biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Wall Decoration and Door with Columns, Royal Pavilion, Brighton
Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859, 1802
Brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Elevation of a section of wall, with a painted decoration consisting of clouds and sky seen through the pillars of a balcony. At left, a doorway through a pair of painted columns. At right, a doorway flanked by marble columns. Blue teawood, sky, and Chinese frets as railings.
Rustic Landscape with Aqueduct and Figures
Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808, 1794
Brush and oil on panel
Painting

Rustic landscape with aqueduct and figures
Textile
, late 17th century
silk Technique: satin weave with supplementary weft

Figured cream-colored silk brocaded in colored silks and chenille. In component "a" the design shows a hunter, ship, bird on flowers, and a lion. For component "b" the design in incomplete and shows a stag, peacock, flowers, and a fountain.
Frieze
Carey Bros. W.P. Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded 1882, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Alternating large and small floral bouquets within a pebbled medallion; band of flowers across the bottom; printed in mauve, green light yellow, tan; background shades from gray to tan
Frieze
Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

A repeating floral candelabra design whose stems join and connect smaller floral candelabra on a diaper background of gradating tones within horizontal banded borders. Printed in brown, taupe, beige, olive green, khaki and moss green.
Frieze
Janeway & Co. Inc., New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1848 - 1914, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Borders printed two across. Wide central band of interlocking geometric shapes (puzzle-like), each containing stylized foliate motif, bordered by dot and floral motifs. Top has white mica beading, dark red stripe, green tan stripe. Bottom has band of green and red floral motif in between two sets of multicolored stripes. Ground is beige. Printed in shades of brown, green and tan on off-white ground. 
Printed in selvedge: "Janeway Co. 230"
Textile
J.I. Meiller et Cie, 1775–1800
cotton Technique: block printed and painted (blue) on plain weave

Alternation of two stripes: the wider (about 29 cm, 11 1/2 in.) patterned by large units of flowers on a black picotage background. The other (about 15.5 cm, 6 1/8 in. wide) patterned by a medallion and garlands supported by a rod on a smaller scale picottage background.
The Gates of Pedro Miguel
Joseph Pennell, American, active England, 1857–1926, 1912
Lithograph on paper
Print

View shows construction of the gates of the Pedro Miguel Lock of the Panama Canal.
Sidewall - fragment
, 1910–20
Machine-printed

Medallions printed in blue on a grey ground with scrolling ground design.
Design for Brooch Escuteneon
, 16th century
Pen and ink, brush and sepia on paper
Drawing

Escutcheon with an acanthus leaf at top and mask below.
Fragment
, 13th century
linen, wool Technique: embroidery using wool on plain weave linen

Four broad bands which contain a repetition of small figures.
Medal Commemorating Jacques Amyot
Alexis Joseph Depaulis, French, 1792 - 1867, 1819
Cast bronze
medal

Bust of Jacques Amyot (1513 -1593) with beret and cross to right.
Design for a Woven Fabric
, 1825–1850
Brush and blue, purple, and leteritious gouache on oily tracing paper
Drawing

Same style as 1909-13-106. Five rows of two repeats each are shown. The repeat consists of an eight-pointed start in an octagon in the top and bottom rows. Blue and purple octagons alternatively. The stars are lateritious in the top and bottom rows, alternatively blue and purple in the others.
Clavus band
, 6th–7th century
Warp; S-spin two ply Z-twist linen. Wefts; S-spun linen, S-spun wools. Technique: slit tapestry with supplementary weft wrapping

Design of crowned figure (or a saint with a halo) and two bound captives.
Panel
, 900–1450
cotton, wool Technique: weft-faced plain weave with grouped warps, supplementary and complementary weft patterning

Vertical strip of brown cotton cloth brocaded with pumas in tan, white and red cotton; crossed at intervals with narrow horizontal bands with bird repeats and stripes in red, white, and dark brown. Same warps grouped by 3s used for these bands. Selvages on vertical sides. Some areas of plain weave.
Arabesque Ornament Design
Charles Normand, French, 1765 – 1840, 1787–95
Etching on laid paper
Print

A vertical plate with an arabesque ornament design featuring Neoclassical and Empire style motifs - mythological creatures and figures, putti, herms, scrolling acanthus leaves and foliage, fleurons, rosettes, textiles, masks, columns, a vase, a roundel with two figures, a peacock, and flaming torches. The plate is signed and numbered.
Echo Lake, New Hampshire
Francis Hopkinson Smith, American, 1838–1915, 1875–80
Charcoal, black and white chalk on gray laid paper
Drawing

Horizontal view of Echo Lake in the foreground and trees on far right, with clouds and mists over the mountains in background.
Bougeoires
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Designs for two short candlesticks, decorated with ornament motifs including acanthus leaf, guilloche with rosettes, garland, bound leaf, fluting, ribbon twist. The plate is signed.
Autumn Mountains, Hot Springs, North Carolina
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, September–October 1880
Brush and oil, graphite on paperboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing view of Appalachian Mountains in North Carolina near town of Hot Springs (then called Warm Springs). Brown and green field comprises foreground, and hosts a seemingly deteriorated wooden structure at center left. Rvier visible through trees at left of structure. In middle distance at left, a sharp hilltop is illuminated by the light of the setting sun. Slope descends from left to right into a darkened dell and opposite ridgeline, at right. Sky above a mix of clear blue and whipsy clouds, some of which are colored purple.
Chinoiserie Vignette
Alexis Peyrotte, French, 1699–1769, mid- 18th–late 18th century
Etching on paper
Print

Chinoiserie Vignette.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk, metallic Technique: plain compound twill weave

Gold colored silk fabric with the design also in gold.
Interior Wall Elevation with a Bed
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1777-79
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

A design for an interior wall featuring ornately painted panels and a sofa / daybed in a central niche. The panels are decorated with flowers, flaming torches, bows, quivers of arrows, crowns, festoons of flowers, ribbons, flowering sprigs, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), pearls, laurel leaf and ribbon molding and lamb's tongue ornament. A large mirror set into the niche above the sofa/daybed, which is draped with textiles decorated with flowers, scrolling leaves and tassels. Doors on either side of the niche feature oval roundels with flowers framed by pearls or beads and a tied ribbon at the top, with rosettes in the corners. The plate is numbered.
Trophée Pastoral
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1773
Etching on paper
Print

Title page and design for two rectangular decorative panels, a larger one in the center and a narrow one to the right. The panels feature rococo ornament and motifs including a border of scrolling acanthus leaves (rinceaux), fleurons, c-scrolls, flowers, and festoons of flowers, with a central pastoral trophy incorporating a basket of fruit, flowers, hat, shepherd's stick, bagpipe (musette), and horn. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
Lilac
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1877
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of three lilac stalks with flower petals, buds, and leaves.
Design for a Brooch
, ca. 1790–1800
Pen and sepia ink, brush and gray watercolor on light green paper
Drawing

Jewelry design for a brooch. A flying eagle, wings open, supporting with his beak a teardrop-shaped diamond and in his claws a chain of five round diamonds, seen from the front.
Stage Design: Palace Interior
Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, Italian, 1696–1756, 1700–1750
Pen and brown ink, brush and wash on laid paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle showing a vestibule with three staircases leading to an upper hall. Above stairs are arches supported by columns.
Fire Screen: The Sense of Taste
François Boucher, French, 1703–1770, ca. 1750
Etching, printed from two plates, hand colored with brush and watercolor on paper
Print

Screen design depicting two Chinese boys, one eating a slice of melon, while the other points his finger and holds a melon still attached to the tree above them. Image framed by rocaille design with vegetal and floral motifs.
Design for a Pendant Trophy
René Charpentier, French, 1680 - 1723, ca. 1736
Etching on laid paper
Print

A design for an ornamental pendant trophy from a series of twelve plates. The trophy features a central cartouche with a standing figure, intertwined with foliate olive branches, and tools for sculpture, a caliper, paper, rulers, and a hammer, hanging from a tied textile and ribbon. The plate is signed.
Elevation of a Palace
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1790-1800
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

A variation of the design as -1117, somewhat less is shown. Main differences: the rusticity is confined to the ground floor of the central section, which is a colonnade. The ground floor of the lateral section projects and is topped by a balustrade, behind which are doors.
Title Page
François-Thomas Mondon, French, 1709 – 1755, 1736
Etching on laid paper
Print

Title page from a series of seven designs for trophies, rococo ornament and vignettes. The title and date are lettered in the center within a cartouche topped with a crowned coat of arms, ermine and French royale flags. The rocaille frame incorporates c-scrolls, foliate, acanthus leaf, and shell motifs within a garden landscape with a vase to the right, and a thin pyramidal structure with part of a military trophy of flags and armor. In the background trees, and clouds. In the foreground a globe, a male portrait bust, and a putto holding a paper with an ornament design and looking up at the title. The plate is signed, numbered and with the address below.
Interior Alcove
Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682, ca. 1650
Etching on laid paper
Print

An alcove with a canopy bed in the center with feather finials. The alcove is framed by draped textiles, paneling, moldings, two standing statues on plinths in arched niches, and a central cartouche with two nude figures.
Box
, late 18th century
wood, painted and gilded

Gaming boxes
DECORATION EXTERIEURE DE L’EDIFICE DU CÔTÉ DE LA RIVIERE ELEVÉ AU MOIS D’AOUST 1739. Sur la Terrasse ou est placée la Statüe Equestre de Henry IV au Pont Neuf, a l’occasion du mariage de Madame de France et de Dom Philippe II Infant d’Espagne Sous les ordres de Monsieur Turgot Conseiller d’Etat, Prevost des Marchands et Messieurs les Echevins de la Ville de Paris. Sur les Desseins et Conduitte du Chevalier Servandony Architecte et Peintre du Roy.
Jacques-François Blondel, French, 1705–1774, after 1739
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

A festival print illustrating an ephemeral structure built over a bridge on the river Seine in Paris, as part of the festivities in honor of the marriage between Madame de France and the Dom Philippe II in 1739. In the center of the bridge, a large colonnade structure, with two niches with sculptures and cartouches, and a balustrade with a second level above with another balustrade and a low roof. The roof is decorated with sculptural figures and flaming vase finials. Figures stand on each level of the structure. Below the colonnade, three arches with water pouring out over rocks below. On either side of the ephemeral structure, the bridge is ornamented with plinths topped with flaming vases or urns. The title and description are lettered above. The legend, scale and address are lettered below
Button
, mid-19th century
coral,gold

Component -a is on Cooper Union exhibition card 4. Four buttons made of a coral ball to which a gold shank has been added.
Square
, 3rd–4th century
Warp; S-spun wool. Wefts; S-spun wool Technique: slit tapestry with supplementary wrapping

Square with a cross in the center of an outer frame in geometric pattern. Mounted on linen. Upper right hand corner is destroyed and the fabric has been painted.
Female Torso From a Plaster Cast
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1840
Black chalk, white chalk on cream wove paper
Drawing

Nude female torso, facing frontally, leaning slightly to left. Light source to left. Arms, head, and lower legs missing.
One of a set of trophies of weapons of war as a decoration of a horizontal panel.
Francesco Bedeschini, Italian, 1675-1699
Pen, brush, sepia
Drawing

The drawing has two borderlines, the background bearing horizontal lines. Intended to be engraved
Coffeepot with Inset
Johann Christian Ibert, 1760
pewter
coffeepot

a) On shaped flaring foot a pyriform body with grouped vertical gadrooning. Spout attached to body and decorated with incised lines and relief bands. Hinged dome cover with tall finial. Strap handle. b) Cylinder-shaped inset, does not belong with pot
Trimming
, 19th century
silk Technique: woven

Pink trimming fragment in a design of conventionalized leaves between broken borders.
Metalwork Design
Babin, French, ca. 1750, ca. 1780
Etching on paper
Print

Design for ironwork/ metalwork - a cheetah or leopard supporting a blank coat of arms. The plate is numbered and signed.
Char de Ceres.
Jean François Blondel, French, 1681–1756, 1751
Engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Chariot drawn by eight horses. On the top of the chariot, Ceres, Roman goddess of the harvest, sits on a throne under a baldachin. In her right hand she holds a small scythe as well as the reigns to a pair of dragons. Clouds surround the throne of Ceres, and the carriage is laden with sheaves of wheat.
Commode à la Provençale
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for a dresser with two short top drawers and two long lower drawers. The dresser is carved with ornament motifs including acanthus leaves, floral guilloche, and rosettes. The plate is not signed.
Sing a Song of Sixpence
, 1890–99
cotton Technique: roller printed on plain weave
Textile

Scenes from the song "Sing a Song of Sixpence" are depicted in a series of diamond shapes and triangles. Diamond shapes contain images of the King, Queen and Maid and lyrics to the song. Triangles show blackbirds and sixpence coins. Printed in shades of blue, brown and pink.
Female Nude, Study for Portrait of Mrs. Henry Schieffelin
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1881
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Standing female nude facing frontally and slightly to the right, her head turned toward the left. Her left hand on table, and a paper or fan in her right hand.
Two Elevations of Understructure of Carriages
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1780
Pen and black ink, brush and wash, graphite on white laid paper
Drawing

Front and side views of understructure of carriages. Scale below.
Title Page and Snuffbox Design
G. Roberday, French, active 1697 – 1713, 1710
Print

Two designs for snuffbox lids, one above the other. The upper design features the title and date of the series. Both designs feature grotesque ornament, strapwork, mascarons (masks), scrolling acanthus leaves, grapes, monkeys, a ram's head, and mythological figures. The lower design features a man and a woman dancing in the center of the ornamental borders. The plate is numbered.
Tassel
, 17th century
silk and metallic thread (gold foil on silk core) on a wood core

Tassel head of wood covered with red silk and gilt thread in chevron design. Collars of metallic thread and red satin strips; skirt of small red floss tassels hanging on gilt loops. Loop at top made of red braided silk threads.
Gutenberg, Playing Card from Set of "Cartes héroïques" or "Des grands hommes"
Eugène Moreau, French, active 19th c., 1871
Stencil-colored lithograph on paper
Playing card

Playing card from a set of "Cartes héroïques" or "Des grands hommes"
Developement de bordures pour une chasse du Roy., Deux détails..., 6th Plate [Two details for the frame of a Hunting picture for the King], pl. 40 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurele Meissonnier
Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750, 1748
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

1921-6-212-14-a: Upper border with center escutcheon decorated with...;     1921-6-212-14-b: Four separate elevations of frame:  upper and lowe...
Oak Leaf and Orange Peel
, ca. 1840
cotton Technique: pieced and sewn patchwork of plain and roller-printed fabrics, quilted
Quilt

Patchwork quilt in design of oak leaves in green print surrounding ornament of a diamond within a circle of red printed cotton. Backed with white cotton. Lines of quilting follow the pattern.
Button
, late 18th century
Stoneware

1925-2-10: Circular medallion in the style of Wedgwood Jasper...
Study for Girl with Tambourine, “Vintage Festival”, Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1895–1898
Black and red pastel crayon on tracing paper mounted to board
Drawing

Draped female model turned to the left with arms raised holding a tambourine.
Design for the Embroidery of the Left Bottom Corner of a Man's Waistcoat of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, ca. 1785
Brush and gouache on g lazed tracing paper
Drawing

A bunch of flower boughs and garlands decorate the flap of the pocket. Two similar motifs with the bunches suspended from chains are shown beneath the pocket. Flanking a shepherd seated among flowers. Written in ink, top center: "941"; bottom right: Pa (?) 39 (?)".
Demies Commodes
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Designs for two small dressers, each with three legs. The dressers are decorated with ornament motifs including garlands, rosettes, ribbon twist, lamb tongue, lozenges, acanthus leaves, and scallop shell. The plate is signed.
Six doorknobs
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Six doorknobs.
Design for a Window Hanging
, 1775–1800
Pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Simply delineated window case and frame for tall casement windows.  Window treatment consists of blue fabric dotted with pink spots, gathered in center and corners to create short festoon and pleats on either side.  This valence lays over a pale pink curtain, also gathered just above the center of the window frame on either side, yielding a soft drape and pleats.  Both curtains and valence are ornamented with yellow fringe having darked eneds.  Tiebacks match fringe.
Shoe
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1876
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Two sketches of a lady's shoe.
REPRESENTATION DES EDIFICES ET DECORATIONS ELEVÉS, ET DU FEU D’ARTIFICE Exécuté le 5. Octobre 1744 sous le bon plaisir et en presence de Sa Majesté LOUIS XV par les Ordres du Magistrat de Strasbourg, sur la Riviere d’Ill, et en façe du Palais Episcopal où Sa Majesté
Johann Martin Weis, French, 1711 - 1751, 1745
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

An evening view of fireworks along the river in Strasbourg with crowds of people watching. The plate is titled, signed, numbered, with a legend, and features the Strasbourg coat of arms.
VUE PERSPECTIVE DE LA SALLE DU BAL, CONSTRUITE DANS LA COUR DE L'HOTEL DE VILLE.
Jean François Blondel, French, 1681–1756, 1751
Engraving on laid paper
Bound print

View of the ballroom at the Hôtel de Ville during the masked ball, given on February 28, 1745, in honor of the marriage of Louis Dauphin and Maria Teresa of Spain. The two-story room, well-lit by candelabra, is full of costumed individuals dancing and socializing.
One of a set of projects for a title page and the decoration of a horizontal panel
Francesco Bedeschini, Italian, 1675-1699
Pen, brush, sepia
Drawing

The panel has an elaborated frame, the outermost borderline of which is framing the drawing. With two putti. Intended to be engraved
Chair
John Hewitt, American, 1777–1857, ca. 1820
wood (mahogany and poplar), horse hair

Back legs flat-sided, front legs flat excepting rounded front face; legs curve outward toward bottom, and back legs incline toward each other at bottom.  The chair's back corner posts terminate in a volute-like form at the top of the chair.   The chair's top rail, slightly arched, is bowed towards the back.  A rectangular panel of inset veneer is surrounded by beading.  The chair's splat is horizontal, composed of a small oblong-shaped rectangle faced with veneer, flanked on either side by horizontal coupled C-scrolls covered with foliage.  The C-scrolls terminate in volutes.  The seat flares from back to front, with straight edges.
Trophy Designs
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1772–77
Etching on paper
Print

Six designs for trophies incorporating leaves, flowers, measuring devices, the base of a column, oven, portfolio, prints, easel, palette, paint brushes, and a canvas. The plate is numbered.
Deign for a Covered Tureen
Johann Alois Seethaler, 1796 – 1835, 1825–35
Pen and black ink, brush and wash, graphite on white laid paper
Drawing

The tureen is composed of two separate design schemes: the left side includes banding of calyxes and the handle terminates in a human head helmeted with a cornucopia. The base is edged in triangular-shaped scallops. On the right the design shows a vine arabesque meander and the handle is formed by an elephant's head, trunk upraised.
Sampler fragments
, ca. 1650
silk, metal-wrapped silk and linen embroidery on linen foundation Technique: withdrawn element work with needle lace fillings

Three bands from a sampler. The bottom band is a scene which originally depicted Judith and her maid putting the newly severed head of Holofernes, Judith holds a sword in her left hand, the edge worked with red silk to indicate blood.
Autumn Foliage in the Wind, Vermont
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, October 1865
Oil and graphite on off-white paperboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of autumn foliage on a windy day in Vermont. A grassy hill gently arches across the foreground, in front of a central green tree, flanked by red and orange trees at left and right. A split rail fence separates the foreground field from the trees in the middle distance. In the background, a mountainside, covered in brown and orange trees, ascends abruptly toward a grey-blue sky. The grey grounding color is visible along the right and lower marigns.
Plate 3 from a Set of Trophies of Weapons
Johann Ulrich Stapff, German, active 17th century, ca. 1665
Engraving on paper
Print

The numbers are in the right bottom corners. Framing line.
Center table
, 1825–30
Gilt and painted mahogany

Stained to simulate rosewood (faux wood grain), and stencil.
Design for a Brooch
George E Germer, 1868 – 1936, 1910–1920
Brush and white gouache, graphite, brush and dark purple watercolor on cardboard
Projects for brooches

Bordering lines as 1939-84-20. Scheme, formed by scrolls and bands of diamonds. Three drops.
Sampler
Dolores Espoña, 1836
silk and glass beads on silk foundation Technique: beadwork on satin weave Label: Silk thread, glass beads, silk satin foundation

Moses in the Bulrushes. Inscription in back stitch (?) reads "Dolores Espoña dedicates this to her mother, made at  the direction of (illegible), 1836"
Title Page
Laurent Le Languedoc, French, active ca. 1684 – 1705, 1705
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Title page for a pattern book with designs for firearm fittings and ornament. Title, artist, and date are lettered in the center of a cartouche framed by mascarons (masks), angels, flags on spears, cannons, arms, cannon balls, drums, helmet, and male personifications of the defeated and captured, flags with French royal emblems (dolphin, cyphers, and fleurs-de-lys), and topped with the figure of a man on horseback, probably the French king Louis XIV.