biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Altar Lamp
Luigi Righetti, Italian, 1780 - 1819, ca. 1825
Pen and gray ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on white laid paper; verso: pen and ink, graphite
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Design for a lamp; the main part of the body with garlands supported in front by two cherubim. At left, allegorical figure of Justice, and at right of Strength, are sitting upon volutes; behind the figures are fastened chains. Five flames are burning at the lamp's central opening. Above, the ring at the top of the lamp is supported by a dragon. The lower part of the drawing is upon an applied piece of paper. Verso: two sketches for the group. Below, the remnants of a figure.
Battaglia (Battle)
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, ca. 1800
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over traces of graphite on cream laid paper
Drawing

Measured design for a frieze showing a battle scene with figures in the antique style.
Hat pin
, late 19th century
Silver, imitation stone

The head of pin represents a coiled snake with red eyes and body set with brilliants.
Cloud Bank, Catskill, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, March 5, 1845
Graphite on tan wove paper
drawing

Landscape and atmosphere sketch showing a view of a dramatically cloud-filled sky over the rolling landscape of Catskill, New York. At center, a wide cloud bank stretches across the composition while several puffy clouds hang above it. Sky appears to be dramatically lit. Dark, mountainous, and wooded terrain is loosely rendered below the clouds.
Button
, late 18th century
Copper, shark skin

1931-59-122: Circular copper button ornamented with shark skin ...
Fragment
, 17th century
silk and metal thread Technique: appliqué on velvet

Appliqué of cut-out shapes of red velvet and yellow silk with couched threads on a circle of white silk figured ground.
Sidewall
, ca. 1810
Block-printed on joined sheets of handmade paper

Vertical rectangle printed on joined sheets of paper. Gray field, with repeating dot-and-stroke motif in darker gray, and marbleized gray pilasters at either side. In the center, repeating vertically, are pictorial motifs: dove in a nest, seated woman with flower basket, musical instruments, man with a lute, and again the doves in a nest.
Trimming
, ca. 1902
silk Technique: woven

White trimming with scallops and knotted floss ornaments.
Textile
, late 19th century
silk Technique: plain compound satin with supplementary weft

Cream satin ground with large-scale design of several varieties of chrysanthemums and other smaller flowers brocaded in polychrome silks. Extra green weft forms the foliage. Both selvages present.
Sampler
, 1744
linen Technique: embroidery, drawnwork

Rectangle of rather heavy cream linen, worked in linen in rows of many embroidery stitches, drawnwork. and a few bands of floral designs. At the top right, the initials AMG 1744.
Ceiling paper
Liberty Wall Paper Company, Schuylerville, New York, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

On a beige ground, rhomboid shaped medallions in red, black, brown and green with arabesques.
Ticket for Walker Benefit in Covent Garden Theater
A.M. Ireland, 1794
Etching on paper
Print

Representation from a scene in a play. Five persons in a prison cell. Two women pleading with three men.
Sampler
, early 19th century
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in button hole, chain, double running, and back stitches on plain weave foundation Label: linen embroidered with silk in button hole, chain, double running, and back stitches

Small sampler with eight rectangular button holes in blue, green, yellow and pink, and eight eyelets in red.  In the center, a monogram with a crown above. Green zigzag border. On off-white linen.
Frieze
Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, mica flakes

Flitter frieze with large floral medallion alternating with smaller floral medallion. Each contains rose swags. Printed on broad striped background, with scrolling foliate band and petite rose swags across top edge.
Dark Seascape with Small Waves
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, 1890–1900
Pen and black ink on off-white wove paper
Sketchbook folio

In foreground, small, calm waves coming onto shore. Miscellaneous pen strokes in margin on bottom left and on right.
Le Vampire
, ca. 1820
cotton Technique: printed on plain weave
Textile

Four scenes from a popular 19th century opera, Le Vampire. 1) A couple dancing and an old man with a harp. 2) A sleeping woman; in front of her, man holding a torch. 3) A woman beside a kneeling man, in background architectural scene. 4) Man and woman seated. Printed in mauve.
Kings Bench Prison, from "Ackermann's Repository"
Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827, 1808
Aquatint, brush and watercolor on paper
Print

Walled yard, running its length. Outer wall to the left; dormitories to the right. Men and women walk in the evening light. Title, artists', and publisher's names below.
Border
, 1790–1815
Block-printed on handmade paper

Between a top edging of small-scale egg and dart molding and a bottom edging of dentilling, two classical foliate groupings alternate, punctuated by rosettes. Printed in grisaille.

H# 651 ?
Army of the Potomac – Sleeping on their Arms
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, May 28, 1864
Wood engraving in black ink on paper
Print

The Union army asleep in a field with sentries posted.
1860–1870
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, January 8, 1870
Wood engraving in black ink on paper
Print

Series of vignettes looking back on each year from 1860 to 1870. Two women and a child stand in the Wheel of Time, a circular vignette at center.
Border
, 1860–80
Block-printed and flocked on machine made paper

Border consists of a flocked band with a narrow crenallated fret with rosettes on the top edging. The bottom is edged with stripes. Printed in black flocking, yellow, terra cotta, ochre, brown on fucia ground.

H# 183
Scallop Shell
, ca. 1900
Silver plated
Matchsafe

In the form of a scallop shell, ribbed surface, striker on back side.  Hinged lid, opens along top edge.
Perspectiva: Corporum Regularium
Wenzel Jamnitzer, German, 1508–1585, 1568
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Two decorative cones pointed towards each other, leaning at angles, supported by a triangular prism at left and a rectangular stool with four triangular legs at right.
Tassel
, 17th century
linen Technique: braided and knotted

Pear-shaped linen tassel, braided and knotted. Double loops are attached to pear-shaped unit to which are attached and hang seven small units made of knotting (including center).
Textile
, 1800–1835
cotton Technique: printed on plain weave

Square sample with a tiny design of oak leaves—half red, half brown—surrounded by a dark brown stipple pattern on an off-white ground.
Vase
Rookwood Pottery, American, 1880 - 1967, 1909
stoneware
vase

White stoneware, thrown.  Ovoid body that is widest at shoulder, gradually tapering in from shoulder to rim, thick lip; no foot.  Decorated with tall slender trees, foliage, and underbrush in silhouette.  Lower third of form is decorated with underbrush, and tree foliage fills the top third to the rim.  Trees and foliage in dark gray-brown against ivory background. Exterior: slip underglaze, transparent matte Vellum glaze; crackled. Interior and bottom: glaze, white.
Fragment
, 14th–16th century
cotton Technique: painted on plain weave

Fragment of tightly spun, loosely woven cotton plain weave with flowering boughs drawn in aubergine and crudely colored with red and deep blue.
"Jardin d'Hiver"
Jules Desfossé, French, active 1851 - 1863, 1853
Block-printed paper
Dado

High, thick cluster of flowers and leaves growing from brown soil at bottom. Flowers, in bright colors, are roses, tuberoses, daisies, poppies, morning glories, and others. The base of the pedestal which appears in the decoration fitting above this dado can be seen dimly, on white ground.
Architectural Studies
Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925, ca. 1879
Graphite on light brown paper
Drawing

Left, front of large house; right; turret on a corner; lower center, chimney; upper center, top of building or tower.
Ceiling paper
Robert Graves Co., New York, New York, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, applied mica flakes

Flitter ceiling paper with floral sprigs containing pink rose buds. Secondary shadow pattern printed in yellow ocher. Floral sprigs outlined in gold mica flakes. On an off-white or tan ground.
Sidewall
, 1905–15
Machine-printed with engraved rollers

Symmetrical design inspired from damask pattern. Bouquets of roses in alternating rows. Acanthus leaves encircle them. Entire paper is embossed to simulate a coarse weave such as monk's cloth. Printed on margin: "U.S.A. 3780, trim." Printed in soft pastel colors on deep cream background which simulates stipple work.
Fragment
, 16th century
silk Technique: 5-harness satin damask

Yellow-green damask lattice of circles connected by a bracket. Each circle contains a flowering plant within a foliate wreath with a circle with octagonal points within a floral scroll wreath. Each concave diamond has a medallion with leaves extended into the four points.
Matchsafe
Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853, ca. 1880
Hammered silver, copper, brass

Matchsafe in Japanese style. Oblong, rounded corners, with overall hand hammered surface, featuring applied decoration of a copper maple leaf and brass maple seed on front side, small applied beetle on top corner of lid, stylized monogram (FD) in brass and copper on reverse. Lid, hinged on side, opens on the diagonal. Striker on bottom.
A Bird's Nest
M. & N. Hanhart, English, active 1839 - 1882, ca. 1880
Chromolithograph on paper
Print

Corner of a flower bed, with a bird's nest containing three (thrush's?) eggs. At left, a basket with some tuberous plants in it for transplanting. Publisher's name, lower right corner.
Frieze
Cresswell & Washburn Ltd, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1880 - 1900, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Foliate medallions, alternating between large and small. Printed on ground which shades from light at the top to deep blue at the bottom. Band of guilloche runs along bottom edge.
Border
, late 16th–early 17th century
linen Technique: grid of withdrawn element with needle lace (reticella style)

Wide border of squares filled with stylized blossom forms. Edged with pendants on one side.
Sampler
Maria Rosa Masedo, possibly 1803
silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in buttonhole, cross, long-armed cross, interlaced looping stitches and withdrawn element work with needle made fillings including aztec stitch, on plain weave foundation

Nine bands of withdrawn element work embroidered with colored silks in geometric designs. Inscription in center.
Design for a Chimney Wall with Lacquered Panels and Porcelain from "Nouvelles Chiminees Faittes en Plusieur en Droits de la Hollande et Autres Provinces du Dessin de D. Marot"
Daniel Marot, French, active in the Netherlands and England, 1661–1752, ca. 1700
Etching and engraving on cream laid paper
Print

A design for a mantlepiece and wall panel by Marot. The mantlepiece is highly ornate. The wall panel pictures figures in nature scenes.
Sidewall
Gledhill Wall Paper Co., New York, New York, founded 1900, 1890–95
Machine-printed

Alternating vertical stripes, the wider of which has serpentine ascending flowering branches. The other, narrower stripe is set with rococo scrollwork medallions in gold, and sprays of white flowers. Printed in gold, dark red, greens and white on red ground.
Box
, ca. 1835
tortoise-shell, wood, ivory, velvet

Rectangular box of wood, with ivory sides and hinged  cover. Sides covered with flamy tortoise-shell, top is of domed sheet tortoise-shell without backing. Inside lined with faded cherry-red velvet. Inside edges lined with strips of ivory. Four ivory ball feet.
Study of Gently Rolling Waves
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, 1890–1900
Pen and black ink on off-white wove paper
Sketchbook folio

Beach in foreground with several rows of small waves coming onto shore. Miscellaneous pen strokes in margin to right of image.
Study of clouds
William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900, ca. 1855
Brush and gouache, graphite on paper
Drawing

Sketch of cloud formations.
Board Room of the Admiralty, from "Ackermann's Repository"
Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827, 1808
Aquatint, brush and watercolors on paper
Print

Nine men about a cloth covered table, center, in a large room. Books, maps above the fireplace, right. Title, artists', and publisher's names below.
Play
Charles Dana Gibson, American, 1867–1944, 1895
Ink on paper
Print

Trial proof for illustration. A young man in frock coat and wing collar is shown standing frontally, a tennis racquet in his right hand.
Arrangement of morning glories, moss roses, lilies, and other flowers
, 1829
Brush and watercolor on cream paper
Drawing

A horizontal arrangement of colorful flowers: morning glories, moss roses, lilies, among others.
Purse
, 1640–1700
silk, gold and silver-wrapped silk, horsehair Technique: tapestry woven

Small pocketbook, envelope shaped, with pattern in colored silks, gold and silver thread. Pattern of two burning hearts on an altar, supported by cupids with stylized floral sprays at corners. Lined with green silk taffeta.
Matchsafe with Female Golfer
, ca. 1895
sterling silver
matchsafe

Oblong, with curves and counter-curves around perimeter, featuring raised decoration of female golfer in hat and long dress at tee, on grass course, with building and hills in background, c and s-scroll edges and flower at top center of lid. Lid hinged at side. Striker at bottom.
Bowl
Gorham Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, founded 1818, ca. 1905
silver
bowl

Wavy everted rim, the side and top with trailing floral and foliate decoration.
Embroidered picture
, ca. 1800
silk embroidery and paint on a silk foundation Technique: embroidered in stem stitch on a plain weave foundation; hands and face painted

Painted and embroidered picture of a young boy in a white dress with a blue sash and carrying a large black hat, standing in a landscape. Framed with black eglomisé glass in oval form, with gold stars in corners.
Frieze
Hitchner and Yerkes, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Large white acanthus scroll medallions connected by alternating high and low floral swag. Acanthus arbor throughout design. Repeating organic pattern along base. Printed in shades of green and white.
Border
, late 16th century
linen Technique: punto in aria (needle lace)

Fragment of a border has scalloped tabs formed by blossoms of three pointed lobes.
A Road Near the Sea, Easthampton, New York
Thomas Moran, American, b. Britain, 1837–1926, 1880
Etching on paper.
Print

Horizontal view of a cows and man on horseback on a rough road running through the center distance into the background, with a house visible at the left and a ship on the horizon of the sea seen in the distance.
Gainger en Répose
Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925, 1882
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Man with hat, asleep against rock, seen from above
Spearhead
, 19th century
steel
spearhead

Flat point with central spine above two fins held close to shank. Shank twisted below and furnished with small projecting barbs above hollow flaring socket decorated with scaled bands. Other raised decoration of lines and cones.
Sidewall
York Wall Paper Company, 1895, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

On dark gray-blue ground, vertical stripes with staggered white oval medallions composed of plants framed by ribbons and scrolls.
Sampler
, 18th century
silk on linen Technique: embroidered

Floral embroidery separating areas of text. Top text reads Entre from vanity should___ Love to see___.
Middle embroidery reads If thou knowst Christ thou need know little more if not als lost which thou learnt before. Bottom embroidery reads Love thou lord and __ thou bee a tender father unto the ___ ended this sampler in the seventh year of her age 17234.
skewer rod
, late 17th century
silver

1985-103-254-a/h: Handle in the shape of female caryatids, handle ca...;     1985-103-254-b: Handle in the shape of female caryatids, handle ca...;     1985-103-254-c: Handle in the shape of female caryatids, handle ca...;     1985-103-254-d: Fork has four curved tines, waisted neck ending in...;     1985-103-254-e: Oval-shaped rattail spoon-bowl, waisted neck, endi...;     1985-103-254-f: Plain, pointed skewer, screw thread on one end.50;     1985-103-254-g: Leaf-shaped blade, plain bolster, handle in the sh...;     1985-103-254-h: Silver handle in the shape of a female caryatid, h...
Planometric View of Oran, Algeria
Jacques Callot, French, 1592–1635, 1610–35
Pen and brown ink on cream laid paper
Drawing

A body of water scattered with ships appears in the foreground, and mountains, with buildings atop, appear in the background. A large banner with text in Italian appears in the top center. The banner text includes letters indicating places that correspond to letters dispersed throughout the composition. An arrow indicating the direction of the map appears in the lower center.
Tobacco box
, ca. 1848
Silver

Rectangular flat box with hinged cover. Underside engraved with parallel lines forming stripes. Outer edges with double stripe of engraved lines. Cover with engine-turned border surrounding engraved image of cow eating grass. Interior of cover inscribed: "Verneerd door het Stedelyk bestuur van Monnickendam, van Jan de Wit, voor de meest ter verkoop aangebragte Runderen op de Jaarmarkt den 26 April 1848."
Study of Peonies
Sophia L. Crownfield, American, 1862–1929, early 20th century
Pen and ink, graphite, brush and watercolor on tracing paper
Drawing

Horizontal sheet depicting studies of peonies in graphite, some with gouache coloring on petals.
The Stairs by the Four Posts
Hubert Robert, French, 1733 – 1808, 1810–29
Etching on paper
Print

A view of a classical monument in ruins, with a portico supported by columns, mounted by a mask, and a tablet with the letters ‘SPQR', and stairs to the left. Figures stand and sit on and around the stairs and monument. The plate is numbered.
Le Repos de Pellerins
Antoine Watteau, French, 1684–1721, 1723-1735
Etching on laid paper
Bound print

Page of arabesque design with a central cartouche depicting a scene of a young man and a young woman in a landscape; the man is poring liquid into the outstretched cup of the seated woman. Among the tendrils of reeds and vines is a shell (at the top) and a trophy (at the bottom) comprised of a hat, cape, and walking sticks, all attributes of pilgrimage. The plate is signed.
Tile
Louis Comfort Tiffany, American, 1848–1933, 1880–90
Glass

Green glass, yellow circle, brown infill, abstract design.
Fragment
, 17th century
linen Technique: needle lace

Fragment with an elaborate floral motif of tiny, superimposed rosettes. Central portion has a fine diamond diaper design. Picot edge.
Drawing
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, About 1801 (?)
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over black chalk on rolled paper.

Vertical rectangle octagonal frame. Sitting upon a bench, with the pose of Jeremiah by Michelangelo, in inverse direction.
L'Empire de Flore
Gérard Audran, French, 1640–1703, ca. 1680-1700
Engraving on paper
Print

In a garden setting, Flora is seen with her hand-maidens. Aurora in his chariot in the heavens. Also in the scene are Ajax, Hyacinthe, Clyte, Adonis and Narcissus.
Sewing sample
, late 19th century
Lace

Four small pieces of bobbin lace, three white, one black, border designs. (Mended lace).
Fragment
, 19th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace made in Lille style with twisted ground

This has a torchon ground which is two pairs passing through each other and followed by twisting.
Fringe
, 16th century
silk Technique: woven

Yellow and pink fringe with a heading and striped skirt threads in short loops holding tufts.
Swatches
, late 19th century
silk Technique: velvet

Two samples of black silk velvet with red selvedge.
Page Three from "Second Licre Contenant Differens Desseins de Pendules Inventés par G. M. Oppenort Architecte du Roi et Gravés par Huquier"
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, after 1751
Etching on paper
Print

Front and side view of a wall clock. Rectangular shape decorated with volutes in upper and lower part. Crowned with a vase set against foliage. Below, a dragon. Inscribed upper left: "B"; upper right: "3"; lower left: "Oppenort inv."; lower right: "Huquier sculp."; center: "Avec privilege du Roi".
Fragment
, 17th century
silk Technique: supplementary warp pile in a plain weave foundation (velvet) then embossed

Small fragment of very worn, stamped red velvet.
Peep-show, View Near the Park, Toward the Bridge of Leyden in The Hague
Georg Balthasar Probst, German, 1732 - 1801, 1732-1801
Engraving on paper
Print

View Near The Park, Towards The Bridge of Leyden, In The Hague.
Ornament
, 17th century
Technique: bobbin made continuous tape with connections

Tape like pattern forming leaf motif.
Fringe
, 16th century
silk Technique: plain weave

Pink and green fringe with a band in a trellis pattern above silk threads forming stripes.
Drawing
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1780-1790
Pen and brush with black ink on cream laid paper

The procession of the gods approaches from the right rear, led by Jupiter, Juno and Mercury. Jupiter extends two wreaths toward the couple seated upon a couch, a left. Cupids fly over them.
Sketch of Four Angels
Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909, ca. 1895
Graphite on laid paper
Drawing

Upper bodies and wings of four angels, all facing slightly to the right. Wings vertical. Black ink marks, upper left.
Plate 6, "Decoration d'une Portal double à placards, traittée dans la même gout..."
Jacques-François Blondel, French, 1705–1774, ca. 1727
Engraving on paper
Print

A double door decorated with rocaille carvings. Above semi-circular overdoor with a putti painting. Above it, extending the frame carving, a trophy of game. Below profile. Inscribed along upper margin: "Decoration d'une Porte à placards, traittée dans le meme gout que la precedent / Celle cy est placée au milieu de deux pilasters, ornés de groupes de sculptures en bas relief"; lower left: "Mariette excudit"; lower right: "6".
Male Nude Standing, Separ
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1858
Graphite, Black Crayon, Red Chalk Support: Blue-gray Wove Paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Man moving to right, looking toward the left, his right arm out, the right foot at left. Right and left hands repeated upper left and right.
View of the Lungarno and the Ponte Santa Trinita
Francheschini, 1711–67
Engraving on off-white laid paper
Print

Shown from Palazzo Copponi, Lungarno Guiccardini.
Shawl border fragment
, 19th century
wool Technique: interlacing twill tapestry weave in a twill foundation

Very fine cream-colored twill ground with a narrow border of scrolling flowers in dotted guard bands has shades of red, blue and yellow. Fine selvedge continuous with field.
Fragment
, 17th–18th century
silk, metallic Technique: applique on previously stamped (embossed) velvet

Applique of leaf pattern in gold-faced fabric on previously stamped red velvet.
Band
, 18th century
linen Technique: needle lace with ground of loop and twist with twist return

Design of a hunter with gun, a man with horn, and four stags, all shown mixed with branches and flowers.
Cutlery case cover
Unknown, ca. 1890
linen, leather, metal

Fitted cover with leather bound edges and corners, two buckles and straps.
Textile
, ca. 1780
cotton Technique: printed by engraved plate on plain weave

Two different partial scenes of birds in ruins. In red on white.