cloth around edges; backed with minute floral sprig repeat on undyed cotton. Close-set irregular diamond and diagonal quilting or following lines of the design. In blue and white silk, white cotton.
Decorative panel
Jules Desfossé, French, active 1851 - 1863, 1856–1857
Block-printed paper

Statue of an infant standing on a vine-covered pedestal with a burgundy cameo in base. Putti faces left, supporting a basket of flowers. Printed on a woodgrained background.
Design for Wallpaper and Textiles: Flowers
, 19th century
Brush and gouache on cream paper
Drawing

Light brown branches with yellow flowers and yellow-green foliage interspersed with single red flowers on stems. All plants point different directions.
Ceiling paper
Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Geometric pattern resembling tile work. Diamond-shaped blue motif alternates with a more round yellow ocher motif. Printed on tan ground.
Portrait of Lady Boyd
James MacArdell, Irish, 1729 - 1765, 1749
Etching on paper in black ink
Print

Lady Boyd is depicted as Diana. She is walking from left to right accompanied by her dog at right. The portrait is knee-length in three quarter view to right. She holds a spear in her right hand.
Band
, 1700–1750
linen Technique: needle lace with ground of loop and twist with twist return

Band of Point de Venise à Réseau in a design of floral sprays arranged in asymmetric bouquets. Fond: réseau ordinaire. Modes: brides tortillée, portes, gaze quadrillée.
Ceiling paper
Imperial Wallcoverings Inc., American, founded 1901, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Quatrefoil motifs composed of floral swags linked together by foliate scroll work, floral cross-shapes in line with quatrefoils. Printed on light green ground.
Sidewall
, 1875–1900
Block-printed and embossed paper

Central floral motif, surrounded by more flowers and scrolling foliage. Printed in tan and white on rust-color ground.
Textile
, early 19th century
cotton Technique: relief printed on plain weave

Mustard yellow ground, printed in detached circular design of flower wreath framing leaf, in bright red. Design arranged in staggered rows, each element about 3 3/4" across. Printing appears to be by block, superimposed on the yellow ground. Picotage around leaf. Both selvages present. Pieces of yellow 2/2 twill fabric used on the pieced side as part of the border.
Miss L
James Joseph Tissot, French, 1836 – 1902, 1876
Etching and drypoint on paper
Print

A woman is represented, standing in a doorway; her umbrella rests on her right arm; her left hand is placed on the door.
Border
, 100 BC–100 AD
wool Technique: cross-knit looping Label: wool cross-knit looping

Edging or border of three-dimensional birds and flowers rendered in cross-knit looping.
Valentine Greeting
, ca. 1850
Wood engraving, brush and watercolor on paper
Greeting Card

A couple stand under a frame on which s tand t wo putti. Above, a six-line poem. Baroque Revival enframement around the entire composition.
Rooster's Head
, late 19th century
Plated brass, glass
Matchsafe

In the form of a rooster's head, with comb on top, stylized feathers, orange glass eyes, open beak, front and reverse sides identical. Thin, flat lid located at base and opened by squeezing the hinged, lower beak. Suspension ring attached to back of neck. Striker on lid bottom.
Sunset, Nantucket
Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925, ca. 1890
Brush and watercolor on grey-green paper
Drawing

The shore-line in the background, with the buildings of the town shown in silhouette against the warm reds and yellows of the sky at sunset.
Clock with Chinoiserie Pattern
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present, 1730–1733
hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold, metal
clock

Lantern-shaped clock case raising from tall concave sockle on roughly square base. Two satyrs seated on scrolls support arched cornice above which a ribbed, scrolled and wrinkled top raises, crowned by a cat. Clock in center framed in metal and covered with glass. Polychrome and gold chinoiserie scenes and scrollwork.
Textile
, 16th century
silk Technique: twill weave with supplementary weft

Blue-grey silk twill brocaded in gold, rose and white in a pattern of small scale palmettes, rosettes and bars.
Cornish Sea Coast with Two Rows of Cliffs in Foreground
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, after 1878
Graphite on cream wove paper
Sketchbook folio

Choppy sea in foreground, cliffs of two different heights on right side.
study of hands holding flute
Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923, ca. 1890
Pencil, blue crayon, on light yellow paper; watermark
Drawing

Study of two hands holding a flute.
Textile
, 1700–1775
silk Technique: plain compound satin, brocaded

Scrolls of flowers in an allover design of carnations and hyacinths in rose, blue and green on an off-white ground.
Study for portrait, Bell Tilghman
Harriet Blackstone, American, 1864–1939, ca. 1920
Red pastel crayon on paper
Drawing

Sketch of a female figure.
Orphrey fragment
, 16th century
silk, metallic thread on linen Technique: embroidered

Part of an orphrey with the head of a saint.
The Holy Trinity
Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528, 1511
Woodcut on laid paper
Print

The limp body of Christ ascends above clouds, guided by the crowned, bearded, and robed figure of God, beneath an open-winged bird, flanked on either side by groups of winged angels bearing the Instruments of the Passion. Anthropomorphized as human heads, the winds blow in four directions, below. Signed 1511, AD at bottom center.
Band
, 1660–70 (possibly 19th century)
linen Technique: raised needle lace

Needle lace band - Gros point de Venise.
Knife with Multi-Colored Enamel Handle
, ca. 1600–1700
steel, enamel, semi-precious stone
knife

Sabre-shaped blade, plain bolster. Tapered handle ground gold enamel with multi-colored floral decoration. On each side of handle a medallion; one with a nude woman holding a bird, the other a nude woman with two children holding flowers. Garnet or similar red stone on finial.
Valentine Greeting
, ca. 1850
Engraving, brush and watercolor on embossed paper
Greeting Card

In the center, landscape, with two lovers seated near a large tree. Inscribed below on print: "My all on earth".
Quick Sketch of Ocean and Cliffs with Light-Filled Sky
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, 1890–1900
Pen and black ink on off-white wove paper
Sketchbook folio

Quick sketch of waves crashing on cliffs, at left, and bright sky.
Azalées (Azaleas)
Louis Apollinaire Sicard, French, 1807–1881, Lyon, late 19th century
Brush and gouache, pen and black ink, graphite on cream paper, mounted on cream paper
Drawing

Large central azalea in tan with purple ribbon among floral vines.
Floral design for printed textile
Jean DuBois, Swiss, 1789 - 1849, 1800–1818
Brush and gouache, graphite on white wove paper
Drawing

Multi-colored floral border with carnations, pansies, dahlias, small floral sprigs above.
Sidewall - fragment
, 1860–80
Machine-printed

Floral stripe design. Pair of small purple flowers on a bright green vine. The floral stripes are separated by a rectangular shape, filled with horizontal lines and a motif. Printed in purple, green, gray and blue on white background.
Multiplex
Hammond, 1919
Metal, wood
Typewriter

Typewriter composed of a wooden body and metal elements. Inscribed on label, front: "For All Nations and Tongues."
Border
, ca. 1690
linen Technique: needle lace, 6-sided reworked ground

Border with elaborate floral arrangements balanced by cartouche forms and volutes.
Leaf-Shaped Dessert Dish
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present, mid- 18th century
hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
dish

Modeled in the shape of an open sunflower and two leaves, with stem forming handle. Overglaze, polychrome bouquet and scattered flowers. Leaves edged green and vein purple. Gold rim.
Design for a Vase
Noritake, Japan and New York, New York, USA, 1880–1910
Brush and gouache, graphite on cream paper
Drawing

Design for a vase with floral decoration; both body and neck containing plum and black blossoms with gold and blue and light yellow leaves; dentil motif on rim and zigzag on shoulder.
Ceiling paper
Wallace Wall-Paper Co., Cortland, New York, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Bead and reel quatrefoils connected by bead and real swags with floral medallions in each quatrefoil. In the resulting negative space are simplified flowers. Background of dash and dot pattern. Ground is light green. Printed in gold mica and greens.
Sketches of Heads
Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925, ca. 1883
Graphite on paper; vero: green paper
Drawing

Women, lower left, and men with mustaches in hats. Almost all in profile.
Knife with Porcelain Handle (Paired with Fork)
, ca. 1755–1780
steel, silver; porcelain, vitreous enamel
knife

Sabre-shaped blade, plain bolster. Silver ferrule, banded. White pistol- shaped handle with raised scrollwork, floral sprays on front and back in blue, yellow, red, green, pink and purple.
Ceiling paper
Gossler and Wilt Wall Paper Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1880–1920
Machine-printed paper, mica

Moire pattern printed in mica on white ground. On off-white ground, alternating medallion patterns framed by reflective "c"-scrolls: one medallion is green and reflective white; the other medallion is metallic gold outlined in green.
Border
, early 18th century
Technique: bobbin lace

Bobbin lace border, scrolling leaves; early 18th century Bruges.
Fork with Porcelain Handle (with Knife and Spoon)
, ca. 1730
porcelain, vitreous enamel, silver, gold
fork

Four-tined fork, tines slightly curved and tapering towards the point. Gilded join and baluster-shaped neck decorated with scallops, scrolls and stylized lion's head on the back of the join. Gilded ferrule ribbed, round in section. Tapering white porcelain handle with multi-color decoration of flowers and birds, and two scenes surrounded with gilded scrolled decoration: on the front, a harbor scene with two men raising their glass, on the back a landscape with a lady and a small girl holding a doll.
Frieze
, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Spiral motifs composed of rinceaux with flowers. Printed in white, light green, tan, and gray on light gray ground. Two borders printed across the width.
Ceiling paper
Janeway & Co. Inc., New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1848 - 1914, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Floral wreaths connected by foliate vines interspersed with small floral ornament. Background of square dots. Beige ground. Printed in grey, white and metallic gold.
The Picnic
Johann Georg Wille, German, active France 1715–1808, 1760
Engraving on paper
Print

Countryside, a man and woman seated at the left. They are about to eat some grapes. Hills beyond. Below, the artist's name and the date.
Portrait of Arthur, 3rd Duke of Bretagne (1393-1458)
Nicolas Pitau II, French, 1670 - 1724, 1710-1720
Engraving on paper
Print

Knee-length portrait in three-quarter view to left. The Duke is dressed in heavy armor, except his head which is covered with a wide-trimmed fur hat. The portrait is in an oval frame which is surmounted by a crown and stands on a pedestal. In front of the portrait, a helmet and weapons at right; a boar, at left. After a painting in Nantes by F. Jean Chaperon.
Church Porch Design
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, 1749-1761
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Page with two plates printed next to one another. The left plate is a design for a church porch; the doorframe on the left side has a carved bishop's hat and scepter above. The right plate is a design for a small chapel with a central painted religious scene in a frame carved with rocaille motifs and a cross at top, over a deeply veined marble altar. The side panels are decorated with ornamental motifs. Both plates are signed and numbered.
Sofa
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1800
Pen and ink, brush and gray wash on blued-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Elevation of an oval sofa with animal paw feet standing on a stepped platform. On either side is a Cupid standing on a plinth with a quiver of arrows, supporting fringed drapery held together at center with a bow knot.
Botanical Sketches with a Church, Río Magdalena, Colombia
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, May 1853
Graphite on gray laid paper
Drawing

Botanical and architecture sketches showing views of trees, other vegetation, and a church along the Magdalena River in Colombia. At upper center, two dark sketches of palm trees are visible beside a deciduous tree at upper left. Two groups of plantain and orange trees are shown growing beside each other at upper right. Three other palm trees are included at center and center left. At center right, a small gabled church with a rudimentary tower is included, while below it, a plant resembling a plam is shown beside the river's edge.
Designs for an Altar Mensa
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1750–80
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. At top left, an angel, holding boughs of a tree supporting four burning candles, sits beside a tabernacle, the left part of which is shown. It has the shape of a pavilion and Christ is sketched upon the door. At bottom, the left upper part of the mensa (altar stone) is shown with a ledge ending at right at the tabernacle in the shape of a pavilion.
Design for Stage Curtain: Hercules Receives Gifts from Nymphys after his Victory over the River God Achelous
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, ca. 1820
Pen and brown ink, brush and bistre on paper.
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Stage framing is shown.  Hercules and Dejanira sit in middle ground. Pageant of nymphs bringing gifts approaches from left, foremost carries horn of Achelous as cornuciopia. Temple with inscription "Concordia" shown in background. Goddess in carriage drawn by swans shown in sky. In foreground at left, the genius of History, at right, flying demons. Caption: "dalle Ninfe ercole receve doni nel cornacopia per ave/ vinto il fivme Achelao." Reverse in opposite direction: pen sketch for central group and for two nymphs carrying baskets upon their heads.
Adirondack from Mt. Mansfield; Mt. Mansfield from Stowe, Vermont
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, September 7, 1864
Graphite on pale green paper
Drawing

Top, ridge in foreground, mountains beyond (Sterling Range). Below, valley with high mountain range beyond. Verso: Steep slope descending from left. Valley, right; mountains, beyond, left and center.
Title Page
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1778
Etching on laid paper
Print

Title page and two designs for frames or framing devices featuring, ribbons, flowers, fleurons, scrolling acanthus leaves (rinceaux), festoons of flowers and leaves, cornucopia,  flaming torch, bow, quiver of arrows, and a target with hearts. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
Profile Designs for Carved Stone or Wood
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, 1737–38
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Nine designs for moldings carved from stone or wood illustrated in profile details as sections. The plate is numbered and signed.
Ceiling paper
W. Campbell & Co., 1890–1900
Machine-printed paper

Light gray moire ground with gilt stars and dashes. Marked "W. Campbell and Co., No. 3197".
Design for pendant with female allegory
, 16th century
Pen and ink, brush and sepia on paper
Drawing

At the center of an arch stands an allegorical figure with a scroll of paper. Baluster forms on either side. Below, three faceted gems and three hanging pearls.
Sarcophagus and allegorical figures
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Sarcophagus and allegorical figures.
Water color; Tarantella dancers
Saverio della Gatta, Italian, 1777 - 1829, 1828
Pen and black ink and water colors on paper.
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Two couples dance in the open to the music played by a man with a guitar and a woman with a tambourine. A woman with a baby is shown at right sitting in the middle distance at a slope. Mountainous country. Framing lines. Signature: "Gatta 1828."
Project for an altar
, 1740–1758
Pencil, pen, black ink, brush and grey water color on light yellow paper
Drawing

Vertical composition of an altar. The mensa is the inner, lower part of the structure. The front of the sepulchre has the shape of a sarcophagus on lion's feet. In the center is an opening with palm branches. The front of the mensa is supported by volutes with cherubim. The coat of arms of Pope Benedict XIV is featured on the sides. In the middle, the tabernacle is shown with a door with the apocalyptic lamb and dove of the Holy Spirit. A scale is feautred in the middle, along with the plan shown beneath. Another scale is included at the bottom.
Fragment
, 14th–15th century
Technique: resist-printed

Continuous rows of connected chevrons with a trefoil at each peak with sylized lines along the side of each chevron creating the counter-image of the trefoil peak. The design is the same in both blue and white.
Bandbox and lid
, ca. 1830
Block printed on handmade paper, pasteboard support

Figure in Middle Eastern attire leading camel with another camel in the distance. Large trees in the middle ground. Printed in pink or mauve and green on yellow ground.
Project for a Window Case
, 1775–1800
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, traces of graphite on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Window case; in pediment an escutcheon with alternative suggestions. Below, part of the scale.
Design for the Facade and Cross-Section of a Palace
, ca. 1775
Pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Design for the Facade and Cross-Section of a Palace.
Panel and fragments
, 19th century
cotton, beetle elytra, foil strips, metallic yarns, sequins Technique: embroidered on plain weave foundation Label: cotton embroidered with beetle elytra, foil strips, metallic yarns, and sequins

Very sheer ivory cotton muslin embroidered with clusters of flowers and a vine forming a scallop along the lower edge. The vines and stems are formed from crimped gold foil strips, the flower petals from gilt sequins, and the leaves from iridescent blue-green beetle elytra.  Component (a) has ten pattern repeats, with partial bottom vine border.