biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Plate 94 from Divers dessins de balcons à plusieurs usages (Variety of Balcony Designs)
Claude René Gabriel Poulleau, French, b.1749, 1757–1776
Engraving on paper
Print

A variety of designs for ironwork including pilasters, door signs, and balconies.
Button
, 19th century
steel

1931-59-301-a: circular, slightly convex buttons, of blued steel ...
Project for a Salon
, ca. 1800
Pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Wall elevation showing a door at left. Overdoor panel with figures. Five pilasters with ionic capitals.  At right, a mirror with an eagle, flanked by niches with figural sculptures.
Developpement d'une Niche Corinthienne
Jean-François de Neufforge, Flemish, 1714–1791, 1768
Engraving on paper
Print

Elevation, plan, and profile of a niche decorated according to the principles of the Corinthian order and with egg and dart, lamb tongue, bead course, rosette, helmets, and coffered ornamentation. The plate is signed and numbered.
Design for a Book Cover
Alice Cordelia Morse, American, 1863–1961, ca. 1887–1903
Brush and gold paint on paper
Drawing

On off-white ground, cartouche composed of lobed octagonal frame of dots and bordered with leaves and abstract flowers.
Allegorical figures
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1880–1881
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Partial sketch of four figures.
L’AMÉRIQUE
Jean Lattré, French, ca. 1722 – 1791, mid- 18th–late 18th century
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Design for a hand fan with a map of the Americas framed within an upside-down pear-shaped rococo border ornamented with flowers, acanthus leaves, c-scrolls, and ribbons. The plate is titled and addressed.
Ornament Design
Jean-Baptiste Huet, French, 1745 – 1811, 1776–89
Crayon manner etching in red ink on paper
Print

An arabesque ornament design featuring two griffins, head of Mercury/Hermes with his winged helmet, foliate branches, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), foliate scrolls, fleurons, and gapes. The plate is numbered.
Playing card
, ca. 1855
Red and black ink, paper

Card numbered at top: C 4 S; below central image: 2
Arcove a Fronton Angulaire
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1792–1814
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Fourth plate from a series of bed designs. The title is lettered above a wall elevation featuring a daybed set into a nice framed by a pediment and fluted columns decorated with neoclassical and empire style ornament, with a scale below. The bed curtain trimmed with passementerie hangs from the alcove. The bed features a repeating leaf pattern along the bed and rosettes on the pillows, with cabriole feet. The plate is titled, signed, and numbered.
The Stag Hunt
, 1750–1800
Etching on paper, mounted
Print

At left, a man and a woman with javelins pointed at a deer, center, pursued by a dog, right, where a man blows a bugle. In landscape with a town in the distance. Bottom center: "LA CAZA DEL CIERVO / Venatio Cervorum".
Figure Studies
François Boucher, French, 1703–1770, 1735
Etching on paper
Print

Figure studies / sketched on a single plate. Two young men, travelers, barefoot and barelegged, seated on the ground. The figure to the right is in profile, holding a stick. The figure to the left is shown from the back with a pipe or flute hanging from his belt. Foliage in the background. The plate is signed and numbered.
Cupboard, table, writing desk
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Designs for a cupboard, table, and writing desk.
Outline Sketch of Artillery Horses and a Cannon
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1862
Graphite on wove paper, mounted in an album
Album page

Horizontal sketches with a standing man shown without a head from the left back, at top; artillery horses with mounted soldiers and beneath a horizontal line three cannon in hilly country.
Ornamental panel
Jean-Siméon Rousseau, 1747 – 1820, 1775-1800
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on laid paper
Drawing

The center panel shows an eagle placed upon a thunderbolt between two acanthus scrolls. The lateral one shows a trophy of arrows, a caduceus, a winged helmut, and a wreath. The main panel shows two putti beside flower vases, pairs of swans beside a woman standing atop a classical frieze.
Tompette de chasseur a cheval
Edouard Detaille, French, 1848–1912, 1875
Etching in dark brown ink on white paper
Print

A mounted cavalry officer is seen from the back, right, holding a raised pistol in his right hand.
Wall with Mirror and Console Table
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 18th century
Engraving on paper
Bound print

Design for an interior wall. At the center, flanked by two panels in varied decorative schemes, is a large framed mirror topped by ornamental scrollwork and vegetation. Below the mirror, a four-legged console table to be executed in marble; a vase with flowers at its base; the shadow of the table indicated on the wall behind it. Scale at lower left.
Triumph of Neptune and Galatea
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, ca. 1585 – 1590
Recto: pen and brown and black inks, brush and brown and black washes over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink on laid paper
Drawing

Recto: Neptune, at center, stands on a seashell chariot drawn by two 
seahorses. He holds his trident in his left hand and the reins in his right. On a second chariot behind him are two female figures, one standing with a billowing drapery above her head. Seahorses and mermaids surround.
Verso: Italian inscriptions.
Flowers
Martin Engelbrecht, German, 1684–1756, 1725–50
Engraving in ink on paper
Print

Bilderbogen print of posies. Top row: two twigs between two nosegays.  Bottom row: three nosegays.
LE BAIN
Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin, French, 1721–1786, 1753-1757
Etching on laid paper
Print

Vignette depicting three butterflies on a watery platform, framed at the bottom by dripping shells, scrolls, netting, cattails, and a cartouche with the words "Le Bain" on it. One butterfly, at the left, pulls a net out of the water; another butterfly, underneath a canopy, holds up a lobster; the third butterfly, at the right, sits on the bow of a boat. The plate is not signed or numbered.
Tequendama Falls near Bogotá, Colombia
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, June 20-30, 1853
Graphite and white gouache on gray-green paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a close-up view of Tequendama Falls near Bogotá, Colombia. In the foreground, a figure stands atop one in a series of large, dark boulders at lower center. Above them, immense quatities of water pour over the rim of the cascade and send up a tumultuous plume of mist that seems to veil the entire scene. Beside the top of the falls, the heavily wooded cliff edge is visible.
Figural Studies
Gaspar van Wittel, Flemish, 1652 - 1736, 1710–1730
Red chalk on paper, lined
Drawing

Page with many contour studies of figures.
Two Arabesque Panel Designs
Jean-Baptiste Huet, French, 1745 – 1811, 1776–89
Crayon manner etching in red ink on paper
Print

Two vertical arabesque ornament panel designs featuring leafy branches, nude/naked women (one with the legs of a goat), winged putto, dog, roundel with figures, festoons of leaves, fleurons, foliate scrolls, and scrolling leaves (rinceaux). The plate is numbered.
Ornament
, 1815–25
Block-printed on handmade paper

Two putti at an altar; the male putto with a torch, the female with a basket of flowers.
Concert of Angels
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1813–18
Pen and ink, brush and brown wash on paper
Drawing

On verso: two views tree with castle
Sidewall
, 1845–1855
Block printed on continuous paper

Vertical rectangle. Chinoiserie design of eight motifs, three including human figures, two with a sort of phoenix, and three with flowers; white field covered with slender blue-gray foliage scrolls.  Printed in reds, blues, greens, and neutral oranges on white ground. Samll sections of a like paper have been cut and pasted on the front of this piece to fill losses.  Mounted on a gray paper.
Apron
, 1733
linen Technique: withdrawn element work, embroidery

Field of detached motifs including birds and flowers, and the initials 'SK' in at least two motifs. The apron has been removed from its band.
Bowl
, late 18th century
Glazed earthenware

Circular with rounded sides. Outside mottled in dark brown, blue and white against lighter brown ground, suggesting composite stone. White band about top with black cross-hatching. Ring foot ground down.
Man's coat
, 1785–1790
silk Technique: compound weave, embroidered

Coat of changeable brown and blue silk faille with small ovals. Embroidered with floral motif in polychrome silk.
Tree Fern, Jamaica
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, June 1865
Oil on graphite on bright green paperboard
Drawing

Botanical and landscape sketch of a tall tree fern in a lush, mountainous forest in Jamaica. The tree's thin trunk climbs up the center of the composition, culminating in a canopy that radiates fern leaves in all directions. Below, the wide leaves of multiple banana or plantain plants are visible. In the background, a steep hillside descends to the right and hosts abundant greenery. Above, the sky is clear and blue.
Study of an Arm for Portrait of Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1880
Black crayon and white chalk on grey-brown paper
Drawing

Study of a right arm extending from below the shoulder. Drapery and shadow around the lower arm filled in.
View of the Sea from Bloxburgh, Jamaica
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, May–September 1865
Brush and oil paint, graphite on paperboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of the sea from the hills along the southern coast of Jamaica, east of Kingston near the former plantation called Bloxburgh. In the foreground along the lower margin, two lush and rolling ridges overlap one another while a portion of the coastline below is visible in the middle distance at right. The deep blue water of Caribbean Sea extends from the middle distance and into the background, where it goes hazy due to moisture in the atmosphere. Wind patterns and currents are visible along the water's surface. Just above the distant horizon, a line of billowing, white clouds are visible.
Design for the Mantlepiece and Dado for a Room in the Villa Digne
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on off-white laid paper
Drawing

The lower part is a variation of the scheme of -1522. The supports consist of fluted consoles upon which two children are seated beside a flower pot in front of a shell at right. Half of a similar motif is upon the support at left. A landscape with a Doric temple in ruins and pyramids are shown. The upper part suggests an ovoidal painting in rich framing. At right is an imaginary arch double the width of that at left.
Clock face with the signs of the zodiac
Louis-Félix de La Rue, French, 1731 - 1765, 1785
Pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on paper
Drawing

The signs of the zodiac are displayed upon its outside band. Chronos is seated underneath raising the hour glass with his left hand and pointing at a ribbon. It contains four angular holes in which the exact date is intended to be visible. Shown here is "Mardi 19/18 Mars 1785."
Sermon on the Mount
Michel Lasne, French, ca. 1590 - 1667, 17th century
Engraving on paper
Print

Scene depicting the figure of Jesus Christ sharing his moral teachings with others. Christ sits in the foreground at left upon a rock, a radiating halo surrounding his head, his arms raised in open gestures to those around him, and his gaze aimed at the figure to the left. He is surrounded by a crowd of men who listen to his teachings and discuss amongst themselves. Behind the group is a forest of leafy trees. To the right, indications of a valley with additional figures in conversation. A city on a hill in the background, with mountains in the distance. A flock of birds flies through the cloudy sky at upper right. Composition contained within rectangular framing line.
Study of an Orchid
Sophia L. Crownfield, American, 1862–1929, early 20th century
Pen and ink, brush and gouache, graphite on tracing paper
Drawing

Vertical sheet depicting an orchid with two blossoms. The flowers are paritally colored with black, white, green and pink gouache.
Birds
Bromley Hall, Middlesex, England, 1712–1763, 1760–75
cotton Technique: printed by engraved plate on plain weave
Fragments

Fragments of a large scale patterns of birds and scrolls. In red on white.
Prodigal Son
Favre Petitpierre, France, 1802–1818, ca. 1815
cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller on plain weave
Valance

Shaped valance lined and quilted. Four scenes, captioned in French, illustrating the story of the Prodigal Son. In brown on white.
Textile
, 1820–29
cotton Technique: roller printed on plain weave

Slightly more than one repeat of a flowering branch with rose and passion flower on a fine net background. Small band stitched to the top to complete the repeat.
Designs for Ornament and Roundels
Pierre Bourdon, French, ca. 1656 – 1708 after, 1703
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

An ornament print featuring roundels (possibly watch cases) and bands decorated with grotesque motifs (intertwining scrolling leaves, foliage, human, and animal forms), with mascarons (masks), birds, strapwork, cartouches, shells, grape vines, diaper patterns, and vignettes with figures. The plate is signed and numbered.
La peche et le commerce maritime
Oberkampf & Cie., Jouy-en-Josas, France, 1759–1815, ca. 1780
cotton Technique: printed by engraved plate on plain weave
Textile

Scenes with boats of various sizes, fishing nets and people. In red on white.
Pyramus and Thisbe
Lucas van Leyden, Netherlandish, ca. 1494–1533, 1514
Engraving on cream laid paper
Print

At right the body of Pyramus is on the ground, and at left stands Thisbe, throwing herself on her sword.  A fountain is seen in the background at right.
Pin holder
, late 19th century
Cold painted and gilt brass

Anthropomorphic cat at Brinsmead piano.
Costume Design: A Page for a Ballet
, ca. 1720
Lead pencil, pen and ink, brush and bistre on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. A boy is shown in profile, standing, and turned toward left. The right leg is sketched. He wears a helmet with feathers and ribbons. He is weaking a cloak. Caption: "Daliso Paggio Sige Co. Francesco Cumicelli."
Rock crystal box
, 18th century
Rock crystal, gold
Box

Casket-shaped, with gold mounts.
Writing kit
, 19th century
Bronze-colored metal inlaid with brass-colored metal, woven band

Rectangular box with hinged lid; horse-shoe-shaped handles decorated with wire scrolls at either end. Fabric band attached to handles. At top: pattern of inlaid brass-colored diamonds and bandings: raised banding around sides, top and bottom. Interior: tray with four compartments covered by hinged lids decorated with raised "X" pattern.
Textile
, late 18th century
silk Technique: chenille embroidery on satin weave

Design of alternating pink flower and green leaf worked in chenille on a yellow ground.
Tassel
, 18th century
silk, copper wire, wooden core, linen

Skirt of red and yellow silk (in two lengths) twisted and looped, each supporting an ornamental tassel. Head is cylindrical broadening toward the base and wrapped in red and yellow silk thread in chevron pattern. Collars of ornamental tassels at the top and bottom. Cord of braided white silk threads.
Textile
, ca. 1880
piña (pineapple) fiber, cotton Technique: plain weave

Length of peach-colored piña cloth, with white cross bars.
Frieze, from the set, "Ornemens à la Mode"
Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau the Elder, French, ca. 1515 - after 1584, ca. 1650
Engraving on laid paper
Print

An escutcheon with the title between two friezes, either with a landscape in the center.
Pair of mitts
, ca. 1840
silk Technique: bobbin lace (Chantilly style)

Pair of black mitts showing a flowering vine design.
Textile
, late 19th–early 20th century
cotton Technique: woven

Two lengths of sheer cotton seamed down longest edge. Spaced bands of lozenges and triangles inlaid with heavier cotton thread. Deep borders edged with openwork bands at either end. Twisted warp fringe.
La Bapteme d'Achille, plate 22 from the Histoire Ancienne
Honore Daumier, French, 1808 – 1879, 1842
hand colored lithograph on paper
Print

Vertical rectangle. Thetis, kneeling, facing right, withdraws her infant son by the heels, from the waters of the Styx.
Panel
, late 15th century
oak

Ogive arcade carved in relief in lower part of panels, surmounted by tracery in design suggesting flowers.
netsuke
, 18th century
wood, carved
Figure

Figure of a sage with scroll and fan, perhaps one of the sennin (or eight immortals), Shōriken.
Fringe
, 17th century
silk Technique: woven

Fringe with a green and yellow checkerboard heading. Skirt threads are arranged in stripes.
Three Paneling Designs
François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1748 - 1797, 1788
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Three designs for decorative panels. The upper panel depicts the pastoral figures of Galatea and Elicio seated in a landscape with sheep and a basket of flowers, framed by nude female figures, pastoral trophies, musical instruments, torch, quiver of arrows, and scrolling leaves. The middle panel is an overdoor featuring two nude figures in bed, framed by scrolling leaves, festoons of flowers, birds, and arrows. The lower panel depicts the mythological gods, Venus and Mars embracing with putti at their feet, within a landscape, framed by trophies of war, scrolling leaves, arms, armor, and a canon ball. The plate is signed, numbered, and dated.
Trimming
, mid-18th century
silk, metallic thread Technique: woven

Angular guilloche design in yellow and metallic thread.
Scene From the Novel, "Der Glückliche," by Varga
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, German, 1726 - 1801, 1792
Engraving on paper
Print

Within a circular enframement, a man is seen about to stab a woman, who rises from her bed in self-defense. Another figure lies dying on the floor.
Cap
, 18th century
silk, metallic thread, metal sequins, cotton Technique: embroidered

Child's cap made up of strips of pink silk moiré ribbon with three small insertions of purple and blue brocaded silk over the crown. Outlined with narrow silver lace. Floral sprays in center back and each front corner and embroidered with silver sequins and fine silver wire. Lined with white cotton. Chin ribbons of blue silk moiré. Machine-made lace facing.
Wheeling on Riverside Drive
Thure de Thulstrup, American, b. Sweden, 1848 - 1930, 1886
Wood engraving on white paper
Print

A man and woman seated side by side ride a wide bicycle vehicle with two large wheels at either side and a small wheel at the front. The couple appears to be in conversation while riding along the Hudson River, which is visible at left. At right, behind the couple, a man rides a tall pennyfarthing bicycle. Further in the background, another couple rides a bicycle in yet a different style. In the background, at right, a coachman visible behind two horses.
Fragment
, late 18th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace

Fragment of Valenciennes lace has a powdered design of floral bouquets tied with ribbons. Border of lozenges enclose a four-petal blossom. Diamond-shaped mesh.
Pont de Hauteville
Adolphe Appian, French, 1818 - 1898, 1870
Etching in black ink on cream-colored Japan paper
Print

Landscape with a river running through the foreground and into the distance. Under the shadow of large rocks, a fisherman hauls in a large net. In the background, figures, some on horseback, cross a double-arched stone bridge.
Chair leg
, ca. 1725
Walnut

Right front leg of a chair; scroll foot, cabochon on knee. Split and repaired; shaft and foot are modern replacements.
Textile
, 1880–89
silk Technique: jacquard woven 7&1 satin (yellow-green) with discontinuous supplementary wefts (multicolor) floating from face to face; loomed width: 23 inches

Dark yellow dress silk with a design with isolated bouquets of pink flowers tied in a light blue ribbon.
Fragment
, 17th–18th century
silk Technique: supplementary warp forming cut and uncut pile in plain weave foundation (velvet)

Pattern of lozenges containing small leaves in deep green.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk Technique: supplementary warp forming raised pile in plain weave foundation

Detached floral and candelabras forms in blue on deep tan.
Sidewall
, ca. 1880
Machine-printed paper

1970-26-4-bh: Aesthetic or Anglo-Japanesque pattern with overlap...;     1970-26-4-cdd: Aesthetic or Anglo-Japanesque pattern with overlap...;     1970-26-4-ce: Aesthetic or Anglo-Japanesque pattern with overlap...
Jug
, 18th–mid-19th century
Stoneware

Mask of smiling satyr with black beard; rest of mug has round protrusions decorated with painted red berries with green leaves on yellow. Large, open spout, black line at rim and base. Angular and curved handle.
Cup and Saucer (One of a Pair)
Chantilly Porcelain Manufactory, French, active ca. 1725 - ca. 1789, ca. 1740
soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel
cup and saucer

A white cup and saucer with a very cynlidrcal form. Both painted with a bird and flowers.
NOUVEAU ET IVe CAHIER Concernant L’Orphèverie, Bijouterie et Emeaux. Dédié aux Artistes Composé et Gravé par P. Moreau
Pierre Moreau, French, 1722 – 1798, 1771
Album

Album of designs for gold boxes, jewelry, hair ornament, cane handles, etuis, seals, and chatelaines from two series, designed and engraved by P. Moreau. The plates are signed, numbered, and dated.
Textile
Schwartz-Huguenin, 1851–63
cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller and/or block printed on plain weave; glazed

Two pieces, same design, different colors. A) White ground with broad stripes made of pin stripes of minute bars in rose color, centre area in minute zig-zag with elongated interlace in brown; in white area, sprays of field flowers in shades of red, block-printed or surface roller. Ground probably "molette." B) Same design in blue. Glazed.
Study of women
William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900, ca. 1855
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Sketch of four female figures seated and washing clothes.
Miser's purse
, early 19th century
silk, steel Technique: knotted netting

White silk purse ornamented with cut steel beads in bar and hexagonal pattern on one side, zigzag and diamond pattern on the other. One steel ring controls side opening; tassels of small steel beads at each end.
Yosemite Falls from the Upper House, 3177 feet
Carleton E. Watkins, American, 1829 – 1916, 1861–66
Albumen silver print
Photograph

Landscape featuring large waterfall from mountain in the background; foreground of meadow and forest.
Plate XXIX from Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum
Julio Paschale, 1582
Woodcut on paper
Print

A music instrument with six strings; shorter and wider than a violin. Above, the bow, and a plan of the frame for one string. Description in Latin on verso of 1949-152-226.
Chintz fragments
, 18th century
cotton Technique: mordants for 3 reds, black and 2 purples applied over resist; dyed; blue applied by immersion over resist; yellow applied by brush; chintz on plain weave

Bars and exotic organic shapes. Component A is five pieces pasted together.
Sampler
S. Edwards, English, 1814
silk embroidery on wool foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, satin, chain, stem and back stitches on plain weave foundation

Isolated domestic and patriotic motifs within a curving floral border.  A gravestone topped with flags reads "The allies entered Paris March 31, 1814."
Ceiling paper
Imperial Wallcoverings Inc., American, founded 1901, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Large quatrefoils linked together by scrolling acanthus foliage, smaller quatrefoil centered in voids. Printed in red, green, yellow, and gray mica on light green ground.
Old Monk
Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925, 1883
Brush and grey wash on paper
Drawing

Study of a white-bearded monk standing beside a church pillar. A doorway, other figures, in background.