biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Fragment
, 17th century
silk Technique: cut and uncut supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a satin foundation

Fragment of an incomplete curving floral design in cut and uncut red velvet on a yellow satin ground.
Mug
, late 18th–early 19th century
porcelain

Mug with loop handle; Chinese landscape in blue on white ground. Upper rim decorated with floral band.
Ceiling paper
, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Overlapping wreaths of foliate scrolls and wreaths of floral vining. Ground shades from white to pink to white. Printed in yellow, green, pink, white mica, and gold mica.
Picnicking in the Woods
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, September 4, 1858
Wood engraving in black ink on paper
Print

Picknickers in the woods. Some of the party running away from a snake.
Fragment
, 19th century
silk Technique: warp-faced plain weave patterned by warp dyed (possibly printed) stripes

Ikat-like warp stripes in two shades of pink, magenta, yellow and green. Component "e" has applied yellow silk fringe. Components "d,g" have ikat-like warp stripes in green and blue.
Plate XXXII from Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum
Julio Paschale, 1582
Woodcut on paper
Print

Two small boats pulling a larger one through a channel. Teams of horses hitched to masts of the small boats; the small boats with ropes to the large boat. Bridge, lower left. Description in Latin on verso of 1949-152-229.
Title Page: Arabesque Ornament Design
Etienne de Lavallée, French, 1735 – 1802, 1788–89
Aquatint and etching on laid paper
Print

Title page and an arabesque ornament design featuring vases, scrolls, festoons of flowers, leaves and fruit, acanthus leaf motifs, vases, cornucopias, winged head of Apollo, an angel, and a female figure with acanthus leaves for legs. The plate is titled and signed.
Fragments
, 17th–early 18th century
silk, metallic thread (narrow strips of gold and silver metallic foil wound onto silk core) Technique: 7&1 satin patterned by weft floats and discontinuous supplementary wefts

Metallic scrolling stylized floral stems in a red satin foundation.
Two Projects for Painted Decorations of Panels
, 1580–1590
Pen and ink, brush and grey watercolors on laid paper.
Drawing

Vertical rectangle, one design above the other. the panels are pentagonal, the lower, right, upper, and topmost of the upper parts of the left edges are straight, the lower parts are convex. In the center of the upper design, half-figure of a winged woman, carrying on her head a vase with grapes. In her hands is a drapery festoon. Laterally are winged half-figures carrying vases on their heads. A bird sits on the lower rinceaux of the left figure. At upper right corner, a bird is supsended by a thread with a fish attached to it. In the lower design, two winged half-figures carry the frame of a gem. At the upper edge, a rinceau pediment with a vase sits between two birds. Drapery festoons along upper edges. Laterally are plant candelabra rising from a rinceau below.
Encoignure, Ecran, Chiffoniere
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1775-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Elevation and plan for a chest of drawers fitted for a corner, a screen, and a small dresser with two drawers and a basket. The furniture is decorated with ornament motifs including rosettes, scrolling acanthus leaves, branches, and wave pattern. The plate is signed and numbered.
Portrait of Antonio Allegri (called Correggio) (1494-1535)
Carlo della Rocca, Italian, died 1824, ca. 1820
Line and stipple engraving on paper
Print

Portrait of the head in side view towards left. The portrait imitates a relief.
Decoration of a Panel
, 1725–1750
Black crayon, pen and ink on paper
Drawing

The right side shows a bunch of lilies as the central motif. They are fastened to an acanthus scroll with small flower branches.
Collar
, ca. 1860
cotton Technique: machine knitting

Four round white collars.
Fireplace (Chimney Piece and Mantel) Design
Nicolas Guérard, French, ca.1648 – 1719, 1715–19
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

An interior wall elevation with a fireplace (chimney piece and mantel) design in the center, flanked by two different wall paneling (boiseries) designs on either side. The mantel is curvilinear with scrolling motifs and a central fleuron or scrolling leaf motif. The overmantel mirror frame is decorated with scrolling acanthus leaves and rinceaux, fluting, and rosettes, topped with a palmette cartouche with fleurons, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), diaper and pearl pattern, and birds. The cornice is decorated with a running pattern of similar motifs. The paneling (boiseries) on either side features similar motifs along with festoons of flowers and roundels with rosettes. The dado paneling is plain with molding. There is a plan view of the mantel shape and a scale below. The plate is numbered.
Maison de Me. Michel Réstauré par Mr. Stouf, à Corbeil
Jean-Charles Krafft, French, 1764 - 1833, 1812
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

An architectural print illustrating a house, with two exterior elevations, an interior sectional view, and three floorplans. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
Study of a nude elderly man, Bacchus or one of his companions
Giovanni Battista Merano, Italian, 1632 - 1698, 1660–70
Black, red crayon, brush and white heightening on blue-grey paper
Drawing

Figure crowned with vine leaves is shown sitting upon stone which is covered by cloth. Lower part of body and head are shown in profile, whereas chest is turned toward front, the left arm crossing right leg. Raised right hand is leaned upon staff.
Veue de l’Amphiteatre de la Vigne Pamphile
Gabriel Perelle, French, 1604–1677, late 17th century
Etching and hand colored in watercolor on laid paper
Print

View of a garden featuring a semi-circular garden pavilion with fountains, arcades, and stairs. In the foreground, parterre planting, vases, and statues on plinths with figures throughout the grounds. The plate is hand-colored and titled.
Self Portrait with Cap Pulled Forward
Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, Dutch, 1606–1669, 1630
Etching on laid paper
Print

Bust-length portrait of the artist, turned toward the right, the head shown in three-quarter view. He wears a cap pulled forward.
Textile fragment
, 18th century
silk; tempera Technique: printed and painted on plain weave

Cream-coloured ground with a design of vertical slender green serpentine stems with green leaves and flowers in blue, purple, rose, and white. Scattered floral sprays between the serpentines.
Elevation de l’entrée de l’Hostel Tubeuf
Jean Marot, French, 1619 - 1679, ca.1635–ca.1660
Etching on laid paper
Print

Architectural elevation of the exterior entrance façade of a Parisian hôtel particulier (grand house) featuring windows, an arched door, and horizontal banded rustication. The plate is titled and signed.
View of Venice, Italy
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1881
Pen and ink on wove paper
Drawing

View of a building and garden from canal in Venice.
Arabesque Ornament Designs
Charles Normand, French, 1765 – 1840, 1787–95
Etching on laid paper
Print

A vertical plate with three arabesque ornament designs featuring Neoclassical motifs with mythological figures and creatures, winged personification of time, incense burners, garlands of flowers, putti, scrolling acanthus and foliage, rosettes, palmettes, butterflies, masks, friezes, baskets of flowers, cornucopia, flaming torches, and griffins. The plate is numbered.
Design for a Woven of Embroidered Horitontal Border
, 1800–1815
Brush and orange, yellow gouache on glazed tracing paper
Drawing

Floral heart forms alternate with downwards disposed palmette plants. A strip is at the bottom.
Elevation d'un Panneau avec son lambris.
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for paneling with wainscoting, decorated with ornament motifs including rosettes and a mascaron with scrolling acanthus leaves. The plate is signed.
Children
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1879
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of two young figures in a field of grass or open landscape.
Design for an Embroidery
, 1775–1790
Pen and ink, brush and gouache on paper
Drawing

A tall border is formed by a seesaw motif, intertwined with a ribbon on top and at the bottom. A rinceau is shown over the bottom border. It consists of a waved ribbon with feather motifs; flower boughs are laid upon it. The field shows four horizontal rows with staggered motifs in alternate ones. The first and fourth row consist of flower boughs, the second one of a ships on the sea, framed below by flower boughs, the third one consists of a bunch of flowers. On top are three horizontal rows with flwoer boughs and a repitition of the third row of the border.
Fragment
, 17th century
linen, cotton Technique: plain weave with supplementary weft

Supplementary weft floating alternately face to face. Design of confronted deer flanking a flower. Confronted birds, upside down between the deer.
Garden Designs
Jean Berain, the elder, French, 1640-1711, 1711
Engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Three designs for ornamental gardens, with topiary on the edges of the outer two designs. The plate is numbered but not signed.
Elevaon du costé du Jardin du Chasteau de Maison
Jean Marot, French, 1619 - 1679, ca.1635–ca.1660
Etching on laid paper
Print

An architectural elevation of the exterior façade of the Castle of Maison featuring windows, pilasters, finials, pediment, cartouches, and balustrades, with a scale below. The plate is titled and signed.
Spray of Flowers
Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808, 1760
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for a fantastical chinoiserie spray of flowers with leaves and stems. The plate is dated.
LA COLONNADE DE VERSAILLES
Adam Perelle, French, 1638 – 1695, 1685–1703
Etching on laid paper
Print

View of a circular colonnade with fountains in between the arches within a bosquet or large hedged ‘grove' with trellis walls and trees, in the gardens at Versailles. Figures (courtiers) walking along the paths. The title is lettered below.
Orphrey band
, 15th century
silk, linen, metallic Technique: complementary weft twill

Blue and red rosettes with a flowering plant in dark yellow, red and white on a gold ground. Inscriptions in blue and red.
Woman with Two Children
Jérôme-François Chantereau, French, ca.1710 – 1757, ca. 1750
Black and red chalk on thick cream paper
Drawing

A peasant woman stands, looking to the left (her right), cradling a baby in her right arm, while a young naked child stands clinging to her left.
Design for Clock
Lefebvre Manufactory, Tournai, 1800–1825
Graphite, pen and black ink, brush and yellow, red-brown watercolor on cream laid paper
Drawing

Base of clock supported by tapered legs. Scene depicted on front horizontal panel is of a bearded man speaking to a seated crowned man; a woman at right. Above, at left, clock case decorated with arms on front of case and on top. At right stands a classical warrior, his helmet in his hands. 

Inscriptions: 
Below, graphite: Belisaire [faintly written]; 
pen and brown ink: Belisaire eiv No. 101

Lowe right: Cooper Union stamp #457D
Autel
A. Le Canu, French, active 1746 – 1768, 1768
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Design for a Neoclassical altarpiece featuring a large painting of two figures in the clouds, one is an angel with wings. A smaller altar or plinth in front of the painting supporting a crucifix. The painting is framed by columns, pilasters, a pediment with a central cartouche of the French royal coat of arms, supported by corbels, and topped with a cross, flaming vases / urns and a garland of laurel leaves. A scale below the design. The plate is signed, numbered, and titled.
Design for Ceiling Decoration
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Design for Ceiling Decoration.
Title Page
Nicolas Pineau, French, 1684-1754, mid- 18th century
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Title page from a series of designs for console table legs, consoles for vases, and wall brackets. The title and address are lettered lower center within an outlined blank rectangle. Above the legs for a console table ornamented with palmette, shell, gadroon, c-and s-scrolls, and fleuron motifs, with flowers and hoof feet. Lower left: a console for a vase, decorated in rococo motifs, including masks, shells, and fleurons. The vase is in outline form. Lower right: a wall bracket, ornamented with similar rococo motifs - fleurons, masks, shells c-scrolls, supporting three vases in outline. The background is shaded with lines.
Ornamental Vase Design
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, 1755-1768
Etching on laid paper
Print

Vase design with upturned handles and a scalloped lip. The neck of the vase has spiral fluting. The central band is decorated with a scene of two putti clamoring over a dolphin. The vase is raised on a low plinth. The plate is not signed or numbered.
Design for a Frieze: "Time"
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1780–1800
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

The left half. The central motif is the frame of an escutcheon. From it, below, springs a rinceau with two spirals, the first one framing a skull. The frame of the right half is outlined and the height and width of the right half are indicated. Inside, a nude figure is drawn, seen from the back. Caption: "Età che caca / in faccio alla Morte". On top strokes and part of a motif belonging to sketches.
Ewer Design
Jean-Bernard Turreau, French, 1672 - 1731, early 18th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for an ewer with grotesque motifs featuring dragons, mascarons (masks), sphynx, vase of flowers, festoon of leaves, cartouche, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), foliate scrolls, fluting, gadrooning, diaper pattern with rosettes, and fish scales. The plate is signed.
Bivouac with Unhitched Army Wagons
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1862
Graphite on cream wove paper, laid down
Drawing

Horizontal slight sketch of a part of an army bivouac tent, with three unhitched wagons.
Designs for Andirons and a Mantel
Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820, 1777–78
Etching on paper
Print

Designs for two andirons and a mantel. The andirons are decorated with vases, foliate branches, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), a wave motif frieze, hunting motifs (horns, horn, rifle, drum, and a dog), fluting, basket, flowers, and a putto holding a bird. On the center of the mantle is a frame, oval picture with a standing figure, leaves, measuring device, flutes, and a festoon or swag of foliate branches. The plate is numbered.
Design for a Waistcoat
, 1780-1790
Pencil and various gouache colors on paper
Drawing

Design for the embroidery at the left bottom corner of a man's waistcoat. Part of the pocket is outlined with pencil, the other part with a brown stripe. A moulding with scallops is at the edge of the waistcoat. Moss plants grown between feathery leaves from the bottom corners of the pocket. a bowl stands beneath the bottom point between leaf scrolls. Plants grow from the moulding in the rising part.
Riverbank and Mountains from the Río Magdalena, Colombia
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, May 1853
Graphite on gray laid paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of Colombia's Magdalena River, its shoreline, and nearby mountains. Viewed from the water's surface, the river comprises the foreground and extends into the middle distance at center, where it curves around a lush bank. At right, a tall palm tree sticks out of dense vegetation grows up to the water's edge. The opposite, equally wooded shore is shown in the middle distance at left. Along the left margin, a sharp, steep mountain frames the view. In the background at center, low, billowing clouds are visible over a faint and distant mountain range.
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. Leaves separated by barbs. High boss at center. Round, nail heads with spiral grooves, on square shank.
Designs for Two Frames
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1780
Pen and black ink, brush and wash, graphite on white laid paper
Drawing

At left, oval plaque surrounded by a frame of scrollwork in the shape of a shield with a shell on top, a garland across top of mirror, leafy elements suspended from either side. At right, a plaque in the shape of a shield, scrollwork frame from garlands are suspended, a volute at top. A pinecone is suspended at bottom.
Bell tower, probably for Ferdinand IV of Naples
, 1785
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash, green chalk, on laid paper
Drawing

Bell tower, probably built in honor of King Ferdinand IV of Naples (reigned 1759 to 1825).
Portrait of Father Thomas Cervioni
Girolamo Rossi (de Rubeis) II, Italian, 1682 - 1762, ca. 1750
Engraving on paper
Print

Half-length portrait in three-quarter view to right. The Father, a middle-aged man, wears a skull cap and a cape with a hood. Portrait is in an oval frame; below, coat-of-arms with insciption.
Design for the Letter O of a Pictoral Alphabet: Odalisque
Victor Vincent Adam, French, 1801 – 1866, ca. 1830
Graphite, pen and bistre ink, brush and ink wash, with white heightening on cream paper
Drawing

Letter above, flanked by intertwining rinceau. A half nude girl is seen lying on a couch.
Gateway of a town with alternatives
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1780–1790
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Rustic door frame with triangular pediment and topped by an escutcheon on a pedestal. A tower is a cone shape at left, kind of pylon, at right. Colored.
Design for left half of a portal with balcony
Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786, 1725–50
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and gray watercolor on laid paper
Drawing

With construction lines. Woman standing on balcony; gentleman with stick walking. Scale.
Desing for a Fountain
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1785–1800
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, line
Drawing

A pavilion stands in a circular basin; it has concave sides and on top a rostral column with a figure. Two anchors are at the front of the column. The water pours from lion masks below the windows of the oblique walls. Bridges lead toward the colonnades which form the central parts of the sides. Two men in the attire of the 17th century stand upon the bridge at the front. Above at right is a part of the plan of the pavilion, drawn in ink. Colored background.
Textile
, possibly 17th century
Technique: 2/2 reversing twill

Diamond grid in blue and tan.
Four Border Designs
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1785-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Four designs for borders, stacked vertically on the plate. From top to bottom, the borders are in the forms of: draped flowers above which are c-curves; a central band of oak leaves with bead course above and below; lamb's tongue and dart; and stylized leaves and bead work. The plate is signed and numbered.
Design for a Tureen
, early 19th century
Pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Elevation of a tureen with scrolling feet. Body decorated with a cartouche enclosing an eagle. Floral finial.
Cypress, Villa d'Este, After Cropsey
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1857–58
Graphite on cream wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of the tops of a group of cypress trees. Verso: Part of a scroll.
Edging
, ca. 1890
cotton Technique: machine made

White imitation Alençon with a design of small sprays and openwork, motifs with ornamental border at one edge.
Design for Ceiling Decoration
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1790–1800
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Design for Ceiling Decoration.
Maple Leaves, Mt. Desert
Samuel Colman, American, 1832–1920, July 1877
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Botanical study. Upright stem with maple leaves. Verso: three boughs with leaves.
Prieuses / Prieuses pliantes
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, late 18th century
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Four designs for prayer chairs (lower two are folding) upholstered with floral motifs. The frames are carved with rosettes and flowers. A scale below. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
Twilight, Color Effects
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1860–1880
Oil on tan paperboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a loosely rendered view of brightly colored clouds at sunset, likely in the Hudson River Valley. The foreground is an indistinct expanse of green, presumably a sloping, grassy hill that leads down to a river (possibly the Hudson)--a dark purple/brown band that snakes horiztonally across the composition in the middle distance. Rolling terrain appears to extend into the background, where layered bands of vividly-illuminated pink clouds hang over the landscape. At center, a particular bright cloud is rendered in thick impasto. Patches of the deep blue-green sky are visible through the cloud banks.
Ornamental Vase Designs
Théodore Bertren, active in France, 18th century, 1772
Engraving on paper
Print

Two vases, one above the other. The top vase is fluted, has wreaths of roses, and satyr mascarons. The bottom vase is bowl shaped and has a bouquet of flowers coming out of the top. Female terms form the handles. The plate is numbered and signed.
Hillside, Jamaica
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, May–September 1865
Brush and oil, graphite on paperboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing view of a steep, heavily wooded hillside in Jamaica. At center, a trail or a wash is visible. Red-orange highlights visible at lower right. At top, the mountainous landscape beyond the hill is rendered in shade of blue-gray.
Landscape with Castle
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1870–75
Brush and oil, pencil on tan paperboard
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. Smoke rises from its chimney. 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 and partly veil a red-orange lightning bolt that zigzags through them. In the background at right, pink sunset clouds are visible in an otherwise open sky above a rolling mountain range.
Design for a Candlestick
Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799–1868, 1825–1835
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

A grape vine is wound around a column upon which two swans support a starred globe. Fasted to it by spokes is a ring supporting eight sockets, or which seven are shown.
Sidewall
, ca. 1860
Block-printed, stamped foil, applied chromolithograph

In center, large frame printed in salmon pink and green over-stamped in gold, in rustic Chinoiserie design; repeating on field, small foliate motifs printed in green and stamped in gold. Enclosed in frame, representation of seated man in brightly colored Chinese costume, against a now tarnished silver background. Asymmetrical medallion motif in Rococo style. Vertical rectangle.