biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Textile
, 1795–99
silk Technique: reversible compound satin

Directoire-style design in white on raspberry-colored satin ground shows various archeological and natural objects in rectangular compartments of varying sizes outlined by bands of laurel leaves and berries, in a symmetrical layout. Pattern includes an altar flanked by tall vases of flowers and wheat, quiver with arrows on horizontal bow and flanked by cornflowers, urn in wreath of laurel, chinoiserie pagoda and palms; and in smaller framing compartments, butterflies, bird and nest, winged serpents drinking from fountain, and fruit garland. Pale pink and green striped satin selvages.
Textile
, 1800–1850
cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller and block on plain weave

Bright red ground with a symmetrical design of a formal flower arrangement between an undulating pattern of flower and foliage in shades of brown and yellow.
Embroidered picture
, 1815–25
silk embroidery with paint on silk foundation Technique: embroidered in stem stitch on a satin foundation

Picture of two small boys embracing each other on the steps of a building in a rural landscape in pastel colors. Only the boys clothing is embroidered, the rest is painted. Framed, with a black eglomisé mat in oval shape with gold stars in corners.
Beggars Receiving Alms at the Door of a House
Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, Dutch, 1606–1669, 1648
Etching, buring, and drypoint on laid paper
Print

An old man, a woman, and a small boy stand before the open door of a house. A man, partially seen in the doorway, left, places some coins in the outstretched hand of the woman.
Bacha de Caramanie (A Pasha from Karamin), plate 7 from Caravanne du Sultan à la Mecque (The Sultan's Caravan to Mecca)
Joseph Marie Vien, French, 1716–1809, 1748
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Bearded man in Turkish costume leans (or sits) on wall with landscape beyond. His left hand is open on his knee, palm up and index finger and thumb extended. He wears large plumed and jewled turban. Below, the title and artist's initials.
Jenny Lind Paper Doll Set
Jenny Lind, Swedish, 1820–1887, ca. 1850
Cardboard, engraved, colored by hand, mounted paper
Box cover

Cover for box that contains the Jenny Lind paper doll with costumes.  The cover has a full-length portrait of the singer.  The inside cover identifies the ten costumes (in German and English, and showing a three-quarter portrait of Jenny Lind).
Ceiling paper
Howell and Brothers, 1835 – 1900, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Sprigs of pink flowers surrounded by smaller pink sprigs, printed on white ground.
Plate 32, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)
Christoph Jamnitzer, German, 1563 - 1618, 1610
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Ornamental design showing a winged and bearded figure, wearing a fanciful plumed hat, and riding on the back of a snail which terminates in an ox. Another snail form, left, and a bisected pear with a face, right.
Atlantic Basin, New York
George Reynolds, 1869
Pencil on gray-green paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. View looking toward the dock, with warehouses. Two boats at left, and one at extremes right, partially seen.
Design for a Platter
Noritake, Japan and New York, New York, USA, 1880–1910
Brush and watercolor, gold, white gouache, graphite on cream paper
Drawing

Partial design for serving platter; border of gold with scalloped edges in pink grid with roses. Coat of arms at center of platter: lion and crown; handle in gold.
L. C. Orrell & Co. Book No. 3
Orrell & Co., L.C., ca. 1906
Machine-printed paper, embossed
Sample book

Contains matched sets of sidewall, frieze and ceiling papers. Designs include floral patterns, medallions, and swags. Lots of metallic colors.
Kovsh
, 1861
silver, gold, niello
kovsh

Niello gilt silver, decorated with scale work and an inscription.
Sampler
Bridget Rule, Scottish, late 18th or early 19th century
silk embroidery on wool foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, satin, rococo, and double running stitches on plain weave foundation

Building with four columns with thistle on each side and larger curving floral border at top.  Signature "Bridget Rule Mrs McConochie Mrs. Hog."
Seated Hindu Goddess
, late 19th century
Silver
Matchsafe

Rectangular, featuring raised decoration of Eastern Indian goddess seated on undecorated shield, surrounded by swirling foliate motifs. Reverse features goddess standing next to palm tree. Female with upraised arms on lid, as well as bottom. Lid hinged on side. Striker on each vertical side.
Porringer
Jacob Hurd, American, ca. 1702 - 1758, ca. 1740
silver
porringer

Straight, flaring bottom set off from rounded body. Narrow, slightly flaring rim. Pierced, symmetrically scrolled handle with engraved monogram and maker's mark.
Frieze
Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, ribbed

Rococo or Louis XV-style design with rose bouquets interspersed with metallic gold foliate scrolls. Double band of small foliate motifs at bottom. Printed on tan ground.
Decanter
Cork Glass Company, 1783–1818, ca. 1783–1818
glass
decanter

Bulbous form (a), molded vertical fluting around bottom of sides, above that an engraved border of vesica motif with cross-hatching and stars; three double neck rings, notched; wide flat lip; target-shaped stopper (b) with molded waffle pattern; maker's mark ringing pontil mark on bottom.
Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Les Gémeaux (Gemini) from the Le Zodiaque Travesti (The Farcical Zodiac) Service
Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849, 1824
Pen and brown, black ink, brush and brown, black wash, pink, tan watercolor, white gouache, graphite on cream laid paper mounted on cream laid paper, ruled border in pen and brown ink
Drawing

Design for a painted porcelain plate, square format. Setting is a house interior with bed in niche, right background, and open door, left middleground. Figure of a husband, in doorway, arrives home from a trip and is greated by his wife and small dog.  He points to a cradle, center foreground, that holds two babies.  He exclaims to his wife, "you did not tell me about that."
Rough Sketch of Coastal Scene with Cliffs
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, ca. 1900
Graphite on blue paper, lined
Album page

Quick sketch mapping out ocean and beach with cliffs on the right.  Sun shines through clouds onto cliffs.  Below left, separate sketch with what appears to be detail of cliffs.
Textile
, late 19th century
cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller

Brown ground with large scale floral pattern in shades of brown to cream color.
Plate
Metaale Pot [de] (the Metal Pot Factory), 1691–1721
Tin-glazed earthenware

Circular plate painted in underglaze blue on white; center with chinoiserie scene of flowers, rocks, insects; on cavetto with 14 uniform panels with flowers; around rim with evenly-spaced reserves of floral motifs on diaper pattern; bottom, low foot rim, 7 groups of dots painted around rim.
Waistcoat, uncut
, ca. 1750–1800
linen, silk Technique: embroidery (chain stitch)

Two fronts and two pocket flaps for man's waistcoat, or cream colored linen, plain cloth, embroidered in colored silks in chain stitch. Delicate vine design ascends front. Flower sprays under and on pockets. Colors: red, pink, green, violet, blue, and yellow. Bottom of some cloth, with worked edges. Buttonholes outlined in color, but not cut.
Sampler
Abigail Adams, American, born ca. 1779, 1789
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross stitch on plain weave foundation

The field has scattered motifs including house, a peacock, urns of flowers, birds, and Adam and Eve with the Tree of Knowledge. Surrounded on three sides with a geometric border and on all four with a strawberry vine border. With the date 1789 at the top and the inscription Abigail Adams her work New York at the bottom.
Blouse
, 19th century
silk on silk Technique: embroidered in chain stitch (tambour) on plain weave

Silk blouse with short sleeves and embroidered cuffs. Embroidered at neck edge and in three bands at bottom.
Hanging
, 19th century
wool, silk, cotton Technique: pieces of fulled plain weave sewn together using stem stitches to form foundation; stem stitches attach a plied cord on the front; chain stitch for design done with a hook; borders embroidered as one continuous strip and later assembled

Vertical rectangular hanging embroidered to illustrate events in a heroic legend - possibly that of Rustam the Slayer of a Dragon - in a polychrome central panel on a red background. Curving vine floral borders on four sides on a black background. Wide outer border with isolated plant forms growing out from the center on a red background.
Vase
Niloak, ca. 1900
stoneware

Vase with curved, pear-shaped profile and broad flaring lip.  Body of brown, beige, blue and white mottled and wedged stoneware to create overall marbled effect.  Unglazed.
Album containing a series of designs for hand-screens
, about 1770
Pen and ink, with ink drawings (bound)
Album

Red quarter cloth binding with marbled paper boards. A Léon Decloux Ex Libris, printed on paper, pasted to the middle of the paste-down endpaper of the upper cover.
Textile
, late 19th century
cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller on plain weave

Unlined bed cover made up of two lengths of printed fabric. Pattern composed of two stripes: the wider with an urn of flowers on a blue background. 18.5cm. wide and the other with a monkey giving another monkey a haircut alternating with a monkey playing a horn seated under a flowering plant. 9.5cm. wide. Two groups of stripes are half dropped and with an additional wide stripe fill full width of fabric. Unit of repeat: 36.5 cm. high x 28 cm. (11") wide.
Designs for a Case Cover, Roundels, and Ornament
Pierre Bourdon, French, ca. 1656 – 1708 after, 1703
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

An ornament print featuring roundels, a case (possibly a snuffbox), and a cartouche with grotesque motifs (intertwining scrolling leaves, foliage, human, and animal forms), with mascarons (masks), cartouches, scrolling leaves, fleurons, tassels, birds, an s-scroll, and a diaper pattern. The case cover in the center features a vignette with a seated man and woman, with dogs and birds in the sky. The plate is signed and numbered.
Henry J. Allen Residence, Wichita, KS: Dressing Table and Chair for Mrs. Allen's Boudoir
Frank Lloyd Wright, American, 1867–1959, 1917
Graphite, color pencil on cream tracing paper
Drawing

Page divided into upper and lower parts. In upper part, elevation views of high-backed, slatted dressing chairs with blue cushions seen from left-side, front and back. Side and front elevation view of large vanity (dressing table) with tri-panelled mirror; note vase of flowers and perfume bottles. Below, plan of dressing table. Upper left, summary plan of a section of table and chair.
Textile
Hartmann et Fils, Munster, France, ca. 1830
cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller on plain weave

Framed portraits of two young women dressed in 1830s costume arranged in offset alignment. In purple on white.
VIOSSEU ou Musicien Chinois
Antoine Watteau, French, 1684–1721, 1731
Etching on laid paper
Bound print

Sheet printed with two plates of chinoiserie. The plate on the left depicts a landscape in which an older, exoticized Chinese man tunes an instrument; the plate on the right depicts an exoticized Chinese woman seated in a landscape with a child. The plate is signed.
Embroidered slip
, 17th century
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in counted stitches

Embroidered blue flower has a green stem and leaves. A ladybug is on the stem. Cut away from a larger piece of canvas. Intended for applique.
Drapery Study
Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909, ca. 1895
Graphite on tracing paper
Drawing

Drapery around standing figure facing frontally, with right arm extended to the left.
Bands
, 4th–5th century
Warp; s-spun linen. Wefts, Z-spun linen, Z-spun wool

Pair of bands wirth curving vine and laft motif in brown.
Waistcoat
, mid- 19th century
silk Technique: brocatelle

Gentleman's waistcoat of white brocatelle with a floral pattern. Subtle tan threads of supplementary weft outline the floral pattern.
Print
, About 1720
Black ink on white paper

Vertical rectangle. A kidney-shaped dressing table, decorated with a skirt stands beneath a large double baldacchino, between two windows. A low chair is placed before the dressing table. Below, a three line description (in German), and designer's names, and the number ''3'', lower right. From Ersre Absab*** Seines Von*** habenden*** Wencks*** published by Jeremias Wolfe [SKB.98] - Repr.t*** of Rissenier*** in CHM Library???
Coverlet fragment
, 18th century
wool Technique: double cloth

Single snowball pattern in tan and pale blue. Border on two sides suggests form of sunrise pattern. Plain cloth selvages on two short sides. Probably Pennsylvania Dutch.
Study of Woman's Head and Shoulders
Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909, ca. 1895
Graphite on tracing paper
Drawing

Study done for the hair, bound loosely. Back of her shoulders seen; the head turned over the shoulder to the right.
Border
, 17th century
silk, linen Technique: embroidered net and needle lace (?)

Border of a tablecover made of  linen net and embroidered in colored silks. Edged with narrow lace edging.
Sketch of Figures in a Circle
Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909, ca. 1895
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Group of figures, lower left, inside a circle of dashes.
Fragments
, late 19th century
silk, metallic thread (metal foil wound onto a silk core) Technique: embroidered on silk plain weave

Sheer white substrate embroidered with a design of conventionalized blossoms and leaves on a curving serpentine stem in white silk thread with outlines of gold metallic thread.
Coverlet fragment
, early 19th century
cotton, wool Technique: plain compound cloth (overshot)

Traditional geometrical decoration with squares in broad framework with various fillings. In deep blue, bright rust, and blue-green wool pattern wefts used in bands of these colors on undyed cotton ground.
Textile
, 19th century
cotton Technique: resist-dyed on plain weave

Resist-dyed loosely-woven cotton cloth with four rows of abstracted floral design in red, yellow and white on a dark blue ground. Red boder along one long edge.
Landscape
Walter Clark, American, 1848–1917, 1884
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Houses and trees are shown in the middle distance. A road seems to be indicated in the left foreground. Framing lines.
Button
, 19th century
pearl shell, rhinestone and copper

button of pearl shell with design of swirled radial lines and in center, a rhinestone - copper shank.

On card 29
Project for a woven fabric
, ca. 1820–30
Gouache colors on oiled tracing paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Two white undulating vines, with lavender blossoms, flank a lavender vine with green blossoms.
Pleated fan
, 1880
Paper leaf with chromolithograph and gilt spangles; wood sticks stamped with gilt and varnished

Paper leaf with chromolithograph showing scenes from a bullfight on the left- and right-hand sides. Center shows a cafe scene with two women performing: one is seated with a guitar while other stands, handclapping to the music. A seated bullfighter drinks at the table. Costumes are decorated with gilt spangles glued on. Reverse: blank red paper. Wood sticks stamped with gilt floral design and varnished.
Drawing
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1740–60
Black and red crayon on paper

Vertical rectangle. The composition is in general symmetrical. A sun face is on top. Two glasses with flower sprays stand laterally upon pedestals and two herons stand upon scrolls beside the lower fields. Reverse: horizontally: two leaf scrolls.
Pleated fan
, mid- 18th–mid- 19th century
Linen bobbin lace leaf, carved and painted ivory sticks, rivet set with faceted glass, gilt metal bail

Pleated fan. Leaf of 17th century white Milanese bobbin lace. Carved and painted ivory sticks with flowers and feathers. Guards carved with baroque detail and painted. Rivet is set with faceted glass. Gilt metal bail.
Fragment
, 19th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace (Lille style with heavy thread)

Fragment of Lille-style lace with oval conventionalized blossom and leaves in eyelets. Beading top and bottom edge.
Fragment
, 18th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace, Mechlin style

Louis XV pattern of scrolls and plant forms.
Plan du Lit de Justice, Tenu par le Roy le Aoust 1756. dans la Grande Sale des Gardes au Château de Versailles.
François Nicolas Martinet, French, 1731– ca. 1800, 1756
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Architectural floor plan of the "lit de justice," a formal session of parliament held at the royal palace under the supervision of the king. Plan contained within a decorative scrolling frame with festoons, the coat of arms of France at top--three fleurs de lys in an escutcheon surmounted by a crown. Below hang two balancing scales. Floor plan at center, the king's place marked in the upper left corner. Letters and numbers printed in the plate correspond to a key below framed in an elaborate cartouche explaining where and how each attending group would be positioned during the session. The plate is signed.
Scrapbook of textile swatches
, 1820–50
cardboard, leather, paper, cotton Technique: printed

Sample book with a marble printed cover and a green suede back strip containing samples of printed cotton textiles in various colors which are pasted on paper sheets.
Bowl
, 1st–4th century
Glass

Thick glass.  Bell-shaped, with inturned lip and circular foot.  Traces of iridescence.  Dark Green glass
Kremlin Service
Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, St. Petersburg, Russia, ca. 1830
Gilt and glazed hard-paste porcelain
Dessert Plate

Circular form, the center decorated with black, double-headed imperial eagle on green ground within a circular band of Cyrillic lettering (translation: Nicholas the Emperor and Ruler of All the Russias), surrounded by decoration of red flowers in gilded lozenges alternating with green foliate forms; the rim with green and blue foliage intertwined with black scrollwork on gilded ground.
Sketchbook Page
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, 1875
Graphite on paper
Sketchbook folio

Portrait of a woman in profile, her hair up.
Embroidered picture
, 18th century
silk, metal-wrapped silk, glass beads, paper Technique: raised couched embroidery, beadwork embroidery

Worked predominantly in silver gilt wrapped silk core thread, with glass beads in blue, green, yellow, red and white, on a silk ground.  The Lamb of God worked in raised laid-and-couched silver thread embroidery, on a field with beadwork flowers, vines, clusters of grapes, birds.
Dome-shaped
, mid-19th century
walnut and beechwood
Architectural Staircase Model

The double staircase spiralling into a single central staircase that gives out onto a balcony with turned balusters supporting a railing, all below a domed top composed of openwork joined wood strips with open arch raised on turned columns from a stepped base with criss-cross openwork strips arranged to form a demi-lune platform
Album of Designs with Putti after F. Boucher
François Boucher, French, 1703–1770, mid- 18th–late 18th century
Album

An Album with eight series of prints featuring putti in clouds and in landscapes after F. Boucher.
Dado
, 1800–1825
Block-printed on handmade paper

Inset panel dado. Printed in brown on tan ground.
Design for Semi-Circular Writing Table of Mahogany and Inlay
A.N. Davenport Co., 1900–05
Pen and black ink on thin cream paper
Drawing

Semi-circular table top with inlaid central horizontal panel having 2 short drawers with single C-shaped pulls; raised on 4 straight, tapering legs terminating in molded square feet.  Rear of top has conforming section consisting of inlaid central panel flanked by 4 short drawers and small horizontal drawer on either end of section.  Low railing at back.  Vase, lamp, and inkwell on top.
Border and sidewall
, 1800–1825
Block-printed on joined sheets of handmade paper

Drapery pattern, printed in pink/mauve with black on teal ground.
Design for an Earring
, 1825–50
Pen and ink, brush and gray watercolor on paper
Drawing

Design for an earring. Decorative scheme composed of two ovals, one above the other and connected by two hanging stems. Above is in the center something like a crown and the top has the shape of a palmette. The lower part of the frame of the upper oval and the whole frame of the lower is formed by chains of beads. In the center below is a yoke, supporting a drop, a chain of beads, and a palmette. Bevelled corners below.
Funeral Decoration
Jean Berain, the elder, French, 1640-1711, 1711
Engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Funeral decoration of the Condé Chapel in the Jesuit Maison professe de Paris for the burial of the heart of Louis de Bourbon, Prince de Condé. A large baldachin covered in fleurs-de-lis is above the altar. There are bystanders, penitents, and church officials walking about. The plate is signed.
Shoes
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, n.d.
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Partial sketch of a pair of wooden shoes.
Interior Scene with Figure with a Wheel, Draped Figure, and Reading Figure
Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863, 1820–1850
Pen and ink, brush and sepia wash, graphite on paper
Drawing

Interior Scene with Figure with a Wheel, Draped Figure, and Reading Figure. Inscription below.
Design for Ceiling Decoration
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Design for Ceiling Decoration.
Sampler
Jane Hall, 19th century
glass beads, linen foundation Technique: beadwork on plain weave

Alphabets and four numbers with "Jane Hall" in colored beads
Sketches of Soldiers
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1862
Graphite on cream wove paper, laid down
Drawing

Vertical view in two registers; upper shows four soldiers round a fire on which food is warming; lower shows seated soldier and the legs from the knees downward of another.
Cartouche with Vase and Dolphins
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1738
Engraving on paper
Bound print

Design for upright symmetrical cartouche, armorial trophies at either side and a mask at lower center. Within the frame, a vase topped by two dolphins, water pouring from their nostrils.
Designs for Flowers: Tuberoses and Yellow Daffodils
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1778
Etching on laid paper
Print

Seven designs for flowers with their leaves, numbered with a legend below: tuberoses and yellow daffodils. The plate is numbered.
Study for a woman, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1895–1898
Pastel crayon on tracing paper
Drawing

Sketch of a female figure in profile. The raised head is shown in profile. The front of the figure is outlined. Something curved lies upon the left shoulder.
Design for a Reliquary
Luigi Righetti, Italian, 1780 - 1819, 1802
Pen and ink, brush and wash, graphite on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Base and shaft variations of the reliquary depicted in 1938-88-601. The receptacle is only a small oval in the medallion supported by the angels. Above and below it cherubim. On the top a garland and the dove of the Holy Spirit.
Development de bordures du Portrait du Roy, Cartouche aux armes du roi..., 4th plate, pl. 38 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurele Meissonnier
Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750, 1748
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

1921-6-212-13-a: Only state. Asymmetrical border with center cartou...;     1921-6-212-13-b: Only state. Sheet consisting of four elements of a...
Plate from 12 Stick Zum Verzaighnen Stechen Ver Fertigt (Set of Twelve Designs for Engraved Vessels)
Bernhard Zan, Germany, active ca. 1580, 1580
Punch engraving, pen and black ink, graphite on cream laid paper
Print

Scrollwork frieze with a head with a feather headgear in the center. A mustached mask with feather gear, a cherub mask, and a bunch of fruit below.