biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Bourdalou
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756, late 18th century
porcelain (possibly soft paste), vitreous enamel, gold
bourdalou

Oval body with vertical handle at higher end; white ground with gilt band of small scallops around rim, gilt band around base and gilding on handle.  Six sprays of multicolored flowers around body.
Fragment
, 16th century
silk Technique: cut and uncut supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a woven foundation

Fragment of greenish-yellow velvet in a small repeating geometric pattern.
On Woodward's Farm
James Henry Moser, Canadian, 1854–1913, May 21, 1875
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Wooden barn and house beyond. Trees around it. Stumps in a fenced-off yard in foreground. One figure, center. Verso: Farmer's face, upper right.
Panel
, 17th century
silk, metallic thread, linen, pearls Technique: embroidered

Front panel for box showing a man and woman having a picnic surrounded by birds, animals, insects and flowers. Decorated with pieces of lace and pearls.
Wine Glass and Bottle Cooler (Verrière et Seau à Liqueur; One of a Pair)
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756, 1772
soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
monteith and bottle cooler

Crenellated glass cooler with floral sprays on white ground.
Sketchbook Page: Man in Profile
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, 1877–78
Graphite on laid paper
Sketchbook folio

Sketch of man with stubble on chin and upper lip shown in left profile.
Sidewall
Robert Graves Co., New York, New York, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Vertical stripes in brown and gold beads on gray ground.
Ceiling paper
Keystone Wall-Paper Company, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Waving floral scrolls--each with four pink flowers--connected by loose treillage pattern of foliate scrolls. Ground is light green. Printed in pinks, greens, white mica, and beige. 
Printed in selvedge: "Keystone 711"
Tree Covered Hillside Overlooking Port and Harbor Town
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, after 1878
Graphite on cream wove paper
Sketchbook folio

View from a hilltop. Prominent tree in right foreground, second group of trees in left distance atop a second hill.  Below, a river flowing from left, back behind second hill; across the river, outlines of town on left.
Border
Cresswell & Washburn Ltd, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1880 - 1900, 1875–1906
Machine-printed

Wallpaper roll.
Printed two across, round stylized floral motif with foliage. Printed on tan ground.
The Dance after the Husking
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, November 13, 1858
Wood engraving in black ink on paper
Print

Couples dancing a square dance. Lower half of the page.
Christ before the People (Ecce Homo), from The Little Passion Series
Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528, ca. 1509–1511
Woodcut on paper
Print

Christ appears before a window, wearing the crown of thorns, and attended by two of his tormenters. A group of spectators is in the foreground. Monogram of Dürer, lower center.
Frieze
Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Wide band of foliate rinceau, with much narrower rinceau along bottom edge. Printed two across.
Button
Agostino Brunias, Italian, ca. 1730–1796, late 18th century
Gouache paint on tin verre fixé, ivory (backing), glass, gilt metal

Button depicting scene of three women in a landscape, with large house in background. A standing bare-breasted dark-skinned woman holding a basket of items and another seated woman wearing striped pants, selling fruit, flank an elegantly-dressed light-skinned woman wearing a corseted gown with peach sleeves and large gold earrings.
Marriage Good Wishes
, 1830–1835
Brush and watercolor on paper
Greeting Card

Two ladders form a rose arbor over a path. Inscribed at top: "Matrimony as it should be". At top of ladder: "Solemnization"; at left: "Love increasing, care unceasing, to be pleasing, will secure Earth's greatest blessing, Domestic happiness". At right:" Acceptation, Approbation, Soft persuasion, Hesitation, Declaration, Admiration".
Henry VIII
Jules Desfossé, French, active 1851 - 1863, 1881–1882
Block-printed paper
Decorative panel

Series of eight panels, each with British ruler, full length, in grisaille. Henry VIII, reigned 1509-47.
Frieze
Hobbs, Benton & Heath, Hoboken, New Jersey, 1890–95
Machine-printed

Imitates a flock paper. Scrollwork and clusters of roses. The scrollwork is silvered. Printed in silver, red and pink on graded cream ground.
Plate 30, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)
Christoph Jamnitzer, German, 1563 - 1618, 1610
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Ornamental cartouche, right, composed of an auricular, cartilage-like form showing a grotesque mask, edged in bead-work and feathers. At left, a snail-like animal being pushed forward by an ox with feathers for horns.
Cap streamers
, 1750–65
linen Technique: bobbin lace, Brussels style

Pair of bobbin lace lappets. Floral pattern
Dessert Spoon with Leaf and Spiderweb
Charles Victor Gibert, French, ca. 1890
silver
spoon

Oval bowl with plain narrow stem. Stem splits to form four long and thin linear leaves as handle, with spider web suspended between them, and spider applied to center of web.
Sidewall
, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, ungrounded

All-over mottled design, seemingly random placement of deep red, gray, and brown spots. Printed on ungrounded paper.
Wall Elevation
, 1815–22
Pen, black ink, green, yelow and gray wash on wove paper
Drawing

Horizontal Rectangle: Elevation of a marbled wall, urn in a niche center, wooden door at left, door with glass panes at right.
Sampler
Fanny Hill, American, 1834
cotton embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross stitch on plain weave foundation

The field contains bands of alphabets and numerals, motifs symmetrically arranged of houses, trees, female figures, and dogs, with the inscription. With a border of hearts, embroidered in brown on a white ground.
Sidewall
, 1840–60
Machine-printed on paper

Diamond diaper design with fleur-de-lys and Tudor rose motifs alternating within the framework. Printed in green, gray and red on ungrounded tan paper.
Band
, early 19th century
Technique: bobbin lace

Edge of bobbin lace, standing floral scrolls; early 19th century
Woodland Maid and Youth
Lionel Aristide Lecouteux, French, 1847 - 1909, 1893
Etching on vellum
Print

A maiden clothed in animal skin, seated on a grassy bank, offers a drink in a shell to a nude youth standing before her, one foot in a shallow stream.
Textile
, 19th century
cotton Technique: stenciled resist on plain weave (katazome)

Two columns of large-faced flowers with leaves and curling tendrils reserved in white on a dark blue ground.
Print of Over-all Repeat of Stylized Floral Forms
, ca. 1700
Woodblock and black ink on paper
Print

Multi-repeat of a stylized tulip form, with a repeat of a small twig and single blossom. Three complete vertical repeats shown in the center.
Design for a Pyramidal Tomb
, 1750–70
Pen and black ink on paper
Drawing

A pyramid, surmounted by sculpture, is embellished by three free-standing Doric porticos, surmounted by sculptured reliefs. The facing relief shows figures supporting a portrait medallion.
Elevation View of a Locomotive, First Prize Drawing
William H. Dohm, b. 1872, 1888
Brush and watercolor and gouache, pen and black ink on off-white wove paper
Drawing

Side elevation of a locomotive facing right.
Frieze
York Card & Paper Co., 1891, 1905–1915
Machine printed oatmeal paper

Stylized floral motifs. Pairs of two on long stems, alternating with group of three on short stem. Each grouping is outlined in gold. Printed on deep green oatmeal paper.
Figures from Last Judgment
Jean-Robert Ango, French, active in Rome 1759 –1770, d. 1773, ca. 1759–70
Red chalk on paper
Drawing

Group of figures from The Last Judgment by Michelangelo.
Chimney-piece, West Wall of Music Room
Robert Jones, British, active 1815 – 1833, ca. 1820
Brush and watercolor, graphite on white wove paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Design for the Royal Pavilion, Brighton. The joints are composed of short circular columns, surrounded by colonnettes, and having bases and capitals of conjoined lotus leaves. The cornice is supported in the center on the expanded wings of a dragon. The colonnettes, at right, are slightly different in design. A pair of porcelain pagodas and clock as mantel decoration.

Original album associated with this collection still exists.  See 1948-40-1 accessory
Plate with "Disheveled Birds"
Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory, English, 1745 – 1784, ca. 1758–1769
soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel
plate

Scalloped edge with green feather motif. Fluted cavetto. At center, a tropical bird.
Alb
, ca. 1600
linen Technique: embroidered on plain weave with bobbin lace edging Label: embroidered linen with bobbin lace edging

Shirt-like garment of white linen, with a full body gathered into a straight neck band, slit at front neck opening, and long sleeves narrowing to the wrist. Bobbin lace insertions at each seam are further embellished with floral embroidery in pale yellow silk, and bobbin lace trims the collar, sleeves and hem of the garment.
Sketchbook Page
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, 1875
Graphite on paper
Sketchbook

Sketches of heads and figures, crossed out. Verso: sketches crossed out; lower right, sketch of knight with sheath holding a broken sword.
Miser's purse
, early 19th century
silk, metal Technique: knotted netting

Pale violet silk purse ornamented with gold beads in zigzag and diamond pattern. Two engraved hexagonal rings control side opening; tassels at either end are of small gold beads ending in loops formed by larger gold beads.
Mural design: Rowena, Cedric, Athelstane
John C. Wolf, 1890–1900
Brush and gouache on heavy paper
Drawing

Mural design depicting a man at a throne and a young standing couple. Below, the figures' names: ROWENA; CENDRIC; and ATHELSTANE.
Veilleuse[s] [et] Ecran à la moderne
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for two tall burners on either side of a standing screen. The plate is signed.
The Persian Sibyl
Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian, 1475–1564, 1550–1600
Red crayon on paper
Drawing

The Persian Sibyl. after Michelangelo
Two Window Cases
Filippo Marchionni, Italian, 1732–1805, 1750–1800
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and gray watercolor on laid paper
Drawing

Above: pediment is circular with an angularly broken base. In the interval between the window frame and the base is a keystone from which a garland hangs. A first design of the pediment has been made invalid. Below, the scheme is the same as above. The window frame is surrounded by a panel with pillars laterally supporting an entablature, straight above the capitals then curved upward. On top is a pointed pediment with a sphere upon a base above the straight part. In front of the keystone is a female head with drapery hanging down.
Landscape near Latacunga, Ecuador
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, June 17, 1857
Graphite, brush and white gouache on gray-green wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing view of the diverse terrain near the city in Ecuador now called Latacunga. At center, a river winds its way through a sunken gully, which is bounded by steep bluffs. In foreground, at left and right, the land levels out into an elevated plain. In the background, mountains rise beyond the plain.
Mace with Arms of Pope Pius VII
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1815–1820
Pen and brown ink, graphite on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Below is a shaft supporting a bowl upon which stands the coat-of-arms upon which stand a pedestal beside two figures.
Desing for an Oil Lamp
Vincenzo Belli, Italian, 1710 - 1787, mid- 19th century
Pen and ink, brush and gray watercolor, graphite on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Design for an oil-burning lamp. Below is a moulded base. The figure of a menad is shown in three-quarter profile dancing upon a sphere and turned toward left. Her right hand holds her skirt, her left hand the thyrsus to which the lamp is fastened.
Decorated tile
, late 18th–early 19th century
Earthenware, glazed, high fire decorated
Tile

Man carrying two bags on shoulder and leaning on stick; walking toward right.  Leaves left.
Two Schooners and Dories
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, ca. 1880
Graphite on light-brown paper
Drawing

Horizontal view of one large schooner, one smaller schooner, followed by three dories, and one fisherman's dory with three oarsmen and a steersman.
Brisé fan
, 1730–60
Carved wood sticks with hand-colored engraved paper medallions

Reversible brise fan. Scenes are engravings on paper, colored. Three medallions on each side in each position, making twelve scenes in all, each being related to love-- cupids, goddesses, etc. Sticks are of wood, carved à jour.
Senorita Filetta Molina Bolador del Carmen, Colombia
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 13, 1853
Graphite on brown wove paper
Drawing

Portrait of a young Colombian woman named Filetta Molina. Partial portrait from waist up. She looks to the left and crosses her left arm over her lap while wearing a shawl, a dress, and a beaded necklace. Her hair is braided.
Elévation du Kiosque du côté de l'Entrée.
Emmanuel Héré de Corny, French, 1705–1763, 1753
Engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Elevation of the kiosk viewed from the front. The kiosk has a peaked roof, and a balcony with balusters. The ground floor of the kiosk has an arcade with niches filled with statues. There is a scalebar at the bottom of the plate of "4 Toises de Roy."
View of Mount Chocorua, from Hill to Right of Albany Road
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, September 12, 1854
Graphite and white chalk on brown wove paper
Drawing

Trees and rocks in foreground leading to a meadow containing a lake, which spreads out before a mountain range in the middle ground, as Mount Chocorua, the highest peak, rises just left of center in the background.
Trimming
, early 19th century
silk Technique: uncut velvet weave

Shield, with plumed helmet above it, showing armorial devices.  Colors are yellow, black, red, blue, and purple on white ground.
Design for Living Room with Alternate Suggestions
Gaspare Salvi, Italian, 1786 - 1849, 1810–25
Graphite, brush and watercolor, gold on paper
Drawing

Page divided into three parts. At top, a view of a ceiling decoration with neoclassical grotesque. At center, a Pompeiian style figure. On either side, a tablet with classical figures on a dark ground. Small masks and trophies throughout. At the center of the page, an elevation of one wall. The entablature is decorated with swags and swans. Above the central fireplace is a tablet with two winged figures holding a laurel wreath. Above this a trophy. At the bottom of the page, a plan, scale and detail of the cornice.
Design for Woven Paisley
, 1825–40
Brush and orange-pink, yellow gouache, graphite on brown oiled translucent paper
Drawing

Design for paisley (woven Persian cone). Consists of a small cone that sits inside a larger one. The larger cone contains an assortment of flowers and leaves, while the smaller one contains oblique bands with dots inside drawn in graphite.
Carving
, 18th century
wood, painted

carved and gessoed, wood fragment of cherub
Sampler
, 1853
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: cross and satin stitches on plain weave

Border (different on each of four sides) enclosing alphabets, initials, date and detached motifs.
Prairie Landscape, Mexico
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1883–1884
Graphite on light green wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of a prairie in Mexico. The flat landscape extends from the foreground to the horizon and is noted as being purplish with brown and green patches. A clear sky is visible above.
Ornamental Vase Design
François Boucher, French, 1703–1770, ca. 1738
Etching in red ink on cream laid paper
Bound print

Vase form elevated on a low plinth. The body, accentuated with rocky ribs and sea plant forms, rests upon a siren mermaid figure at left and a triton at right, their tails intertwined to form the base. The plate is printed in red ink (sanguine). The plate is signed and numbered.
Pleated fan
, 1750–1780
Linen leaf painted with gouache and embroidered with metallic yarns in chain stitch and sequins; carved, incised and pierced ivory sticks with applied metallic foil

Pleated fan. Linen leaf painted with gouache.  Design showing a central scene of a young man seated on a bench near a standing woman holding a long floral garland. A bird flies above them carrying a note in its beak. Altar of love at the left and a cartouche with trophies at right. Design outlined in silvered chain stitch. Embroidered with spangles. Gilt flourishes near the edges and gilt medallions on either side of the central scene. Sequins on trees and cartouche. Carved and gilded ivory sticks with silver and touches of red.
Plan du 1er Etage, et Coupe du même Chateau
Jean-Charles Krafft, French, 1764 - 1833, 1812
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

An interior sectional view and floor plan for a chateau featuring statues on plinths and decorative paneling. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed
Peep-Show Print: Commercial Street
, mid- 18th century
Engraving, brush and wash on paper
Print

View of a commercial thoroughfare .
Design for the Cover of a Snuff Box
, 1760–1780
Pen, brush and Chinese ink on sepia paper
Drawing

Cupid, coming to Venus who is seated upon clouds, puts his left arm around her shoulders and points toward the earth as she does. Framed by a moulding with festoons hanging from bow knots and rosettes.
Theodore Cole Pulling his Toy Sailboat, Catskill, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, August 1844
Graphite on white wove paper
drawing

Figure sketch of a boy, Thomas Cole's son, Theodore, playing with a toy sailboat on the bank of a stream or river. Wearing a straw hat and viewed from from behind, Theodore kneels by the water, extending his arm as he pulls a string attached to the boat. At left, a tree is loosely and indistinctly rendered, while steep banks are visible in the background at center.
Title Page
Nicolas Guérard, French, ca.1648 – 1719, late 17th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

Title page for a series of embroidered bed hangings. Desings for a headboard, backpiece and valance featuring strapwork, fleurons, rosettes, foliate scrolls, and scrolling acanthus leaves. The plate is titled and signed.
Mirror Lake, Yosemite
Thomas Moran, American, b. Britain, 1837–1926, 1872
Recto: Brush and black wash, graphite on light brown wove paper Verso: Graphite on light brown wove paper
Drawing

Vertical view of lake in foreground reflects pines in middle distance.  North Dome rises, rear left.
Verso: Graphite sketch of lake and trees.
Four Medallion or Frame Designs
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1778
Etching on laid paper
Print

Four designs for medallions or frames, oval and round, decorated with moldings and topped with trophies. The ornament and motifs include laurel leaves, ribbon, beads, scrolling acanthus leaves, foliate branches, flowers, grapes, vine leaves, armor, arms, cannon, cannon balls, spears and flags, and festoons of leaves. The plate is numbered and signed.
The Appeal
Walter Shirlaw, American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909, 1875–80
Pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Project for illustration. Men singing in church shown from waist up.
Trimming
, 19th century
silk Technique: woven

Trimming fragment in a design of green and yellow chevrons set between borders in pink and white; yellow picot edges.
Valance
, 1700–1750
cotton Technique: blue resist on plain weave

Valance resist printed in two shades of blue in a design of undulating branches with large cup-shaped blossoms and curling leaves with pendant fruit. Three points on lower border. Edged with cotton tape, white with a narrow border of blue on either edge. Backed with sateen.
Money and Marmoset
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1877–1878
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of a monkey and marmoset.
Decorative Panel Design
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1777–79
Etching on paper
Print

Design for a decorative panel featuring arabesque and floral motifs including festoons of flowers, acanthus leaves (rinceaux), s-scrolls, ropes with tassels, an oval medallion in the upper center with a figure in a landscape, with buildings, and a hunting trophy or vignette below incorporating a dog, dead bird, horn, and a rifle. The plate is numbered.
Gateway and a fountain
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1795
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on off-white laid paper
Drawing

At left: a gateway leading to a house. The door is flanked by embedded Ionic columns and receding panels and pilasters. Above is a framed inscription tablet flanked by alternatively suggested motifs, an urn at left, a figure at right. Seated genii support a papal escutcheon, on top. Below, at right: a circular pavilion stands upon a rock from which water pours. Horses and mermen are shown upon lower laterally protruding parts of the rock. Part of a plan and a plan of a square structure are above, lines of a plan at the bottom. Part of a plan, crayon, covers the entire sheet.
Study of a Young Woman
, ca. 1880
Brush and black ink, pen and black ink on light cream cardboard
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Study of a young woman sitting in a chair, wearing a long dress, and holding an open book (shown obliquely with the sheets raised) toward the spectator.
Plan et Elévation d’une Porte Cochere
A. Le Canu, French, active 1746 – 1768, mid- 18th–late 18th century
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Design for a set of exterior double doors decorated with rococo ornament and motifs. The arched doors feature central vertical curvilinear panels (boiseries) divided into two parts with molding decorated with flowers, sprigs, rosettes, gadrooning, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), fleurons, shells, and rosettes. The door paneling includes central rosettes framed by flowers and leaves. The lower panels of the doors are decorated with geometric marquetry designs. There is a plan view of the doors below along with a scale. The plate is titled. Other copies of this plate with varying background shading are bound in this album - 1921-6-359-3 and 1921-359-6.
A View of the Volcano Cotopaxi from the Hacienda San Antonio, Ecuador
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, August 30, 1853
Graphite and white gouache on gray-green wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of the volcano Cotopax from the Hacienda San Antonio, north of Quito, Ecuador. In the middle distance, a gently rolling ridge with cultivated terrain frames a distant view of volcano's snow-capped cone. Prominently situated at center, Cotopaxi vents gasses and smoke from its wide crater, which are carried to the right by the wind.
Fragment of a garment with embroidered inscription
, 870–892
silk embroidery, linen foundation Technique: embroidered on plain weave

Fragment of natural linen embroidered in couched stitches with an inscription. Translation:  
"In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate. Blessing from Allah to the servant of God, Ahmad, the Imam al Mu (ta)mid ala-llah, Commander of the Faithful, may God strengthen him. That which was made in al Iskandariya, the year 273." (886 - 887 CE)
The city mentioned is Alexandria.
Le Feu
Maurice Jacques, French, ca. 1712–1784, 1758–64
Hand-colored etching and engraving on paper
Print

An ornamental hanging trophy design representing the element of fire with its attributes, including a canon, a salamander, a flaming altar, flaming torch, flames, jester's staff (marotte), masks, smoke, trees, foliate branches, and ribbons. The plate is signed, titled, and hand colored.
Brig Coming About, West Point
Samuel Colman, American, 1832–1920, August 5, 1870
Brush and watercolor, gouache, graphite on paper
Drawing

A brig sailing the Hudson, with hills and mountains in the rear.
Figures on a Rocky Pass
, ca. 1800
Black chalk, brush and black wash, on paper
Drawing

A mountain underpass opens to a wooded hilly landscape traversed by a road. A man on a horse and one walking next to him stand in the beneath the underpass.