biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Elevation de l’Hostel Tubeuf du costé du Jardin
Jean Marot, French, 1619 - 1679, ca.1635–ca.1660
Etching on laid paper
Print

Architectural elevation of an exterior façade of a Parisian hôtel particulier (grand house) featuring windows, and a cartouche with a festoon of leaves. A scale below. The plate is titled and signed.
Design for a Frame
, 1725–1750
Black chalk, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Design for a frame. The right hand shows contours only; the left hand side with shading. Scroll and florals throughout. A shell at top center.
Point-paper (mise-en-carte), Design for Woven Silk
Claude Seraucourt, 1677 – 1756, 1710–40
Watercolor and gouache over etching on white laid paper
Drawing

Obliquely directed lattice with flowers against a background of rows of small flower twigs. One large red flower with blue green leaves at left.
Tea Bowl and Saucer with "Hausmaler" Decor
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present, 1720–1730
hard paste porcelain, gold
tea bowl and saucer

Bell-shaped cup, flat saucer with curved sides and ring foot. Engraved gilt chinoiserie decoration of figures, birds, trees and scrolls.
Design for a Waistcoat
, 1780-1790
Pencil, pen, ink, and various gouaches on paper, pricked
Drawing

Design for the embroidery at the border of a man's waistcoast. Lilac edges; the inner ones of the pocket are outlined. The field is decorated with leaf and flower boughs and with a bunch of leves beneath the pocket. A border beside the edge of the waistcoast is composed of boughs with leaves including feathery ones.
Clock Case and Burner Designs for Pedestals
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1785-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Two designs, for a standing clock or barometer on a pedestal, and a burner on a pedestal. The mount at top is in the shape of a lyre, with a shell and wreath of leaves at top. The pedestal has claw legs and is decorated with a rosette, leaves, and bead course. The burner at bottom is in the shape of a two-handled vase and is placed on a wide, low pedestal with fluting, rosette, and bead course ornamentation. The plate is signed and numbered.
Study for "Poetry," "The Arts," Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, ca. 1895
Graphite on paper
Drawing

A female figure is seated with her arms raised. The paper is squared for transferring the image.
Design for an altar
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746-1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

Shown are the elevation, an unfinished plan, a finished plan in a smaller scale. The mensa stands in front of a dado which ends laterally with two round pedestals with statues. In front of the dado of the retable stands the tabernacle in the centere. The retable has a half-circular shape formed by a double colonnade. It has on top a conch and a triangular pediment. On top a cross between two angels. The Ascension of the Virgin is represented by sculputred figures. Measurements are indicated beside the elevation and in the plans. Colored background.
Decoration of a frieze
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Decoration of a frieze.
Guéridon propre à porter des torchères
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for a pedestal for a two-arm candelabra, decorated with ornament motifs including garland, lion heads, acanthus leaves, gadrooning, fluting, egg and dart, and bound leaf. The plate is signed.
Design for a Woven or Embroidered Horizontal Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1805-1815
Brush and gouache, graphite on glazed tracing paper
Drawing

A rinceau consists of a feathery leaf, parts of acanthus, a laurel bough, with a flower at the end of the spiral. One and a half repeats are shown.
LES TROIS FONTAINES
Adam Perelle, French, 1638 – 1695, 1672–1703
Etching on laid paper
Print

A view of the gardens at Versailles featuring three fountains on different levels framed by trellis and trees (groves), the fountains / jets of water are in round, rectangular, and octagonal basins. Planted vases throughout and figures (courtiers) throughout the grounds. In the foreground courtiers sat looking at the scene with an artist sketching the scene. The plate is titled with a description.
Ornamental Vase Designs
Théodore Bertren, active in France, 18th century, 1772
Engraving on paper
Print

Two vases, one above the other. The vase on top has two rings attached at the shoulder of the vase. The vase is decorated with spiraled fluting, garland, and acanthus leaf ornamentation. The vase at the bottom is in the shape of an urn and is decorated with ribbon, garland, a mascaron, and gadrooning ornamentation. The plate is signed and numbered.
Fountain in a Park
Unknown, 1800–1825
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, traces of black chalk, on paper
Drawing

Amid trees, a fountain stands. Below a statue of Poseidon, between curved low walls flanked by figures, from a pavilion, water flows.
Design for Painted Decoration of Walls and Ceiling of a Room
, ca. 1830
Brush and gouache, watercolor on white wove paper
Drawing

A short wall and part of the ceiling of an oblong room. The wall shows an imaginary damask cover flanked by pillars above a dado. The ceiling shows a framed view of the sky.
Window Balustrade Designs
Jean François Forty, active 1775 – 1790, late 18th century
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Four designs for ornamental ironwork window balustrades featuring repeating scrolling and geometric patterns, fleurons, rosettes, ribbons, diamonds, and roundels. The plate is numbered and signed.
Man
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1881–1882
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Partial sketch of a male figure.
Border Design with Cross-Section
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1785-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Border design with bands of molding and its cross section at the right. From top to bottom, the molding ornamentation consists of: oak leaf bunches and acorns, scrolling rose vines, and acanthus leaves. The plate is signed and numbered.
Main and side elevations of the right wing of a house for Monsieur Gédéon Mallet in Geneva
Jean François Blondel, French, 1681–1756, ca. 1725
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on paper
Drawing

Corresponding to the print in opposite direction. Caption over framing lines.
Iceberg Under Cloudy Skies, Canada
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, June–July 1859
Brush and oil paint, graphite on tan paperboard
Drawing

Seascape and landscape sketch showing a view of an immense iceberg in the waters off Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada. Dominating the composition at center, the iceberg is long and craggy with two tall, sharp prominences at either end. Broken forms of ice characterize the center bulge, which has veins of dark blue and aquamarine ice. The dark ocean water turns light around its base. In the background at left, a rugged, rolling coastline is visible. The sky above is filled with warm, purple-brown clouds at sunset. The light brown ground is visible along the lower margin.
Studies (a) Three kneeling shepherds. (b) Two arms
, 1725–1775
Black chalk with white crayon on rough brown paper
Drawing

A) Turned toward right. At left: sketch of the upper part of the body which is shown in front, with the head shown nearly in profile. At the centre, the man looks downward with the arms cross in front of his breast. At right: with raised hands and head shown in profile. B) On the reverse, two raised right arms with handles of swords separated by a sketch of a drapery. Possibly by same artist as -2059
Portrait of Saint Catherine of Siena
, 1625–1650
Black and red crayon, brush and bistre on paper
Drawing

In three-quarter length, a standing portrait of a woman in habit. In her left hand, an open book and lily branch.
Yoke of Oxen
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1879
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Horizontal view of a yoke of oxen with a drover, drawing a truck on which a woman sits with a small child on her lap, and a faint indication of trees visible in background.
Three Designs for Balustrades
Jean Lamour, French, 1698–1771, 1759–68
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Three designs for sections of decorative wrought-iron balustrades with rococo ornament and motifs, such as scrolls, acanthus leaves, rosettes, fleurons, flowers, shells, foliage, fretwork and monograms. The plate is signed.
Sampler
, 1657
linen embroidery on linen foundation Technique: withdrawn element work with needle lace fillings, satin, cross, back, and double running stitches on plain weave

Cross borders in withdrawn element work and embroidery.
Decorative Studies; Verso: Anatomical Studies of Toes
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1814–18
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor washes over graphite on cream laid paper
Drawing

Five studies of ceilings with grotesques; friezes; four candalabra. Verso: two anatomical studies of toes from behind
Fragment
, 14th century
silk Technique: two interconnected fabric structures, plain weave and plain weave

Dark red ground with a design in yellow-green; design is reversible. Ground divided into wide vertical bands, alternately with symmetrical scrolling vine design, and lozenges, which enclose alternately a griffon (or basilisk) and a bird.
Landscape
, ca. 1790
Brush and grey and black watercolors on paper
Drawing

A fortified castle lies in the center left by the shore of a river. A water mill and cottage are depicted at the river bank. A group of three men are gather by a tree in the center right. A harbor city looms in the distance in front of the setting sun.
Map of a Part of Penobscot County, Maine
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1876–81
Pen and ink on off-white wove paper, mounted on board
Drawing

Sketch of a map showing a part of Penobscot County in Maine, used for one of the artist's trips to Mt. Katahdin, which is prominently featured at center. Other natural features, such as Millinocket Lake or the East Branch of the Penobscot River, and towns, such as Medway and Mattawamkeag, in the region are clearly delineated and labeled. Heavy focus on the area's river system, which resembles veins and capillaries.
Design for Two Candlesticks
Unknown, early 19th century
Pen and black ink, brush and green, yellow, and brown wash, black chalk on white laid paper
Drawing

Two designs for candlesticks.  Intended to be executed in green and gilded bronze.   In the main design, a round pedestal with a lozenge decoration of the shaft stands upon a square base.  Upon it stands a young man in classical attire, holding in his lowered left hand an open book and supporting with the right arm a stem.  The stem has a palmette at the top with three sockets.  At left is shown the shaft of the design for the counterpart.  A woman supports the stem with the left arm and carries a mirror in her right hand.  Inscriptions.
Panel Design of Grotesque Ornamentation
Jean Berain, the elder, French, 1640-1711, 1711
Engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Panel design filled with symmetrical, grotesque ornaments in an architectural space. The composition is filled with male and female satyrs, winged putti, sphynxes. The plate is signed and numbered.
Vestibule wall
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Vestibule wall
Looking Southwest from Long Hill, Hudson, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, August 1863
Graphite on gray-green wove paper; verso: graphite and oxidized white gouache
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a southwestern view of the Hudson River and Valley from the artist's property on Long Hill in Hudson, New York--likely from the artist's studio on the hill's southern slope. In the foreground, a partially wooded hillside descends from right to left, and reveals a view of other hills and a section of the Hudson River in the middle distance. The river's dark, heavily wooded opposite shoreline is visible at center. Striations of dark clouds hang in the darkening sky.

Verso: Landscape sketch showing a view of a tree in front of a body of water, backdropped by a rugged mountain range. In the foreground at center, the upper half a lush deciduous tree is visible--its trunk and lower half extending out of frame. Beyond it, a body of water--possibly a river--stretches across the middle distance and reflects the sun's light from above. In the background, the outline of a rugged mountain range forms a high, undulating horizon. Above, loosely-rendered puffy clouds are brightly illuminated by the sun.
Study: Saint Mary Magdalene
, 1600–1650
Pen and ink, brush and bistre wash on paper, mounted on folded paper
Drawing

Shown in three-quarter length, turned toward left, bent forward and holding a bowl.
Trees on Goat Island, Niagara River, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, August 1858
Graphite and white gouache on light brown wove paper
Drawing

Landscape and botanical sketch showing a view of thick foliage on Goat Island, in Niagara Falls, New York. At center, the trunks and lower boughs of three tall and prominent deciduous trees serve as the focal point. Other trees are visible at right and in the background. Above, puffy, white clouds are visible through the branches; while below, bushes and other plants form a dense understory.
Lower end of staircase railing
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1780
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

The calyx at left is not shown. A garland drags down as an acanthus calyx from which the neck of a mask emerges. Colored background.
Tree Sketches, Catskill, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 1844
Graphite on tan laid paper
Drawing

Botanical sketch showing, at left, a view of a tall, lush deciduous tree with a dark trunk that stands just behind a board fence, while, at right, four faint sketches of deciduous trees with full canopies are inclulded.
Crocodile Hunt in Egypt
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, 1596 or before
Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and black washes over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink on laid paper
Drawing

Recto: Men wrestle crocodiles along the banks of the Nile. They sit on the animals' backs and hold their jaws open with sticks. At left, hunters bludgeon a crocodile's head.
Verso: Italian inscription.
Design for Embroidered Waistcoat of the Fabrique de St. Ruf
, ca. 1785
Brush and gouache on laid paper
Drawing

Strips of scallops are shown along the lateral edges of the flap of the pocket and the edges of the waistcoat. Flower bunches stick in a slope of ears of grain in the flap. A bunch of flowers fastened by a ribbon is shown beneath the pocket, a flower garland in the remaining field.
Armchair
, mid-18th century
wood, leather

Chair, French mid 18th Century wood???
Cap streamers
, 1725–35
linen Technique: bobbin lace, Mechlin style

Pair of Mechlin-style cap streamers patterned by a heavy scrolled curving band with bold flowers attached. Two cap streamers are attached to a lace band of the same style.
Samples
Orinoka Mills, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, ca. 1910

a. green ground with pink flowers and dark green leaves and stems
b. beige ground with pink flowers and green leaves
c. dark red ground with gold/beige flowers and dark green leaves and stems
d. rust color ground with gold/beige flowers and dark green leaves and stems
e. orange/pink ground with white flowers and green leaves and stems
f. green ground with gold/beige flowers and dark red leaves and stems
g. gold/beige ground with orange/pink flowers and green leaves and stems
Cushions for Living Room Seat, Henry J. Allen Residence, Wichita, Kansas
Frank Lloyd Wright, American, 1867–1959, 1917
Graphite, color pencil on light brown wove paper
Drawing

Elevation, cross section, plan and detail of living room seat.
Group of Figures from Raphael's Incendio del Borgo
Raphael, Italian, 1483–1520, 1800-1850
Black chalk on paper
Drawing

The central group in the foreground of Raphael's Incendio del Borgo. A kneeling woman and a woman sitting with a child. Another woman with a child, worshipping.
Paul et Virginie
Petitpierre et Cie, Nantes, France, 1770–1848, ca. 1795
cotton Technique: printed by engraved copper plate on plain weave
Textile

A series of pictorial vignettes illustrating the story of Paul and Virginia as originally told in the novel by Bernadin de St-Pierre (1788) and later in an opera (which changed the ending of the original story) by Kreutzer and Favieres (1791). Scenes include a shipwreck and scenes on a tropical island. In red on white.
Candy dish
Louis Comfort Tiffany, American, 1848–1933, ca. 1900
Favrile glass

Tall footed candy dish.  Slight yellow glass foot, blue-green dish.
Textile
, mid-18th century
cotton Technique: relief printed on plain weave

Panel, heavy cotton, block-printed, in dark browns and reds. Ground in elaborate picotage pattern. Pattern showing symmetrical arrangement of alternating repeat of conventional flowers in fan-shape.
Bag
, early 19th century
glass beads, steel beads, steel frame Technique: beaded knitting

Flat bag with landscapes and a floral band at the bottom. Steel frame with chain and steel fringe at lower edge. White silk lining.
Cap crown
, 18th century
linen Technique: needle lace

Semi-circular cap crown in needle lace with a design of twisting vines and grapes. Commonly called "Point d'Argentan."
Vignette, A Port
, ca. 1840
Wood engraving on paper
Print

A loading ship is in the right foreground, shown against many ships. Part of the town in the left rear.
Belt
, late 19th century
leather, wool felt, silk(?) Technique: applique, felt, braided

White leather belt, ornamented with felt cut in hearts, ovals and circles and blue, gray, yellow and black silk; bound with red silk braid and lined with red silk.
Vignette
, 1720–1750
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Scrollwork escutcheon with leaves and cornucopias, showing inside: LAVS DEO.
Fragment of maniple or stole
, 16th–17th century
silk Technique: supplementary warp forming raised pile (velvet); then embossed

Fragment embossed with a quatrefoil pattern. a 'ghost' outline of a cross that was once present on the fabric.
Textile
, 17th century
silk Technique: supplementary warp forming cut pile

Elaborate scrolls in pink with touches of green and white. Both selvages present.
Sketch of a Female Nude
Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909, ca. 1895
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Nude female figure with arms swung out, both knees bent.  At left, sketches for frames, and small sketch of figure with drapery.
Flounce
, 18th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace, Brussels style

Flounce worked with a design of floral urns in irregular bands.
Kerchief
, 19th century
cotton on piña cloth (pineapple fiber) Technique: embroidered

Square kerchief with embroidery on two sides. Design shows a plant in a basket alternating with a leaf and scroll motif. Scalloped edge.
Fragment
, 17th century
linen Technique: needle lace

Fragment with a floral design and a portion of the leaf and stem. Diamond diaper design in parts.
A View of the River Wye, near Bakewell, Derbyshire
Robert Sayer, British, 1725 - 1794, ca. 1780-1800
Engraving on paper
Print

Fishermen are seen in the foreground below a waterfall. A high cliff in left middle distance.
Seated Cavalier with Wine Glass
Jacob Duck, Netherlandish, 17th century, 1650–60
Black, white chalk on blue-gray paper
Drawing

A young cavalier, seated on a straight chair facing half left, holds a wine glass in his left hand and a tankard in his right, resting in his lap.
Birthday Blessing
Thomas Stevens, English, 1828–1888, 1873
silk Technique: jacquard woven
Bookmark

White ribbon with a purple medallion showing white lilies and the words "Best Wishes" on a curving white banner. Above this is a woven inscription that reads "Birthday Blessing" at the top. Just below a passage reads "May peace enfold thee in her downy wing; pure joys around thee weave a faire spell, to heav'n thy hearts deep longing cling, and happiness forever with thee dwell."
The Woolworth Building
Joseph Pennell, American, active England, 1857–1926, 1915
Etching in black ink on laid paper
Print

View looking North on Broadway, with the Woolworth Building at the left. The foreground is cast in deep shadow.
Partie Septentrionale du Duche de Brabant
Elisabeth Haussard, 1752
Etching
Print

Escutcheon with the title of the map of the northern part of Brabant in "Atlas Universel" by Robert de Vaugondy, Paris, 1757.  The left top corner of the map.  Escutcheon with two mermaids, water, plants.
Mitre
, 18th century
silk, metal Technique: satin and knot stitch embroidery on satin weave

Front and back from a mitre; white satin, embroidered in polychrome silks and gold thread. Design, which is same front and back, shows, in left and right spaces, and ascending vine with various flowers, rose, etc. ; in blue, shades of rose, white, light green; long tailed bird perched on upper stem is stooping toward a flower, and is embroidered in blue, pink and with black ends to tail and feathers. Center, as smaller ascending vine, with various birds and border (1-1/4" wide) of similar vine with birds. Design outlined with gold thread. Stitches mostly satin with some knot stitch. Trimmed at pointed top with gold tassels. Sides of mitre are on stiff linen, interlined with linen, and with remains  of white taffeta lining.
Fragment
, 16th century
linen Technique: withdrawn element work with needle lace fillings (reticella)

Two rows of squares with an alternating pattern of plain weave and reticella lace.
Mug
Samuel Moore & Co, England, ca. 1820
Glazed earthenware with transfer-printed decoration, hand-colored and lustred

Straight body with slightly concave section above round foot. On one side, transfer-printed view of the cast iron bridge over the river Wear, surrounded by inscription. On the other side, husband and wife and two children; under this, "Sailor's Farewell". Prints heightened with green, iron-red, yellow, and pink lustre. Inside, a three-dimensional frog, painted black and pink.
Two Plates, from a Napoleon III Table Service (Assiettes, Service à Chiffre Doré de l'Empereur Napoléon III)
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756, ca. 1846
hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
plates

Flat well decorated with N in interlaced scrollwork, crowned. Flat marli with gold rim.
Wood engraving. Vignette.
, 1800–1830
Engraving and etching

Rose bough against hatched, octagonal background
Design for pendant with winged geni
, 16th century
Pen, sepia, brush, grey water color. Paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. A round diamond is framed by an escutcheon consisting of, above, a volute pediment, with on top a shell supporting a festoon, and framing a small round diamond. At the sides, festoons hanging from the ends of the pediment, and winged nude female genii supporting with their raised arms the rings with the near end of the chains or cords. Heads are below the feet of the genii. In the center, below, is the mask of a satyr supporting with his beard a hanging round diamond.
Ruins by a Road
Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909, ca. 1895
Graphite on white paper
Drawing

Sketchbook drawing. Two figures of peasants sit on rocks from the ruins of a small church, by the side of the road. Gothic open arches in the walls.
Fragment
, 17th century
linen Technique: needle lace

Fragment with a portion of a flower and deep scallops.
Box with cover
, 1875–1900
lacquered wood, pewter

Ji-maki ground with exterior cover design showing long slender stick-like objects and two rectangular objects with rounded corners decorated  with geometric and diapered designs. Underlayer of red lacquer visible in places (Togidashi-maki). Interior of cover has following in triplicate: !!!  Lead rims.
Fragment
, 14th–15th century
cotton Technique: printed on plain weave

Coarse cotton plain weave with natural ground.  All-over small-scale brown printed design of zig-zags with dot at each point.  Incomplete border at right with red lozenges.