biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Magnificent Effect on Antisana and a Cloud Sketch, Ecuador
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, June 23, 1857
Graphite, brush and white gouache on gray-green wove paper
Drawing

Two landscape sketches showing views of mountainous, cloudy scenes in Ecuador. Above, the Ecuadorian volcano Artisana is visible--snowcapped and surrounded by clouds and lower mountain ridges in front of it. Below, what is largely a cloud study includes a view of multiple billowing clouds above a wooded hilltop.
Design for an Embroidered or Woven Horizontal Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1805–1815
Brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper
Drawing

Two boughs with fan leaves and seeds are separated from each other by a lacy leaf rosette and are obliquely shown over a crest border formed by boughs with a small sized blossom and a big leaf cone each.
Lake Pátzcuaro, Mexico
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1883–1884
Graphite on light green wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing an oblique view of the mountainous coastline of Lake Pátzcuaro in Mexico, possibly view from near the town of Tzintzuntzan. At lower right, the flat surface of the lake extends from the foreground into the middle distance. At left, extremely steep, layered mountainsides descend to the lake shore. In the middle distance at upper center, a tall ridge looms over the scene.

Verso: Mixed sketches from Mexico including a bowl with a floral decoration at left, a small, dark tree at upper center, and a rosette at right. At lower center, two figures carrying a long container are shown beside a group of three figures holding long boughs into the air.
Design for Table, Plate 2 from "Six Tables Grecques & Pendules"
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1780
Etching on paper
Print

A female gaine and a pillar form the support. A vase with two handles on top. Framing lines.
Hearst School for Girls: The Elevation of the Main Building
Whitney Warren Jr., American, 1864–1943, 1896 or 1897
Graphite, brush and watercolor on cardboard
Drawing

The design of the building is proposed with ground floor not yet in final form.
Two Studies after the Nude of a Woman
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1877
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Two sketches of a female figure. Above: the neck, the thorax and the upper parts of the forearms are shown. Below: a part of the body, reclining.
Mountain Landscape, Mexico
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1892-93
Graphite on light brown wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a loose, indistinct view of a mountainous landscape in Mexico. In the foreground, cliffs or ridges are visible, which extend into the middle distance. This portion of the composition is unclear. In the background, a loosely rendered, rolling mountain range forms an undulating horizon.
Elevation du costé de la Maison et de l’edifice de Monsr. Jabba coe il a esté proietté et comme estoit la premiere pensée de l’Architecte (Upper Plate) / Elevation de la demy Lune du dedans de la Cour de l’Edifice de Monsr. Jabba. (Lower Plate)
Jean Marot, French, 1619 - 1679, ca.1635–ca.1660
Etching on laid paper
Print

Two plates printed on a single sheet, one above the other. Architectural elevations and sections of two buildings with scales. The upper plate is a side view of a grand two-story building with windows framed by pilasters, metopes, and balustrades. The lower plate is a sectional view of a building illustrating the interiors with arches, windows, sculptures in niches, pilasters, over window decorations, and portrait busts. The plates are titled and signed.
A Fireplace Wall and Two Alternative Ceiling Schemes
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, ca. 1820
Pen and dark brown ink on lighblue laid paper.
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. At left, division of ceiling into panels, below, short side of room. At right, elevation of wall of room with chimney mantel piece, and ceiling. Verso: two sketches for division of same ceiling.
Black Mountain in Thornton, New Hampshire
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, September 10, 1855
Graphite on pale green paper
Drawing

Meadow in foreground, with man on rock, lower right. Trees on low hills, with mountains beyond.
Profil de la Maison de Monsieur de Bretonvillers
Jean Marot, French, 1619 - 1679, ca.1635–ca.1660
Etching on laid paper
Print

Architectural elevation and floorplan for a large house. A scale to the left. The plate is signed.
Panel
, 17th century
silk Technique: warp-faced plain weave

Broad red stripes alternating with narrower tan stripes.
The Morse Code, Study for Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, IL
J. Carroll Beckwith, American, 1852–1917, 1891–92
Charcoal and red pencil on cream wove paper
Drawing

Draped figure of a woman seated on a stool, seen from below, turned half-way toward left.  Across knee a folio, to left corner of which hand is held, while right hand rests on shelf. Squared in red pencil for copying.
Mounted Cavalry Officer
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1862
Graphite on cream wove paper
Drawing

Vertical view of a mounted cavalry officer, seen from the side. Small sketch of a soldier's head at upper right.
Bougeoires
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Designs for two short candlesticks, decorated with ornament motifs including acanthus leaf, bead course, mascarons, bound leaf, garland, and ribbon twist. The plate is signed.
snuff bottle
, 1821–51
glass, ivory (spoon)

Monotone cameo-glass, ruby red; carved with eight precious emblems of good fortune; wheel of law, conch shell, umbrella canopy, lotus flower, pair of fish, endless knot. Flattened globose shape. Stopper of green glass simulating jade and set on pale red glass. Ivory spoon.
Design for a Cartouche Representing the Garden
Jacques de Lajoüe, French, 1687–1761, 1740
Engraving on white laid paper
Print

Elongated asymmetrical cartouche decorated with tools of the garden: a rake, a hoe, a pitchfork, grapes, a shovel, gourds, sheaves of wheat, and leaves. A diabolical winged eagle surmounts the cartouche.
Fauteuil Antique avec Ornement
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1780-1789
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Design for two armchairs decorated with ornament motifs including acanthus scrolls, mascarons, Ionic capitals, fluting, rosette, and branches. The plate is signed and numbered.
Trimming
, 19th century
silk Technique: woven

Yellow trimming fragment in a design of alternating motifs composed of three large lozenges and one small.
Cartouche with Putti and Dolphins
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1738
Etching and engraving on paper
Bound print

Blank symmetrical oblong rocaille cartouche topped with two putti holding the tails of dolphins. Vegetation at sides, a triton at lower left.
Designs for Wall Elevations
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Designs for Wall Elevations.
Gate Design
Caillouet, French, mid-18th century, 1775–87
Engraving and etching on paper
Print

A design for a large gate featuring central double doors decorated with arrow heads, repeating wave pattern, the French royal cypher with the double L's, trophies of armor, foliate branches, festoons of leaves, and topped with a blank cartouche. The plate is signed and numbered.
Studies after Lunettes by
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1814
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, graphite on white laid paper
Drawing

Recto: A lunette with the Deposition on top. In the middle, a lunette with the Resurrection. At the bottom, a lunette with the Virgin and Child and Saints. Verso: the upper part of the sheet shows a view of the Piazza San Domenico, Bologna, with the tombs of Rolandino de Passageri and Egidio Foscherari. On the lower part of the sheet a tomb monument. A personification of Fate sits on a sarcophagus in a niche. In the spandrels are objects symbolic of painting and architecture.
Cartouche Design
Jean-Bernard Turreau, French, 1672 - 1731, 1716-19
Etching on laid paper
Print

Cartouche design with military motifs, featuring a feathered helmet, torches, banners, quivers of arrows, spears, flags, shields, flaming torches, mascarons (masks), putti, wings, mythological creatures, sphynx, gadrooning, scrolling leaves, fleurons, foliate scrolls, and a festoon of leaves. The plate is signed.
Study of Angel's Hand for "Mercy's Dream"
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1841
Graphite, white chalk on cream wove paper
Drawing

Study of a raised left hand pointing upward.
Studies of Hands
Walter Shirlaw, American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909, 1875–80
Graphite and sepia on paper
Drawing

Left: two left hands shown from above. Right: above, the head of a man shown obliquely from left rear with hands on back of neck; below: a right hand pushing the head of a man forward, or tussling a child's hair.
Sidewall
M.H. Birge & Sons Co., 1834, 1920
Block-printed, embossed

Imitation leather. A geometric design on a large scale of interlacing circular bands. The bands in turn are covered with small designs as though studded with nail heads. All of design is embossed and finished in brass-colored gilt. Field is plain ivory. Entire surface is antiqued by hand. Printed from wood blocks in oil paints. On reverse side is printed: "No 8066 2". Same design as 1944-79-19.
Front elevation of the house of Mr. Gédéon Mallet in Geneva
Jean François Blondel, French, 1681–1756, ca. 1725
Pencil, pen and ink, watercolor on paper
Drawing

Corresponding to the print in opposite direction. Caption over the pavilion.
Design of a Sepulcher Monument for a Prelate
, 1790–1800
Black crayon, brush and ink on paper
Drawing

Two winged skulls open the sides of a tent-like cloth which is hanging upon a winged coat-of-arms with a prelate's head. A bust portrait of a man wearing an order upon his breast. The inscription beginning with DOM is intended to fill the lower part of the cloth.
Model of a Walled Entrance with Gate
, ca. 1710
Carved and painted pine, wrought iron gate and window grill

Model in the form of two walls surmounted by urns and punctuated with iron-decorated windows, and rusticated pilasters;  connected, as if for an entry allee by a wrought iron gate (of possible later date), the metalwork surrounded by quoined rusticated pillars supporting urns with finials (one missing, one replaced)
Lower end of staircase railing
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1780
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

From a calyx as in -1945 emerges an acanthus scroll with a circular medallion of an antique warrior in the lower spiral. At right stands an eagle shown in profile. Colored background.
St. Peter Nolasque Carried to Offices by Angels
Claude Mellan, French, 1598 - 1688, 1627
Engraving on paper
Print

Two angels carry the old man, Saint Peter Nolasque, through the choir of a church, while robed figures stand at left and in the background. On the floor at lower left is a paper with: "Cl. Mellan / Gall'inusen. / et f. Romae." Below: white letters on dark ground: "S. PETRVS NOLASCVS." Bottom center: coat-of-arms crowned with the four strips of Aragon below a cross Formée [underlined]. Bottom margin: seven lines in Latin, - "Que fecit Fondator ... gratis animo D. et C." Bottom center: cum pm ... Sup Anno. 1627."
Mynheer Ten Broek, Illustration for Publisher's Weekly (XX, No. 21-22, November 1881, p. 645)
Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924, 1881
Etching on paper
Ephemera

Center background, figures by a bay huddled around figure laying on the ground. Bottom, two rabbits on a piece of clothing.
Design for a Vase
Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, French, 1727 – 1801, 1764
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for a vase decorated with two chickens and garlands of flowers tied with a ribbon. The plate is signed and numbered.
Tassel
, 18th century
wood core, silk, linen, metallic thread

Tassel with a skirt of white silk partly covered by trellis of metallic thread. The cord which runs through the tassel carries seven ornaments, each one of wood covered with silk and metallic thread in a chevron pattern and one with knots. Wooden core covered with white linen plain cloth.
Man and Woman Being Martyred
Belisario Corenzio, Italian, active 1590–1646, 1590–1646
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on cream laid paper, lined
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Figures of a man and woman tied to a stake together, awaiting execution. A crowd of men passing by has gathered to leer and point. Firewood lies in the foreground; buildings of the city piazza are in the background.
Study for St. Paul the Hermit
, 1800–1820
Black and white crayon with blue gouache on paper
Drawing

The hermit is shown seated between rocks and beneath a tree.  He sleeps seated.  A loaf of bread lies before him and the raven approaches carrying something in his beak.
Medallion
, late 18th century
Stoneware

1925-2-5-a,b: Seven circular and one lozenge shaped medallions o...;     1925-2-5-b: Circular and lozenge shaped medallions or mounts i...
Textile
, 16th–17th century
silk, metallic thread

Pattern of dragons on a metallic ground.
Sampler
Rhoda Stafford, English, 1715
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, eye, rococo and half-cross stitches on plain weave foundation; counted stitches

Bands of alphabets repeated several times, with the inscription: 
March the 19, 1715, Rhoda Stafford in the 8 year of her age
Dish
Louis Comfort Tiffany, American, 1848–1933, ca. 1900
Favrile glass

Iridescent gold. Low, curved walls with undulating rim and slight rib on each of the ten undulations. Broad, low base.
Design for a Mass-Operational House Designed by Hector Guimard, Construction of Wall Supports
Hector Guimard, French, 1867–1942, October 1920
Pen and black ink, graphite on tracing paper
Drawing

Design for a mass-operational house by Guimard, detailing the support structure of the walls.
Wood engraving. Vignette
, 1800–1830
Engraving and etching

A lyre, the bottom part of the bow which is formed by a sphinx. Three stars on top.
Fragment
, 17th century
linen Technique: two fabric structures, plain weave plus plain weave

Fine lines forming cartouches containing birds and fountains. In brown and tan.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk, linen, wool Technique: plain weave plus plain weave

Ogival pattern with circles at the point on intersection.
Fragment
, ca. 1730
silk, metallic yarns Technique: damask weave with discontinuous supplementary weft patterning (brocaded)

Fragment of brocaded silk damask. Pink and cream ground with details brocaded in metallic yarns and yellow, green, and white silk, showing closely spaced florals and lace pattern.
Fragments
, 17th century
silk, linen, metallic Technique: combination of two structures

Vase framed in curving leaves in red and gold metallic. 
Selvage at one side.
S. Peter and S. John Healing the Lame at the Gate of the Temple
Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528, 1513
Engraving on laid paper
Print

St. Peter stands at right, his left hand extended, and with his right hand gives his blessing to the crippled figure who kneels before him. St. John stands beside him. Four men stand in the background.
Oil lamp
, 1810–25
Pencil and brown wash on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Lamp ornamented with three standing female nudes. Pencil framing lines. A, B, C pasted together.
Sketch of a Female Nude
Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909, ca. 1895
Graphite on light brown paper
Drawing

Nude female figure reclining to the right, head on hand, looking to the right. Lower legs apart. Verso: Part of an elevation of an interior.
Sketches of a Female Nude and Arms
Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909, ca. 1895
Graphite on light brown paper
Drawing

At left, nude female figure sitting, leaning to the left, facing right. Upper right, sketch of neck and shoulders. Below, three sketches of arms. Verso: rectangular sketches.
Sample card
Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, American, 1860
linen Technique: printed twill weave

Small sample of dark brown linen with white weft threads is printed with a dark color, which gives the appearance of white flecked stripes. Appears on a sample card with two other sample printed samples from Manchester Print Works, 1855-1860.
Peep-show, Veue et Perspective de la Samaritaine de Paris, No. 62
, ca. 1750
Engraving in ink with washes of watercolor on paper, mounted on scrapbook page
Print

Peep-show print
Edge
, 18th century
linen Technique: bobbin made continuous tape with net added

Pattern of conventionalized flowers.
Design for a Memorial Window
John La Farge, American, 1835–1910, 1880–1900
Graphite and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Unfinished project, showing two standing figures. Renaissance-type enframement with arabesques at top, flanking colonettes and inscriptional plaque below.
Fringe
, 18th century
silk Technique: plain weave

Red fringe with a heading and looped skirt threads forming a pointed edge; ornamented with tufts.
Drawing
Leonardo Scaglia, French, active Italy, 1640 – 1650, 1630-1640
Black chalk, pen, bistre, brush. Light brown paper

Vertical rectangle. He is shown in profile, turned towards right.
Portrait of President Harding
, 1920–1921
cotton Technique: jacquard woven

Black and white portrait ribbon of President Warren G. Harding in an elongated octagonal frame filled with stars. Eagle is on top of the frame. Inscription on the bottom reads: '21-'25 Our President.
Border
, 17th century
silk, metallic Technique: plain weave with supplementary weft floats forming pattern.

Border design of S-shaped foliate scrolls in gold on green.
Dress yoke
, ca. 1890
Mecium: cotton Technique: machine made tape with needlework fillings

Yoke for lady's dress made of white cotton net, trimmed with white tape with needlepoint fillings.
Green, brown, landscape
Emile Gallé, French, 1846 - 1904, late 19th–early 20th century
Blown, cased, acid etched glass
Vase

Silhouetted landscape of trees on yellow and white background.
button
, ca. 1880
rubber; mother of pearl, brass in tin

one circular button  with two holes for sewing and ornamented on top with bits of mother of pearl between waving lines of brass -  this button originally part of components making up 1941-91-2-a/f.  See 1941-91-2-b,c,e [deaccessioned] and -a [still accessioned] for other original components.

Component -d is on Cooper Union Exhibition card 4
Design for Sideboard of Black Oak
A.N. Davenport Co., 1900–05
Graphite on thin cream paper
Drawing

Sideboard with rounded corners set on an open platform of conforming shape set on molded rectangular support with carved floral garlands; upper section of piece has molded top and flat central section with three horizontal drawers flanked by two carved terminal figures; backsplash with carved cornucopia at right.
Design for Round Table on Molded Base
A.N. Davenport Co., 1900–05
Graphite on thin cream paper
Drawing

Round thin molded table top raised on fluted columnar support with concentric moldings around bottom, sitting atop "X"-shaped molded base terminating in 4 scroll-like feet; double framing lines in graphite.
Border
, 1793–1799
Block printed on handmade paper

Two revolutionary emblems enframed in tricolor ribbons on top of a guilloche composed of laurel and oak leaves. The top emblem shows Hercules bending fasces, sitting on an animal pelt with a club by his side. The second emblem shows a large-scale cock standing.  Separating these emblems is a pair of crossed spears bound with a tricolor ribbon.  Reeded columns wrapped with tricolor ribbons run along either side. Vertical border.
Border
, 1835–45
Block-printed on satin ground, continuous paper

Panels framed in grisaille containing alternately a mask centered within leaf forms and griffons, and a jewelled escutcheon. Below, a grisaille band along which at regular intervals are yellow gems.
Japonesque Style Pattern Number 5 Frunit Knife
Gorham Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, founded 1818, ca. 1880
gold plated, silver
knife

Knife in the form of a Japanese sword; rectangular handle with mottled surface, one side decorated with scene of a scholar and guardian figure holding a large sword; other side depicts ducks floating on water near shore set within thin border. Flat, curved blade with blunt tip, engraved with stylized foliate decoration. Some small areas of gold plate throughout surface of handle.
Textile
, late 17th century
wool Technique: tapestry weave

Oval fragment representing "Africa" shows a draped female figure with a striped hat and spear. Bow and quiver rests near her legs. Just beyond her is an elephant, and in the far background are tent-like structures and palm trees. In shades of red, blue, brown and off-white. Probably a detail from a table cover.
Fragment
, 18th century
silk Technique: cut supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a 3/1 twill foundation

Unpatterned cut red velvet with green and ivory striped selvages.
Cap streamers
, 1725–35
linen Technique: bobbin lace, Brussels style

Pair of Brussels-style cap streamers with a vertical zig-zag pattern enclosing floral forms.
Hewitt House
, 1894
Brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Large house of red brick; Renaissance façade with porticoed entrance of columns and balcony overhead. Captioned "Hewitt House, 9 Lexington Ave".
Sketchbook Page
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, May 19, 1875
Graphite on paper
Sketchbook folio

Hilly landscape with bare trees and a cross-shaped post.
Dyer's record book
Thomas Ratcliffe, 1812–1823
leather, paper, cotton Technique: (samples) block and roller printed on plain weave foundation

Leather bound book containing fabric swatches and recipes for printing various colors. Fabric swatches have been both block and cylinder printed, and many have used resist techniques.
Pierced Dish
Longton Hall Porcelain Manufactory, English, 1749 – 1760, ca. 1755
soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel
dish

Round dish in the form of reticulated lettuce leaves with holes throughout, pink midribs and veins, and green edges.
Study of landscape
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, 1867
Graphite, brush and gouache on paper
Drawing

Sketch of a village with mountains in the background.
Plate Designs Cover Sheet for the Service des Objets de Dessert (Dessert Service)
Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849, 1819–21
Pen and brown ink on cream paper
Document

Folded paper cover sheet which held Jean-Charles Develly's sketches for the Service on the Theme of  Dessert.
The Marriage at Cana; Hagar and Ishmal; David and Goliath
, 1775–1825
Hand painted on canvas
Bonad

The top scene illustrates the Marriage in Cana with a feast, followed below by the scene of Jesus transforming water into wine. The bottom two scenes show Hagar and Ishmael, and David and Goliath.
Sampler
, 1814
cotton Technique: embroidered in cross, chain, buttonhole, and knot stitches with needle lace on plain weave foundation

Seven plackets.
Übersee, Traunstein, Bavaria
William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900, ca. 1880
Brush and watercolor, gouache, charcoal on grey paper, laid down
Drawing

Two trees in foreground, framing the composition. Water in middle ground, with silhouetted buildings visible on the distant shore.
Design for Ceiling Decoration, Probably for Conservatory/Music Room or Perhaps Dining Room
Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859, 1802
Brush and watercolor, graphite on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Design for the Royal Pavilion, Brighton. Detail of a design for a ceiling divided into three compartments: a square and two half-oval sections. About one quarter of the design is shown, with the square showing the painted representation of a clouded sky, surrounded by a balustrade and bamboo border. Oval with bamboo trellis-work design.

Original album associated with this collection still exists.  See 1948-40-1 accessory
Wooded Countryside
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, 1870–85
Graphite on cream wove paper, bound
Sketchbook folio

Sketch of countryside. Large trees at right, extending back in a row. Additional trees at left in middleground and background.