biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Plate 2, from Livre de bijouterie (Book of Designs for Goldsmiths and Jewelers)
Léonard Thiry, Flemish, 1550, ca. 1570
Engraving on paper
Print

Design for a collar with alternative designs. At center, a faceted rectangular gem and a drop pearl. At top, winged figures; at bottom, swags of beads and festoons.
Frieze
Janeway & Co. Inc., New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1848 - 1914, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

A repetitive design of floral bouquets, interspersed by gold fleur-de-lis, upon a striated background bordered on the bottom by complementary floral swags above a taupe ground, above a gold border complementary to the fleur-de-lis. Printed in white, taupe, gray and gold.
Ocean with Rocky Outcropping and Trees
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, 1890–1900
Pen and black ink on off-white wove paper
Sketchbook folio

In left foreground, a rocky outcropping with several trees and some grass. Ocean coming into shore, view out to horizon.
Gathering Berries
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, July 11, 1874
Wood engraving in black ink on paper
Print

Young girls and boys picking berries on the shore of a lake.  Five children are on the ground picking berries, while two girls, at right, are standing up.
Frieze
Alfred Peats Company, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Acanthus W-shape crowned by a foliate arbor encasing a bouquet.  Acanthus and three-flower bouquet between.  Repeating stylized flowers suspended from top metalic gold stripe. Verterbrate band of laurel leaves on bottom.  Green background that is darker on bottom and gets light toward the top.  Printed in green, metalic gold, maroon,  pink, beige and white
Sidewall
Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Floral bouquets and swags, connected by acanthus scrolls. Printed in shades of blue, tan, off-white and white on blue ground.
Sampler
Ann Ritchie, Scottish, 1799
silk embroidery on wool foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, stem, satin, eyelet, long-armed cross, and running stitches on plain weave foundation

Bands of pattern and isolated motifs including patriotic, religious, and masonic motifs.  "Fear god and keep his commandments and that is the whole duty."  "The ark of the covenant."  Undecipherable.  Ship "The James and Ann of Montrose."
Sidewall - sample
, 1906–08
Machine-printed

Floral stripe; red flower on green stripe, on pin-striped background.
Sidewall and label
, 1820–30
Block-printed on handmade paper

Large white flowers with green centers, green sprays of foliage against gray background.
Border
, 1800–1825
Block-printed on handmade paper

Wide central band of intertwined acanthus leaves, forming a guilloche-like design. Above this is ros of beading and tongue and leaf molding. Row of dentil motif along top edge with narrow band of cable molding or rope twist along lower edge. Printed in shades of yellow, ocher and gray on black ground.

H#556 ?
Sampler
Sarah Ann Marbert, American, ca. 1860
wool embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in counted cross and long-armed cross stitches on plain weave foundation

The center field contains a large inscription with scattered motifs of birds, a house, and an urn of flowers; with a deep border combining a strawberry vine with other floral elements.
Tile
J. & J. G. Low Art Tile Works, 1877 – 1883, late 19th century
Glazed stoneware

Square, molded tile of white clay, reverse is embossed with an inscription framed in three concentric circles: J. & J.G. Low, Patent Art Tile Works, Chelsea Mass" Face is decorated with a stylized rosette set in a plain, narrow frame; crackle glaze is mustard yellow.
Fragment
Saunier, 1750–1800
linen Technique: resist block printed on plain weave; immersion dyed in indigo

'S' curving ribbon alternate with floral sprays on left. At right a stripe of vases of flowers on a table.
Mariposa Grove, Grizzly Giant, Yosemite
Carleton E. Watkins, American, 1829 – 1916, 1861–66
Albumen silver print
Photograph

View of forest, man with rifle, standing before an enormous tree trunk.
Landscape
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, n.d.
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Partial sketch of a landscape with a mountain range on the horizon.
Console avec son profil
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for a bracket with views of its front and side. The bracket is decorated with  scrolls and acanthus leaves. Below is another small bracket with draped floral garland. The plate is signed.
Figures with Ruins in a Landscape
, late 18th century
Graphite on paper
Drawing

At lower right, two classical figures sit beneath ruins and a large tree. Mountains and village seen in the distance.
Flambeau
Pierre Germain, French, 1703 - 1783, 1748
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for a candlestick decorated with ornament motifs including gadrooning, garland, mascaron, branches, and scalloping. The plate is signed and numbered.
Sketch of a French Peasant
Samuel Colman, American, 1832–1920, 1874
Brush and watercolor, gouache, graphite on rough brown-grey paper
Drawing

Man shown obliquely from the front, walking, wearing wooden shoes and a large hat. Red-brown coat with yellow sleeves, blue waistcoat, and brown trousers.
Design for a Candlestick
Luigi Righetti, Italian, 1780 - 1819, 1800–10
Pen and ink, brush and sepia wash, yellow, brown-red watercolor, graphite on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Design for a candlestick, similar to 1938-88-608, but without the base with the figures of angels. Instead, seated griffins with garlands support the shaft, which consists of two pieces of fluted and foliated columns with the figure of a caryatid draped in garlands. One socket for a candle extends above.
Band
, 17th century
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered

Off-white band embroidered in red with the motto "liberta."
Design for the Decoration of a Pilaster Strip
C. C., French, active 19th c., 1811
Pen and black ink, brush and grey watercolor, graphite on paper
Drawing

A plant candelabrum with a bow-knot above the middle and with a palmette on top, framed by a moulding. The background is colored.
Design for a Tazza with a Portrait of William of Orange as Commander of Wisdom
Theodor de Bry, Flemish, 1528 – 1598, ca. 1588
Engraving on paper
Print

Circular design for the interior of tazza (footed dish), with a medallion portrait of William of Orange at the center. In the surrounding circle, a band with scenes include the Judgement of Solomon; an image of Venus; a man at table, praying, flanked by Death and the Devil;  Susanna and the elders. Inscriptions in French and Low German.
Mausoleum
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1795
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

The elevation of the central building is a variation of the top design of -1127, the plan of the colonnade being ovoidal with the steeples standing at the poles. Flanking are two wall segments which end outside with pyramids and inside with colonnades of three bays each. Upon these and beside the pyramids stand containers with fires.
Three Trophies
, 1650–1700
Pen and brown ink on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Horizontal rectangles showing three designs for military trophies. At left, a chariot pulling a tower and torch. At right, a shield with quiver of arrows.
Fragment
, 15th–16th century
cotton Technique: resist-printed on plain weave

Resist-printed design of tear-drop shaped forms and floral motif on red ground; bordered by blue ground with daisies with dots enclosed by thin stripes on each side. On the outer portion of the daisy design is a plain red stripe.
Etui Designs
Pierre Moreau, French, 1722 – 1798, 1771
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Within a double-lined frame, two designs for rectangular etuis, small ornamental cases, side-by-side. Left: decorated with neo-classical bands, fluting, laurel leaves, fleurons and a garland of flowers, with a central cartouche of birds within a landscape framed within palm leaves and c-scrolls and ribbons. Right: decorated with garlands, fleurons, ‘rocaille' scrolls, gadrooning and shell motifs, scale pattern, with a central cartouche featuring a trophy and two hearts. The lid features dolphins with a vase finial. A scale below. The plate is signed and numbered.
Field Kitchen Fire
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1862
Graphite on cream wove paper, laid down
Drawing

Horizontal view of a field kitchen fire.
Stage Design, Prison Cellar
Bibiena Family, 1657, 18th century
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, graphite on wove paper, laid down
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Cellar with enormous substructure and beam roof, possibly a prison.
Ceiling Design
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1785-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Oval ceiling design. The ceiling is split along the vertical axis to offer two designs. On the left, the frame features bound oak leaf and lamb tongue bands, and has monogram rondels in the corners, framed by horns of plenty. The panel on the left has a thin thyrsus wrapped with a guilloche of leaves, and a wreath of crossed horns in its center. The right-side frame of the ceiling is carved with flowers and has bands of lamb tongue; there are lyres in the corners, and the panel on the right has a shallow gadrooned bowl with crosses thyrses behind it and garlands of flowers. The plate is signed, but the plate is trimmed and the numbering is not visible.
Anatomical Sketches of the Head, Neck, and Shoulders
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, probably 1865–75
Graphite on dark beige wove paper
Drawing

Figure sketches showing multiple anatomical views of the head, neck, shoulders, and arms in various positions and contortions. At upper left, the shoulder blades, neck and head are viewed from behind, while, beside it at right, a head is tilted to the right as it looks upward. In the upper right corner are two bent arms with prominent biceps--one arm hinges upward, while the other, downward. At center, the back, shoulder, head, and upper arms are shown from the rear as the figure lifts their right arm and twists their neck. Beside it at left, a head looks upward in left profile. At lower left, another head in left profile looks to the left, while below it, two outlines of heads looking upward and downward are included. At lower right, four sketches of turning heads--viewed both from the front and behind--are visible.
Cartouche with Bird and Sun
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1738
Etching and engraving on paper
Bound print

Asymmetrical oblong rocaille cartouche topped with a large bird at center and a sun at upper right. Pine tree at left, at the bottom of which stand two putto. Within cartouche, landscape scene depicting a tree in a valley.
Ciboire
Pierre Germain, French, 1703 - 1783, 1748
Etching on laid paper
Print

Various designs for cups for the Eucharist, decorated with crosses, fluting, and garland. The plate is signed and numbered.
Balcons de fer ciselés
Jean Mariette, French, 1660–1742, c. 1737
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Four vertically stacked designs for balcony grates made of iron. The metalwork design is open, and features scrolling bars and leaves. There is a scale bar of "6 pieds" at the bottom of the plate. The plate is numbered but not signed.
Clouds at Sunset
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1870–80
Brush and oil on tan paperboard
Drawing

Atmosphere sketch showing a bank of billowing, gray cumulus clouds with the peak of the central formation touched in golden pink light, with the sky is otherwise a saturated shade of light blue. The top of another cloud is possibly shown at lower left, while the gray ground is visible along the upper margin.
Title Page
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1779–90
Etching on paper
Print

Six designs for trophies incorporating leaves, festoons of flowers and leaves, succulents, books, measuring devices, base of a column, ruler, drum, potted plant, sheets of music, bust, palette, paint brushes, shovel, and a hat. The plate is numbered.
Frame with Rocaille Cartouche
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1740–68
Etching and engraving on paper
Bound print

Upright frame design for a mirror or painting, topped with a rocaille cartouche at upper center surrounded by two palm branches. Floral and vegetal decoration throughout.
Project for a Crest with Alternate Suggestions
, 1725–1750
Black chalk, pen and ink, bistre, brush and grey wash on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle showing design for an architectural ornament. A mask crowned with a leaf diadem on top of a pediment, the field of which is scalloped. At left, a putto with a thread sits on the cornice. At right, a flying putto. Verso: Jupiter with thunder bolt and eagle.
Elevation d'une maison de 7 toises de face
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Elevation of a house of three floors decorated with bound leaf and mascarons. The plate is signed.
Jabal al-Habis, Petra, Jordan
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, February 25, 1868
Oil paint and graphite on paperboard
Drawing

Landscapes study showing rock-cut architecture in the cliff walls of Petra, in present-day Jordan. At left and right, two tall, precipitous cliffs frame the scene. At center, multiple portals and facades--likely tombs--are carved into a lower cliff face. Rock is colored in hues of red, brown, and orange. Above, light, pink clouds hang in a dark blue twilight sky.
Design for a Mausoleum
, 1780
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
drawing

Heavily rusticated arched doorway flanked by urns in niches surmounted by busts, and flanked by rusticated columns. Above, a balustrade ornamented with statuary, a low attic and stepped dome.
Ornamental Vase Design
St. G..., active 18th century, 1772-1777
Engraving on paper
Print

Two lidded vases side by side. The left vase is shorter, with a spherical finial. It is decorated with shells, and two snakes intertwine around the neck. The vase has a tapered foot, and is on a low, spherical socle. The vase on the right has an egg-shape finial, and a lid decorated with acanthus leaves. The vase tapers toward the bottom, and has a foot decorated with acanthus leaves. It is elevated on a low socle. The plate is numbered.
Ribbon
, late 19th century
silk Technique: warp printed compound weave

Double-faced broad ribbon with white silk horizontally ribbed plain cloth ground. Narrow stripes of pink, green, yellow, and light blue along edges, formed by extra warp. Central design of sprays of yellow and red roses, and small blue flowers, all chiné dyed.
Jardiniere
, late 18th century
Lead-glazed earthenware ("cream ware")

Demilune with flat back and bow front. Three "bun" feet. All white. Front with three rectangular sunken panels ordered at top with a scalloped rim, molded masks and oak motifs. Inside with flange.
Huilier a deux Caraffons, orné d'une Pyramide porté sur une Tortue les quatres faces garnie de paquet d'Olive et de Noix
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1788–1796
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Design for a double-sided cruet decorated with an obelisk in the center on top of a turtle. At the top of the obelisk is an urn with ram head handles with chains attached to the lids of the oil bottles. The plate is numbered.
Le derriere de l’entrée du Berceau de Mr. de Morstein
Nicolas Langlois, French, 1640 - 1703, 1658–1703
Etching on laid paper
Print

Two plates printed side-by-side on a single sheet. Both proofs are before lettering with their titles inscribed in ink below each image, within the plates. Left plate: A trellis gate with oval finials, s-scroll ornament, and pilasters in the background with two figures walking through the open gate. In the foreground, a manicured rectangular lawn, framed by plants and topiary with a small tree in the middle. Right plate: A round fountain in the middle, with a shooting jet of water, with a trellis domed structure in the background, with benches in the niches and ornamented with decorative panels, finials, pilasters, and s-scrolls. Plants and topiary in the foreground, framing lawn, with figures walking around and sitting on benches within the garden.
Chandelier Design
Jean François Forty, active 1775 – 1790, 1775–94
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Design for a chandelier, before lettering, incorporating flowers, festoons of flowers, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), ribbons, and winged women with legs morphing into fish tails and scrolling leaves.
Fragment
, early 19th century
cotton Technique: printed on plain weave

Fragment shows a man and woman seat on a hillside under trees. In red on white.
Frontispiece
François-Joseph Bélanger, French, 1744–1818, 1812
Etching and engraving on paper
Bound Print

Frontispiece with the title lettered in the center framed by a pavilion with columns, a fountain, statues on plinths, incense burners, and a pediment above. Below, a vignette with a seated man, writing on a tablet surrounded by bookshelves, flanked by lion fountains, featuring Empire style motifs and ornament. The plate is signed.
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; each leaf with a center boss. Five-grooved mushroom shaped nail head on a square base.
Project for the decoration of a chapel
, 1700–1730
Black chalk, pen, ink, brush, and grey, brown, greenish and rose water colors on paper.
Drawing

Vertical composition of a decorated chapel with framing lines. An arch and a section of a vaulted ceiling are shown in the foreground. The ceiling is decorated with an ovoidal frame with a chest, two palms branches and two panels with twigs. The altar is seen at the back wall with a mensa and a picture fram with a triangular pediment. Niches are shown on both sides. A measurement is inscribed in the pilaster on the right. The scale at the bottom reads: "Scala di p.mi Trenta Romani."
Fireworks Festival Honoring a Marriage
, ca. 1750
Engraving on paper
Print

Spectators look across a lake at a temple from which issue fireworks. Other fireworks gush forth from rocky masses to the side and from two mock warships in the middle distance. At top of the temple are the arms of the betrothed.
Rocaille Designs for Frame and Border Decoration
Georg Leopold Hertel, German, active ca. 1780, mid- 18th century
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Designs for ornamented borders or frames with rocaille motifs including scrolls, rinceaux, and garlands. The plate is signed and numbered.
Galerie métallique des grands hommes français (Great Men of France)
Adrian Vezrat, French, 1803 - 1883, 1825
Cast bronze
Medal

Bust of Eustache Le Sueur (1617 -1655).
Rugged Cliff, Mexico
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1883–1884
Graphite on light gray wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of a rugged cliff in Mexico. In the foreground, a nearby road extends from the bottom right corner into the middle distance at center left, curving around a mountainside at left. In the middle distance at center, a craggy cliff face is visible with several fissures and vertical ridges. Another indistinct sketch, possibly of a pilaster or other architectural element, is included in the lower left corner. 

Verso: Landscape and figure sketch showing a view in Mexico of two figures working with a device that swings on a pole and is fastened to the boughs of a forked tree--possibly a kind of see-saw, in a sense. Figure at center appears to pull the rope or pole downwards. In the background, a rugged mountain ridge with a flat peak at left forms an undulating horizon.
David and Abishag
, 1610–30
wool, silk Technique: tapestry woven
Cushion cover

The story of David and Abishag with two women each holding a jug, a man on horseback and another standing behind. Landscape in background and a floral border.
Two Arabesque Panel Designs
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, 1768–75
Etching on paper
Print

Two vertical arabesque panel designs printed on two separate plates featuring female figures, incense burners, vases, plinths, herms, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), fleurons, festoons of leaves, mascarons (masks), wave pattern moldings, fluting, gadrooning, and cornucopias. The plates are numbered.
Decorative Study; Verso: Anatomical Study
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1814–18
Pen and ink over graphite on cream laid paper
Drawing

Three capitals, fountain; facade of church from the 14th century. 15th century portal. Verso: barbarian head in profile and head of young man in profile with mantel after antique.
Title of the Seventh Set of "Suite des Fragmens"
Louis-Marin Bonnet, French, 1736 - 1793, ca. 1785
Etching with aquatint in brownish red on paper
Print

The text is written in an upright standing shell, at the bottom of which two putti watch a third one painting. Right top corner: No. 404
Sailboat
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1880
Pen and ink, graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Two sketches of a sailboat with a double mast hull under sail.
The Great Temple
Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858, 1797-1858
Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
Print

Here we see a large temple. This giant structure in size and color is awestricken as everything else surrounding it appears small and insignificant. Tiny people seem flowing in and out of the building. The peach color clouds on either side of the roof form the illusion of grandeur as if the structure as coming out of the clouds.
Design for a Baptismal Font
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1775
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

The bowl is low and divided into the fluted body and a big rim. The lid has the shape of a rounded pedestal with cherubim above festoons. It is supported by a high vase, the upper part of which is decorated at the front with lily branches and a festoon. At the oblique sides are volutes, with cherubim on top.
One of a set of projects for a title page and decoration of a horizontal panel
Francesco Bedeschini, Italian, 1675-1699
Pen, brush, sepia
Drawing

The panel has an elaborated frame, the outermost borderline of which frames the drawing. Two putti and rinceau. Intended to be engraved
Design for a Vessel
, ca. 1800
Pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Two women in classical dress support a vessel. Each woman raises one hand, the other clasping that of her neighbor. The vessel if decorated with frieze of lizards below the rim. At bottom, a triangular platform with ram's heads.
Design for a woven or printed fabric
P. and C. Lacour, 1850–80
Black crayon, brush and watercolor, gouache on cream paper
Drawing

Silhouetted boughs in the style of about 1600 hanging from rising waves. Small flower boughs are shown in the intervals. An ovoidal is finished.
Une naïade échevelée recule d'efroi à la vue d'un lion
Jean Baptiste Marie Pierre, French, 1714–1789, ca. 1740
Etching on laid paper
Bound print

Scene of a naiad in a landscape, with a frightened look on her face, looking up at a lion that is part of a fountain. The plate is not signed or numbered.
Interior Alcove
Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682, ca. 1650
Etching on laid paper
Print

An alcove with a canopy bed in the center with only the feather finials visible. The alcove is framed by fluted pilasters, balustrades, panels, a central medallion of a profile portrait and a festoon of leaves.
Five Headgears for Women, Two Fragments of Illustrations for "Königl: Grosbrit [anische] Genealogischer Kalender auf das 1781 Jahr Lauenberg bey J.G. Berenberg"
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, German, 1726 - 1801, 1780
Stipple and line engraving on paper
Print

Figurse 1 to 3 of Engelmann 362. Bottom: figures 4 and 5 of Engelmann 362a.
Figure
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1884
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of a figure wearing a top hat and pantaloons.
Fragment
, 19th century
cotton Technique: printed on plain weave

Fragment shows a man seated under a tree reading to two women. They are surrounded by trees, leafy vegetation and flowers.