biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Sampler
Mary C. Myers, American, 1832
linen embroidery on cotton net, backed with silk Technique: embroidered on machine-made net, backed with taffeta

Machine-made net embroidered with a variety of lace stitches, backed with red silk taffeta.
Sketch for Portrait of a Standing Woman
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1879
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Standing woman with flowers in her right hand and her skirt held in her left hand. She looks toward the right. Her right hand repeated, at left. Verso: Hands crossed below the wrists with lower arms shown. A right hand, lower right. Name, lower left.
Ten Octagons with Mythological Figures
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1802
Pen and brown ink over traces of graphite on cream laid paper
Drawing

Ten octagons with Vesta, Cibele, Minerva, Bacus, Diana, Endimione, Jove, Giunone, Venus, Neptune, Pluto, Proserpina, Apollo, Daphne, Venus. Tondo with Madonna, infant and St. John; blessed family.
Cornice Design with Profile
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1785-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Design for the cornice of an apartment with, from left to right, lamb tongue, bead course, garland of fruits and leaves, and bead course decoration. The profile of the cornice ornamentation is indicated at the top edge of the design motifs. The plate is signed and numbered.
Trimming
, 19th century
silk Technique: woven

Blue, white and green trimming fragment in a design of an angular stem with conventionalized flowers and leaves.
Ornamenti di fregi e fogliami
Stefano della Bella, Italian, 1610–1664, ca. 1648
Etching on paper
Print

Plate 7
Seashore
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1879
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Male and female figures at the seashore.
Camel Studies, Against Evening Sky, Palestine
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, February 1868
Graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Figure studies showing ten partial and complete views of camels and three partial figure sketches. At center, a scene of a camel walking along a ridge against the evening sky is visible. The animal is flanked by two humans, viewed from behind. Above, four partial camels and one figure are visible. Below, three studies of a camel's head with the head of a Bedouin guide are also included. 

Verso: Landscape study showing the rolling, barren terrain near what is now the West Bank, Palestine. A rocky foreground leads to an expansive and nondescript middle distance. In the background, a tall mountain range rises while sun beams shine down from above.
Sidewall
, 1800–1810
Block-printed on handmade paper

Horizontal rectangle. Vertical lozenge pattern of foliage, with floral inserts in each lozenge and floral rosettes at each angle of the lozenges. Printed in colors on mustard-yellow ground.
Sidewall
, 1815–25
Block-printed on handmade paper

Vertical rectangle, six parallel bands, set with six-petalled fleurons.
Ornamental Vase Design
Jacques-Philippe de Beauvais, French, 1739 – 1781, 1760
Etching on laid paper
Print

Oval vase with a narrow mouth. The vase is decorated with laurel leaf, meander, garland, and wreath ornamentation. The foot is stepped and elevated on a low, simple plinth. The plate is signed and numbered, although the signature looks to be slightly burnished.
Clouds over Mountains, Mexico
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1892–93
Graphite on beige wove paper
drawing

Landscape sketch showing a loosely rendered view of a cloudy sky above an extremely rugged mountain range in Mexico. Flat terrain comprises the foreground and middle distance before encountering a dark and serrated mountain range in the background. Above the range's many sharp peaks, low, puffy, and dark clouds fill an overcast sky.
Button
, 19th century

On card 8
Ornament Designs
Georg Leopold Hertel, German, active ca. 1780, mid- 18th century
Etching on off white laid paper
Print

Designs for eight ornament motifs, featuring elements including scrolls, batwings, rinceaux, garland, and architectural pediment. The plate is signed and numbered.
L'AFRIQUE
Jean Lattré, French, ca. 1722 – 1791, mid- 18th–late 18th century
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Design for a hand fan with a map of Africa framed within an upside-down pear-shaped rococo border ornamented with flowers, acanthus leaves, c-scrolls, and ribbons. The plate is titled and addressed.
Resting Mules Tethered to Wagons
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1862
Graphite, brush and gray wash on cream wove paper
Drawing

Recto: Horizontal view of a resting wagon train, with tethered mules;  tree and log cabin visible in background.  

Verso:  horizontal view of a portion of a ship.
Design for a Processional Lamp
, early 17th century
Pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Vase fastened to the wings of angels, connected between a branched segments. The rim of the vase is surrounded by a crown. Crossed arrows above this.
Competition Design for La Fenice, Venice: Transverse Section
D. Cerato, Italian, 1788
Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, watercolor, graphite on cream paper
Drawing

Drawing in shades of rose and gray of transverse section of a theater showing a large central section with a pitched roof flanked by bays with lower roof.   View of five tiers of boxes topped by a shallow dome, the proscenium with curtain, and a large dark semicircular shape seen through the roofing timbers.  The rose pink indicates structural supports.
Title Page
Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682, 1650–80
Etching on laid paper
Print

Title page for a series of alcove designs. The title is lettered in a cartouche in the lower center, framed by a garland of leaves and ribbons, and scrolling foliage. A highly ornate half-tester bed in the center set within an alcove, walls hung with tapestries. The alcove is framed by herm columns supporting festoons of fruit and leaves and the central curtain and a balustrade. With a sculpted eagle in the center. The doors on either side are decorated with ornate paneling, and overdoors with oval profile portraits. Many figures in the foreground and around the bed, gesturing towards the bed. The backboard of the bed features a mask, and male figures holding the bed curtain. A scale below the title cartouche. The plate is numbered.
Decoration of a portal in honor of a prelate
Paolo Pozzi, Italian, 1741 – 1803, ca. 1750–1770
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor on grayDutch paper with blue fibers
Drawing

Portal surmounted with balcony, six figures within.  Lit candelabra with lions tops garlanded columns of balcony.
Lit à l'Italienne
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for a bed placed with its length against the wall, and a canopy over the center. The canopy and the bedding are decorated with stripes; at the peak of the canopy is a portrait medallion, and the bed is carved with winged putti and scrolls. The plate is signed.
Cartoon for Silk Damask: Cornucopias with Rams' Heads
, 1800–1815
Pen and black ink, brown wash, traces of red chalk, graphite on white laid paper
Drawing

Rows of cornucopiae, having ram heads at their points; these support festoons crossing the cornucopiae, two of these are shown, one is decorated with a figure of Ceres, the other of Neptune. Ruled border.
A pair of trophies referring to the crafts of the cabinet maker and the carpenter
Jean-Charles Delafosse, French, 1734 – 1789, 1765
Pen and black ink, brush and gray was with black chalk on laid paper
Drawing

At left: Tools and a drawing book and ovoidal relief showing a beaver gnawing a pole, suspended from a windlass. At right: tools, drawings, a framed representation of a compass, a carpenter's rule, a snake; suspended from a ribbon.
Plan and Elevation of the Ginetti Chapel and Altar in Sant'Andrea della Valle Basilica
Carlo Fontana, Italian, 1634 - 1714, 1671
Engraving, brush and blue wash on paper
Print

Plan and Elevation of the Ginetti Chapel and Altar in Sant'Andrea della Valle Basilica.
Trimming
, 19th century
silk Technique: cut supplementary warp pile (velvet)

Trimming fragment in a design of alternating red and white diagonal bands on a yellow ground.
Project: The elevation of a prayer stool
, 1725–1775
Pencil, pen, ink, chinese black washes and light green water color on paper
Drawing

Horizontal composition of a prayer stool with panels and a circular medallion in the center square. Pilasters in the corners are receding. The bottom captial reads "Prospetto del Inqionocchiato del Sufraggio," and the sacle reads "duk pal-mi sei."
Study of Standing Woman for "The Republican Court" (Lady Washington's Reception Day)
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1860
Graphite, white chalk on grey wove paper
Drawing

Woman standing, her head turned toward the right, her arms resting on something to the left. Sketch of another bust, at right. Study of hand with paper, lower left. Verso: Two studies of hands.
Design for a Salon
François-Jacques Delannoy, French, 1755 - 1835, ca. 1785
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on paper
drawing

A short side wall showing a door frame flanked by window. Openings with hangings and sofas.
Elévations et Coupe du Casin de Me Meulenaer, à Gravensel by J.J. le Queu
Jean-Charles Krafft, French, 1764 - 1833, 1812
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

An architectural print illustrating two exterior elevations and an interior sectional view of a country house featuring neoclassical motifs, columns, entablature, friezes, pediment, and sculptures. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
Section of a Room and Anteroom with Figures
Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682, 1656–57
Etching on laid paper
Print

Sectional view of a bedroom, ante room, and balcony above. Three male figures in the bedroom. The interior decoration features ornately carved paneling with festoons of flowers, mascarons (masks), putti, and scrolling leaf motifs. The plate is signed and numbered.
Differents Desseins de Tabatieres, premiere planche [Different Designs for Snuff Boxes], p. 49 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurele Meissonnier
Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750, 1748
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

1921-6-212-18-a: Designs for six shell-shaped snuffboxes, each with...;     1921-6-212-18-b: Left hilt: knob engraved with rays, center putti m...
Design for a Tureen
Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799–1868, 1825-1835
Pen and ink, brush and washes
drawing

The vessel is banded with a vine meander, and the finial is in the form of an urn resting on acanthus leaves. The handles are composed of lions' heads with rings in their mouths. The base is banded with vine arabesques interrupted by acanthus leaves, and the feet are tapered and fluted.
Ornamental Vase Design
Edme Bouchardon, French, 1698–1762, 1737
Etching on laid paper
Print

Tall vase with a thin neck, around which is an acanthus leaf pattern. Two sirens facing outward with arms stretched behind their heads function as handles. The middle of the vase features a mythological scene, of a woman (Venus) in a chariot with putti behind her, driven by two swans. A putto flies above, holding a billowing cloth. The bottom third of the vase is fluted and has a raised mask at the center. The fish tail handles cross in front of the vase and over the mask. The foot of the vase is thin and tall, fluted, and wavy at the base. The plate is lettered and numbered.
Fragment
, 14th century
silk Technique: two integrated fabric structures; 2/1 twill plus plain weave

Palmette flanked by circular scrolls with pseudo-Kufic writing.
Mixed Sketches, Obersee, Germany
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 1868
Graphite and white gouache on tan laid paper; verso: graphite
drawing

Mixed sketches around the Obersee in Bavaria, Germany showing views of a large fish just below the water's surface, at upper center, figures piloting a canoe at center, with three partial views of a figure wearing traditional German lederhosen and an alpine hat, shown from the back and side. At lower right and opposite oriented, a partial sketch of a figure hiking with a backpack is included.

Verso: Landscape sketch showing a view of the Königssee in Bavaria, Germany and its steep, wooded shoreline. Water stretches from foreground to middle distance, where it meets a heavily wooded shoreline. In background, a hill on the shore of the lake is visible.
Sampler
, 1797
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: cross, satin, knot, back, and stem stitches on plain weave

Detached motifs including religious symbols and double-headed eagle.
Projet de l'angle d'un Sallon portatif pour le Roy (Design for a Corner of a Salon), plate 98, in Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (Works by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier)
Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750, 1748
Engraving on laid paper
Print

View of upper corner of a room; left, a putto perched on a rocaille cornice leading up to a robed woman reaching up to another woman who bends over handing her a basket of flowers. Above, more figures holding a large basket of flowers; C-curves frame this scene. Right, trompe l'oeil balcony with architecture view.
Figural Studies
, 1550–1600
Red crayon on paper
Drawing

Figure shown from the front, seated. The left foot stands upon a step. The arms are crossed. The head is lowered and turned towards the left shoulder.
Plan of the Casino and Gardens of Giovenazzo
Unknown, Italian, ca. 1750
Pen and brown ink, gray wash Support: white laid paper
Drawing

Scale: in pen and brown ink, at right margin
REPRÉSENTATION DES JEUX, DANSES ET EXERCICES AVEC EPÉES
Johann Martin Weis, French, 1711 - 1751, 1745
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

A large crowd gathers on the banks of the river Ill for a procession of the bakers of Strasbourg after offering Louis XV a local cake, displaying games with swords and guns. The Cathedral towers above, in the background. The plate is titled, signed, numbered, and features the Strasbourg coat of arms.
Two Frame Designs
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1785-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Two rectangular frame designs arranged horizontally on the page.. From the sight edge to the back edge of the frame on the left, the frame features fluted cove, lamb's tongue, fluted cove, and laurel leaf molding. The top of the frame features a trophy with helmet, shields, and fasces; the bottom of the frame features crossed horns with garlands of ribbon draped around them. From the sight edge to the back edge of the frame on the right, the frame has moldings of bead course, fluted cove, and leaf and dart designs. The top of the frame has a carved vase in front of a torch and quiver, with garland of roses; the bottom of the frame has a lunette at the center with a portrait medallion surrounded by laurel leaves. The plate is signed and numbered.
Button
, 1801–50
Brass

1931-59-134: Circular, convex button; ornamented with coat of a...
Stage Design, Palace Atrium
Angelo Toselli, ca. 1765? – 1826, 1815–30
Pen and brown ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. A hall with a coffered ceiling. At left, stairs leading tot he street; at right, stairs leading to another hall. Pedestals with groups of figural sculptures in the space between the steps.
Salle à Manger
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1780-1789
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Plan of a dining room. The plate is signed and numbered.
Sidewall
, 1815
Block-printed on handmade paper

Framework of squares formed by conventionalized palmette branches, with rosettes at corners, enclosing alternating motifs of meander and foliage rinceaux. Printed in green and pale violet.
Design for a Brooch in Shape of a Feather
, late 18th century
Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash on laid paper
Drawing

Jewelry design for a brooch in the shape of a feather. Feather positioned vertically and curving to the right at the top with a small knot around the shaft.
Sidewall
Ferrouillat, ca. 1795
Block-printed on handmade paper

Vertical rectangle of joined sheets of paper. Alternating medallion in grisaille of a woman standing with a sacrificial goat at an altar, and flower baskets from which is draped a wide ribbon. Above and below, large basket of flowers. Joining the various units of the design are arabesques of ribbon bows, scrolls, flower garlands and butterflies.
Two Projects for Painted Decorations of Panels
, 1580–1590
pen and ink, brush and grey watercolors, charcoal on laid paper.
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. At let is a panel framed by pilasters and an entablature. In the center sits a plant candelabrum with rinceaux and half-figures of lions. Garlands connect the candelabrum and rinceaux below and two children sit with bowls containing fire. At the right, is an oblong with the figure of a standing, armored woman, with a spear in her right hand. The figure is shown in a niche, formed by a curtain.
Ornament Design
Jean-Bernard Turreau, French, 1672 - 1731, 1716-19
Etching on laid paper
Print

Ornament design featuring grotesque motifs with a nude female figure (Venus) seated in a chariot with a dragon on her lap and a putto holding a parasol above her head. Putti leading the chariot and seated on lions, and holding flags, and scrolling leaves (rinceaux) with a vase of flowers, with a flying putto above holding a helmet and quiver of arrows. The plate is signed.
Design for Two Panels of Ornament
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1745
Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper
Print

Design for two vertical panels of ornament. The leff panel features winged putti playing under a cloak, birds, and mascaron; the right panel, a scene of putti playing in a landscape underneath a radiant sun. The plate is signed and numbered..
Arabesque Panel Design
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, 1775–88
Etching on paper
Print

An arabesque panel design featuring a caduceus (the staff carried by the Greek and Roman god Hermes/ Mercury) with wings, and intertwined snakes, framed by birds, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), festoons of leaves, fleurons, a mascaron (mask) with a basket of fruit above. The plate is signed and numbered.
Pavillion de ci devant Md Elisabete à Versailles, par Mr Chalgrin Architecte
Jean-Charles Krafft, French, 1764 - 1833, 1812
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

An architectural print illustrating a garden pavilion with three exterior elevations, a sectional view of the interior, and two floor plans. The pavilion features neoclassical motifs, columns, a pediment, domed ceiling, friezes, and decorative paneling. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
Attique pour le Sallon à l'Italienne Cotté CIX
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, 1749-1761
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Divided design of the attic, or upper-level apartment, of the Italian-style salon designed by Oppenord in plate CIX (1921-6-216-75). The left side of the plate depicts a balcony with strapwork iron gate, and two tall semicircle windows, the right one which has above it a carved putto holding a trumpet and military attributes. The right side of the plate features a panel with a carved allegorical figure and cartouche, an engaged column with a Corinthian capital, and a winged and crowned cartouche. The plate is signed and numbered.
Design for a Coronet
, 1820–30
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray, yellow wash, graphite on white wove paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Design for a small crown or tiara intended to be executed in gold with white diamonds. Branches with leaves and blossoms like rosettes with a diamond in the center. Below a stripe with a row of round diamonds with a rosette with one big and four small diamonds in the center with a hanging pearl. Verso: parts of geometrical figures in red.
Sidewall
, 1785–90
Block-printed on handmade paper

Vertical rectangle. Scene with putto feeding a chicken, under two trees. Simulated architectural molding applied as a border.
Design for a Coffee Urn
Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799–1868, ca. 1820
Pen and black ink, brush and gray, black wash on wove paper
Drawing

Side view; spout is at right. Body and cover have twelve corners and tapered bottom.  Sides of body are alternately decorated with a void with a genius and lozenge with a woman's head. A snake sits atop the cover. Stand formed by four angular poles.
Ornamental Vase Design
Jean Claude Thomas Duplessis, French, 1730-1783, 1775-1780
Etching on paper
Print

Lidded vase with a putto and goat sculpted at the top, wrapped in a grape vine. The vase has a festoon of leaves draped across, a satyr mascaron on either side, and gadrooning at the base. The two handles of the vase are rectangular and project upward. The vase is elevated on a stepped pedestal with an indication of leaves and trees growing around it. On the lower right side of the image is a broken column capital. The plate is signed but not numbered.
Bridge at Yedo
Katsushika Hokusai, 1760 – 1849, 1760-1849
Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
Print

Hokusai shows a crowded scene of visitors and passersby, all crossing the Yedo Bridge. The yellow bridge contrasts the bright yellow wood with accents of reds, blues, and greens. Half a dozen boats are also hauling materials or other working-class folks from one destination to another.
Flowers of the Air, Illustration for Scribner's Magazine (XVII, No. 2, February 1895, p. 266)
Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924, February 1895
Printed in black ink on paper
Ephemera

A woman stands in profile facing to the left of the image, her right arm outreached towards multiple butterflies, her left arm holding a vase. Her skirt billows and butterflies fly on the left.
Stage Design, Oriental Temple
Antonio Giuseppe Basoli, Italian, 1774–1843, 1810–30
Pen and gray ink, brush and gray and black wash on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Image of god on pedestal int emple. Representations of other gods, elephants, and camels. Incense burning.
Purse (pence jug)
, 1830–60
silk, metal beads Technique: knitted

Knitted purse in the shape of a jug and ornamented with copper-colored beads.
Button
, 19th century
Steel

1931-59-255: Flat Button ornamented at edge by ring of small bo...
Interior Wall Elevation with a Sofa
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1777-79
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

A design for an interior wall featuring ornately painted panels and a sofa / daybed in a central niche. The panels are decorated with festoons of leaves and flowers, sprigs of leaves, palm leaves, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), birds, tassels, swords, banners, floral crowns, and ribbons. The niche is framed by a scalloped lambrequin or valance with hanging tassels decorated with festoons of flowers and palm leaves. The plate is numbered.
Design for Chinoiserie Flowers
Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808, 1765–73
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for fantastical chinoiserie-style flowers from a series of six plates. A variety of differently shaped and sized sprigs of flowers and leaves originating from the same stem. The plate is signed
Textile
, 1730–35
silk Technique: warp-faced plain weave patterned by discontinuous supplementary weft (brocaded) bounded on the front in 1/3 twill

Polychrome silk brocade with silver metallic. Large red and and violet flowers with silvery leaves grownig from rocky mounds.
Tiraz fragment
, 10th–12th century
linen, silk Technique: plain weave, slit tapestry with eccentric wefts

Tiraz fragment of loosely woven natural-colored linen with a band of yellow and brown silk. Possibly from the Fatamid Period.
The First Seven Presidents of the United States
, ca. 1830
cotton Technique: roller printed on plain weave
Textile

The first seven American Presidents, the dates of their terms, the American eagle and the frigate Constitution. Andrew Jackson prominently in the center. In blue on white.