biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Philodendron Growing Above a Rock, Jamaica
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, June 1865
Graphite on tan wove paper
Drawing

Botanical and landscape sketch of a broad-leaved philodendron growing atop a small, rocky waterfall in Jamaica. The plant dominates upper portion of composition, while lower portion shows a rocky prominence over which water cascades.
Design for a Candlestick
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1788–1796
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Design for a candlestick decorated with ornament motifs including bead course, spiral fluting, gadrooning, acanthus leaves, ribbon twist, and palmettes. The plate is signed and numbered.
A Street in Laval, Bretagne
Eugène Edouard Soulès, French, 1811–1876, 1840–1860
Graphite on brown paper, mounted
Drawing

A street of a town winding into the background. A large structure with a tower is on the left side of the street. Written below at right: Laval.
Galerie métallique des grands hommes français (Great Men of France)
Matthias Nicoles Marie Vivier, French, 1793 - 1830, 1820
Cast bronze
Medal

Bust of Louis Bourdaloue (1632 -1704).
Trophy Design
Jean-Charles Delafosse, French, 1734 – 1789, late 18th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for an ornamental hanging trophy. A copy after one of the trophies in the print titled ‘Attributs de Chasse' (Attributes of Hunting), published in 1771 by Jacques-François Chereau, engraved by Pierre François Tardieu, after Jean Charles Delafosse. Trophy depicting objects associated with hunting, including baskets, nets, horns, dead birds, hunting purse or powder flask, and foliate branches. The plate is numbered.
Button
, 1853–70
Brass, gilt

Eagle with head to right, wings spread, resting on a bar. Wreath of two branches tied with ribbon. Lined background.

Components -b/-e on card J
Frieze
, ca. 1905
Machine-printed paper

Landscape frieze, with repeating design of mountain lake set with islands. Identical trees in foreground, with one clump of pines, in the distance, appearing larger than others. Entire paper printed with close set lines of square dots, intended to suggest the appearance of tapestry.
Scrollwork Escutcheon with Representation of Saint John the Evangelist
Pieter van der Heyden, Flemish, 1530 - 1572, ca. 1565
Engraving on paper
Print

Saint John on Patmos. Four putti.
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 Ceres in cart with dragons
Woman Riding a Donkey
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1868
Graphite on tan wove paper
Drawing

Figure sketch of a woman riding a donkey in what was the Ottoman Empire, or present-day Palestine, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, or Israel. The pair faces to the left and the rider wears draped clothing, a headdress, and a dress as she positions her legs on one side of the animal. The donkey's ears are down, and a bit is harnessed to his head and neck.
Cold Sauce with The Christmas Pudding, Illustration for Century Magazine (XLIX, No. 2, December 1894, p. 317)
Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924, December 1894
Printed in black ink on paper
Ephemera

Article clipping from Century Illustrated Magazine. Center, group of bunnies holding platter with giant Christmas budding. Left, large brown bear holding bowl filled with bread pudding, eating. Right, woman in long black coat and black hat, bends over with icing knife, smiling. Lower left, two bunnies, one licking spoon.
Handscreen
, late 18th century
Hand-painted silk leaf with passementerie, turned ivory handle

Handscreen with a cream-colored leaf, hand-painted with a basket of flowers and a bird; scrolling trim around edges; turned ivory handle.
Design for a salon entrance wall
, 1825
Pen and Chinese ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on paper
Drawing

A mantelpiece with a mirror at the center, flanked by wall panels with two fluted pilasters over marble rails. Kneeling putti with festoons alternate with wreaths in the friese of the entablature.
Border
, ca. 1860
Block printed

Tan bands of advancing wave motif on cream field.
Mezzaro (shawl or headcovering)
, 1800–1850
cotton Technique: block printed

Mezzaro in a multicolored design on a white ground. Central large-scale tree with many different blossoms. Small flanking tree on either side. Floral sprays, insects, birds and animals scattered over the ground. Border of massed flowers and fruit with perching birds.
From the Dixville Notch
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, September 8, 1863
Graphite on grey paper
Drawing

Jagged outlines of mountain ridges or trees. Rock, left foreground.
Design for Sculpture: Angel Blowing Serpentine Horn
Leonardo Scaglia, French, active Italy, 1640 – 1650, late 17th century
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, black chalk on white laid paper, laid down
Drawing

An angel stands contrapposto atop a plinth, head turned to the left while blowing into a serpentine horn terminating in the head of a beast.
Drummer
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1862
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Recto: Vertical view of a drummer seen from the front, beating his drum.

Verso: Vertical view of a drummer seen from the side, carrying his drum on his back.
Title Page
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 18th century
Engraving on paper
Bound print

Design for an interior wall. An arched niche in center with a sculptural fountain depicting a male herm or merman seizing a female figure, who stands with arms raised. Below, a woman holding a staff pilots a chariot led by dolphins. A wall painting within the surrounding niche; at top, a group of fish, net, and a triton. At either side, small pedestals with a putti group with fruit at left and a vase or urn at right. Above them, panels display different decorative schemes. Scale at lower left.
Sidewall
, 1820–40
Block-printed

Blue circular motif composed of disk with four white circles enclosed, surrounded by rayed circle, serpentine-rayed circle and outer band of foliated scallops. To right and left, ascending serpentine foliage in green. Alternating blue motif of foliate cross. Printed in blue and green on glazed white paper.
Staircase Balustrade Design
Jean François Forty, active 1775 – 1790, late 18th century
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Design for an ornamental ironwork staircase balustrade decorated with scrolling leaves (rinceaux), fleurons, rosettes, s-scrolls, meander motif, and a vase finial. The plate is signed and numbered.
Teapot (Théière)
Bourg-la-Reine Porcelain Factory, French, ca. 1773 – 1805, ca. 1780
soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel
teapot

Circular; elliptical in elevation. Double scrolled handle, octagonal spout, domed cover with strawberry knob; cover and handle pierced. Top and bottom of spout and handle painted blue; blue spray of flowers on either side of pot.
Vase with Flowers
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, late 18th century
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Design for a two-handled vase with flowers on a support or bracket decorated with rococo motifs - the handles, body and feet feature scrolling acanthus leaf motifs, with gadrooning around the opening. Sprigs of flowers and festoons of flowers intertwine around the vase and the support bracket.
Sidewall
, 1850–70
Machine-printed on satin ground

Rectangle. Diagonally crossed bands with stepped edges. Printed in gray on polished or satin ground.
Reflections on the Königssee, Germany
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 1868
Oil and graphite on tan paperboard
Drawing

Landscape study showing the Königssee in Bavaria, Germany and the nearby woods and peaks that are reflected in its emerald waters. Viewed from an elevated perspective, the lake's placid waters extend from foreground to middle distance, where they meet the precipitous slopes of neighboring mountains. At right, a lush, wooded slope is visible with two structures in a field on the far shore. The nearby mountains and trees are exquisitely reflected in the waters of the Königssee.
Three Putti
François Boucher, French, 1703–1770, 1738–49
Etching on laid paper
Print

Three winged putti flying together with clouds in the background and a large piece of fabric wrapped loosely around them. The plate is signed.
Fragments
, 1850–99
silk, gold Technique: embroidered on satin weave

Pale greyish (originally light green) embroidered in polychrome silks, gold and chenille with symbols of the Passion of our Lord.
Trophies with Attributes of Music
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, ca. 1778–1782
Engraving on paper
Print

Trophies with attributes of music.
Textile
, 1700–1750
crewel wool on linen Technique: embroidered

Design of flowers and fruits in bright colors on undulating brown stems.
Support for a Bowl
Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799–1868, ca. 1825–35
Pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Openwork basket supported by the Three Graces on a circular base.
Mausoleum
Jean Berain, the elder, French, 1640-1711, 1711
Engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Mausoleum topped by an angel holding a portrait medallion. The mausoleum is in the form of a pierced brick tower on rocks, with palm trees on either side with crowns and candles. In the lower left of the plate is a group of figures looking up at the mausoleum.
Two Panels of Ornament Design
Charles Errard, French, c. 1601 - 1689, 1664-1689
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Two vertical panels of ornament design. The left panel depicts a term wrapped in grape vine and with scrolling acanthus leaf. The right panel has all-over scrolling acanthus leaf and a mascaron with two quivers hanging below it. The plate is numbered but not signed.
Tequendama Falls near Bogotá, Colombia
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, June 20-30, 1853
Graphite and white gouache on tan wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of the precipitous Tequendama Falls and the Bogotá River cascading through a rocky and steep gorge near Bogotá, Colombia. Along the composition's vertical axis in the foreground and middle distance, white water bounces and spills over large boulders in a rocky riverbed as the river flows toward the viewer. Trees and plants grow from rocks and boulders at left and right of the rushing water. In the middle distance at center, the falls themselves are visible, pouring immense quantities of water into the basin below, which is filled with white, semi-transparent mist. The sheer, vertical cliffs that make the cascade possible extend outwards from it to the left and right, and are rimmed in dense vegetation. A miniscule figure can be seen standing atop a large rock at the base of the falls at center left.
Elevation of a church
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1796
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper
Drawing

A variation of 1938-88-1228, main design. The main differences are: high arched windows and square ones are in the two stories of the lateral sections. The attic is divided into three panels; the lateral ones showing reliefs. Beside and behind the pediment are shown the upper receding parts of the wall of the nave of the apse and the roof.
One of a set of twelve projects for the decoration of a wall to be placed at a height. Preceded by a title page
, 1675-1699
Pen, brush, sepia
Drawing

Title page. Two angels holding a label. Above escutcheon with a princely corwn. Each drawing has two borderlines.
Design for Two Cartouches
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1745
Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper
Print

Designs for two cartouches, each containing within it landscape scenes. The cartouches are comprised of motifs including dragons, birds, rinceaux, flowers, and dolphins. The plate is signed and numbered.
Napkin fragment
, ca. 1850
linen Technique: damask

Fragment of a white linen napkin with a design of small squares and rectangles that form a geometric motif at regular intervals. Bottom edge hemmed.
Design for a mirror frame
, 1750
Pen and Chinese ink, brush with watercolor, graphite on paper
Drawing

In a panel over glass, an owl grasping in its claws a rake and a book from which a heart is suspended on a chain.
LE CHÂTEAU DANCY-LE FRANC en Bourgogne
Adam Perelle, French, 1638 – 1695, late 17th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

Bird's-eye view of the chateau d'Ancy-le-Franc within its landscape, formal gardens on the sides and beyond with parterre planting, basins, fountains, trees, and bosquets (groves). The chateau is surrounded by a moat with an inner courtyard. Figures, horseman, and a horse drawn carriage throughout the grounds. The plate is titled.
The right half of a frieze
, 1825–50
Pencil, brush, sepia, yellow watercolor, paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. The half-figure of a griffon with a rinceau standing beside a foliated candelabrum with a burning fire on top. Framing border.
Fragment
, 16th–17th century
Technique: withdrawn element work

Fragment with fringe with an interlocked lozenge border.
Les douceurs du Retour, Plate 12 from "Inconvénient"
Auguste-Xavier Leprince, French, 1799 - 1826, ca. 1825
Lithograph, brush and watercolor on paper
Print

People getting out of coach, throwing down luggage, greeting others. End of journey. Title and artists' names below.
Textile
, 1805–10
cotton Technique: plain weave foundation with block printing for the two browns; yellow and blue applied by brush; blue and yellow used together for green. Note brown block marks at left edge. The blue dots are spilled indigo.

Tree trunk with leaves and flowers in brown.
Fork
, n.d.
steel, glass beads, thread

Fork has two long pointed tines, rounded shoulders, baluster-shaped neck, beadwork handle. Similar to 1985-103-53.
Jar
, 4th–5th century
glass

Bulbous body threaded with zig-zag lines, Wide "bracelet" neck, turned down over junction with body. Applied loop handles with wide pads.
Shawl
, 1855–1875
wool Technique: embroidered on 2/2 twill weave; pieced together Label: wool embroidery on wool 2/2 twill weave; pieced together

Red shawl with a dense arrangement of elongated paisley and floral motifs.
Two Tined Fork With Engraved Braided Pattern
, ca. 1730–40
silver, steel
fork

Two long tines with baluster neck. Tapered silver handle with segmented panels to form rectangular profile. Front and back panels chased with braided decorative pattern fluted end with raised knop; Handle engraved at end with "A" (converse) and "H" (reverse).
Fragment
Miles & Edwards, 1847, ca. 1830
cotton Technique: block printed on plain weave foundation

Exotic polychrome birds on natural. Mark faces in opposite direction to the direction of the birds.
Rabbit hunt
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, ca. 1595
Engraving on paper
Print

Horizontal rectangle. Hunters using captive leopards to capture rabbits. Horseman, left, has leopard seated on box behind him, other hunters on horseback, in background, right. Near lower left: "Ioan. Stradanus invent." Near lower right, on a rock: "Ioan. Collaert Sculp. / Phls. Galle excud." Below: "NON LEPORES CANIBUS..."
Frieze
Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Art Nouveau style. Bulb-shaped flowers, alternating between large and small, topped with several fleurs-de-lis. Background is decorated with a series of small dots. Printed in white and shades of beige and green.
Cap streamers
, early 18th century
linen Technique: needle lace

Cap streamers in an early Louis XV style.
Textile
, mid-19th century
cotton Technique: woodblock-printed

Dense, allover floral design with roses, tulips and other flowers in shades of red, green, blue and yellow on a white ground fabric.
Cliff and Trees, Vicksburg, Miss.
James Henry Moser, Canadian, 1854–1913, June 1878
Charcoal on brown paper
Drawing

Part of a cliff or dune jutting out from the right, with a steep slope of bare earth. Trees and other vegetation on the top.
America
Martin Engelbrecht, German, 1684–1756, 1717
Engraving on paper
Print

Scene in an ornamental cartouche representing America. Woman seated on a crocodile holding a horn of plenty. An indian with bow and arrow on right.
Sampler
, 1805
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in stem, knot, and satin stitches on plain weave foundation

Floral sprays and wreaths with initials in them.
Textile
, 18th century
cotton Technique: block printed on plain weave

White cotton, design of horizontal rows of evenly spaced, life-sized bunches of cherries enframed by string of beads, alternating with rows of bouquets. colors; red, blue, and taupe. One selvage present.
Textile
Bannister Hall Printworks, 1816
cotton Technique: block printed on plain weave

Length of printed cotton with design in off-set repeat of mounds of flowers in bright colors on an undyed ground.
Design for Stained Glass Window
Sir Michael Robert Shaw-Stewart, Scottish, 1826–1903, ca. 1860
Brush and watercolor, pen and ink, graphite on paper
Drawing

Three tall vertical panels, with pointed arches, each panel containing figures, under Gothic canopies. Coat-of-arms below central group, labeled on ribbon: SIR MICHAEL SHAW STEWART BART
Men Resting on Catskill Hillside
Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925, 1882
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Man with hat covering face, laying down with arms under head; behind, man with pipe, hat and mustache, facing left; upper right, man with handlebar mustache and hat lying down and looking at two other men. Mountains in the background.
Sidewall
Wallace Wall-Paper Co., Cortland, New York, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Landscape medallions with grass, flowers, trees, and rolling hills, printed on textured background with fleur-de-lis.
Jenny Lind Paper Doll Set
Jenny Lind, Swedish, 1820–1887, ca. 1850
Cardboard box
Box

Cardboard box that contains the Jenny Lind paper doll and costumes.
Twilight
Mary Nimmo Moran, American, 1842–1899, 1880
Etching and mezzotint in brown ink on paper
Print

Country scene in Easthampton, New York, toward evening. Groups of trees to left and right. Two paths lead to background, with farm houses in distance.
Darning sampler
Esther Lucas, 1785
silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: running (pattern darning) and cross stitch on plain weave

Darning sampler with five pattern crosses. Hemmed on all four sides.
Five holes were cut from the plain weave foundation fabric and the holes darned to simulate five different weaves; twill, herringbone twill, bird's eye diaper and two float patterns. Inscription in cross stitch.
Plate 7, from Recueil d'ouvrages curieux de mathématique et de mécanique, ou description du cabinet de Monsieur Grollier de Servière
Etienne Joseph Daudet, French, 1672 - 1730, 1732
Engraving on paper
Print

A) A tri-footed container in two sections. The base is a large regular solid, above which the smaller section rests on three balls or solid sphere. The decorative design is like Plates 6 and 8. B) Another spherical object, crowned with a fleur-de-lys, which may fit inside A. Both to be carried out in metal or ivory.
Study for landscape
William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900, ca. 1855
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Sketch of a landscape with a path and figures gathering in the center.
Panel
, 17th century
silk Technique: woven

Three identical horizontal panels of ribbed pink silk, each with a double row of Arabic script in white, running parallel with the warps. Lined with heavy white cotton cloth with double thickness at top for hanging.
Savonarola chair
, 16th century
Walnut wood
Chair

FoldingX-frame  arm chair
Illuminated Initial
Sara Ker, ca. 1893
Water color, gold, on paper
Drawing

Design for the initial "B".
Fragment
, late 18th century
silk embroidery, silk foundation Technique: embroidered

Embroidered border on natural colored silk with clothed male and female figures, florals, and sailboats in gold and green.  Female figure wears a crown and a child appears to be dancing.  Running stitch around the border with arrows embroidered on the outside of the rectangle.
Architectural element
, ca. 1890
Terracotta

A square tile with flat border. At center, a head with antennae and butterfly wings. Flowers at bottom. Traces of polychrome decoration.
Partiée du Jardin de Terichelo appartement à Monsieur le Baron (Part of Garden Apartment of the Monsieur le Baron), in Nouveaux Livre de Parterres contenant 24 pensséz diferantes (New Book Containing 24 Different Variations for Garden Beds)
Daniel Marot, French, active in the Netherlands and England, 1661–1752, ca. 1700
Etching and engraving on white laid paper
Print

Landscape architecture design for garden.
Ceiling paper
Janeway & Co. Inc., New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1848 - 1914, 1895–1903
Machine-printed

Small red roses, connected by green foliage, alternating with clumps of four roses. Printed on off-white ground spotted with tiny gray squares.
Dramatic View of Ocean with Cloudy Sky and Possible Lighthouse
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, 1885–1902
Graphite on cream wove paper
Sketchbook folio

Rough sketch of choppy ocean. Landmass at right on horizon with possible lighthouse at tip. In sky at right, sun breaking through the clouds.
Border
, 16th–17th century
linen Technique: punto in aria (needle lace)

Border fragment with triangular tabs.
Greeting card
, ca. 1880
Chromolithograph

One of eleven miscellaneous cards without designation of origin. This one depicts a winter scene with a house in the background. In the foreground, a boy offers a girl a branch of mistletoe.
Sidewall
, 1890–1910
Machine-printed paper

a: On off-white patterned ground, alternating all-over landscape scenes of a castle on a hill and a house in the valley, shown as if peering through a thicket of red, green and white trees; b: similar scenes in the same colorway with matte gold metallic accents.
Textile
, 18th century
linen warp, cotton weft Technique: relief printed

Curving bands of foliage and ribbons, more or less symmetrically arranged: a hunter on horseback blowing his horn and pursuing a stag with hounds. block print in polychrome, now somewhat faded; red, blues, borwn, black for outlines and olive green (yellow with blue).
Micro-mosaic
, 1800–1825
Gold sheet and wire, glass mosaics
Bracelet

Gold bracelet of three chains connected to one oval. Oval is outlined in blue with an inner image of Italian architecture. Bracelet is part of a set.
Family register sampler
Harriot Collens, American, 1790–1874, 1804
silk embroidery, linen warp, wool weft Technique: embroidered in cross, stem, running, and roumanian stitches on plain weave foundation

Record of the Collens family, with three baskets of flowers at the bottom and a curving floral border on three sides. Inscribed at the bottom:
Harriot Collens markd this record 1804
The text reads: 
Friend Collens born December 16 1762
Philana Norton born September 12 1761
married February 20 1785
John Collens born October 1 1785
Mary Ann Collens born October 1 1787
William Henry Collens born Nov. 3 1788
Harriot Collens born September 2 1790
George Lemon Collens born Oct 28 1792
George Lemon Collens died  Sept 10  1793
Sophia T Collens born Sept 23 1794 died 1795
Sophia Teresa Collens  born June 16 1797
Jonathan Collens born December 19 1799
Emily Collens born March 6 1801
Sleeve ruffle
, 1740–55
linen Technique: bobbin lace, Brussels style

Long border or ruffle with one straight edge. Lower edge has a curved central section that narrows as it tapers to the ends. Flower clusters in in the central section with curving, ribbon-like bands framing the clusters. Worked in a variety of stitches.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk, metal-wrapped silk cord Technique: embroidered

Fragment of an all-over pattern which would have been rows of various flowering plants in alternate alignment in metal-wrapped yarns - gold and silver on a red silk satin. Many areas padded and raised.