biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Andiron (Firedog) Design
Jean François Forty, active 1775 – 1790, 1775–94
Etching on paper
Print

Design for an andiron (firedog) in the form of a balustrade with a dragon handled vase, draped with a festoon of flowers, and a flaming torch, with interlaced snakes, decorated with neoclassical ornament and motifs including acanthus leaves, fluting, gadrooning, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), and running patterns. The plate is numbered and signed.
Cruet Stand
Elkington & Co., British, 1861 – 1963, ca. 1885
silver plated, metal
cruet stand

Form composed of three circular containers in triangular arrangement, conjoined at center; tall, "T"-form handle rising from center.
Band
, 18th–19th century
silk, cotton Technique: slit tapestry

Band with an all over, small-scale geometrical design of diamonds within diamonds in black silk on a dark yellow silk ground. Central motifs of small, decorated diamond shapes in white cotton and silks in shades of mauve.
Textile
, 1830s
cotton Technique: roller printed (brown) and block printed (blue, yellow) on plain weave

Baskets of flowers hung on branches with fruit and birds.
A Family of Shepherds at Night
Bartolomeo Pinelli, Italian, 1781–1835, 1807–08
Paper
Drawing

A standing shepherd and a seated woman with a child on her lap, similar to plate 28, loc. cit., are connected by a sleeping boy and a seated man. The setting represents a circular wooden shed with a pointed roof.
Textile
Merrimack Manufacturing Company, American, founded 1822, 1870–80
cotton Technique: roller printed on plain weave

Offset repeat of a small allover stylized leaf pattern in reddish brown, tan and black on a white ground.
Dyer's record book
Old Pacific Print Works, Lawrence, MA, USA, 1867
cardboard, marbled paper and printed textile samples

Notebook with handwritten formulas for dyestuffs to be used for printing textiles. Contains 214 samples in various designs.
Design for a Cipher (Interlaced Letters)
Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin, French, 1721–1786, 1766
Etching on paper
Print

Design for the crowned letters R and possibly S, interlaced and comprised of leaves, flowers, and a crown partly made of basket, trees, and a festoon of pearls or beads. The plate is signed and numbered.
Textile
J.P.Meiller et Cie., 1792 – 1826, ca. 1800
cotton Technique: printed by block on plain weave using a different block for each color: red, black and yellow

Sprig of flowers alternately facing left and right within a diamond grid of twisted vines.
Tureen
, late 18th century
porcelain, gold
tureen

Oval in plan, on oval moulded foot. Handle at either end, of intertwined straps spreading into leaves at point of junction with body. Cover has two oval medallions enclosing all but obliterated initials: PSS***; dish has same on each side.
Box and cover
, ca. 1860
Printed paper, cardboard

A, Rectangular box, the sides of white gauffre paper, the bottom green. B, cover, with colored lithograph of standing girl holding parasol, looking at seated girl, writing in diary; embossed green and gold border. C to L, Ten small boxes covered with embossed gold paper, each with different colored lithograph on cover, some with Albert and Queen Victoria, other romantic scenes.
Edging
, 19th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace

Narrow edging with diamond lattice pattern and a scalloped border on one side.
"La Sacra Genesi figurata
Francesco Villamena, ca.1566 – 1626, 1625–26
Engraving Support: off-white laid paper
Print

Four winged putti frame an ornamental escutcheon decorated with shell motifs and mask at bottom. Two hover above, carrying fruited garlands, while two others stand below on long band. A shield with the arms of Cardinal Albrodrandini surmounts the escutcheon. On left margin is a slight pencil drawing -- a copy of the engraved putto standing on lower left. Illegible pencil markings on right margin.
Band
, 17th century
metal-wrapped silk thread and metallic foil Technique: bobbin lace, metallic

Border of bobbin lace with metallic strips and metallic thread of gold color. Pattern of floral clusters and leaves alternating.
Panelling of the Assembly Room in Palais Bourbon
Jacques Gabriel, 1667–1742, ca. 1727
Etching on paper
Print

In center, a fireplace with a mirror. On both sides a door with simple paneling. Above the doors and mirror oval paintings in scroll frames. Narrow paneling between doors and fireplace with three small scroll-medallion carvings in sequence. Inscribed, upper margin: "Decoration du Lambris du côté de la cheminée en face des fenêtres du grand cabinet ou salle d'Assemblée du palais de Bourbon"; lower left: "Mariette exc."
Drawing
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, About 1801
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over black chalk, on rolled paper.

Vertical Rectangle. Shown in the pose of the Libyan Sibyl by Michelangelo. The left arm leans upon a star sphere. The right hand holds the book. A mosk is at right.
Tailpiece
Franklin Booth, American, 1874–1948, 1910
Pen and ink on paper
Drawing

A scroll design composed of roses and vines. A symmetrical design, with a cetnral motif of roses and intersecting vines against a black background, enclosed in a circular frame.
Drawing
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, About 1820
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over black chalk. Paper.

Horizontal Rectangle. At left sits Bacchus with a pitcher and a drinking bowl. Vesta sits beside an altar; she pours a fluid in the flame. The thyrsus and bunches of grapes are beside Bacchus.
Floral field and border
, 1780–1815
White on glazed paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Three suggestions for a broad stripe repeat of lacey leaves with serrated edges the stems of which terminate in scroll volutes.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk Technique: 5-harness satin damask

Yellow damask with a large scale symmetrical design showing crown and foliage.
Landscape with River
Leon Dabo, American, 1868–1960, ca. 1890
Pen and black ink on paper
Drawing

Leaf of a sketchbook. A single sailboat, left background.  In the foreground, figures near a farm cart.
Design for pendant with diamond and figures
, 16th century
Pen, sepia, brush, grey water color. Paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. An escutcheon framing a round diamond. Above, at the corners, sit at left a man, at right a woman. Between them is a small escutcheon with a round diadem and a crown on top, supporting a small and a large ring. Below the diadem is a festoon and a cherub. Three diamonds, hanging.
Wood engraving. Vignette
, 1820–35
Engraving and etching

Classical helmet decorated with a crowned griffin.
Bons Amis
Neyret Freres, France, founded 1825, 1880s
silk Technique: jacquard woven Label: jacquard woven silk
Picture

Woven picture after a painting by Paul Hermann Wagner shows two little girls and a little boy in a Tyrolean cap around a basket of four kittens. Signer lower right corner; initials "NF" in lower left. Details in satin, weft floats, twill and fancy twill, and plain weave. Narrow satin selvedge on each vertical edge. Raw edge on top and bottom.
Cockade fan
, ca. 1850
Brocaded silk leaves, pierced bone handle and sticks, metal rivet with mother-of-pearl washer

Cockade fan with a pierced bone handle and slender sticks supporting twenty-four silk ovals, each with sixteen scallops, all edges rolled and whipped. Each leaf is decorated at three points with brocaded colored silk flowers, and attached to the guards by a slender stick on back. The two end ovals adhere to guards that have portions sliding in groove, forming handle. Inner ends of sticks pivot on a metal rivet with mother-of-[earl washer.
Cap streamer fragment
, 18th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace, Mechlin style

Mechlin-style design with undulating stems and floral forms.
Pair of escutcheons
, ca. 1810
Brass

Repoussé; oval field with oval band of flowers.
Tazza
Clérissy Factory, established ca. 1686, ca. 1720
Tin-glazed earthenware

Circular form with blue and white grotesque decoration in the style of Jean Berain. Central figure is a seated youth dressed in classical garb, holding a scepter. Flanked by singeries and griffins. Below, two squirrels.
Album of Panel Designs
Jean-François-Antoine Boulanger, French?, active mid 18th century, mid- 18th century
Album

Album with three designs for ornamental panels featuring fantastical gardens with cartouches, treillage, and putti. The plates are signed, and one is numbered.
Sidewall
, ca. 1880
Machine-printed paper

1970-26-4-cdd: Aesthetic or Anglo-Japanesque pattern with overlap...;     1970-26-4-cp: Irregular pattern of vine-like stems bearing large...
La Visite du Pasteur
, mid-19th century
cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller on plain weave
Textile

Three different scenes, in sepia on white. All the designs are taken from plate sources and are reversed. The original  was printed by Favre Petitpierre et Cie. in Nantes about 1815 and was called 'The Scottish Shepherds'.
Textile fragments
, 18th century
silk Technique: painted on plain weave

Six fragments of yellow silk painted in polychrome tempera. Design shows sprays of roses, some held in place by ribbons connected with another spray.
Mosen
, late 19th century
wool Technique: felted and patterned with tied-resist dyeing (shibori) Label: felted and tie-dyed wool

Rectangular rug made of wool which is felted, then patterned with  tied resist dyeing, leaving large and small dots of yellow in a deep red-orange ground. Touches of green applied by brush. A mosen is a type of rug used in Japanese tea ceremonies.
Album of Prints: Different Works by LaLonde, Decorator and Designer, Part III
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, late 18th century
Album

Album of prints containing the third volume of works by Richard de Lalonde, as well as various other cahiers, some by Lalonde and some by other artists. Not all of the cahiers are complete.
Design for Serving Table with Upper and Lower Shelves
A.N. Davenport Co., 1900–05
Graphite on thin cream paper
Drawing

Rectangular table top with single drawer center; raised on 2 columnar legs at front and 2 plain straight legs at back, all 4 terminating in low bracket feet; conforming lower shelf with molded edges attaches just above floor level; molded upper shelf raised on 2 pair of short columnar supports at front.
Tile
Grueby Faience Company, Revere, Massachusetts, 1895–1908, ca. 1905
Press-molded glazed terra cotta (red earthenware)

Press-molded low relief decoration in earth color against a yellow background. The third tile depicts the image of a Cupid figure, marked Eros.
Textile
, 1750–99
silk Technique: plain weave patterned by floats of a set of supplementary warps

Small scale leaf and flower motif which repeat to create vertical curves.  Length of repeat: 5.5 cm. [2-1/8"].  Ten repeats across width of fabric.  Length of fabric placed side-by-side continue pattern.
Sidewall
, 1875–1900
Block-printed paper, embossed

Imitation leather. Motifs of moss rose, nymphs, phoenix, and ribbon. Printed in gold on a copper-brown ground.
The Rubens Hat
James Joseph Tissot, French, 1836 – 1902, 1875
Etching on paper
Print

The bust of a young woman seen in profile, facing right. She wears a large hat with a bow at the back of the neck.
Sketch of Large Room
Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925, 1883
Graphite and white heightening on brown paper
Drawing

Profile of man seated in room, beside a fireplace, reading. Bear rug on floor; lower right, chair with table, vase with plant on top.
Design for Wallpaper and Textile: Flowers and Birds
, 19th century
Brush and gouache on cream paper
Drawing

Two branches of silvery green foliage and red berries form a V-shape, to the right side, a red-orange flower blooms on light gray ground. A dark bird flies below the composition to the left. Two groupings of birds rest on the foliage to the right side of the V. Two birds fly above the center.
Sugar Tongs with Claw Feet
Charles Victor Gibert, French, ca. 1890
silver
tongs

Tongs with oval finger loops, supported by foliate scrolls, which meet at round swivel mechanism, decorated with applied floral bloom. Arms of tongs modeled in the style of chicken legs and terminating in chicken feet with talons.
Frieze
Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Art Nouveau style. Stylized acanthous guilloche, broken up every three loops byt a large flower and stem that extends down towards the bottom of the frieze. Along the bottom, between each flower, is a smaller flower encased in a square. Background is cross-hatch. Printed in gold, white, and shades of pink, green, and brown.
Flowers and Rhombuses
, mid 18th - early 19th century
Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu), and silk threads (itoire)
Katagami

Peonies and chrysanthemums gather in the shape of rhombuses. Within the geometric structure, abstract ocean waves surround peonies. Silk threads are added to support the stencil structure.
Dado
, 1820–40
Block printed on joined sheets

At either end is the base of a pilaster. Multiple floral varieties, including tulips and carnations, grow up from the ground. Stones are scattered about. Printed in colors on off-white ground. A painted gray border surrounds.
Yad
, 18th or 19th century
silver
yad

Tapering, tubular shaft with double torus molding and one heavy and two fine cable moldings.  Hand with pointing index finger on one end, ring and hook on other.
Sidewall
Zuber & Cie, Rixheim, Alsace, France, founded 1797, 1875–1900
Machine-printed on continuous paper

Paper with dark green ground has large-scale stylized foliate and floral design printed in medium green.
Kul Oba Brooch
Fortunato Pio Castellani & Sons, Italy, founded 1815, ca. 1875
gold
brooch

Large gold pendant brooch with circular top, arched section below from which hang eleven vase-shaped pendants. Fine gold granulation work throughout.
Catafalque of Henri de la Tour d'Auvergue, Notre Dame, Paris
Jean Berain, the elder, French, 1640-1711, September 9, 1675
Engraving in black ink on paper
Print

Vertical rectangle. The catafalque is composed of a tower on a rocky base, with captives and mourning allegorical figures. Candlesticks at the sides in the form of palm trees. Below, the arms of the deceased in the artist's name.
Dove Friendship Pendant ("L'Amitié")
, 18th century
porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold, metal
pendant

In the form of doves.
Proposed Railroad for Broadway, New York City
William Endicott and Co., 1848
Lithograph
Print

Vignette at upper right, view looking down.  Broadway with Trinity Church in the distance.  Proposed rail line is shown in place.  Section of track, and views of cars, upper left.
"Armor of 800. Time of Charlemagne"
Edwin Howland Blashfield, American, 1848–1936, 1887
Pencil and pen and black ink on stiff cream colored paper
Drawing

Two armored knights are seen frontally, astride their horses.
Sketch of Beaulieu
Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925, 1883
Graphite on brown paper
Drawing

Sketch from one corner of the building.
Gloves
, 19th century
cotton, glass beads Technique: beaded knitting

Gloves ornamented with blue, green and gold beads in design of conventionalized flowers.
Magnifying Glass
, late 19th century
silver, glass
magnifying glass

A silver hoop with molded decoration on both edges holds the lens in a groove. It screws into a handle with repoussé shells, cherub heads, cartouches and flowers.
Sampler
, late 18th–19th century
linen Technique: embroidered with drawnwork

Sampler with sixteen squares of drawnwork with embroidery.
Frieze
Steubenville Wallpaper Company, The, 1905, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Two mirror-reversed bands of repeating anthemion design with acanthus ornament connected to similar smaller anthemion designs crowned by a repeating vine design on a solid ground with dots of complementary color around the ornament bordered and separated by thin horizontal stripes. Printed in browns, greens, white, scarlet and greenish-gray.
Sampler
, 19th century
silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: cross, aztec (surface satin over withdrawn element work) and long armed cross stitch on plain weave foundation; counted stitches

Two separate pieces of cloth containing floral and geometric motifs and one alphabet joined together with decorative stitchery.
Louis XVI Pattern Salad Fork
Joseph E. Birmingham, ca. 1909
silver
fork

Integral construction. Four tapering tines cut at sharp diagonal angle at bowl. One outside tine flatter and wider than others and with notched point, to be used as cutting edge. Handle of rectangular line ending in shouldered, rectangular fiddle terminal embossed with oval wreath with ribbon bow, enclosing monogram. Slight upturn at end of terminal.
Salt cellar
, 18th century
Tin-glazed earthenware

Tazza shape. In the well is a design of a house. Wide base has acanthus scroll motif.
Kambara, Snow at Twilight, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)
Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858, ca. 1834
Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
Print

Winter scene with heavy snow; village in the middle distance. A steep tree-clad slope at left with trees and mountains in background.  In the foreground, the road slopes upwards to right with three peasants.
Striped Motif
, late 18th - early 19th century
Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu)
Katagami

Vertical stripes have been delicately carved out with very thin and precise precision. The left side has suffered from damage, and some of the stips are missing.
Standing figures in Renaissance dress
Jean-Robert Ango, French, active in Rome 1759 –1770, d. 1773, ca. 1759–70
Red chalk on paper
Drawing

Two standing figures in Renaissance dress leaning to their right. Left figure is taller, arms point to the left.
Sidewall
, 1845
Block-printed on paper

Enframed clusters of flowers in drop repeating arrangement. Scroll and flower enframements. The major clusters have touches of orange. All other elements are gray and white.
Fragment
, 16th–17th century
silk Technique: cut and uncut supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a plain weave foundation

Fragment of cut and uncut greenish-yellow velvet in a small-scale pattern of barrettes intersected by flower sprigs.
Landscape, Germany
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, 1867
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Sketch of a river in a valley with mountains in the background.
Knife from Traveling Cutlery Set
, ca. 1700
silver, steel, amber
knife

1985-103-136-a: Sharkskin case with silver cap at tapered end. Sil...;     1985-103-136-b: Knife with saber-shaped blade, rounded bolster, an...;     1985-103-136-c: Fork with two long pointed tines, curved shoulders...
Sidewall
, 1875–99
Machine-printed paper

Brown scrollwork with pink and blue flowers and green foliage. In Rococo revival style.
Sidewall
, 1835–45
Machine-printed

Red and green pattern on white ground. Over-all configuration, brick-like rectangles set in a pattern like diagonal, or plumb, bonded brick. In each rectangle, cluster of fruit and leaves. In wide spaces between rectangles, series of simplified cartouches and dots.
Border
, 1800–1820
Block-printed and flocked on handmade paper

Banding of closely-packed white and blue flowers, some with orange and red flocked centers, and orange and red flocked leaves, on gray ground with floral fill in light gray and white imitating patterned fabric background. At bottom, architectonic banding of acanthus leaves diagonally oriented, and lines in red and orange flocking.
Sidewall
, 1775–85
Block-printed on handmade paper

Chinoiserie type arabesque with, at top, a pigeon perched on a hanging ring. Below, a fantastic vignette with a straw hat lightly perched over a playing fountain with balustrade and vase to its right. Garland of flowers beneath. Printed on blue ground.
Cap streamers
, 1700–1750
linen Technique: bobbin lace, Brussels style

Cap streamers in a design of a plumed phoenix standing on a pomegranate branch and medallion with the monogram "MA."
Sketchbook Page: Queen Venus Poem
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, 1875
Graphite on paper
Sketchbook folio

Page of poetry beginning: "Queen Venus once was going to the bath"
Campaign ribbon
, 1888
silk Technique: jacquard woven

Blue line. Inscription: "PROTECTION" in blue. Portrait of Harrison and Morton. Inscription: "HARRISON MORTON" in black and white. Blue scroll with stars and Inscription: "1888". Image of white house. Inscription: "WHITE HOUSE".
Frieze
Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Repeating yellow rose wreaths (each with six flowers) over/attached to drapery swags tied in bows that connect to a thin horizontal twisting ribbon. Above the swags is lattice pattern in dark red and two thin green stripes. Below the wreathers is a scroll pattern with floral bands. At the bottom are two green stripes. Grounding is shaded from dark red to light pink (bottom to top). Printed in gold mica, greens, pinks, yellows, and reds.
Printed in selvedge: "S. A. Maxwell & Co." "2156"
Landscape of Nantucket Island
Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925, 1887
Brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Landscape with rocks and trees, in the foreground. A view of a lake with a sailboat in the distance.
Pleated fan and case
, ca. 1895
Painted silk leaf; carved, pierced, and painted sandalwood sticks

Pleated fan. Leaf of saffron colored organdy painted with butterflies, marsh grasses and cattails in brown, copper and gold. Sticks of carved, pierced, and painted sandalwood. The box for the fan is marked "Tiffany & Co., Union Square"
Rookwood
Rookwood Pottery, American, 1880 - 1967, 1903–13
Molded and glazed earthenware
Plaque

Rectangular plaque made of coarse white clay, molded. Design in relief of landscape with trees and winding river, with two ravens or rooks. One bird with outstretched  wings at center top of plaque, the other perched at bottom, below Rookwood logo. In various colored mat glazes, some with cracklature: dark and light greens, brown, tan, pale sea-green, fushia and black. Border and sides in a pale sea-green. Back not glazed.
Textile
, 1730–50
silk Technique: woven

Length of woven silk with a vertically symmetrical design of baskets of flowers, in white on a rust ground. Interstices filled with floral vine in same color as ground.
Castle Garden
, ca. 1835
Block-printed paper, wood support, varnish
Bandbox

Partial bandbox side covered with wallpaper, "Castle Garden." Building, figures in white, tan, olive, on yellow background, title in brown letters.
Embroidered picture
, late 19th century
wool embroidery on cotton foundation, with glass beads and metal sequins Technique: embroidered in cross and raised stitches on plain weave foundation; beads sewn on individually and in pre-strung strands Embroidered

Bird flying over three raised-work roses in a field of glass beads.
Knife with Porcelain Handle (Paired with Fork)
, 18th century
silver, gold, porcelain, vitreous enamel
knife

Leaf-shaped blade, silver-gilt. Angular bolster, banded ferrule. Irregular shaped white porcelain handle. On front and back a scene with a flirting couple in front of a tree. Blue scalloped pattern with red scrolls on top and end of handle.
Winged figure and putto supporting escutcheon
Jean-Robert Ango, French, active in Rome 1759 –1770, d. 1773, ca. 1759–70
Red chalk on paper
Drawing

Winged figure and putto supporting an escutcheon. The winged figure, on the right, holds the top, and the putto on the left holds the side.
Platter
Mintons, 1874
Molded and glazed earthenware

Oval, glazed obverse and reverse, with transparent turquoise lead glaze. Molded with relief border of satyrs' masks, winged putto heads, oval wells and quatrefoil wells, all arranged in repeat sequence within rim of platter. Plain cavetto. Central area molded with large high relief female figure in flowing garments, with foot on water jug.
Armchair
, 18th century
wood, metal, tapestry

This set of chairs (2) consists of two antique Aubusson tapestry covered armchairs of the Louis XV period.  The armchairs' curved backs and seats are upholstered in reddish-blue floral fabric.  The wooden armrails are upholstered on their upper side.  The fabric is attached via metallic buttons.  The frontal part of the seat bottom is decorated in a wood, in a carved floral motif.