biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Design for Cupid and Trophy of Arms
Paolo de Mattheis, Italian, 1662 - 1728, 1710–28
Red chalk on paper
Drawing

Shown from the front, standing upon a base.  He carries the bar in his right hand, and leans the left one upon a shield.  Below are the quiver and weapons
Doily
, 19th century
linen Technique: withdrawn element

Drawn work doily in the shape of a cross with geometric filling stitches.
Man Seated
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1860
Graphite, white chalk on grey wove paper
Drawing

Man seated in an armchair, facing toward the left. His hands resting on his legs, and his feet not shown.
Six Studies of Soldiers' Heads
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1864
Recto: Graphite on wove paper Verso: Graphite, brown and gray crayon on wove paper
Drawing

Six studies of soldiers' heads; three across top and bottom. Four corner heads wear same hat with circular, flat top; those in upper left and lower right have "28" on hat.  Soldier in lower row center wears Zuave headdress.  Verso: standing woman with long hair, in profile, wearing cloak and hat. Several upside-down heads sketched at top of page.
A Bouquet of Flowers
Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808, 1760
Etching on laid paper
Bound print

Second plate from a series of designs for bouquets of flowers. In the center a small bouquet of flowers, three large flowers, possibly peonies, on their stems with leaves and buds. The plate is signed.
Design for a Door Case
, ca. 1750
Brush and bistre wash, graphite, black crayon on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. The right half of a design for a door case is shown. Overdoor showing a broken pediment in front of a panel. A putto seated on the cornice supports a shell.
ELEVATION DU MAITRE AUTEL DE ST. SAUVEUR
Jacques-François Blondel, French, 1705–1774, 1713-1774
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Design for an altar for the church of St. Sauveur placed under a baldachin and decorated with statues of kneeling angels, scrolls, rinceaux, Corinthian capitals, garlands, and a cross.
Design for an Earring
, ca. 1800
Pen and black ink, brush and gray watercolor, gold on paper
Drawing

Jewelry design for an earring. Hanging from two points of the ring is a chain consisting in its front half of alternating blossoms and disks, in its rear half of ribbons in shape of the figure eight. Bevelled corners.
Cartouche with View of Palace and Ruins
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1738
Engraving on paper
Bound print

Design for upright symmetrical cartouche with two winds at left and right and a mascaron at lower center. Within the frame, a landscape scene depicting a palace and architectural ruins, above which a female figure of Flora floats upon a cloud, a putto at right.
Valentine Feast
, ca. 1780
Cut paper on wood frame
Lantern slide

Magic lantern slide, optical toy. On black field, lake with architectural island; masonry platform with fountains, crowned with pair of lions. At top, three sprays of fireworks. On lake, two boats with fireworks. Across bottom, crowd of human figures shown in silhouette.
Sidewall
, 1895–1905
Machine-printed on textured paper

Full width. Simulation of brocade of Louis XVI period. Wide and narrow stripes of blue and pink, and alternating large and small serpentine vines with flowers. Paper embossed with transverse ribbing. Printed in blue, green, yellow and pink on white ground.
Sounding the Charge
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1862
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Recto:  Vertical views of a bugler, drawn from the side and full face, on horseback.
Verso:  Quoit pitcher and cavalry officer.
Designs for Carved Decoration for Stagecoaches
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1775-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Four designs for stagecoach decoration, featuring central motifs such as lion head mascaron, rosette, floral bouquet, and a radiating mascaron. The plate is signed and numbered.
The Triumph of Mordecai
Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, Dutch, 1606–1669, ca. 1641
Etching on paper
Print

Within a low archway, Mordecai, on horseback, is surrounded by a large group of people. In the foreground, left, a turbaned figure moves forward, gesturing toward the spectator.
Oval frame for the facade of a house, with lantern beneath
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1780
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

A variation of -1820. The consoles are nearer to the wreath, with a shell above it. With the indications of the measurements of the picture: "3 1/6 to 4 1/3".
Design for an Urn
, 1800–1820
Pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle with loose elevation sketch of an urn with spiraling gadrooning.
Cherry Blossom Viewing
Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858, 1797-1858
Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
Print

This spring scene shows a traditional spring weekend of people enjoying the cherry blossoms and visiting a temple. Visitors meander through the gardens, up slopes, and around a Buddhist temple. Other people are shown leisurely strolling along and taking in the natural landscape. Hiroshige balances the scene with his architecture landscape, contrasting colors that are evenly dispersed.
Title Page
Jean-François-Antoine Boulanger, French?, active mid 18th century, 1755–76
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Title page for a series of designs for doors, mantelpiece, and painted panels (boiserie). The title is lettered in the center within a rococo cartouche featuring shell and wave motifs, rinceaux, c-scrolls, s-scrolls, festoons of laurel leaves and ribbons, flowers, and a vase on top, with foliage, trees, and clouds in the background. The plate is numbered and signed.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk Technique: cut (brown) and uncut (green) supplementary warp pile in a satin foundation (ciselé velvet) Label: Silk cut, uncut velvet in a satin foundation

Spotted cats and birds in a field of diagonal plant forms. White background.
Man
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1877
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of a male figure in a tailcoat crossed out with diagonal lines.
Design for an Altar Frontal; Verso: Elevation of a Folding Door
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1775–1800
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Shown as far as necessary. An ovoidal representation of Christ washing the feet of St. Peter in an escutcheon. Sections of molding of a base and an entablature print. Accounts in pencil. Scribbling, ink. Verso: horizontally: East wing is subdivided in five panels. At right two architectural sketches. Accounts, ink, pencil.
Picture
Anderson Brothers Silk Company, Paterson, NJ, USA, founded ca. 1885, 1904
silk Technique: jacquard woven

Woven picture of a seated Betsy Ross sewing the first American flag was made for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition or as it was commonly known, the St. Louis World's Fair of 1904. Betsy Ross sits with the flag on the front porch of a clapboard house with a spinning wheel and cat. Scene was originally flanked by the 1905 calendar: first half of the year on the left and the second half on the right. Both have been cut away.
Textile
, 12th–13th century
linen, silk Technique: satin stitch embroidery on plain weave

Rectangle of undyed linen cloth embroidered with widely-set diagonal repeat of floriated cross in red silk.
The Virgin, Child and Saint John
Lorenzo Loli, Italian, 1612 - 1691, after 1675
Etching on paper
Print

The Virgin seated, eyes closed, rests her head on her left hand. The infant St. John, right, offers a small bird to the Christ Child, left.
Design for a Fan Leaf
Antoine Watteau, French, 1684–1721, 1723-1735
Etching on laid paper
Bound print

Sheet of arabesque ornament for a fan leaf. The design features the Commedia dell'arte figure, Harlequin, standing under a baldachin of drapery in a landscape. Other decorative motifs of the design include an exotic carpet, garlands, cartouches, scrolls, acanthus leaves, and a theatrical mascaron. The plate is signed and numbered.
Cooper Union Museum Lace Study Card
Scuola d'Industrie Italiane, New York, NY, USA, ca. 1915
linen Technique: needle lace (reticella)
Band

Linen plain weave partially worked with linen thread to show the technique of reticella.
Officier Tartare du pays des Kuskas
Antoine Watteau, French, 1684–1721, 1731
Etching on paper
Print

A standing man in a landscape with a sword on his back and arms crossed. Trees and mountains in the background. The plate is signed, titled, and numbered.
La foire du Caire
Petitpierre et Cie, Nantes, France, 1770–1848, 1785–90
cotton Technique: printed by engraved copper plate on plain weave
Textile

Large tent with exotic figures, a shopping bazaar and a roadway over water. In red on white.
Dancing Faun
John Trumbull, American, 1756–1843, 1784
Black and white chalk on greyish-blue paper
Drawing

Drawn after a plastic cast. Shown obliquely from the right front corner.
Ribbon
, mid- 18th century
silk, metallic thread Technique: compound weave with supplementary weft; bobbin lace

Metal lace, ribbons, brocaded in metal. D: metallic bobbin-made lace???
Band
, 10th–12th century
Embroidery using silk on plain weave linen

Embroidered band in black silk on plain linen.
Band
, 10th–12th century
linen, silk Technique: plain weave and tapestry

Twining bands making circles holding roundels.
Decorated Capital Letter E
Jakob Frey, Swiss, active Italy, 1681 - 1752, ca. 1715
Engraving on paper
Print

Letter E before the prophet Elijah, to whom the raven brings bread.
Fragment
, possibly 17th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace (continuous tape)

Fragment of continuous tape in design of wavy, ribbon-like floral pattern with bars connecting motifs.
Cap streamers
, 18th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace, Mechlin style

A pair of Mechlin-style lace cap streamers with gently scalloped edges and a scrolling ascending vine with flowers and Rococo forms filled with small diaper patterns.
Tricks of the Turf, or, Settling how to Lose a Race
Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827, 1821
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. A man wearing a greatcoat and carrying a whip is shown in caricature addressing a jockey. In the background, men on horseback.
Textile
, 1851–63
cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller and block printed

Ground molette-printed in grey with an all-over dotted tracery pattern. Over-printed with floral sprays and blossoms, all outlined in black, in red, blue, lavendar, blue-green and white.
wig stand
, mid-18th century
tin-glazed earthenware

Bulbous wig stand on a stem with octagonal foot. Chinoiserie decoration in cobalt. Blue tinted tin ground.
Cricket cage and stand
, late 19th century
wood

Upright rectangular, with two parallels and sliding door with four movable ribs. B/ has two parallel cleats equipped with wooden pins.
Textile
, mid-19th century
cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller on plain weave Label: cotton printed by engraved roller

Fragment of printed cotton showing a scene of General Zachary Taylor on horseback at the Battle of Resaca de la Palma, with a soldier firing a canon, mounted cavalry with the American flag, teepees in the distance, and a river prominantly featured at the top of the design. Surrounded by palm trees and exotic foliage. Printed in blue and brown on an ivory ground.
St. Jerome in his Study, Fontispiece to Part VIII of the Bibliotheca Chalcographica by Jean Jacques Boissard
Theodor de Bry, Flemish, 1528 – 1598, 1645–1652
engraving on laid paper
Print

St. Jerome working in his study.
Border
, 19th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace made in Lille style with heavy outlining thread and twisted ground

This has a torchon ground which is two pairs passing through each other and followed by twisting.
Child's coat
, ca. 1860
cotton Technique: embroidered

Child's coat with fitted bodice and full skirt, attached cape. Off-white ribbed cotton, heavily embroidered with white cotton in design of flowers and wheat. Edged with machine-embroidered ruffled cotton trimming.
Fan leaves, Third and fourth plates of the set, "Divers Desseins de grands Eventails, Encrans, et autres Ornamens, inventés et gravés par Nicolas Loire"
Alexis Loir, French, 1640 - 1713, ca. 1670
Etching, engraving on laid paper
Print

Semicircular plates. An ovoidal medallion showing Arion riding over the sea and rises from an acanthus chalice. Paris of putti, of pedestals, of dolphins blowing water.
Textile
, 1815–25
cotton Technique: printed by mule roller on plain weave; engraved roller for brown; orange printed by a relief surface; either hand-held block or relief roller

Alternate stripes of chrome orange (solid) and brown floral sprays with saw-toothed leaf.
Border
, 18th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace, Mechlin style

Band of Mechlin lace worked with two rows of pomegranate sprays. The ground semé with blossoms. Rococo border forms edge of shallow irregular scallops.
View of London
Laurent Guyot, French, 1756 - 1808, 1791
color aquatint on paper
Print

Horizontal oval. View of Thames with boats in foreground and mid-distance; a bridge at distance. Left and right on river banks, houses.
Fringe
, 17th century
silk, metallic thread (gold strips on silk core) Technique: plain weave

Fringe of red and gold threads with a heading and looped skirt threads arranged to give a scalloped edge; ornamented at intervals with red tufts.
Coverlet fragment
, late 18th–early 19th century
wool, cotton Technique: compound weave

Coverley fragment of dark indigo blue wool and undyed cotton showing abstract "Cross of Tennessee" pattern.
Fragments
, 14th century
silk Technique: plain weave with supplementary wefts.

Incomplete design of birds and incomplete plant forms.
Trimming fragment
, ca. 1830
silk Technique: woven

Trimming fragment has a design of overlapping foliage formed by leaves and an ornamental stem. Yellows and gold on a red ground.
Fragment
, ca. 1895
cotton Technique: roller printed on plain weave

Four scenes; 'HONOR TO THE IRON WORKER' with a man sitting on an anvil, 'AFTER WORK THE HAPPY HOME' with a domestic setting, 'LABOR IS HONORABLE' with people streaming into a factory, 'THE TWO POWERS IN ACCORD' with figures representing Labor and Capital shaking hands. Three reds and three greens.
The Bramley
Thomas Strahan Co., Chelsea, MA, founded 1886 - 2005, 1905–1910
Machine-printed paper
Sidewall

Floral design with large central flower positioned between two large leaves. Other types of flowers and foliage appear including iris blooms. Designed in the art nouveau style, the flowers and leaves gently curve and intertwine creating a dense pattern. Printed in shades of blue on a blue striped background.
Nouveaux Desseins D'Arquebvseries
de La Collombe, French, active 1702 – 1739, 1730–49
Album

Cloth bound album containing a series of twelve prints titled Nouveaux Desseins D'Arquebuseries (New Designs for Firearms). The Léon Decloux Ex Libris is pasted in the centre of the paste-down endpaper of the upper cover, inscribed with the number 132 in red ink.
Design for stained glass
Alice Cordelia Morse, American, 1863–1961, late 19th century
Brush and gouache on paper, mounted on illustration board
Drawing

Two sleeping women leaning on each other, dressed in classical robes—one in pink and the other in green and yellow. They sit within a circular area on blue ground.
Page of Text, Printed on Recto and Verso
Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain, French, 1715–1759, 1751
Engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Page of text with elaborate border decoration, printed on recto and verso. The recto includes a repetition of the title and an elaborate border: at the top, a winged putto crowns a coat of arms with a floral wreath; the sides feature satyrs and bacchants; the bottom of the frame morphs into a landscape in which putti dance with a garland and play music. The plate is signed. The verso is likewise printed in a decorated border and continues the description of the celebration given by the city of Paris on February 13, 1747, on the occasion of the marriage of Louis Dauphin and Marie-Josephe of Saxony.
Map sampler
Hannah Champion, 1795
silk Technique: embroidered on plain weave

A map of England and Wales embroidered in pale colored silks on a silk ground.
Mask Designs
Johann Leonhard Eisler, German, 1672 – 1733, 1720-25
Album

Album of grotesque mascarons or mask designs from a series of six plates (including title page).
Darning sampler
, 1811
silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in running stitch (pattern darning) on plain weave foundation

Fourteen darning crosses, inset patch in middle with crowned monogram, two inset corners and two decorative embroidered squares.
Border
, 19th century
cotton, metal Technique: embroidered using satin stitch

Border in a stylized floral design with cutwork embroidery in yellow. Sicilian filet insertion on one side.
Border
, mid-19th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace (late Valenciennes ground)

Border patterned by the repeat of a scroll supporting flowers that form a lower border with floral swags and hanging floral garlands in the upper section.
Uncut waistcoat
, 1790–1792
silk on wool Technique: 2/2 twill embroidered in stem and satin stitches

Uncut waistcoat in black wool embroidered in multicolored silk. Pattern consists of revolutionary motifs like a Liberty Pole with flags surmounted by the Phrygian bonnet. At the bottom, a man fires a cannon.
Plate in Nouvelles Cheminée faittes en plusieur en droits (New Designs for Fireplaces)
Daniel Marot, French, active in the Netherlands and England, 1661–1752, ca. 1700
Etching and engraving on white laid paper
Print

The fireplace is decorated with an escutcheon flanked by two figures. A roundel framed by garlands and a mask over the mantelpiece. Above, a vase filled with flowers between two sphinxes, and a crowned roundel with cornucopia. Left, a panel depicting a landscape with trees and figures. Scale below.
Textile
, late 19th century
cotton Technique: printed on plain weave, glazed

Bouquet of roses and pink ribbons on an off-white ground. Probably reprinted using blocks from 1840-1860.
Standing Cup with Pineapple Pattern
Lorenz Tittecke, German, active 1597 – 1626, ca. 1620
silver, gold
cup

Repoussé pineapple pattern on cup(a) and lid (b), with parcel-gilt band at connection, above a lobate stem and foot. Cover finial is gilt silver ball secured to cover by pin with small round silver head.
Tile
J. & J. G. Low Art Tile Works, 1877 – 1883, late 19th century
Glazed stoneware

Square, molded tile of white clay; reverse bears inscription in double line frame: "J. & J.G. Low/ Patent Art Tile Works/ Chelsea, Mass. U.S.A. / copyright 1881 by J & J.G. Low". Face of tile is decorated with four petalled flower placed so that petals extend into corners; painted dark, green crackle glaze.
Frieze
Gledhill Wall Paper Co., New York, New York, founded 1900, 1906–07
Machine-printed paper

Landscape scene, with view of mountains and clouds in the background, and a sidewalk in middle ground. In the foreground is a band of gold scrolls and bands with foliate motifs. The sky is printed a metallic gold.
"Candelabre du Pavillon Orchestre place dans le bassin des Tuileries en 1834"
Félix Duban, French, 1797 - 1870, 1834
Watercolor, graphite Support: off-white paper mounted on off-white paper
Drawing

Design for a candelabrum surmounted by a t-shaped superstructure, which is topped with a red polyhedron lantern and two smaller blue lanterns suspended from the perpendicular arm of the superstructure.  Below this is the yellow, fluted and cinched columnar body of the candelabrum, which rests on a tall base articulated with abstracted vegetal ornaments in gold, black and blue, which in turn rests on a blue plinth with light blue and red circular ornaments.  The candelabrum is nearly identical to those represented in Blouet's drawing of a music pavilion,  1991-17-7.
Floral Brocade
Zuber & Cie, Rixheim, Alsace, France, founded 1797, 1875–1900
block-printed and embossed paper
Sidewall

Embossed floral bouquet, surrounded by ribbon diaper pattern with bowknot at top and sides, printed in reds and tans on deep blue ground.
Vase
Jacques Sicard, French, 1865–1923, ca. 1902
Glazed and lustered earthenware

Gray-white clay body, cast. Monumental elongated ovoid body with flaring rim; no foot. Decorated with full-length irises in full bloom with slightly whiplash leaves and stems that extend up over the body and shoulder. Interior of flaring rim decorated with short wavy lines. Decoration in metallic lustres on an iridescent ground in shades of muted greens, peacock blue, dark purple, lavender, salmon pink and gold over a copper lustre glaze. Interior covered with copper-red lustre glaze. Bottom glazed a light green high glaze.
Border
, 1835–45
Block-printed on handmade paper

Design consists of three bands of varied patterns. Along the wide central band, flowers overlap rococo architectural molding. The upper edging contains a band of stylized linear scroll foliage under a series of small architectural ornaments, and the lower edging is a continuous, banded rod. Printed in blue, green, pink, red, olive, gray and white on a brown background.
The Common Law, Study for Left Panel of "The Reign of Law," Frieze for Appellate Court, New York
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, 1898
Brush and oil, pen and red ink on canvas
Painting

The central allegorical figure represents The Court, handing down a judgement. Her supporters on either side carry the fasces. The allegorical figures to either side represent Equity, holding scales, and Tradition, holding an Endless Chain.  Wreaths with emblems in the corners.
Fragment
, 16th–17th century
silk Technique: cut and uncut velvet

Brown silk velvet, cut and uncut, on yellow ground; palmette in ogival frame.
Six of Clubs from Set of "Jeu Imperial–Second Empire–Napoleon III" Playing Cards
B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France, 1858
Lithograph on glazed paper
Playing Card

Six of Clubs from Set of "Jeu Imperial-Second Empire-Napoleon III" Playing Cards.
Textile
, 1870s
Technique: roller printed

Deer on a rock by a pool with fish and with exotic bird on a branch. Bright colors.
Plate 18, from Livre de bijouterie (Book of Designs for Goldsmiths and Jewelers)
Léonard Thiry, Flemish, 1550, ca. 1570
Engraving on paper
Print

Designs for three pendant vials with strapwork.
Floral Repoussé Decoration
Samuel Kirk & Son, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 1815 - 1979, ca. 1875
Silver
Matchsafe

Oblong, rounded sides and corners, featuring over-all repoussé floral decoration on stippled ground; reverse features some variation in floral decoration with monogram "EM" engraved in small, open, central reserve. Small protruding button on side opens lid when depressed; lid hinged on opposite side. Striker on bottom.
Sampler
, 1800–1850
cotton, paper Technique: knotted netting

Continuous web of knotted netting in about sixteen designs mounted on a long strip of stiff green paper.
Nude Study for "The Contemplative Life" for Lunette in the Administration Building, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, 1914
Graphite on cream laid paper
Drawing

A nude female figure is seated at left, facing halfway to the right. She has an open book in her lap, and a draped covering with leaves on her head.
Ceiling paper
Janeway & Co. Inc., New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1848 - 1914, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Overall cluters of floral scrolls and flowers. Printed in blues and white mica on off-white ground.
Brick Wall Motif
, late 18th - early 19th century
Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu)
Katagami

Rectangles that resemble a brick wall have been carved out using a punch tool. Some of the rectangles have been cut out sporadically and randomly.
Seascape with Cliffs (Isle of Guernsy?)
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, after 1878
Graphite on cream wove paper
Sketchbook folio

Choppy seas with four cliffs on right, structure on top of fourth cliff.
Vase
, 1875–1900
Tin-glazed earthenware

Tall, reeded, eight-sided vase, straight-sided base swells to bulbous body, long thin neck, bulbous section top, flaring mouth; painted in underglaze blue on white with overall floral pattern, lambrequin border base, leaf border top bulbous section of body.