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

Several designs for ceiling decoration with geometric elements and some notional scrollwork or rinceaux motifs.
Dance Movement
J. Carroll Beckwith, American, 1852–1917, ca. 1900
Pastel on paper
Drawing

Full-length figure of a woman, facing toward the left, and wearing a yellow, loose-fitting blouse and skirt.  Her left hand rests on her hip, and her right hand is raised by her head.  The figure's feet are not shown.
Hercules adds Bow and Arrow to Philactetes
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1813
Pen and brown ink, over traces of black chalk on light blue laid paper
Drawing

Hercules lies at left. Philactetes receives arrows; he holds bow in left hand. Funeral pile is in background.
Scrolling Foliate Ornament Design
Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820, 1777
Etching in red ink on laid paper
Print

A scrolling foliate ornament design featuring floral and scrolling leaf (rinceaux) motifs. The plate is numbered and signed.
Cartoon for cotton printing: The Country Feast [La Fête Champêtre]
Petitpierre & Compe., (Nantes, France, founded 1770, ca. 1805
Pen and Ink with gray wash on white paper
Drawing

The scenes show children taking part in county entertainments: at the top, a group dance to a piper, while adults partake of refreshments at a table nearby. Below, to the left children and adults view a peep-show; at center a chestnut vendor; and at right youths play a clock-game, attended by a woman near a small mill.
Sketches A) Sibyl (?); B) St. John preaching
, 1780
Pen, ink, brush, grey watercolor, white heightening on rough blue paper
Drawing

Vertical composition with sketches. A) A standing woman with a turban, shown from the front. She carries an open book in her lowered hands. "5" is written above at right. Reverse: B) St. John is shown from the front sitting. He points with his right hand at heaven. At left is a group of people listening to him; some stand, some sit. At right is the Lamb, standing with its front legs upon the seat of the Precursor. He leans his left arm upon something above which the heads of two elderly men are shown. "6" is written above at right.
Mountainside Lake in Autumn
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1850–1860
Oil and graphite on cardboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of heavily wooded mountains surrounding a lake during autumn, possibly on Mt. Desert Island in Maine. In the immediate foreground at right, a branch and several reeds extend out of the lake water, which extends to a sandy or dirt beach the middle distance. Several trees along the shoreline are colored in vivid autumn hues of deep red and orange. Behind the shoreline, a heavily wooded mountain ridge rises abruptly and is characterized by several furrows and rounded peaks. Above, a blue and open sky is visible.
Design for Two Embroidered or Woven Borders of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1800–1825
Brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper
Drawing

At left: a vertical row composed of a unit shown five times: a leaf with three seeds inside rises from a blossom rosette; two more seeds rise over it. Written in ink, beneath: "No. 11" At right: a vertical row of six rosettes with six whirling petals each. Written beneath: "12"
Compartimens pour des Plafonds
Jean-François de Neufforge, Flemish, 1714 – 1791, 1763
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Two designs for ceiling ornament decorated with neoclassical motifs including festoons of laurel leaves, rosettes, intertwined ribbons, laurel leaf and ribbons, meander patterns and geometric moldings, profile portraits, putti, and coffering with rosettes. A plan view of the designs in relief is included below each design, with a scale along the bottom. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
Design for a Door Frame
Filippo Barigioni, Italian, 1690 - 1753, 1725–53
Graphite on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. In the center of the overdoor is an escutcheon, probably with the wing as the charge. Verso: parts of same sketches.
Towel cover
, 1826
cotton on linen Technique: withdrawn element with darned motifs

Towel cover embroidered in design of crossing diagonal lines enclosing flowers is above cross borders with initials "B.S." The date, flowers, paired birds and animals worked in cross stitch. At the bottom is a band of drawnwork ornamented with flowers in darned and overcasting stitches. Edged with cotton fringe.
Platter
, mid- 18th century
Tin-glazed earthenware

Irregular scalloped border, oval cavetto. Decoration in Chinese style. Double cornucopia with flowers, large insects and a long-tailed bird
Design for a sedan chair
, 1770–75
Pen and ink, brush and various watercolors on paper
Drawing

Shown from the rear right corner with two bars.  A proof with a scroll on top.  Its triangular panels are framed by garlands and decorated with rays.  Tassels hang at the corners.  The panels beside that with the window and at the back are divided in quadrangles above and in oblongs below, as one is below the window.  All compartments are framed by garlands.  Festoons hand above in the quadrangles.  In that of the back they frame the monogram A B below.  The bars are decorated in the width of the chair.
Peep-show Section: A Coff
Martin Engelbrecht, German, 1684–1756, ca. 1750
Hand-colored etching, with engraving Support: white laid paper laid down on thick gray paper
Peep-show

Interior of three rooms, furniture and costumes of the times. Men and women engaged in drinking coffee, smoking, and gaming.
Fragment
, 16th–17th century
silk and linen Technique: satin and twill weave in a plain weave foundation (brocatelle) Label: Silk, linen plain compound satin weave

Dark red fragment in a vase design with checked band. Part of a larger pattern.
Sleeve ruffle
, early 19th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace, Mechlin style

Sleeve ruffle of Mechlin lace has the upper part ornamented with buds in diagonal rows. At the border, a row of scrolls with flowers and leaves. Edge is straight.
Design for an Earring
Giovanni Sebastiano Meyandi, Italian, active 1762 - 1794, 1825–50
Black crayon on paper
Drawing

Above a disk. Below, an angular drop of a frame with radially disposed leaves. Inside a blossom and stems with leaves and buds. Connected are disk and drop by a double striped knot, with a central blossom and floral stems.
Female Nude with Left Hand Raised
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, ca. 1845
Black and sienna crayon, graphite on off-white wove paper
Drawing

Bust-length study of a female nude, with left hand raised to forehead and hair down.  Additional sketch of left arm, at upper right.
Pitcher
, 1775–99
Lead-glazed earthenware with green underglaze decoration

Barrel-shaped body with pointed spout, ribbed strap handle. Body ribbed, and stiped in green.
Design for a Ceiling
, 1800
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on paper
drawing

Slightly more than the top half is executed; the bottom half is outlined. The square is bordered at left by a colonnade. A large central oblong is surrounded by coffers, decorated with classical motifs.
Arabesque Ornament Designs
Claude Gillot, French, 1673–1722, 1749–61
Etching on laid paper
Print

Eleventh plate from a series of bifurcated arabesque/ grotesque panel designs with a different design on the left and right side of the plate. The ornament features the central figure of the classical Roman and Greek god Jupiter/Zeus, seated in the clouds, holding a lightning bolt with an eagle at his feet, with the head of apollo surrounded by rays of light above, framed by a canopy, architectural elements, festoons of flowers, birds, fleurons, rinceaux, vases and baskets of fruit and flowers, foliage, roundels, rosettes, and diaper pattern. The plate is numbered and signed.
Design for Covered Cups, from Dessins d'orfèvrerie (Designs for Metalwork)
Léonard Thiry, Flemish, 1550, 1540–1560
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Fontainebleau school. Design for two covered cups. On the left, three nude women with twisting torsos, two putti at their feet, are holding up a bowl decorated with bucranium and garlands; below, a group of putti harvest and eat grapes. At right, a column of masks, lions and putti supports a cover showing two recumbent satyrs being urinated upon by a putto.
Title Page
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1788–1796
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Title page depicting a draped table with a pitcher, candlesticks, goblet, and crucifix on top, placed below a garland supported by thyrses and held up by a winged putto. The plate is numbered but not signed.
Design for a Candlestick
Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799–1868, 1820–30
Red crayon, pen and black ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Young shepherd, probably Paris, supports a scallop shell with his upraised arms. Three sockets with snail-like bottoms are fastened to the shell.
Designs for Trophies
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 19th century
Pen and black-brown ink, brush and wash on laid paper
Drawing

Various trophies are depicted. On left: basket with fruit and plants, a squash, a hat; hanging below are a scythe, a horn and a spade; a center: a box decorated with garlands, two doves and a bow with arrows, two apples pierced with an arrow, wreathes; right: garlands made of fruit and flowers hanging, a bagpipe hanging from one of the garlands; below: a dove with a basket, and doves in a nest.
Sceaux à rafraîchir
Pierre Germain, French, 1703 - 1783, 1748
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for an ice bucket with handles decorated with ornament motifs including a wreath, branches, scalloping, and ribbon twist. The plate is signed and numbered.
Sketch for a Bacchante
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1887
Black pastel crayon, white chalk on grey wove paper
Drawing

Study of a woman's head, facing frontally and tilted to the right. Verso: Study of arms, holding a tambourine up at right.
Ruins at a Lake
Eugène Edouard Soulès, French, 1811–1876, ca. 1840
Graphite on paper
Drawing

They stretch from left. A doorway toward right. Mountainous country. Framing lines. Scribbling on verso.
Sangay Volcano, Ecuador
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 11, 1857
Graphite, brush and white gouache on tan wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch of Sangay Volcano and surrounding terrain in Ecuador. In foreground, scattered foliage and grass is visible, with a small bird at left. In middle distance, rugged hills and ravines lead to the jagged edge of the volcano's crater, out of which white smoke spews into the sky.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk, metallic thread Technique: compound weave

Trees with confronted birds forming lozenges containing vase forms in gold, white and red.
Ornamental Vase Design
François Boucher, French, 1703–1770, ca. 1738
Etching in red ink on cream laid paper
Bound print

Vase with a long neck and two handles. The handle at left is composed of a feathered bird stretched across the body of the vase, its neck forming the handle curve and its beak prying open the lid at top. The right handle is of a sharper geometric form resting upon a mask. Leafy garland draped from the right handle to the pedestal. The belly of the vase has a scene of four nude women. There is a garden wall with trees behind indicated in the background. The plate is printed in red ink (sanguine). The plate is signed and numbered.
Trimming
, 19th century
silk Technique: woven

Yellow trimming fragment in a design of a central band with eight-petal flowers separated by chevrons between chain borders; picot edges.
Project for an Escutcheon
Carlo Bianconi, Italian, 1732–1802, ca. 1760
Pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Two women, whose legs end in scrolls, are seated on top of a shell-like ovoid. They carry a scroll above them. At bottom center, an open-mouthed face supports festoons hanging from the leg scrolls. Framing lines at left and on top.
Coffeepot with Rose Medallion
Fürstenberg Porcelain Manufactory, German, established 1747, early 19th century
hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
coffeepot

1938-57-706-a,b: Cylindrical, domed cover. Slight concave lip; stra...
Seated Girl
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1880
Black chalk, brush and white gouache on light-brown laid paper
Drawing

Young woman seated on a wall, facing towards left, with white flowers lower right. Clouds in background.
Ceiling Design
Carlo Maria Pozzi, 1708
Engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Design for an octagonal ceiling with stucco molding. A trompe l'oeil cloud passes through the stucco to the ceiling. The stucco framing is decorated with putti, shells, garlands, and scrolls. The plate is signed and numbered.
Hand Fan Design with a Chinoiserie Landscape and Ornament
Alexis Peyrotte, French, 1699–1769, mid- 18th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

A design for a hand fan depicting a chinoiserie-style (in the Chinese style) landscape with buildings in the center background, and trees, foliage, flowers, and fruit around the outer border. A wooden walkway in the foreground leading to a figure holding a parasol seated on a platform with wind chimes to his right and a bird below.
Venus and Cupid
Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863, 1820–1825
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Standing in profile, toward right. Her left hand is reaching for a bunch of grapes, the right is raised. Cupid is riding upon her shoulders.
Imaginary Landscape with Castle
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1870–75
Pen and black ink on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Landscape and architecture sketch showing an imagined view of a landscape with a medieval castle and a cottage, derived from the artist's view of Château de la Bâtiaz in Martigny, Switzerland. In the foreground, a river flows horizontally across the composition, with the nearby grassy bank visible in the lower left corner. Across the river at right, a small cottage with a thatch roof is illuminated in a patch of light beside several trees. Looming above it in the middle distance at upper left is a medieval castle with a tall, circular tower that is perched atop a lofty and abrupt hill. Dark storm clouds gather over the castle along the upper margin.
Embroidery sample
, 1775–1805
silk and colored glass beads on a silk ground Technique: embroidered on cut voided supplementary warp pile (velvet)

Floral pattern embroidered with multicolored silk and blue, silver and gold glass beads on a patterned black cisele velvet.
Project for a Wall Painting
, ca. 1610
Pen and ink, brush and sepia on paper
Drawing

Figures and vases stand upon a balustrade.
The Thatched Cottage on the Hill
Jacob van Ruisdael, Dutch, 1628 - 1682, ca. 1650
Etching on paper
Print

Landscape with trees at left; a river in right foreground. A thatched cottage visible at left; another cottage over the river at right. In mid-distance, a church; clouds and three birds in the sky. Inscribed: left center: "Ruisdael."
Saint Eustace
Elisabetta Sirani, Italian, 1638–1665, 1655
Etching on paper
Print

St. Eustace in a landscape, kneeling before a stag with a crucifix between its antlers. His dog is in the center background.
Mount
, late 19th century
Porcelain

1925-2-26-a/d: Four octagonal mounts in the style of Wedgewood Ja...
Special
Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924, ca. 1897
Pen and brown ink on paper
Ephemera

At left, elephant wearing a hat and running towards right, holding with its trunk a large envelope addressed to Dr. Dudley Tenny. At right, profile of a tooth-like figure facing left with arms outstretched; hairs numbered on its head, and various medical instruments at its feet. At right, tooth-like figure holding a cane.
Fern Sketch, Jamaica
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, August 1865
Brush and oil, graphite on paperboard
Drawing

Botanical sketch of a fern in Jamaica. Leaves rendered in gradient from mint green to bright yellow-green. Brown ground visible all around.
Playing card
, ca. 1855
Red and black ink, paper

At top: P 1 C; below central image: 1
Project for the decoration of a vertical panel
Gilles Paul Cauvet, French, 1731–1788, ca. 1775
Graphite, Pen and black ink on paper with brush and wash
Drawing

A candelabrum used as a vase, a medallion and a thyrsus surrounded by floral motifs and framed by mouldings.
Interior Alcove with a Bed
Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682, ca. 1651
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for an interior alcove with a canopy bed hung with bed curtains and with feather finials. The walls are lined with tapestries. There is a figure lying in the bed and others around the bed. The alcove is framed by fluted pilasters and a balustrade, sculpted figures on plinths, plaques, and friezes. The central opening is topped with a sculpted roundel featuring a putto lying in a bed, framed by a garland of laurel leaves, eagles and festoons of leaves and fruit, and a hanging oval roundel.
Trimming
, 18th century
silk, linen, metallic thread Technique: compound weave

Gold and silk in a gun-metal color. The warp consists of thick threads of linen over which has been woven the gold weft as the background and a zigzag pattern. The space in between have been filled with floats of gun-metal colored silk warps.
Fragment of Temple of Vesta
Walter Shirlaw, American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909, ca. 1872
Black crayon on wove paper
Drawing

Figures sit around a large stone fountain. Outline of building, beyond.
Chandelier simple
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for a candelstick decorated with fluting, mascarons, garlands, rosettes, acanthus leaf, wave pattern, and guilloche with rosettes. The plate is signed.
Frieze
Robert Graves Co., New York, New York, 1890–1900
Machine-printed, embossed paper, mica

Border design on embossed paper, three coral-colored stripes on top in varied widths between gold mica bands. Field of design portion is deep ivory. Design is a continuous vine - leaves in soft faded olive greens with coral colored berries, twigs of vine in soft gray-ivory and gold mica. One narrow soft coral stripe at bottom, below which are two narrow gold mica stripes. "Robert Graves Co." printed on outer edge.
Button
, 1801–25
Brass

1931-59-129: Circular, convex button with ornament showing two ...
Bust of a Woman, Possibly Study for Portrait of Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, ca. 1880
Graphite on tan wove paper
Drawing

Bust of a woman with body turned silghtly right. Her head, indicated only in outline, is turned slightly to the left. Shoulder and bodice shaded. Verso: Nude female figure, walking toward the left.
Decorative door boss and nail
, ca. 1550–1700
Steel-plated wrought iron

Square type, pierced and embossed with wrought lines. Quadrant leaf design based on old examples. Round, piercings slit to outer edge. Collard nail heads on square shank.
Sidewall
Robert Graves Co., New York, New York, 1890–1900
Machine-printed paper

Iris design in clusters of two blossoms and one bud in rose with green leaves. These clusters alternate in parallel rows. The background consists of gray and ivory stripes. Running through the ivory stripe are two inter- facing wavy lines in frosted work. Printed in green, pink, and gray on ivory field. Printed in margin: "Robert Graves Co. -6166 C".
A Flying Angel
Giacomo Zampa, Italian, 1731 - 1808, ca. 1810
Black chalk, pen and ink, brush and sepia wash on paper
Drawing

He looks downward. The right hand is raised, the left lowered.
Two Gate Designs
Caillouet, French, mid-18th century, 1775–87
Engraving and etching on paper
Print

Two designs for gates, each with single wrought-iron doors featuring geometric and scrolling bands, with arrows, beads, and scrolling leaf ornament details. The gates on the left include ornate lidded vase finials. The plates are signed and numbered.
Fragment
, 18th century
silk Technique: damassé (5-harness satin plus 1/4 twill)

Yellow damassé showing the Pope's crown and crossed keys, Bishops' mitres and staves, and a Cardinal's hat with two tassels enclosed in a cartouche.
Pedestal of a column
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1780–1790
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, red ink on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

The main part is concave and fluted. In the center of the sides, in front of the flutes, are circular medallions, decorated with a festoon which connects them. Usual background.
Design for a Woven Fabric, Fragment
, 1815–1840
Graphite, brush and yellow, beige, and brown gouache on paper
Drawing

Acanthus flower, with a bough with a blossom and flanked by two boughs, pending at the bottom.
Design for a Trophy
Mathurin Cherpitel, French, 1736 – 1809, 1755–68
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for a trophy hanging from a tied ribbon. The trophy features a shallow basket, watering can, fork, wheat, and foliage. The address is lettered below.
The Flood, Playing Card from Set of "Cartes héroïques" or "Des grands hommes"
Eugène Moreau, French, active 19th c., 1871
Stencil-colored lithograph on paper
Playing card

Playing card from a set of "Cartes héroïques" or "Des grands hommes"
Design for a panel Representing the Choleric Temperament
Johann Georg Bergmüller, German, 1688 - 1762, ca. 1735
Etching on paper, remargined
Print

The decoration refers to war, wild animals, a satyr. Caption: monogram "JGB inv. Et exc. / Conplexio Cholerica / C. Pr. S. C. M."; monogram JH fecit."; left top corner "1."
Design for a Pedestal
, 1760–1790
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on cream laid paper
Drawing

Elevation of a tapering pedestal with paw feet. A floral garland hangs from a ribbon at front center. A mask in a panel above this.
Plan d'une Chambre à Coucher
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1780-1789
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Plan of the design for a bedroom with representation of the ceiling, decorated with ornament motifs including rinceaux, branches, and beads. The plate is signed and numbered.
Les Amans Surpris
François Boucher, French, 1703–1770, after 1751
Etching on laid paper
Print

A pastoral scene with three figures in a landscape known as ‘Les Amans Surpris' (The Surprised Lovers) in a later print. A couple, a young woman and man sit among high grasses, the woman sitting between his legs, with his arm around her. They are surprised by a young boy who stands behind them, among the tall grass, with a dog seemingly jumping towards them. The young girl brings her hand to her face, pointing at her mouth, the two look up towards the standing young man. A basket of flowers on the ground in the lower right. Trees and foliage surround them. The plate is signed and numbered.
Designs for Cartouches
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, ca. 1900
Photomechanical print
Bound print

Three cartouches, featuring, from top to bottom: a cartouche held aloft by two winged putti; a cartouche on the ground between two figures, on the left a draped woman holding a hunting spear, and on the right, a nude male with a quiver; and a cartouche on the ground with a dog underneath it. The plate is signed and numbered.
Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, September 1853 or June 1857
Oil and graphite on tan paperboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of Mt. Chimborazo and a valley near Guaranda in Ecuador. The mountain's rounded, snow-capped summit peaks over a range of rugged brown mountains as low-lying clouds hang at upper left. In the foreground, a figure wearing a red serape is shown at lower center, and seemingly looks at the mountain. At right, hacienda buildings are visible, while, at left, a rise in the terrain is cultivated with agricultural crops. The middle distance comprises of rolling green and brown, mountainous terrain that extend to the rugged mountain range beyond. The sky above is a warm tone of orange-yellow.
Men
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1890
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Five sketchs of male figures.