biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Tobacco box
, mid-18th century
Brass

Oval box with hinged cover. Engraved lid with harbor scene and inscription.  In foreground, figure at shore greets two figures about to alight a smaller boat. In the near distance, a boat sits in harbor.  On the underside, farmyard scene and inscription. In the foreground towards right, a man stands near a well(?) surrounded by chickens and a horse or mule.  In the background, a woman stands near pair of pigs and a spindle(?).  Bordering both scenes and decorating the side of the box are engraved wave patterns.
Ceiling paper
F. E. James Co., New York, New York, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

On lavender-gray ground, circular scroll motifs in white all over, with staggered stemmed purple flowers.
Textile
, 1835–1840
cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller on plain weave

Variation on a pillar print has two slightly curved, fluted columns wrapped in draperies that are finished with trim and fringe. Elaborate silk ropes and tassels secure draperies to the column. Spaces betweem columns are filled with rose vines. Slightly less than a half-drop repeat.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk Technique: cut and uncut supplementary warp pile in a five-harness satin foundation (ciselé voided velvet)

Rows of diagonally placed motifs in maroon on a purple voided ground. One motif is a foliate rectangle, the other is a leaf. The diagonals are reversed from row to row. The interspaces are filled with tiny rosettes.
Spoon Adorned with a Rodent with Head Stuck Inside Clam Shell
Charles Victor Gibert, French, ca. 1890
silver
spoon

Triangular shaped bowl. At neck, relief clam shell with rodent with head stuck inside applied. The handle decorated with bark-like texture. Handle widens to rounded terminal, end of which is decorated with mottled texture.
Band
, 16th century
linen, silk Technique: back and running stitches embroidered on plain weave

Small piece of deep cream linen embroidered in red silk showing a design of a highly stylized vine, symmetrically arranged to frame a figure of Amor with a bow and arrow facing a bird or wyvern. Tiny birds perch in the foliage and form a very narrow border above and below.
Bottle and cap
, 18th century
Glass

Opaque white bottle with painted decoration.  Drinking man central figure.
Bowl and lid
, 18th century
Glazed earthenware

Bowl with green feet; sides have twisted blue plant-like elements. Lid with bird finial on top of grapes, flowers, and leaves.
Stick pin
, 1890–1900
Gold, pearl, silver

In form of a cat playing with a pearl ball.
Border
, 1700–1750
linen Technique: needle lace, 6-sided reworked grounds

Band with a curvilinear design of floral and foliated garlands.
Telemachus on the Island of Calypso
Xavier Mader, 1815–20
Block-printed on joined sheets
Scenic

One panel, comprised of two widths of scenic wallpaper. The panels depict Calypso standing on a rocky outcrop, next to a Caryatid pouring water from vases into a pond. Three swans swim in the pond. Set within a lush landscape. The scenic panel is framed with a passementerie or fancy gimp border.
Frieze
Pittsburg W.P. Co., 1896 – 1915, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Foliate medallions connected by treillage pattern of foliate scrolls. Top and bottom each have a band of small and medium sized circular motifs forming a chain. Background has black and blue moiret. Ground is dark red. Printed in reds, pinks, blues, black, white mica, and yellows. 
Printed in selvedge: "Pittsburg W. P. Co. New Brighton, PA 1652"
Fashion Plate from Le Monde Elégant
, 1874
Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper
Print

Child, center, in red and white, feeding a dog. Woman at left in brown; at right, in purple. Both dresses with black jackets. Title and date below.
Sidewall
, 1815–25
Block-printed, handmade paper

Horizontal bands of ornament at bottom. From these rise two pilaster bases. The field between the pilaster bases is treated as a panel decoration with formal foliate and floral ornament. Beige ground.
Sampler
Eugenia Corsani, Italian, 1827
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross and satin stitches on plain weave foundation

Two vertical side borders of bands and isolated motifs. Center, two alphabet bands, symbols of the passion and isolated motifs.
Orange Walnuts
Paul Balin, 1880–98
Block-printed paper, embossed, varnish
Sidewall

Imitation leather, highly embossed and lacquered stylized fruit, flowers, leaves, on all-over background pattern of small lineal squares and meandering, flowering tendrils. Green, apricot, and ochre. Two joined pieces.
Border
, 1800–1825
Block-printed on handmade paper

Interwoven purple bands, printed over two-shaded yellow background, giving illusion of 3-D, with green bands above and below.
Study of landscape
William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900, ca. 1857
Brush and watercolor, graphite on paper
Drawing

Sketch of a natural arch with detail of rocks.
Pleated fan
, 1820–1830
Paper leaf with gilded hand-colored etching, carved bone sticks with metallic foil decoration, mother-of-pearl rivet

Double paper leaf with gilded hand-colored etching.Obverse: scene of three women with a lyre. Possibly an operatic scene. Reverse: plain paper with small gold ornamentation. Carved bone sticks with metallic foil decoration. Mother-of-pearl at rivet.
Textile
, 1700–1750
silk Technique: compound satin weave with supplementary weft

Waistcoat panel, front proper right piece, of coral, figured silk brocaded in greenish-gold, blue, white, green and lavender in a "bizarre" type pattern of small, bending flower sprays that grow out of a larger shape suggesting curling acanthus leaf.
Design for a Plate
Noritake, Japan and New York, New York, USA, 1880–1910
Brush and watercolor, gold gouache, graphite on cream paper
Drawing

Design for plate with large pink peonies, yellow flowers, and purple grapes against a colorful background; several graphite tableware designs above.
Brooch
Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853, ca. 1889
Gold, enamel, diamonds

Enameled gold brooch in the shape of an six-petal orchid with diamons in the center of "flower."
Band
, possibly 1200–1300
wool Technique: double cloth, intercrossing of warps only; warp selvages; tubular woven for weft

Belt of red wool with center panel in dark green and tan, geometric pattern. Sides of plain red are woven double. Brown cords at ends.
Sidewall
Standard Wall-Paper Company, Standard Wall-Paper Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

On blue ground, treillage of white and green C-scrolls containing anthemion motifs in burgundy framed in white and green.
Card case
, 1870–80
Enameled silver

A silver card case covered in a floral arrangement.  Flower petals and selected leaves accented with blue, purple and green enamel.
Écuelle with Apple Finial
Frankenthal Porcelain Factory, German, active mid- to late 18th century, mid- 18th– late 18th century
hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel
Ã©cuelle

Two-handled bowl and cover; handles made up of twisted pieces; decorated with various flowers on white ground; orange-shaped finial.
Napkin
, after 1660
linen Technique: 4&1 satin damask

Large white damask napkin commemorating the marriage of Louis XIV and Marie-Therese in 1660.
Mount Pentelicus, Greece
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, April 1869
Brush and oil paint, graphite on off-white paperboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of Mt. Pentelicus in Athens, Greece, possibly from Filothei Hill. Dotted with green shrubs, a dark, rocky ridge extends across the immediate foreground. Beyond it, a craggy prominence with rocky pinnacles is visible at center, while the nearby hill range extends out of view at left. In the middle distance, the terrain descends to a green, cultivated valley before rising in the background to a long, gray and purple mountain range. Situated in the background at center, the summit of Mt. Pentelicus helps form a shallow, triangular horizon. The blue sky above is devoid of clouds.
Tile
J. & J. G. Low Art Tile Works, 1877 – 1883, late 19th century
Glazed stoneware

Molded, square tile of white clay, reverse has imprinted inscribed: J & J.G. Low Patent Art Tile Works/ Chelsea, Mass. U.S.A./ copyright 1881 J & JG Low". - set within a double line frame. Tile face ornamented with eight piece figure made up of central rosetted and radiating lotus blossoms and buds, plain frame outside of the tile; mustard brown, crackle glaze.
Lorgnette
, late 19th century
Formed tortoiseshell, applied gold, glass, metal

Light tortoiseshell lorgnette with handle slightely widened toward bottom; gold monogram, conjoined "BS," at bottom of handle.
Demitasse Spoon with Grasshopper
Charles Victor Gibert, French, ca. 1890
gold plated, silver
spoon

Oval bowl with plain narrow stem. Stem continues to form hierarchical lobed leaf with slightly twisted edges. Large gold-plated grasshopper applied to base of leaf with antannae swept back towards bowl.
Armchair
, ca. 1880
Elm, wicker, ivory

Tall-backed chair in the gothic style, frame consisting of thin rods of wood, some bent to resemble arched gothic windows; square seat with woven wicker.
Sampler
, 19th century
cotton, linen Technique: embroidered

Horizontal sampler with two wide and two narrow bands of openwork techniques in white.
Fragment
, 1750–1800
silk Technique: cut and uncut supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a satin foundation

Fragment of black figured velvet in an incomplete design of stripes and festoons.
Arai Ferryboat, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)
Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858, ca. 1834
Woodblock, brush and watercolor on paper
Print

A ferryboat with peasants crossing from left. Center, daimyo's boat, screened, with badges and crest. Right, village beyond the water amid pines and mountain peaks in distance.
Ceiling paper
Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Geometric pattern in grid format formed of foliate scrolls with dotted fill. Intersections oare filled with quatrefoil motif. Floral motifs in every second grid. Printed in terra cotta, red, and blue on off-white ground.
Sketchbook Page: Syringa
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, 1874
Graphite on paper
Sketchbook folio

Two sketches of flower from above, with leaves. Flower is likely a type of lilac, and appears with four rounded petals.
Wallpaper Design: Psyche Bringing to Venus a Glass from the Fountain of Youth
Merry-Joseph Blondel, French, 1781–1853; active Paris, France 1802–1851, 1815
Graphite, black, white chalk, brush and black ink on brown coated paper mounted to thin ply paperboard
Drawing

Psyche kneeling at right offers a cup to Venus who is sitting enthroned on the left with doves in her lap.  Three unidentified maidens look on in the center of the composition.  Neoclassical architectural setting.
View of the Interior of the Church of St. John the Baptist, Brooklyn, Looking Toward the Apse
Trombetta Studio, American, Brooklyn, 1902
Albumen print mounted on board
Photograph

View looking toward the apse end of he church showing Dabo's circular murals in the vault, The Resurrection, and in the pendatives, The Apostles. The flooring is unfinished.
Brooch
, ca. 1880–1900
wood

Tartanware
Pleated fan
, mid- 18th century
Paper leaf gilded and painted with gouache, pierced, carved, and gilded ivory sticks, mother-of-pearl guards, pin set with a brilliant

Pleated fan.  Gilded paper leaf painted with gouache showing an outdoor scene with two figures playing musical instruments. Gilded ivory sticks, pierced and carved showing a man and woman. Guards backed with mother-of-pearl. Pin is set with a brilliant.
Windmills
Louis Adolphe Hervier, French, 1818 - 1879, 1851
Graphite, charcoal on paper
Drawing

A lane leads over a brook to a house and two windmills. A third one is in the right background. Framing pencil, ink lines.
Two monuments
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1780-1795
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

The architectural setting and the scheme of the lower part are variations of -1352. The upper part of the sarcophagus is covered by a fringed cloth. Above is a low broad pedestal, whose front tablet is intended for the inscription. Upon it stands two female allegories embracing each other with the inside arms supporting with the outside hands respectively, a branch and faces. An oval medallion is outlined below in front of them. At right is another suggestion for the group: the pose is changed to make room for the medallion. It is supported by the inside hands, and the arms crossing each other. In the medallion is a bust portrait of a bearded man.
Buirre pour les Évèque
Pierre Germain, French, 1703 - 1783, 1748
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for a ewer decorated with ornament motifs including scrolls, rinceaux, fluting, and bound leaf. The plate is signed and numbered.
Fragments
, 1750–1800
silk Technique: plain compound weave with supplementary weft

Fragments of vertically-striped pink and white taffeta. White stripes have narrow pink and green guard borders with pink and green birds, flowers, sprigs, and tassels. White stripes have moire effect.
Sampler
, 1817
linen, silk Technique: embroidery

Embroidery sampler with border of stylized trees; alphabet in capitals and small letters at top; a cabin and trees at bottom; and verse.
Portrait of a Man, from "Etchings of Pictures in the Metropolitan Museum, New York"
Jules Ferdinand Jacquemart, French, 1837 - 1880, 1871
Etching on paper
Print

Turned toward left.
St. Bartholomä on the Königssee, Bavaria (Germany)
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 1868
Oil paint and graphite on tan paperboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of St. Bartholomew's Church on the shores of the Königssee in Bavaria, in present-day Germany. Lake waters extend from the foreground to the middle distance, where they meet a grassy shoreline upon which the church is built. At center, the church's stark white walls and reddish-brown onion domes are reflected in the water below it. In the background, the towering, rocky mountainsides of the surrounding alps dramatically backdrop the scene.
Mountain View from the Königssee, Germany
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 1868
Graphite on blue wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view overlooking the Königssee in Germany, and the sheer mountainsides that make up its shoreline. In foreground, a steep, wooded slope descends to the lower left corner, where a path of the lake is visible. In middle distance at left, another sheer mountainside descends into the water. Distant twin mountain peaks are visible at center through a "V" created by the nearby ridges.

Verso: Mixed architectural sketches around Berchtesgaden, Germany, showing views of an arched bridge, inverted and visible at center, a church on a hillside at upper left, a pointed tower at upper center, and a birdhouse at upper right.
Miser's purse
, 19th century
silk, glass beads, metal, metallic thread Technique: crochet

Miser's purse crocheted of green silk and ornamented with china, glass and steel beads and a silk tassel. Fitted with two steel rings.
Stage Design, A Pavilion with Trophies of War
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1820
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, slight traces of black chalk on blue-white laid paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Stage design for a pavilion with broad quatrefoil plan. The three central parts at the front are decorated with war trophies, possibly the armor of enemies. At left is a group of weapons, including spears and shields. At right a group of colored banners. Above the entablature, in the center, is a trophy and in the corners bunches of feathers.
Veüe et Perspective des Cascades de St. Clou
Israel Silvestre, French, 1621 – 1691, 1680–1695
Etching on laid paper
Print

View of a semi-circular basin with fountains and a water staircase (cascade) above lined with fountains, potted plants, and trees. Trees in the background and framing the scene. Figures along the paths. The plate is titled and signed.
Coastline Cliffs of Great Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, June-July 1859
Graphite and white gouache on light brown paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing four views of sheer cliffs and craggy mountains along the coast of Great Island (one of the Ramea Islands) in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Four sketches are organized into each quadrant of the leaf: at upper left, a distant view of the curving coastline, with a tall, sharp, and triangular mountain at the far end of the coast; at upper right, a closer view of that sharp mountain that makes visible the diagonal layers of rock strata that comprise it; at lower right, a similarly close view of that mountain, but rotated leftwards toward the shore, such that the slope straightens out to a diagonal line; and finally, at lower left, a frontal view of a rolling coastal mountain is also included.
Two Balcony Balustrade Designs
Caillouet, French, mid-18th century, 1775–87
Engraving and etching on paper
Print

Two balcony balustrade designs from an album of decorative ironwork. The designs feature scrolling, meander (Greek key), waves, and geometric shaped bands. The upper design features c-scrolls and daggers or swords. The lower design features a central running wave pattern with a rosette in the middle and meander (Greek key) patterns. The plate is signed and numbered.
Design for an Inkstand
, early 18th century
Pen and ink, brush and gray-black wash, black chalk on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Shown from above. An ovoidal tube is supported by two entablatures, upside down. Two decorative rings are shown at the front. In the middle of the cover stands a ring upon a base. Laterally are two covers, either with a leaf upon it. Framing chalk line.
Tables à déjeuner
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for two small tables, each with a single leg and a round tabletop. The tables are carved with ornament motifs including ribbon twist, scroll supports, acanthus leaves, fluting, lamb tongue, and garland. The plate is signed.
Mixed Sketches along the Danube
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, June 9-17, 1868
Graphite on tan wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Mixed sketches from the Danube River showing views of sailboats and buildings near the river's shore. At upper left, a sailboat near the Bosphorous Strait and a converted houseboat are shown. A small landscape sketch showing a ship sailing on the Danube with billowing clouds above is visible at upper right. Two more sailboats are includd at center right and left center. Two buildings are shown in the lower corners.

Verso: Landscape and architecture sketch showing two views of a castle on the banks of the Danube River. Above, a single tower upon a hill with adjoining walls is shown, while, below, two towers are visible atop the steep, wooded, and fortified riverbank.
Imaginary Landscape
Charles Nicolas Ransonnette, French, 1793 - 1877, 1850-1875
Graphite, brush and watercolor on light green paper
Drawing

View in a park with a sailing boat upon water. A part of a fantastic structure is shown.
Study of a Young Woman
, ca. 1880
Pen and black ink, charcoal on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Study of a young woman in a long dress sitting and holding an open book with blank pages toward the spectator.
Study of Drapery
Giovani Gioseffo dal Sole, Italian, 1654 - 1719, ca. 1675
Chalk on paper
Drawing

Drapery study with white heightening.
Button
, 19th century
Nickel

Convex button ornamented in design downing a French horn tied with a cord.

On card E
Ornament Design
Pierre Gandin, French, active 15??-16??, early 17th century
Etching on paper
Print

A rectangular ornament design with an oval in the center framed by scrolling leaves, fleurons and a border. The oval and border in silhouette feature c-scrolls, s-scrolls, and dots. The plate is numbered and signed.
Title Page
Clément Pierre Marillier, French, 1740 – 1808, 1763
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Title page for a series of ornament prints. A scene with the title and date lettered on the side of a house (building) façade with three putti in the foreground surrounded by objects including ecclesiastical objects, candlesticks, cutlery, and bellows. Two seated putti working and holding the objects and one standing putto in the center holding pencil holder (porte-crayon) and a portfolio. The plate is signed.
Projects for statues: "Wisdom." "Constancy." "Eloquence." "Cupid Disguised."
Jan Claudius de Cock, Flemish, 1667 - 1735, 1726
Black crayon, pen, ink, brush, gray watercolor on paper
drawing

Horizontal rectangle. From left to right: a youth standing with one leg upon a dog (?). He holds a snake with his right hand, leaning with his left hand upon a standing looking glass. A girl leans against a column, carrying in her right hand a key and in her left one a palm branch. A laurel wreath around her head. A youth with a winged helmet, carrying the caduceus in his left hand and a lyre in his right one. Cupid, leaning with his right arm upon something unidentified, covers his face with a mask. The lowered left hand carries the quiver. Caption written in ink, at left: "immitatio sapiens" (the ink changes to the one first used in 1916-9-1) naervolginge der wysheyt fidelis constantia/ getroniae Stantvaftigheyt elocuentia/welsprekentheyt al seen harfs soet luydende/Amor simulat/veynseude liefde - foes Claudius de Cock/ inv. Del: Antv: 1726."
Fragment
, 19th century
silk Technique: ciselé voided supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a satin foundation

Panel of two widths of material having six selvedges present. White satin ground with multicolored cut and uncut "jardinier" velvet design of flower baskets, large-scale curving branches with leaves, blossoms and bunches of grapes.
Sun and Clouds
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, April 1855
Graphite on white laid paper
drawing

Atmosphere sketch showing a view of clouds in a sunny sky. At right, the sun radiates beams of light in every direction that illuminate the small, puffy clouds around it, and cast more distant clouds, at left, in shadow. Bands of wispy clouds are visible behind.
Two Waistcoat Designs
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, late 18th century
Etching and engraving on paper, hand-colored in watercolor
Book

Designs for two embroidered men's waistcoats decorated with floral (flowers) and feather motifs. The design to the right has front skirts and both have pockets. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed. The plate is hand-colored in green, red, purple, yellow, and blue watercolors.
Design for a Tureen
Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799–1868, 1825-1835
Pen and ink, brush and washes on paper
Drawing

The vessel is banded with an alternating leaf motif placed diagonally. The lid is banded with fan-shaped scallops and with the finial in the shape of a small urn. Handles composed of coiled snakes. The tureen rests on a platform with a leaf meander band.
Bergère à Joue
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1775-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Profile of a winged armchair, and profile of another winged armchair. The chairs have striped textiles and are decorated with carved ornament motifs including interlocked piastre, rosette, fluting, and scrolls. The plate is signed and numbered.
Hebe Falls and Spills the Nectar Brought to Jupiter
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, ca. 1810
Pen and brown ink on light blue laid paper
Drawing

Hebe shown falling and spilling nectar she brought for Jupiter, who sits in company of gods.