biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Designs for Glass Scent Bottles
, ca. 1850
Pen and brown ink, brush and gouache, gold paint over graphite on cream wove paper
Drawing

Recto: six designs for bottles with stoppers, each with style written below; Verso: designs for six other bottles with stoppers, numbered below.
Chasuble fragments
, 16th century
silk Technique: 5-harness satin damask

Yellow-green damask with a large-scale symmetrical abstract pomegranate shape enclosing a single fleur-de-lys. Height of repeat was probably about 24 inches.
Sidewall
, 1850–1900
Machine-printed on machine-made paper

Intertwined grape vine enclosing vignettes of wading birds in marsh. Printed in greens, browns, purples, and aqua on pale green ground.
Sampler
, 19th century
cotton Technique: embroidered in withdrawn element work on plain weave foundation

Nine squares and three bands of withdrawn element work in white.
Horseshoe
Battin & Company, American, 1896 - 1922, ca. 1900
Silver
Matchsafe

In the shape of a horseshoe featuring central, raised decoration of 2 jockeys racing their horses at track, reverse simulates horse's hoof with shoe. Lid (top of horseshoe) has thumb catch at front and hinged at upper left. Striker on bottom.
Textile
Schwartz-Huguenin, 1851–63
cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller on plain weave; glazed

Three pieces, same design, different colors. A) Ground printed, possibly by "molette," in grey, small check pattern. Design of long sprays of bell-shaped and accented in darker brown, printed over ground design, possibly by surface roller. B) Same design, flowers in dark blue. C) Same with flowers in red with very dark green shadows and accents. Glazed.
Textile
, early 19th century
cotton Technique: block printed on plain weave and resist

Small panel of printed and resisted cotton in red and cream. Red ground shows stlyized flower head and foliage in shape of circle, achieved by resist; details applied by block.
Fan case
, ca. 1785
Wood, screws

Plain wooden box with top that screws on.
Design for a Ewer
Noritake, Japan and New York, New York, USA, 1880–1910
Brush and watercolor, white, gold gouache, graphite on cream paper
Drawing

Footed ewer with cut off curved handled decorated with pink peonies (flowers), green leaves under gold latticework.
Ceiling paper
Cresswell & Washburn Ltd, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1880 - 1900, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, ribbed, liquid mica

Various floral medallions / fleurons with small yellow flowers, foliate vining and beading. Printed in greens, yellow and metallic gold on ribbed ground with white liquid mica overlay.
Three Studies of Arms
Edwin Howland Blashfield, American, 1848–1936, ca. 1905
Charcoal, blue and white colored pencil on green wove paper
Drawing

Three studies of arms and hands.  The right hand near the top is pointing to the upper left corner. The left hand in the center grips a staff. The right hand in the lower right corner curls its fingers.
Winged figure praying
Jean-Robert Ango, French, active in Rome 1759 –1770, d. 1773, ca. 1759–70
Red chalk on paper
Drawing

A winged figure holds it hands together in a gesture of prayer.
The Spirit of the Fear of the Lord
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, 1595 or before
Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink on laid paper
Drawing

Recto: Job kneels at center within a landscape, praying before an altar upon which a sacrifice burns. At left two male figures appear in conversation.
Verso: Italian inscription
One Spiral of a Rinceau
, 18th century
Pencil and red crayon on paper
Drawing

A blossom is at the end. The background is hatched. On the reverse, a part of the pencil sketch, perhaps of an engine.
Letter case
, late 18th century
metal thread embroidery on metal foundation, spangles Technique: embroidered Technique detail: embellished white silk plain weave faced with silver foil-wrapped silk; attached paste jewels; red, blue and green glazed foil spangles; coils of gilt and silver wire; worked as a single panel, folded

Silver cloth cover ornamented with vine borders worked in metal thread embroidery with spangles. Monogram C.F. on one side, heart with torches on the other.
View of Venice, Italy
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1881
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of a canal in Venice.
Design for an Embroidered or Woven Horizontal Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1805–1815
Brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper
Drawing

Fantastic plants are obliquely shown over a chain-like crest border.
Gemini, Lunette for Ceiling, Sala Ottagonale, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1804–05
Pen and brown ink, light brown wash, over graphite on white laid paper
Drawing

Two putti embracing in a demi lune.
Trophées d'Amour et de Bacchus
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1775-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Three trophy designs. The trophy on the left has a quiver and a winged staff wrapped by snakes. The middle trophy has a portrait medallion of a bacchante, surrounded by ivy, and a carved plate below with the words "EVHOE"; at the top of the staff are two pinecones. The trophy on the right has a staff wrapped by a garland of flowers, a bow and arrows, and a torch. The plate is signed and numbered.
Vases, from "Raccolta di Vasi Diversi"
Stefano della Bella, Italian, 1610–1664, ca. 1646
Etching on paper
Print

Plate 2
Chambre de Me.la Princesse de Rohan au 1er. etage côté de la cheminée
Germain Boffrand, French, 1667–1754, after 1745
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Elevation of the bedroom of the Princess de Rohan in the Hôtel de Soubise, currently a part of the French National Archives. At the center of the elevation is a chimneypiece with a large over-mantel mirror. The walls are richly decorated with carved rocaille paneling, overdoor paintings, ornamented cornices, and tapestries. The plate is signed and numbered.
Frame or Cartouche Design
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1778
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for a frame or cartouche featuring an egg pattern molding, festoon of flowers, foliate branches, ribbons, scrolling acanthus leaves (rinceaux), acanthus leaf clasp, and a trophy in the lower center with fish, nets, a bucket, spear, and a paddle. The plate is numbered and signed.
Thirteen Botanical Sketches from Colombia or Ecuador
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1853
Graphite on tan wove paper
Drawing

Botanical sketch of several South American plants, either in Colombia or Ecuador. At center right, four drawings of air plants, some with blossoms. Four other small flower studies neighbor these throughout the right half of the composition. At upper center, clustered foliage on a hillside is visible. At left, a contorted tree is visible along with three other plant studies below.
Porte d'Appartement avec son Profil
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1785-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Apartment door design with a cornice decorated with lamb tongue, egg and dart, and outset square motifs. The frieze of the door has oak leaves and acorns surrounded by a frame of lamb tongue. The plate is signed and numbered.
Portrait of Jean François Senault (1601-1672)
Jacques Lubin, French, 1637 - 1695, 1696-1700
Engraving on paper
Print

Half-length portrait in three-quarter view facing left. The sitter wears a scull-cap and surplice. The portrait is in an oval frame with coat-of-arms in lower part.
RECEUIL de Differents Bouquets de Fleurs, inventé et dessine Par Jean Pillement et gravé Par P.C.Canot.
Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808, 1760
Book

An album of prints from a series of designs for bouquets of flowers by Pillement. The plates are signed.
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

Horizontal rectangle showing two circular mirror frames, or plaques. Left: urn at top, cornucopia with flowers at either side from which are suspended garlands. Right: rollwork terminating in a volute at top, decorated with a flower garland and leaves. Black frame lines.
Portrait of a Young Man
Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian, active England, 1727–1815, ca. 1760–1770
Engraving in brown ink on light brown paper
Print

The young man's body facing slightly to the left, his gaze directed to the left. He is wearing a cloak with fur lining.
Title Page
François-Thomas Mondon, French, 1709 – 1755, 1736
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Title page for a series of ‘chinoiserie' (European decorative arts and architectural style inspired by fanciful ideas of China and East Asia) ornament prints. The title, dedication, and date are lettered in the center of a rocaille cartouche, topped with a male figure with four arms, a crowned coat of arms, the cross of the Holy Spirit, spears with fleurs-de-lys flags, palm leaves, ermine, and a vase. The cartouche features c-scrolls, fluting, shell, feather, and scrolling leaves (rinceaux). The plate is numbered and signed.
Kneeling Woman
, 1775–1800
Red chalk on brown paper
Drawing

Bottom half of a woman kneeling with folds of drapery around her.
Musical Trophy Design
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1778
Etching on laid paper
Print

Musical trophy design incorporating foliate branches, flowers, festoon of flowers, violin, lyre, tambourine, flute, oboe, and sheets of music. The plate is numbered.
Tureen
, late 18th–early 19th century
porcelain, gold
tureen

Oval in plan, on oval molded foot. Handle at either end, of intertwined straps spreading into leaves at point of junction with body. Cover has two oval medallions enclosing all but obliterated initials: "PSS"; dish has same on each side.
Elevation of a Building, Possibly a Kaffeehaus or Museum
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1788–1789
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Elevation of a Building, Possibly a Kaffeehaus or Museum.
Vignette no. 2, from "IIme Suite de Ciels de Lampes et Fleurons"
Pierre-Gabriel Berthault, French, 1737–1831, 1770–1780
Etching on paper
Print

An oak and a palm bough, a garland, a pair of doves, a torch.
Panel with the Letter "D" from the "Newes ABC Büechlein"
Lukas Kilian, German, 1579 – 1637, 1627
Engraving on off-white laid paper
Print

A boy raises a bottle with a fluid, which he has taken from a basket.
Sidewall
, 1915–20
Machine-printed

Neutral foliage design. Medium-scale assymetrical leaf design in soft neutral shades.
The Sermon on the Mount
Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, German, 1712 - 1774, ca. 1735
Etching on paper
Print

Christ is seen in the left foreground with the multitude before him. In the background, a monument and a bridge spans a waterfall. Inscribed, lower right: "Rembrandt f. / 1656".
Portrait of Giuseppe Chialli (active 1800-1839)
Luigi Ceroni, ca. 1860
Engraving in crayon manner on paper
Print

Half-length portrait in three-quarter view towards right. The sitter is standing, leaning on his left arm. Inscribed, lower left: "Cav Capalti dip"; center: "Prof Valeri dis"; lower right: "L. Ceroni inc."; below: dedication to Cardinal Giuseppe Mezzofanti in Italian.
Border
, 1870–75
Machine-printed paper

Small portion of an egg-and-dart architectural molding, printed four across.
Figure
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1876
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of figure.
Button
, late 18th century
Copper

1931-59-219-a: Four flat circular buttons decorated with fine eng...
Les plaisirs de l'Isle enchantée
, 1664
Etching and engraving. Black ink on rolled paper
Print

Horizontal rectangle:  In the foreground a banner, and above a frieze of the back of an audience.  At center, a theatre in the middle of the great pond, sea monsters in the pond.  The Palace of Alcina.
Medal Commemorating Lamigoignon Malesherbes
André Galle, France, 1761 - 1844, ca. 1819
Cast bronze
Medal

Bust of Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes (1721 -1794).
Designs of Bolts
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, ca. 1780
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on paper
Drawing

Upper bolt clasp is formed by rinceaux in ogival frames; lower bolt, by two rosettes, with laurel sprigs within rectangular frames with arched sides.
The Socratic Chimpanzee and the Shadow Baboon
Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924, 1878
Printed in black ink on paper
Ephemera

Top, monkeys sitting on a tree; top left, profile of bamboo, with glasses facing right. Top left, profile of monkeys facing left, discussing. Center left, profile of three monkeys hanging from a vine, reading. Bottom, monkeys reading books, with cover facing viewer, books are labeled. Center right, short story.
Chandelier simple
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for a candlestick decorated with lamb tongue, fluting, acanthus leaf, bound leaf, rosettes, and egg and dart. The plate is signed.
Cartouche Design
Borch, active mid 18th century, 1729–68
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Design for an asymmetrical cartouche framed by two sea creatures, leaves, and scrolling motifs. The plate is signed.
Festival on a Bridge
Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858, 1797-1858
Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
Print

This detailed view from the base of the bridge highlights the signs of a festival. Along the curved railing are little heads all along the bridge. At the bottom left side shows the rear of a boat. Other ships are approaching the bridge with a full mast.
Ornamental Trophy Design
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1759–80
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Ornamental trophy design of a hanging basket of fruit, framed by a cartouche of scrolling leaves (rinceaux), fleurons, flowers, and a festoon of flowers. Possibly a design for a fire screen or hand fan.
Design for a Bracelet
George E Germer, 1868 – 1936, 1910–1915
Graphite, brush and white gouache, brush and brown, blue watercolor on cardboard
Projects for braclets

Bordering lines as 1939-84-20. Rows of lilac gems alternate with a diamond, on a band.
Studies of a Woman's Limbs
Walter Shirlaw, American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909, 1875–80
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Three left arms, two right forearms, a right hand, a left foot of a kneeling woman, the feet of a woman standing upon her toes are shown.
Title Page
Jean Cotelle, French, 1607–1676, 1622-1676
Etching on laid paper
Print

Title-page and plate 1 of the series. Design for andiron with a putto and garlands on the foot, and an urn decorated with mask in the upper part. Around the andiron are profile views of the andirons, two bowls with lids, and a fire tong.
Burner and Vase Designs for Pedestals
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1775-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

The plate is divided into two, with a vase on a pedestal in the upper half, and a burner on a pedestal in the lower half. The vase at top is ovoid, filled with flowers, and draped with garland. It sits on a wide, low pedestal that has a pinecone finial on the left side, and a frieze of swirling acanthus leaves. The burner on the lower half of the page is decorated with fluting and has a garland of leaves draped across it. A pinecone finial sits atop the low, wide pedestal at the right side; the pedestal is decorated with rondels and a draped garland of flowers. It has fluted feet. The plate is signed and numbered.
Design for the Decorations of Pilaster Strips
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1789-1793
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

Left row: A trellis candelabrum rising from a base between two birds. In the center is a vertical oblong frame with a statue; on top is a horizontal oblong. In the intervals are two lozenges. In the upper one is a bird upon a rope. Central row: in the center is an ovoid with a landscape, framed by moldings. Above and below are receding oblongs with convex edges below and above, respectively. They are decorated with acanthus rinceaux with animals. Right row: the upper part fo a similar scheme is shown. In the field above the ovoid are lions, crouching, supporting a trophy of arms. For painted vertical panels, noble cabinet, Palazzo Altieri.
Bottle
, 1st–4th century
Glass

1919-24-62: Oblate body, high tubular neck gently tapering tow...;     1919-24-70: Pale green, iridesecent, short conical body with t...
Vase After the Antique
Aubert Henri Joseph A. Parent, French, 1753–1835, 1789-1792
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Large, lidded vase with pull handles. The shoulder of the vase has a band of emblems including a medallion, a knife, and alter, a plate, and a ewer. The belly of the vase features an arabesque pattern, held up by a bat. The lower portion of the vase is ornamented with acanthus leaf decoration. The vase is elevated on a plinth, decorated with two putti standing on eagles and holding between them a garland. The center of the plinth is inscribed: D. M. / [faux Greek writing]. To the left of the vase is a helmet. To the right of the vase is a medallion with an ox on it and the letters NA. FIR., as well as a tripod. The objects are set amidst foliage. Although the printed descriptions provide locations for Parent's study of antiquities, the compositional arrangement is imagined. The plate is signed and numbered.
Plate
Veuve Perrin Factory, France, 1748 - 1803, mid- 18th century
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in muffle colors

Circular cavetto, scalloped rim irregularly ten-sided. Chinoiserie decoration showing a man
Facing left, holding a birds. At right, rocks and a shelter in brown and yellow. Border has three birds and two flying insects alternating with green scalloped panels.
Design for a Cartel Clock Case
Thomas Lainé, French, 1682 – 1739, late 18th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

A printed sheet from a series of thirty designs for moldings, carved frames, doors, chimneys, and liturgical objects. A design for a cartel or wall clock case decorated with allegorical and mythological figures and mascarons, including the personification of time, and the head of Apollo, herms, urns, a cartouche, fleurons, shells, acanthus leaves, c-scrolls, flowers, garlands, fretwork, rosettes, an margent and gadroon ornament and motifs. The plate is signed and numbered.
Trophy of Arms with an Equestrian Statue
Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682, 1657–82
Etching on laid paper
Print

A trophy of arms with a man in Classical armor on a horse on a plinth in the center surrounded by putti, spears, banners, shields, armor, weapons, and two seated male prisoners. A landscape in the background, a hanging festoon of flowers with ribbons above. The publisher's address is lettered below.
Studies: Heads of a Boy and of a Girl
, 1670–1700
Red crayon on rough gray paper; on verso: white crayon
Drawing

Slightly lowered head of a boy shown in three-quarter profile turned toward left. The neck and a part of the butt is shown. On verso: unfinished neck and head of a girl, shown in profile turned toward right. Probably copied from an antique model.
Sampler
, 17th century
linen Technique: cutwork embroidery

Five cross borders of cutwork in different patterns. Sampler is unfinished.
Sketch for a Cartoon for a Cotton Printing: Robinson Crusoe
, probably after 1810
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Robinson Crusoe is received by his sick father after his long absence. Crusoe, shown as a youth, takes leave of his aged, gouty father, who reclines in a wheelchair, his left leg propped up.
Embroidered picture
Elizabeth Bryan, 1804
silk embroidery on wool Technique: split, satin, and cross stitches on plain weave

In an oval frame, a female figure holding three feathers in one hand, the other resting on a goat; below "Elizabeth Bryan Wales her work in the year 1804"; surrounded by a floral border.
Landscape
Charles Nicolas Ransonnette, French, 1793 - 1877, 1860
Red crayon, brush and sepia wash on cardboard
Drawing

A hilly country with two trees. A man drives two cows down toward a river. Verso: A printed invitation for a meeting of the Association Paroissiale de Charité of the Paroisse St. Paul, St. Louis.
Sketch, Urban Exterior with Classical Architecture and Draped Figures
Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863, 1820–1850
Pen and ink, brush and sepia wash on paper
Drawing

Sketch, Urban Exterior with Classical Architecture and Draped Figures. Seated leader at center right, with supplicant (?) figures at lower center with reclining figure with child nearby.
Cypress Trees, Chapultepec, Mexico
Samuel Colman, American, 1832–1920, February 18, 1892
Brush and gouache on rough reddish-brown paper.
Drawing

Horizontal view of a goup of trees shown against a background of a wood.  High bottom margin.
Designs for Friezes
Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820, 1777-1778
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Four designs for friezes decorated with ornament motifs including scrolling acanthus leaves, rosettes, ewers, Eros, an amorous couple, doves, and bouquet of flowers. The plate is signed and numbered.
Wall with Mirror and Secretary Desk
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 18th century
Engraving on paper
Bound print

Design for interior wall. At the center, a large arched mirror framed and decorated with ornament in the form of floral festoons, a mask hanging from the garland at upper center. Below the mirror, a secretary (writing desk) shown closed, a clock with candleabra placed upon it. Flanking the mirror, two decorative panels in different styles to offer the patron design choices; a suspended decoration of flowers and musical instruments decorates the panel at left. Scale at lower left.
Tureen
Giovanni Bettati, Italian, 1700 – 1777, ca. 1750
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Design for a tureen with alternative suggestions. On top of cover is a putto supporting an escutcheon with a crown. C-and S-curve decorations throughout. Scrolling feet and handles with masks. Right handle is pierced.
Design for a panel with a head in front of two crossed thyrsi
, 1760–1780
Graphite, brush and black and grey-green watercolor on paper
Drawing

Framed by a moulding, measurements are inscribed
Fragment
, 1750–1800
silk Technique: cut voided supplementary warp pile in a satin foundation (velvet) with supplementary weft

Small-patterned or "miniature" velvet fragment with a rose cut pile ground and white cut pile medallions, each enclosing a spray of roses in pink, rose, and green, arranged in vertical stripes. Palmettes in white cut pile between medallions outlined by voided ground which is covered by a secondary yellow weft.
Border
, ca. 1880
Machine-printed and glazed

Repeating design of alternating palmette-like forms composed of scrollwork and foliage, with beading and bead-and-reel along edges. Printed in yellow on black ground.
Yellow on black ground, glazed.
Wooded Hillside
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1870–80
Brush and oil on white paperboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a partially completed view of a wooded hillside, possibly in Vermont. The lower half of the composition is unrendered, showing only the pale green ground used by the artist. At upper center, a hill with a rounded top is shown covered with purple-brown trees and other indistinct vegetation. The overcast sky above and behind it is given a warm tint.
L’AGRICULTURE
Clément Pierre Marillier, French, 1740 – 1808, 1759–80
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Allegorical vignette representing agriculture from a series of twelve (including title page). The title is lettered in the center on a large flat basket surrounded by trees, plants, agricultural tools, wheels, with a putto in the foreground filling a jug from a water fountain, topped with a beehive decorated with a garland of flowers, and a sheep to his left. The water flows below into a pool of water in the shape of a large shell. Lettering below the vignette and the plate is signed.
White Heron, Greece
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, April 14-27, 1869
Graphite on gray-green wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of a standing white heron in Greece, facing to the left and viewed in profile. The bird is characterized by slender plumes of feathers, a long, thin neck, a sharp, lengthy beak, and spindly, long legs.