biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Fragment
, 3rd–4th century
Warp: S-spun linen. Weft: S-spun wool, S-spun linen Technique: slit tapestry with supplementary weft wrapping (soumak)

Fragment of a tapestry-woven square.  Monochrome type, dark purple-brown wool and undyed linen.  In a medallion in the center, a figure stands astride a spotted feline, holding its tail.  A serpentine border from which spring leaves of different shapes surrounds the figure.  The four corner spandrels contain Nereids or Victories with cloaks spread out behind them. The upper two are affronted, the lower two addorsed.  At the four sides of the figure appear animals: a hare at each side and a lion at the top and bottom.
Fan
, late 19th century
Silk leaf painted with gouache, carved and pierced ebony sticks

Pleated fan. Pale blue satin leaf with a design on the obverse of a rustic bullfighting scene. Sticks are carved ebony with a portion carved à jour.
Profil du corps de Logis entre les deux Cours du Château de Lunéville.
Emmanuel Héré de Corny, French, 1705–1763, 1753
Engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Profile of the main building of the castle of Lunéville, with the facades of the side buildings as well. At bottom right, in the plate, is a scale bar of "10 Toises."
Southern Slope of Kaaterskill Clove, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1860–70
Graphite on gray-green wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of the southern slope of Kaaterskill Clove, which is made up of the lower slopes of Kaaterskill High Peak, from South Mountain on the northern side of the gorge, near the site of the Catskill Mountain House. Heavily wooded and shaded, the mountainside slowly descends across the composition to the left, and becomes more steep after a ledge visible at center. In the sky above at left, mixed clouds are loosely and faintly rendered.
Floral and Fruit Ornament Designs
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1778
Etching on laid paper
Print

Four ornament designs with floral and fruit arrangements, including foliate branches, flowers, fruit, grapes, a basket and vase of fruit and flowers. The plate is numbered and signed.
Trajan Crowned by Victory
Marc Antonio Raimondi, Italian, 1483 – 1527, ca. 1520
Engraving on paper
Print

A section from the trajan's column relief. At left, stands Trajan between the allegorical figures of Roma and Victory. The latter is crowning Trajan with a wreath. At right, a group of soldiers conquer Dacier.
Design for a Necklace
, ca. 1780
Pen and black ink, brush and gray watercolor on paper
Drawing

Jewelry design for a necklace. The parts of the chain consist of three scrolls of band with rows of bead between them, connected by knots. Hanging from a knot, forming a part of the chain, is a medallion with a bunch of flowers, framed by a moulding with an exterior row of disks. Beveled corners.
Console table
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1789–1793
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, red ink on off-white laid paper
Drawing

The legs spring from calices and are round posts, fluted, except above, where they are angular with a tall oval medallion, with a figure at each side. The capitals have rectangular panels. The frame is a frieze protruding above the legs and decorated with rosettes. Inside is a design for the upper part of a similar leg. It has above an inversed leaf calyx, a similar capital panel and above cornices. Usual background.
Stage Design, Interior of Gothic Hall
Romolo Achille Liverani, Italian, 1809 - 1872, early 19th century
Pen and sepia ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Gothic hall with beam ceiling, sculptures at walls.
Design for a painted decoration in honor of a French general who had been governor of a crown prince
Charles-Nicolas Cochin the younger, French, 1715–1790, 1760–90
Pen and ink, black crayon on paper
Drawing

A vase is suggested at left, showing helmets upon the shoulder.
Altar Tablet with the Arms of Pope Pius VII
Luigi Righetti, Italian, 1780 - 1819, ca. 1820
Pen and black ink, brush and gray, brown, yellow wash, over graphite, ruled border in brush and black ink on light blue laid paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. The square frame is supported by two eagles, in the center below the coat of arms of Pope Pius VII. In the center above an arch with a relief of the Last Supper on top, supported by two angels and crowned with a pelican. Upon volutes are sitting at the sides and at left Faith, with cross, and strength, with column.
Project for a Royal Escutcheon
, early 19th century
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper
Drawing

A crowned escutcheon is flanked by birds and flags. On either side is a seated allegorical women. The left holds a fasces, the right an orb.
Designs After Architecture
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, 1749-1761
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Page printed with two plates (each divided into two) depicting architecture fragments, including altars, cartouches, gueridons, pediments, and facades. Both plates are numbered, neither are signed.
Stage Designs, Views into Palace Courts
Angelo Toselli, ca. 1765? – 1826, ca. 1820
Pen and bistre ink, brush and sepia wash on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Two different drawings on one sheet showing interiors of palace courts and passages.
Sketch for a Fountain in Park
Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786, 1740
Graphite, brush and gray watercolor on laid paper
Drawing

Double-flighted stairs connecting an upper and a lower levels. Fountain consisting, on the upper level, of a basin with high shaft; on the lower, a basin between rocky stones. At the edges, on front, two hermae on pedestals. The upper fountain and the stairs only slightly sketched, upon the pedestals at the lowest end of the balustrades are painted female statues. Two men standing before the fountain, a third mounts the steps. In the foreground, right and left trees and bushes.
Stage Design, Inside of Apses
Pio Panfili, Italian, 1723 - 1812, 1766
Pen and brown ink, brush and sepia wash on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Interior of assembly hall with part of the street on which it is situated. At left, low apses with windows and sculptures in niches. At right, facade of houses faces toward the street.
Three Designs for Decorative Ironwork
Jean Lamour, French, 1698–1771, 1759–68
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Three designs for decorative ironwork, two hanging lanterns with their brackets, lower left and upper right with a section of a banister in the center. The decorative ironwork features rococo ornament and motifs, including c-scrolls, acanthus leaves, shells, and fleurons. The lower left hanging lantern bracket features a creature's head, garlands of flowers, interlaced L's topped with a crown and rococo ornament and motifs. The upper right hanging lantern features three dogs, crossed keys and fleurs-de-lys with rococo ornament and motifs. The plate is signed.
Plan du premier Estage de l’Hostel de Monsieur Tubeuf
Jean Marot, French, 1619 - 1679, ca.1635–ca.1660
Etching on laid paper
Print

Plan for the first floor of a Parisian hôtel particulier (grand house), including the entrance and staircases. A scale below. The plate is titled and signed.
L’ARCHITECTURE
Clément Pierre Marillier, French, 1740 – 1808, 1759–80
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Allegorical vignette representing music from a series of twelve (including title page). The title is lettered in the center within a classical temple façade, framed by two fluted columns, and an entablature with a frieze of triglyphs and a cornice supporting a trophy of a garland of laurel leaves, palm leaves and a draped textile. Above the title is a roundel portrait of Mansard. In the background, scaffolding, and a large wooden wheel. In the foreground, a putto sits to the left, holding calipers and surrounded by architectural plans and measuring tools, with a capital to the left. Lettering below the vignette and the plate is signed.
Ceiling Design
Charles Normand, French, 1765 – 1840, 1787–95
Etching on laid paper
Print

A design for a ceiling featuring arabesques, Neoclassical and Empire style motifs - mythological figures and creatures, fleurons, festoons of flowers and leaves, scrolling acanthus leaves and foliage, vases, incense burners, putto, beading, masks, vases, birds, and musical instruments. The central motif is a large roundel surrounded by four square panels and friezes around each side. The plate is signed and numbered.
Design for a Kaffeehaus
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1788-1789
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

Circular main section of three stories, surrounded in the ground floor by redoubts (in the corners of a square) which are connected by colonnades. Lantern and low dome on top. Half of the plan, top right.
Figural Studies
, 1635–1650
Black chalk, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Three large studies of standing men. Below, smaller figures of women and children
Panel
, ca. 1890

Two large, carved door panels. In one piece, with plain raised surround. Carved in low relief, each with two female figures in lightly draped classical costume. -a: shows woman with reed pipes and another with a lyre; -b: shows woman with tamborine, and another without a musical instrument.
The Death of Cleopatra
Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682, 1650–80
Etching on laid paper
Print

An alcove with a bed in the center flaked by doors with three women laying on the bed and, on the floor, with male figures in Classical armor and military dress around them. The canopy above the bed is in the form of a tent with hanging textiles. The doors and paneling above are decorated with sculpted putti or angels, festoons of flowers, vases, cornucopias, and laurel leaf molding. A scale below with the publisher's address.
Studies probably for an Adoration of the Shepherds
, 1775–1800
Red and white chalk on blue paper
Drawing

Vertical composition with chalk sketch of the Shepherds. On the obverse there is a kneeling shepherd shown in profile turned to the right, with arms crossed over his breast. Studies for the right foot and for the right hand are beside, reverse, horizontally. At left is the lower part of the lying Babe shown in profile. Below are six studies for a right hand leaning upon an entablature. Above is the head of a child and an open book. At right are draperies. By the same artists as 1901-39-79
Excerpt from Juno’s Wonderful Troubles from St. Nicholas Magazine (V, No. 5, March 1878, p. 312)
Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924, March 1878
Printed in black ink on paper
Ephemera

First page of a short story on a lonely dog adopting various animals, living in a zoo. Top illustration shows the dog at the center surrounded by various animals above the letters of the title. Bottom illustration shows dog with two lion-cubs and, a line of children.
El Yemen Valley, Part Three
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, February 20–March 2, 1868
Graphite on gray-green wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing the third 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 -b. 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.
Cupid and Psyche
Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian, active England, 1727–1815, 1800
Engraving in brown ink on white paper
Print

Cupid, left, holds a torch high in his right hand, Psyche, with one foot on a rock attempts to reach it. Cupid's bow is in his other hand.
Soldier Firing a Rifle
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1862
Graphite, brush and gray wash on cream wove paper, laid down
Drawing

Vertical view of a soldier firing a rifle, with graphite strokes and touches of brush and gray watercolor.
Textile
, 18th century
cotton Technique: button, chain, over-casting and drawnwork stitches

Basket with flowers.
Button
, ca. 1880

On card 41, was incorrectly labeled 1943-3-9b
Title Page
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, 1737–38
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Title page for a series of pedestal designs, with three designs. The pedestals feature rococo motifs - masks (mascarons), shells, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), fleurons, rosettes, carved moldings, running patterns, and cartouches. A lidded vase with snake handles and gadrooning on the left pedestal, a sculpted bust of a woman on the center pedestal and a kneeling nude figure of a man on the right pedestal. The title is lettered on the body of the central pedestal. The plate is numbered and signed.
Design for a Painted Wall Decoration
Unknown, Southern German or Austrian, 1840–60
Brush and white gouache, blue, green watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on heavy cream wove paper
Drawing

The blue panel shows a complicated white lozenge decoration, composed of floral elements, and having free spaces of vertical or horizontal extensions in alternate rows. An arabesque motif fills these, resulting in a reciprocal ornamentation. At top are three dark olive stripes upon blue.
Elevation and Plan of a House Wall
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1780-1789
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Elevation and plan of an interior room with engaged fluted columns. At the center of the room is a sofa; on either side are doorways. The plate is numbered.
Heraldic Achievement Designs
Nicolas Guérard, French, ca.1648 – 1719, late 17th–early 18th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

Nine designs for heraldic achievements supported by angels, putti, eagles, animals, birds, dolphins, and mermaids. With individual designs for animals in outline, including a goat, cow, and elephant. The plate is numbered.
Textile
, ca. 1780
silk Technique: embroidered on satin weave

Fragment of white satin embroidered in floral pattern in colored silks.
Mountainous Landscape with Trees, Mexico
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, April 15, 1892
Graphite on beige wove paper
drawing

Landscape sketch showing a loosely rendered view of a mountainous landscape with trees in Mexico. In the middle distances, groves of trees coalesce into dark, billowing masses of vegetation. In the background, several overlapping mountains and ridges are visible. At left and right, two dark mountains frame a view of receding and extremely rugged ridges that lead to a sharp peak in the background at center.
Rooftops at Sunset, Rome
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, November 1868–April 1869
Brush and oil, graphite on paperboard
Drawing

Architecture and landscape sketch showing a view overlooking rooftops in Rome at sunset. In the foreground, nearby buildings are loosely rendered in shades of brown and grey. In the middle distance, city buildings extend indistinctly to the distant horizon, below which the sun has just set. The sun's light renders the horizon a fiery yellow and the clouds above rich tones of red, orange, and purple.
Portrait in Silhouette of Tseruyeaathaw (Sagoyewatha)
Augustin-Amant-Constance Fidele Edouart, French, active England and USA, 1789 - 1861, 1839-1849
Scissor-cut black paper on white paper
Silhouette

Portrait bust in silhouette of the Seneca chief Sagoyewatha (The Man Who Keeps You Awake), also known as Red Jacket, depicting the chief at age 30. The portrait is based on an ink silhouette made in the late eighteenth century by the Quaker artist Joseph Sansom.
Fragment
, 3rd–4th century
linen, woll Technique; slit tapestry with supplementary weft wrapping.

Bird on a serpentine band.
Four Vases
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, ca. 1790
Black crayon on paper
Drawing

Elevation of four vases. Upper right has snake handles. Lower right decorated with gadrooning and acanthus leaves.
Column of Phocas, Rome, Italy
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, December 1868 - April 1869
Oil and graphite on tan paperboard; verso: graphite
Drawing

Architecture study of the Column of Phocas in the Imperial Forum of Rome, Italy, looking northeast. Dominating the composition at center, the column stands on a stone plinth and its Corinthian capital is partially broken. Upper portion of the column catches the sun's light. In the background at left, the brick facade of the Curia Iulia is visible. Behind, a clear blue sky is shown while the brown ground is visible around all margins.

Verso: Loose botanical sketch of a deciduous tree with few leaves, and a detail of one of its leaves.
Design for a church doorway
Jean-Charles Delafosse, French, 1734 – 1789, ca. 1770
Pen and Chinese ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on laid paper
Drawing

Arched doorway of church, two angel-like putti at top center. Paned window above. Rosettes decorate corners of door, bands of leaf design surround door swag above. Vertical shadow at left of door.
Side Chair
, early 19th century
Carved and joined mahogany-veneered wood, tapestry (seat, back)

1923-12-1-a/f: Vertical hexahedron, with hinged back and triple p...;     1931-95-15: Chair consists of mahogany frame with thick headpi...;     2015-40-2: Front elevation of square building with multiple s...
Two Decorartive Studies of Ceilings; Verso: Studies of Heads
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1814–18
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor washes over graphite on laid paper
Drawing

Two decorative studies of ceilings; three candelabra; frieze with shaft and emblem; Verso: barbarian head in profile; barbarian with cornucopia details from antique
Cartouche with Saint
, early to mid-18th century
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Cartouche with saint.
Design for a Frieze
, 1600–1625
Charcoal, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

A symmetrical grotesque frieze with caryatids and birds.
Border
Sybil Carter Indian Mission and Lace Industry Association, ca. 1900
linen Technique: bobbin lace

Border of bobbin lace with one straight and one scalloped edge. Design is a stem with three flowers and four leaves placed at right angles to edge.
Plan et elevation d'une porte de jardin
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Plan and elevation of a garden gate with large stone masonry and a lion head keystone. The plate is signed.
Moat Mountain and Knowles Pond, New Hampshire
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, September 25, 1879
Graphite on cream wove paper
Drawing

Pond seen through bushes, with hill beyond and mountain slightly left. Verso: Outlines of hills.
Trimming
, 19th century
silk Technique: woven

Yellow trimming fragment in a design of a grape vine with leaves and fruit.
Design for a Clock Case
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, ca. 1715
Black chalk, pen and black ink, brush and watercolor on off-white laid paper, framing lines in black ink
Drawing

Saturnus seated on a base with scythe and snake at his feet supports a framed circle to contain clock face.
The Gathering of Manna
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, ca. 1595–1605
Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash over black chalk on paper Verso: pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, with traces of black chalk on laid paper
Drawing

Recto: Landscape with the camp of the Israelites, Moses standing at left. Women kneel on the ground gathering manna. An explanatory inscription in Italian appears beneath a framing line at the bottom of the image. 
Verso: A sacrificial animal burns on an altar in the foreground. Figures kneel at right. A winged angel addresses a woman in the background at left. An explanatory inscription in Italian appears beneath a framing line at the bottom of the image.
Wooded Island near Millinocket, Maine
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, October 3, 1878
Graphite on white wove paper
drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of a wooded island on a lake near the town of Millinocket, Maine--likely Quakish, Pemadumcook, Ambajejus, or Millinocket. At center, a stand of mixed evergreen and deciduous trees is visible atop a slightly raised island, as viewed from a nearby shore of the lake. In the background, the silhouette of woods on the lake's surrounding shores forms a jagged horizon across the composition.
Chocorua Pond, New Hampshire
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, September 1854
Graphite and chalk on light brown paper
Drawing

Mountain at center with pond below.
Sidewall
, 1875–85
Machine-printed

Small repeating design of flowers and scrolls. Mounted on muslin, "a" with upper surface, "b" with under surface, exposed. Printed in green, yellow and bronze.
Arabesque Ornament Design
Charles Normand, French, 1765 – 1840, 1787–95
Etching on laid paper
Print

A vertical plate with arabesque ornament designs featuring mythological creatures and figures, masks, vases, scrolling foliage and acanthus leaves, festoons of flowers and leaves, ribbons, winged sphynx, baskets of flowers and fruit, a roundel with a nude female figure, and rosettes. The plate is numbered.
Valley Near Pandi, Colombia
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 1853
Graphite on tan wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing view of mountains terrain near Pandi, Colombia. Trees and rocks inhabit grassy hillside in foreground while, in the middle distance, a steep and wooded river valley is visible. Wooded hillsides rise on either side of the valley. Distant mountain range comprises background.

Verso: Partial landscape sketch showing outline of mountainous horizon as well as two trees in foreground.
Possible Design for an Overdoor Frieze
, 17th–mid- 18th century
Pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Possible design for an overdoor frieze with military motifs and a winged sphinx and palmette.
A Storm
George Smith, British, 1714 - 1776, 1767
Etching on paper
Print

A stream running below a huge gnarled tree blown by the wind. Three people attempting to run to the right are blown back. A house and more trees beyond. Below, "Geo. Jn^o Smith Chichester 1767" and right, an initial.
Designs for Two Vertical Panels
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1738
Engraving on paper
Bound print

Two designs for upright rocaille panels. Left panel: At bottom, a satyr figure with a musket shooting a pig (swine) in a small landscape scene.  Above, at center, ornamental scrollwork with two entwined snakes surrounding a staff topped by a winged helmet. Above, at top, a trio of putti figures, one of which raises a basket of flowers above his head. Right panel: Ornamental scrollwork throughout with two figures at bottom, one of which is a putto holding a banner, the other a female nude with her arm outstretched. At top, various flying putti and a caryatid.
Strapwork Design
, early 17th century
Charcoal, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Strapwork design with putti, bears and birds surrounds an oval reserve.
Border
, 18th century
linen Technique: needle lace

Needle lace with a design of twisting vines and grapes. Commonly called "Point d'Argentan"
Design for an Earring
, ca. 1800
Pen and ink, brush and red, olive watercolor on paper
Drawing

Jewelry design for an earring. A ring with a second big slope below and a small slope above. Upon the front is a bar of red diamonds.
Entrance wall
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Entrance wall.
Stage Design, Interior of House and Court
, early 19th century
Pen and sepia ink, brush and wash on paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Interior of house and court, people in action at center. Verso: plan of ground floor.