biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Design for an Andiron
Jean Cotelle, French, 1607–1676, 1622-1676
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for andiron, decorated with an eagle above fire smoke, and a foot consisting of lions and festoons. Around the andiron are designs for another andiron, a design for a basket, a design for a handle for fire tongs, and a design for a container with a lid.
Castle in the Mountains
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1868–69
Brush and oil on tan paperboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing an imagined view of a castle perched on a lofty prominence deep within a range of extremely rugged mountains. In the foreground at left, a dark and rocky cliffside frames the view of a seemingly bottomless crevice that snakes through the center of the composition. In the middle distance at right, a castle with a large, round turret is perched atop a rocky prominence with green, grassy surfaces. A stone bridge with two arches traverses a dramatically steep cascade. The tower catches the pinkish light of the setting or rising sun, which is out of view at left. In the middle distance at left and in the background, multiple craggy peaks with towering pinnacles are visible, illuminated pinkish red. In the background, a large mountain rises diagonally to a peak at upper right. The sky is a luminous hue of yellow-green.
Button
, late 19th century
brass

button with cast decoration in flower pattern.

On card 41
Distant Hills, Jamaica
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 1865
Brush and oil, graphite on paperboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing view of mountains and valleys in Jamaica with a treetop and perched, black-and-white bird. Nearby slopes in the foreground are rendered in green and brown, while mountains in distance fade into a hazy, golden atmosphere.
The End of the Year, Illustration for "Königl: Grosbrit [anische] Genealogischer Kalender auf das 1780 Jahr Lauenberg bey J.G. Berenberg"
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, German, 1726 - 1801, 1779
Line and stipple engraving with etching on paper
Print

Saturnus flies away. On his neck rides a boy representing fertility. A veiled woman lies on clouds, top right. The verse refers to instability.
Two Paneling Designs
Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682, 1657–82
Etching on laid paper
Print

Two levels of ornately carved paneling, possibly dado paneling, one above the other featuring a landscape, and a profile portrait, mascarons (masks, festoons of leaves, putti, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), acanthus leaves, and moldings. The plate is signed.
One of a set of twelve projects for the decoration of wall panels, to be placed at a height. Preceded by a title page
, 1675-1699
Pen, brush, sepia
Drawing

Right side with a volute and a half-figuure supporting a garland. The head is decorated with three feather.
A Pendant
, mid- 19th century
Graphite, pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Four knots, one below the other, consisting of ribbons with rows of round diamonds. Except the second, the have a drop, the fourth having two of them, the lower supporting a cross.
Man
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1877
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of a male figure wearing a turban.
Etude de l'Ordre Toscan
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1780-1789
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Design for the cornice, capital, shaft, circumference, and base of a column in the Tuscan order. The plate is signed and numbered.
The Catskill Mountains in Autumn, Hudson, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1860–70
Brush and oil, graphite on paperboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch of the Catskill Mountains during autumn, likely viewed from the artist's estate near Hudson, New York. The mountain range is articulated in a brownish light purple and the predominantly green foreground is punctuated by fall colors--reds and oranges. Cream colored ground is visible along lower margin.
Sidewall
, ca. 1730
Leather, stamped, painted, gilded

Central floral-foliate motif, with a band of geometric shapes on either side, alternating between oval and dimond shapes. At bottom center, a sticker stamped "205".
Study for a dancing woman, “Moods to Music,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1893–1895
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Recto: Sketch of a female figure dancing; Verso: Sketch of a lamp.
Button
, ca. 1917
copper and brass

On Cooper Union Exhibition card 5
Fragment
, 13th century
silk, metallic Technique: slit tapestry

Irregular fragment with an incomplete design of scrolls.
An Infantry Column on the March
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1862
Graphite on tracing paper
Drawing

View of an infantry column marching, with a few soldiers' figures drawn distinctly; trees and tree stumps shown in middle ground; small company of soldiers mounted on horses at rear.
Swatches
, late 19th century
silk Technique: woven (velvet)

Six samples by Worth.
Arabesque Ornament Designs
Claude Gillot, French, 1673–1722, 1749–61
Etching on laid paper
Print

Twelfth plate from a series of bifurcated arabesque/ grotesque panel designs with a different design on the left and right side of the plate. The ornament features the classical Greek and Roman goddess Rhea/ Cybele wearing her mural crown, seated in a carriage with lion at her feet and putti behind her, framed by an arch of rocks, supported by herms, surrounded by architectural elements, festoons of flowers, birds, fleurons, rinceaux, vases and baskets of fruit and flowers, foliage, cornucopia, a frieze, roundels, rosettes, bat wing motifs and diaper pattern. The plate is numbered and signed.
Blue Mountain Peak, from Bloxburgh, Jamaica, Part Two
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, August 1865
Graphite and white gouache on light green wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing the second part of a panoramic view of Blue Mountain Peak from Bloxburgh, Jamaica. In the foreground at center, a nearby, leafless tree stands beside other ground vegetation. Just beyond it, a rolling ridge extends out of frame at left, while another rugged ridge is visible in the middle distance, strewn with furrows. In the background at left, overlapping ridges are visible in front of a view of the ocean.
Title Page
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, 1749-1761
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Page printed with two plates. The left plate is the title page, the text printed on a scroll unfolding onto a tasseled seat with a crown with an anguiped on either side. This is surrounded by a frame decorated with a cartouche, terms, scrolls, acanthus leaves, and shells. The right plate has three designs for vertical friezes or pilasters, decorated with, from left to right: Diana the Huntress; a rooster; and a grotesque with a mythological scene in a cartouche. Both plates are numbered, but only the right plate is signed.
Frieze
, 1895–1900
Machine-printed paper, flocked, embossed, applied mica flakes

Flitter frieze with a continuous scroll design of alternating leaves suggestive of acanthus and large stylized flower. Identical bands top and bottom, the top band design is inverted: a three-petalled fleur-de-lis. Portions of design have lines of ground and gilded mica. To be used with 1946-17-5; gilded design with gilt mica and red wool flock field. Design embossed in pebble effect.
Coupe de l’Escalier de la Reyne, au Château de Versailles / Plan du premier étage de l’Escalier de la Reyne
Jean Mariette, French, 1660–1742, 1727–42
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

An architectural section of the Queen's staircase at the Royal Palace of Versailles in the upper half and a plan of the first floor of the staircase below, with a scale between the two. The section illustrates a plain ground floor with two arches, and an arched set of two-leaf doors to the left with a statue in a niche. The staircase in the center leading up to the upper level with its balustrade. Above, two sets of arched glass-paneled two-leaf doors to the right with a statue in a niche to the far right. A set of wooden two-leaf doors to the left with a rectangular overdoor panel with putti and another statue in a niche to the far left. In the center there is a plain rectangular panel with a trophy of arms and armor above. Corbels at the cornice level. The plate is labelled.
View of a villa
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1788-1790
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

Corner view of a polygonal house. Basement and two stories. Flights of stairs lead to the portico, which has four columns supporting a triangular pediment. Park in the rear.
Praying Woman
, 1790–1830
Pen and ink on paper
Drawing

A bare-footed woman stands facing right, her hands together in prayer.
Snuffbox Design
Pierre Moreau, French, 1722 – 1798, 1771
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Within a double-lined frame, a design for a circular snuffbox, with a view of the lid from above, in the upper center and a view of the side, in the lower center. In the center of the lid, a seated putti holding a rifle with a hand on a dog in a rural landscape. The roundel miniature is surrounded by a band of alternating shell and palmette motifs with a garland of flowers. An outer band along the edge featuring leaves and a ribbon. The side of the snuffbox features a central cartouche of dogs within a rural landscape, framed by shell and fleuron motifs with ‘rocaille' scrolls, flanked by a band of ‘rocaille' scrolls and acanthus leaf ornament. A scale in the lower center. The plate is signed, dated, and numbered.
Monument for an Accademia della Pace
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1810–20
Pen and ink, brush and bistre wash, graphite on paper
Drawing

An armored woman holding a caduceus and a wreath is seated upon a crouching lion before a pedestal.  A genius points out to her.  Its inscription: "ACCADEM [ia] / LA PACE".  The right arm of the genius is put around the bust of a young man, probably representing Raphael, which stands upon the pedestal. Objects referring to the arts are on the floor before the pedestal.  The setting is the interior of a circular domed hall.  Framing lines, literally and at the bottom.  SEE: Notes regarding C-H drawings, folder in Giani file.
Mount
, mid–late 19th century
Gilt bronze

One of three matching bracket pilaster mounts.  Empire style with pendant tongues decorated with palmetto below a frieze of rosettes.
Modèles de Compartimens des Tableaux, Pendules, &c. Propre au Sculpteurs, Ciseleurs et Orfevres
Jean-François de Neufforge, Flemish, 1714 – 1791, 1763
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Four designs for frames - two rectangular frames with a roundel frame within each, decorated with neoclassical ornament and motifs such as repeating patterns, rosettes, festoons of laurel leaves, palm leaves, a star, wings, diaper and rosette pattern, gadrooning, and ribbons. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
Wallpaper Design
, 1840–60
Brush and gouache, graphite on white paper
Drawing

A dado is shown at the bottom. On top is an entablature, with a green leaf molding at the bottom and an entablature. The light blue panel shows horizontal rows of two alternate motifs which are staggered in alternate rows. The motifs are palmette in lighter or darker blues and a white cone alternatively suggested. Two green lintels are drawn across the top.
Design for Emrboidery Pattern
, before 1916
Graphite, brush and ink on paper, pricked
Drawing

Embroidery pattern
Title Page
Alexis Loir, French, 1640 - 1713, ca.1660–1713
Etching on paper
Print

Title page ornament panel design featuring foliate scrolls, festoons of leaves, and ribbons, foliate branches, a winged putto blowing a horn standing on a lyre, flanked by male terminal figures, and two sphynx below with s-scrolls, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), rosettes, and shell motifs. The plate is titled and numbered.
Sketch for a Portrait of Bella Worsham
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1878
Graphite on gray-pink paper
Drawing

Standing woman, her left arm bent upwards, resting on a pedestal. She holds up her skirt in her right hand, and looks to the left. Left arm is repeated, lower right.
Design for a Chimneypiece
Luigi Righetti, Italian, 1780 - 1819, 1800
Pen and gray ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Design for a chimney piece intended to be executed in marble and bronze. Gaines with women, who support with their outside arms the entablature, are standing upon bases in front of the lateral pillar stripes. The frieze is decorated with half-figures of winged monsters standing symmetrically beside a candelabrum. In the intervals stand athletes holding crossed reins. Below is the plan and the scale.
Design for a Tapestry or a Painted Wall Hanging
Daniel Marot, French, active in the Netherlands and England, 1661–1752, 1725–50
Pen and black ink, brush and brown wash, watercolor on laid paper
Drawing

Eleven various wild birds scattered in setting of low trees. In lower center, feed basket from which one bird eats; upper center, two birds fight in tree. Pen and black ink border some edges.
Study of Standing Figure
Luca Giordano, Italian, 1634 - 1705, ca. 1670–1700
Red chalk and black chalk on cream laid paper
Drawing

Male figure dressed in classical garb holding a rounded stone in his right hand.
Study of a Head of a Young Man in Renaissance Attire
Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863, 1800-1825
Charcoal on paper
Drawing

Shown raised and nearly in profile, turned to left. Long hair. Wearing a cap. Reverse: a part of a drapery, which has been pricked.
Sampler
Elizabeth Capps, 1820
silk embroidery, wool foundation Technique: cross and counted satin stitches on plain weave

Solomon's Temple; shield with lion and unicorn; Tower of Babel verses and Biblical quotations; scattered ornaments throughout; inscription "Elizabeth Capps wrought this sampler in the 8th year of her age, Frieston, 1820."  Surrounded by floral border.
Five Representations of Women
Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863, ca. 1818
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Left row: two circular, above a half-figure of a girl, seen from the front, with the right arm before the breast put into the shawl around the shoulders, the left arm being put behind the back; below is a sketch of a girl with praying raised hands and eyes, turned toward the left. Framed by a circular line. In the center: three-quarter figure of a young woman with a diadem sitting in a side chair, turned toward the right, but looking at the front. Her right arm leans upon the arm of the chair, her left hand holds a circular, only partly visible relief. IN the background are two lower parts of columns with a curtain between them and a view of the sky. Right row: above, rectangularly, a woman sits in a side chair, turned toward the left, with the head turned toward the front. She wears gloves. Her right foot is upon the base, her right arm upon the top of a table, upon which a vase with flowers stands. In the background are columns upon a dado and a curtain. Below: half-figure of a sitting girl, turned toward the left, with her head turned outwards. Her left forearm is bare, her hair is partly floating. Circularly.
Female Nude, Study of Peace for "Justice and Peace"
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1886
Graphite and white chalk on buff wove paper
Drawing

A seated nude woman leaning and turned to the left with outstretched arm. Head not shown. Arm repeated, lower left; a hand, upper right. Verso: Two heads of a woman in left profile, with notes.
Two Chandelier Designs
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1775-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Designs for two chandeliers. The chandelier on the left, with a scale bar below of two French feet ("2 Pieds") is in the form of a shallow, gadrooned censor hung from chains, with garlands of draping flowers, and a pinecone finial at the base. The chandelier on the right, with a scale bar below of four French feet ("4 Pieds"), is of an egg shape, with acanthus leaf decoration at the top, spiraled fluting at the base, six arms for candles comprised of leaves and branches, draped with small flowers, and a pinecone finial at the base. The plate is signed and numbered.
Decorative Studies; Verso: Anatomical Studies
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1814–18
Pen and ink over graphite on laid paper
Drawing

Five Studies of Ceilings with Grotesques; Two Studies of Ceilings. Verso: anatomical studies of toes with frontal and profile views.
Sketches, Artillery on the March
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1862
Graphite on cream colored wove paper, mounted in an album
Drawing

Vertical view of slight, mostly indistinct sketches; one probably representing artillery on the march.
Fragment
, early 19th century
Silk, plain satin, and velvet.

Coral satin with broadly spaced ornaments in green and black velvet.
Trophy Design
Jean-Charles Delafosse, French, 1734 – 1789, late 18th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for an ornamental hanging trophy. A copy after one of the trophies in the print titled ‘Attributs de Musique' (Attributes of Music), published ca. 1771 by Pierre-François Tardieu, after Jean Charles Delafosse. Trophy depicting objects associated with music, including horns, masks, bells, triangle, tambourine, guitar, drums, flutes, and sheet music. The plate is numbered.
Triomphe de Priape
François Boucher, French, 1703–1770, 1740
Etching and engraving on white laid paper
Print

One of a set of five panels for a fold-up screen. The other designs in the series include Rocaille (Rock Garden); Hommage Champêtre (Pastorale); and Léda (Leda and the Swan), all etched by Claude Duflos; and Triomphe de Pomone (Triumph of Pomona) etched by Charles Nicolas Cochin the Younger. Shell motif at top. Three putti grasping at berries in the upper portion of the design, to the right of a herm in the personification of Priapus, protector of orchards and gardens, which is at left. Cypress trees at right. Two putti pulling a goat on top of stairs and other putti both helping with the goat and holding berries. Panel framed with leaves, branches and berries.
Study of Cattle in Tuscany
Walter Shirlaw, American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909, 1875–80
Graphite, brown wash on paper
Drawing

A pair of steers under a yoke are shown twice.
Two Frieze Designs
Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682, 1657–82
Etching on laid paper
Print

Two frieze designs with putti, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), female and male figures, lions, eagles, and festoons of fruit and leaves. The plate is signed and numbered.
Frame or Cornice Design
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1785-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Frame or cornice design with, from sight edge to back edge, leaf lamb tongue, striation, bound legs, striation, bead course, wide band of leaf branch guilloche with acorn rosettes, bead course, acanthus leaves. The plate is signed and numbered.
Spindle
, 1100–1400
Painted wood shaft; incised and painted ceramic whorl

Spindle with a slender wooden shaft tapered to ends; both ends broken. Black ceramic disk whorl in center with geometric design incised and painted in red and white. Traces of black, white and red painted rings on center of shaft.
Paper Doll Costume in White Fur with Pink Bow
, 1876–80
Lithograph, brush and watercolor on cream heavy wove paper
Pring

White fur lined coat with fur lining and pink bow at collar. A glimmer of her emerald and gold full skirt peek out from under her coat.  Her white gloved hands hold a fan and a handkerchief.  Both the front and back of this outfit represented.
Arabesque Ornament Designs
Jean-Baptiste Fay, French, active 1765 – 1790s, late 18th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

Four horizontal designs for ornamental friezes with repeating patterns featuring arabesque motifs. The designs include vases, flowers, animal/human heads, festoons of flowers, ribbons, scrolling leaves, quivers of arrows, wings, snakes, birds, beads, masks, terminal winged-sphynx figures, baskets and vases of flowers and fruit, rosettes, flaming torches, and fleurons. The plate is numbered and signed.
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 male figure blowing horn while seated in a tree, upon which a large bird stands. At left, a birds in a raised shelter with conical roof surmounted by a crescent. Border of alternating birds and latticed green panels.
Entre-toise avec Trophée de Guerre
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1775-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Design for a crosspiece with a trophy of war (plumed helmet, flags, fasces) at center. The plate is signed and numbered.
Design for a Memorial Structure
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1790-1800
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

An elevation and plans. In the center of arcades rises a platform, of a square plan with projecting segments at the corners. Domed, circular pavilions are to stand on these redoubts. In the center stands a high tower. Measurements are indicated.
Designs for Jewelry
Gilles Légaré, French, 1617 – after 1685, 1663
Engraving on paper
Print

Eight designs for jewelry, including two pendants, four pendant fob-seals, a round case, and vertical frieze featuring gems, scrolling leaves, crowns, and flowers. The plate is numbered and signed.
Embroidered picture
, early 19th century
silk embroidery on silk foundation Technique: embroidered in stem and speckling stitches on plain weave foundation

Black and white silk embroidery of trees and rural buildings; some of the embroidery has worn away.
Home of Hector Guimard: Dining Room Buffet [?]
Hector Guimard, French, 1867–1942, ca. 1910
Photographic print on sensitized paper
Photograph

Photograph of the sideboard in Hector Guimard's house at 22 rue Mozart. Photograph shows various shelves and wall behind.
Le Berger empressé
Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772, ca. 1730
Black chalk, brush and gray wash, traces of stylus on cream laid paper
Drawing

A shepherd makes advances to a shepherdess seated by a gnarled tree on a bank; another tree frames the composition at the right.  Arabesque frame composed of garlands, shell-work, hooked scrolls and bat-wing ornamentation.  The outer edges of the composition are shaded.
The Morbetto
Marc Antonio Raimondi, Italian, 1483 – 1527, 1515–1516
Engraving on paper
Print

At left foreground, an interior of a stable where a man in examining animals by torch light. Above, a room where a man is lying in bed, two women stand nearby. At right foreground, seven figures in a courtyard. In background, houses and figures.
A Woman Holding a Boy with Her Hand Passing a Gentleman Seated Among Ruins in the Campagna
Bartolomeo Pinelli, Italian, 1781–1835, 1807
Pen and gray ink with watercolor and black chalk on off-white wove paper
Drawing

The man holds an open book in his right hand and leans his left arm upon an altar, upon which is written with pencil: "Pinelli / Fece 1807 / Roma." A pyramid and an aqueduct are in the left rear.
Study of a Man in Profile
Antoine Watteau, French, 1684–1721, 1734
Etching on laid paper
Print

Study of a man or boy in profile, with his head turned to the right and his eyes downcast. He wears a robe with large rectangular collars and a fleurs-de-lys on his garment. The plate is signed and numbered.
Textile
, 1750–59
silk, metallic threads Technique: plain weave with continuous and discontinuous supplementary weft patterning (brocaded)

Woven silk with serpentine vine with exotic leaves and flowers brocaded in colored silks and silver and gold metallic threads. Secondary design of meandering vines in white on white ground.
Waistcoat fragment
, early 19th century
silk Technique: embroidered

Waistcoat fragment of taupe silk embroidered with a multicolored design of flowers (snowdrops, violas), strawberries and butterflies.
Border
, mid-18th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace (Mechlin style)

Mechlin lace worked with an undulating flower-edged ribbon motif with branching sprays.