biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Textile
, mid-18th century
silk Technique:

Large square of peach color satin with rococo floral pattern in light green, yellow and white.
Border
, 1850–80
Block-printed and flocked on machine-made paper

Narrow passementerie border in fancy gimp design. Printed in three shades of blue and deep red flock.

H#524
Assorted Shells
George W. Shiebler & Co., American, 1876 - 1910, late 19th century
Silver
Matchsafe

Oblong, curved corners and sides, featuring over-all raised decoration of assorted shells on body and lid, including snail, mussel, clam, and conch shells, identical on reverse. Lid hinged on side. Striker on bottom.
Ceiling paper
William H. Gledhill, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, textured

Trellis pattern composed of green and metallic gold acanthus scrolls with a foliate wreath filling the intersections, and terra cotta floral motifs within each void.
Sidewall
, 1825–50
Block-printed on paper

On light gray ground, rinceaux run down vertically and white stripes horizontally with bunches of flowers and leaves in dark red, white and gray.
Aluminum with Glass Beads
, ca. 1898
Aluminum, turquoise glass beads
Matchsafe

Oblong, rounded top and bottom, featuring four etched frames containing flower motifs, all in grid pattern and turned slightly on the diagonal, each corner of frame puncuated with turquoise colored glass bead, total of nine in all. Reverse inscribed "O.R., Sept. 21st. 98." Lid hinged on side. Striker on bottom.
Belt fragment
, 19th century
wool Technique: plain weave with supplementary warp patterning

Small fragment of a belt with stars, figures and birds in red on a tan ground.
Plate
, 16th century
Enameled copper

Limoges enamel small plate decorated en grisaille, with flesh tones and heightened in gold, depicting peasants shearing sheep, captioned: "IVNIVS". On reverse, lobster at center encircled by scrollwork and a winged putto and lion.
Dish, from a Tea Service
Spode Ceramic Works, English, established 1776, 19th century
porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
dish

1992-5-47: Dish with segmented decoration of gilt and enamel ...
Château at Villeneuve
Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925, 1892
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Looking from above and across the town to the château, on a ridge.
Knife
, ca. 1700–1800
ivory, silver, steel

Blade has straight upper edge, lower edge tapering towards the point. Blade is etched with floral pattern on front and back; plain bolster. Silver ferrule, round insection, decorated with floral pattern (stamped?). Carved ivory handle: a man in costume with hat, playing a bagpipe. Attached to his belt a dagger, in sheath a knife in sheath and a horn.
Five of Clubs
E. Le Tellier, French, active late 19th century, late 19th century
Lithograph on paper
Playing card

Five of Clubs playing card from a pack of transformation playing cards. A male court figure wearing elaborate costume, a sword at his hip and holding a large decorative ax. Five black clubs integrated into the scene.
Portrait of Mr. Franklin
Richard Dighton, British, 1795–1880, 1870–80
Pen and ink with watercolor
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. An elderly gentleman, clean-shaven, seen full-length standing in left profile.
Cushion cover
, 16th–17th century
silk on linen Technique: Rococo stitch embroidery on plain weave

Cushion cover in an allover pattern of diamonds and rosettes, tassels on the edge. In red silk on linen.
Ceiling Design with Fretwork Balcony and Open Sky, possibly for Conservatory/ Music Room, or Dining Room
Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859, ca. 1820
Pen and black ink, brush and grey wash, watercolor on thick white wove paper
Drawing

Design for the ceiling of a square compartment, consisting of the painted representation of a cloud-filled sky surrounded by a balustrade seen in perspective. A hexagonal motif used in the design of the balustrade.

Original album associated with this collection still exists.  See 1948-40-1 accessory
An Outline Map of the World for Ladies Needlework and Young Students of Geography
, 1798
silk Technique: embroidered on satin weave Label: silk satin embroidered with silk
Map sampler

A map sampler of the world showing the two hemispheres, labeled Western Hemisphere or New World and Eastern Hemisphere or Old World.
A Pair of Salvers
Joseph Ward, English, active 1689 – 1734, 1697
silver
salvers

Pair of identical thin-rimmed silver salvers with a single foot. The surface is smooth, with marks near the rim and an emblem in the center with a circle divided into four parts surrounded with swirling ornament. Two diagonal corners have a cross with a hatch-shaded background and the opposite corners have a lion rampant.
Fragment
, 16th–17th century
silk Technique: cut and uncut supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a twill weave foundation

Fragment of cut and uncut rose-colored velvet in a pattern of palmettes and scrolls.
Trimming
, early 19th century
White and colored silks in uncut velvet weave.

Four shields in color, each showing  different arms and each one crowned, on a white ground.
Camel and Seated Figure
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, January - May 1868
Oil and graphite on paperboard
Drawing

Figure study of a camel and a seated figure. At center, the yoked and saddled camel is shown in profile, with its brown shadow stretching beneath it to the left. At right, a seated male figure--possibly one of Church's Bedouin guides--wears a striped robed and headdress while sitting cross-legged and glaring back at the viewer.
Design for a Woven Fabric, Fragment
, 1815–1840
Brush and gouache on oily tracing paper
Drawing

A plant with three blossoms, crossed by a pending indented leaf. Fragments.
Heur et Malheur (Happiness and Woe)
Raymond Gayrard, French, 1777 - 1858, early 19th century
Cast silver
Token

Octagonal gambling token. Obverse shows the double bust of young Janus. Inscription: HEUR ET MALHEUR (happiness and woe) / GAYRARD-F. Reverse shows military trophies.
Title Page
Friedrich Jacob Morison, German, active 1693 – 1699, ca. 1700
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Title page with title and description lettered in the center of a cartouche framed by strapwork, scrolling leaves, fleurons, rosettes, flowers, mascarons (masks), birds, dragon, three children dressed in armor and eastern-style clothing holding parasols, and feathers.
Elevation of a Bed Alcove
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1790
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Elevation of a bed alcove showing a canopy bed richly hung with textile and lambrequins.
Ornamenti di fregi e fogliami
Stefano della Bella, Italian, 1610–1664, ca. 1648
Etching on paper
Print

Plate 13
A Turkish Woman Reading
Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian, active England, 1727–1815, ca. 1760–1770
Engraving in brown ink on white paper
Print

The woman sits facing the left, with a book in her hands. She wears a high conical hat, with a long scarf behind.
Designs for Firearms Ornament and Fittings
Claude Simonin, French, ca. 1635 – 1721, 1705
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Plate twelve from a pattern book with designs for firearm fittings and ornament featuring grotesque motifs, fantastical creatures, men on horseback hunting with dogs, mascarons (masks), foliate scrolls, rosettes, and scrolling leaves (rinceaux). The plate is numbered and signed.
Fragment
, 19th century
silk Technique: bobbin lace, Chantilly style

Chantilly lace - a/. b/, c/, and d/ show design of branches with flowers and leaves rising from scalloped border.
Button
, 19th century
Brass

On card E
Design for the Embroidery of the Left Bottom Corner of a Man's Waistcoat of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf," "Gilet" Design
Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, ca. 1785
Brush and gouache on glazed tracing paper
Drawing

The corner is rectangular. The intervals between the buttonholes are decorated alternatively with a bunch of flowers rising from a rinceau calyx and with a fruit festoon suspended from rinceau spirals. Oblong pocket with eggs beneath a plant and in a rose wreath flanked by quivers crossed with bows. Three birds are shown beneath the pocket upon a hoop from which lambrequins with flower boughs and tassels are suspended.
Veuë du grand Parterre du Tybre et du derriere du Chasteau du Fontaine-bleau
Gabriel Perelle, French, 1604–1677, 1660–1703
Etching on laid paper
Print

View of the garden of the palace of Fontainebleau with its parterre planting, fountains, and basins. Palace and buildings in the background. Figures (courtiers), and horse-drawn carriages within the grounds. Details are lettered with a legend below. The plate is titled.
Taste, from "Senses"
, 1750–1775
Brush and watercolor, gold on paper
Print

Printed from two plates. A man offers a peach to a woman who holds grapes and other fruit in landscape. Narrow border of rocaille motifs. Bottom: "GUSTUS" "GUSTAR". Wide outer borders of flowers and rocaille with putti on clouds holding curtains at top and upper sides.
Design for a Candlestick
Luigi Righetti, Italian, 1780 - 1819, ca. 1800
Pen and ink, brush and sepia wash, yellow, gray, green watercolor, graphite on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Design for a candlestick intended to be executed in gilded and green bronze, and white and green marble. At bottom, the lower part of a column supported by three lion feet forms the base. Upon it stands a base with a calyx, out of which spring four column shafts growing in width and bound together by two bands. On their top are springing from masks four branches with burning candles. Above, a bowl with flowers and a column in the center, with ivy, and a socket with a burning candle. Scale at bottom.
Two Arabesque Panel Designs
Jean-Baptiste Fay, French, active 1765 – 1790s, late 18th century
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Fifth plate from a series of ornament panel designs. Two vertical panels with arabesque and neoclassical motifs including roundels / vignettes with mythological figures, putti, terminal figures, caduceus, arrows, festoons of leaves, flowers and beads, arrows, scrolling acanthus leaves, fleurons, rinceaux, banners, quivers of arrows, birds, vase, flowers, leaves, and a flaming torch. The plate is numbered.
Cloud Sketch, Catskill, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, August 1844
Graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Landscape and atmosphere sketch showing a view of a dramatically cloud-filled sky in or near Catskill, New York. Sunbeams cascade down from the upper right corner, illuminating the vast quantities of massive, billowing clouds that inhabit the wide sky. Below, along the lower margin, the outline of a rolling mountain range is faintly shown.

Verso: First part of a landscape sketch showing a panoramic view of Catskill Creek and its environs in Catskill, New York. Drawing oriented on right side of leaf. In this first half of the panorama, the creek is not shown--only the rolling landscape near its left bank is visible. At center, two structures are shown besde a large tree in a fenced-in pasture. In the background, the rolling outlines of the Catskill Escarpment, and specifically Kaaterskill High Peak, are visible along the horizon.
Two Drawings of the Madonna and Child in Ovals, Studies after Giambologna and Alfonzo da Ferrero; Herm and Chimera, after Antique
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1821–22
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk on white heavy wove paper
Drawing

Above, two oval compositions, both with half figures of the Madonna with Child. Below, at lower left, herm or stele, with oak leaves at base, winged putto sits atop pillow or turban which rests on head of bearded man. At lower right, seated chimera in profile, with goat's head, lion's paws, and wings.
L'Amour
P. Moithey, French, active 18th century, mid- 18th–late 18th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

A design for an ornamental trophy representing love, incorporating two birds (possibly doves) in a basket nest, a quire of arrows, a bow, a caduceus, foliate branches with flowers, and ribbons. The plate is titled and numbered.
Détails en grand de la Sculpture du Fauteuil A
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1775-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Enlarged details of the carving of the armchair depicted in 1921-6-331-44, with emphasis on the rosette, fluting, and acanthus leaf on the chair legs. The plate is signed and numbered.
Design for an iron gate (with alternate suggestions)
Jean Tijou, French, active 1689 - 1712, 1710–1715
Engraving on paper
Print

A wrought iron gate in three sections, surmounted by urns in alternate suggestions. The center section is surmounted by a crown and olive branches.
Ornamental Trophy Design
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1759–80
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Ornament design of a trophy with a bird and chicks in a nest, with a basket of eggs, hat, and shepherd's stick, hanging from a ribbon, framed by flowering branches with leaves and a hanging festoon of flowers.
Burbots
Albert Flamen, Flemish, ca. 1620 - ca. 1669, 1664
Etching on paper
Print

Four Butbots. Bottom margin: "6"; caption; privilege.
Fragment
, 10th–12th century
linen, silk Technique: plain weave, interlacing stitch

Tan linen embroidered with two shades of blue silk. Rectangular panel with S-shaped border design. Central motif is almost entirely gone. Rosette in each corner with light blue center. Pointed tabs added to each end.
Study for "Mathematics," "The Sciences," Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, ca. 1895
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Sketch of a globe, or spherical model of Earth turned to indicate the continents of North and South America, on a tripod stand. The paper is squared for transferring the image.
Seated Woman
Walter Shirlaw, American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909, 1875–80
Brush and oil on board
Drawing

The woman is shown in three-quarter profile turned toward right. She holds a blue veil in her hands.
Divers Couronnemens de Panneaux de Menuiserie
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1745
Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper
Print

Second state of designs for sconces, plaques, rondels, decorated with scrolls and vignettes of landscape, architecture, and mythology. See 1921-6-285-102
Imaginary River Landscape with Wooded Banks
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1870–75
Pen and dark brown ink on off-white wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of a lush river landscape with heavily wooded banks and a tower on a distant hill. In the foreground at right, a large tree grows diagonally out of a foliage and hangs its branches over the water. At left, the river extends into the middle distance, where it curves round a heavily wooded bank at left. In the background at center, an abrupt hill hosts a tower or castle halfway down its slope at right.
Design for a Baptismal Font
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1775
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

A variation of -1416. The main difference is the low base on the lid. On top sits St. John the Baptist, as a boy, with the cross staff. Usual background.
Decorative Panel Designs
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1777–79
Etching on paper
Print

Design for two rectangular decorative panels featuring arabesque motifs including scrolling acanthus leaves (rinceaux), fleurons, flowers, festoons of flowers, a medallion, rope with tassels, and ribbons. The plate is numbered.
Arabesque Design
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Etching on cream laid paper
Print

Arabesque designs divided in three registers. The top section features a design for a vase; the middle register depicts two, draped female figures with a basket of garland at their heads; and the bottom register has a female mascaron with scrolls on either side.
LA MAISON DE MR. DE BOISFRANT A ST. OUËN
Adam Perelle, French, 1638 – 1695, late 17th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

A view of a country house within its landscape with buildings (church) in the background. In the foreground a path leading towards a wrought-iron gate and wall. Within, fountains, trees, and the house. Figures in the grounds and along the road. The plate is titled.
Textile
, 19th century
piña (pineapple) fiber, cotton Technique: plain weave

Closely-woven cream pineapple fiber with fine horizontal stripes of white cotton.
Two allegorical portraits
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Two allegorical portraits.
Designs for Cartouches
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, ca. 1900
Photomechanical print
Bound print

Three cartouches comprised of, from top to bottom: wings, a shell, branches; grotesques, a winged putto, mascarons; and putti on the ground on either side of a cartouche. The plate is signed and numbered.
A Frame, Escutcheon, Centaur
, ca. 1850
Black chalk, pen and bistre ink on laid paper; verso: black chalk, pen and ink, brush and dark brown watercolor, wash
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. The top of an oblong frame with a scrollwork with a female mask in top center. In center, an escutcheon with a cherub framed laterally by half-figures of harpies. At bottom right, a winged centaur, shown in profile, turned toward right. Verso: The Madonna, obliquely shown, standing turned toward right. At left, a pen sketch of a right hand holding a quill.
Popocatépetl from Miraflores, Mexico
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, April 1892
Graphite on beige wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of Popocatépetl from the town of San Mateo Tezoquipan Miraflores (commonly known as Miraflores) in Mexico. Rolling terrain in the middle distance at center intersects with rugged hill ranges at left and right. In the background, the immense, conical volcano known as Popocatépetl rises high into the sky with its sharp, snow-capped peak.
Cuffs
, 19th century
linen Technique: crochet

Two pair of crocheted lace cuffs in white linen. 
a,b with roses and shamrocks on a picotee ground
c,d in an overall lozenge design
Ornamenti di fregi e fogliami
Stefano della Bella, Italian, 1610–1664, ca. 1648
Etching on paper
Print

Plate 5
At the shore
Howard Russell Butler, American, 1856 - 1934, 1884
Black crayon. White heightening. Light brown paper.
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. A woman is shown in profile sitting, facing right. In the right central plane is a sailboat shown obliquely from the stern.
L'Eau
P. Moithey, French, active 18th century, 1773
Etching on laid paper
Print

A design for a trophy representing water, incorporating a ship, a fountain, shell, trident, netting, a spear, anchor, coral, reeds, and foliate branches. The plate is titled and signed.
Sampler
, late 17th century
silk and linen embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, double running, surface looped and darning stitches on plain weave foundation

Long narrow samplers embroidered with horizontal bands of withdrawn element work and embroidery in stylized floral border forms, in blue, green, red, yellow and off-white.
Catafalque for a king
Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786, ca. 1765
Graphite, black chalk, brush and gray wash on laid paper
Drawing

In the shape of an obelisk without point. Three steps lead to a base with candle brackets, the front intended for an inscription. The obelisk is connected with the base by a part with winged skulls supporting festoons. On top, a crown and mace upon a cushion, above a cloth, covering the upper part of the obelisk. In front are a winged woman and a putto supporting a medallion with the image of the king. Upon the steps, at left, a gentleman with a dog, at right a cleric with candles.
Braziers and Ornament Designs
Alexis Loir, French, 1640 - 1713, ca.1660–1713
Engraving on paper
Print

Designs for braziers and details of ornament featuring masks (mascarons), terminal figures, winged putti, bows, dragons, festoons of leaves, shells, foliate scrolls, and scrolling leaves (rinceaux).
Button
, 19th century
glass beads, kingfisher feathers, brass and wood [?]

1945-54-30-a: globular button; glass beads in coral, green and y...
Canapé executé pour Mr. le Comte de Bielinski Grand M.al de la Couronne de Pologne, en 1735.; Canapé exécuté pour le comte de Bielinski en 1735, 4th Plate
Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750, 1735
Engraving on white laid paper
Print

Design for settee in high-Louis XV style. Elaborately carved frame of shell motif, with leaves and flowers. Upholstery shows a swirling design, cartouches and flowers.
Design for the Embroidery of a Man's Waistcoat
, 1782
Pen and ink, brush and tempera on paper
Drawing

Lower left section of a waistcoat. Below the pocket a little girl on a swing, assisted by a boy. Flower motif along the border and following line of lower edge of pocket.
Elevation of a Mausoleum
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1795
Pen and brown ink on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

A variation of -1159, bottom: ovoidal colonnades connect the two pairs of corner pyramids. A portico is in the center of an enclosure, surrounding the platform. Statues stand upon the entablature of the chapel.
Textile
American Print Works, founded 1835, 1870s
cotton Technique: printed on plain weave

White fabric printed in blue with a design of a man seated on a flying eagle with the inscription "To Philadelphia." Background has a scrolling vine pattern. Made to commemorate the Philadelphia Centennial in 1876.
El Yemen Valley, Part Two
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, February 20–March 2, 1868
Graphite on gray-green wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing the second portion of a panoramic view of the canyon known to the artist as the "Valley of El Yemen," located at the intersection of the Nahal Hatira and Nahal Yemin in the Makhteshim-Ein Yahav Nature Reserve in present-day Israel. This description refers to the entire view, comprising three leaves with 1917-4-500-a and -c. In the foreground at left, piles of stones lay at the foot of a sheer, rocky cliff that curves into the middle distance. Its slope descends to a stream at lower center that snakes through the base of the canyon. At right, a rugged hillside stepped with three sheer cliffs frames a view of a barren mountainside in the middle distance at center. Rising abruptly from the base of the canyon, this mountain has two, striated cliffs that run horizontally along the mountainside. It rises to flat top that allows an extensive view of the summits and mountainsides in the background that form a rolling horizon. At upper left, two isolated outlines of mountains and cliffs are included.