biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Fragment
, mid-18th century
silk, metallic thread Technique: plain compound weave with discontinuous supplementary weft patterning (brocaded)

Blue fabric with large scale flowers and buds in a lighter blue; brocaded with two kinds of silver thread.
Fringe
, 17th century
silk Technique: woven

White fringe with a plain-woven heading and white skirt threads.
Letter C, for Baluze's "Histoire générale de la Maison d'Auvergne"
Sebastien Leclerc, French, 1637–1714, 1707–08
Etching on paper
Print

A medallion showing a lioness is suspended from the top of the C.  A cathedral in the right distance.
Landscape with a winding wooden Bridge
Augustin Hirschvogel, 1503 – 1553, 1546
Etching on laid paper
Print

Horizontal rectangle. A wide stream is traversed by a serpentining wooden bridge which leads to a village in the middle distance. In right foreground, two thatched buildings.
Tassel
, 18th century
silk, metal thread, wooden core

Skirt of silver threads in two lengths twisted and looped and supporting red silk tassels. Collar of red silk in loops. Head is vase-shaped and wrapped with red silk and silver threads in chevron pattern. Loop of red silk cord.
Fragment
, 16th–17th century
silk Technique: supplementary warp forming pile (velvet); them embossed (stamped).

Vertical stripes of fleur-de lys shapes and circles in red velvet. The marks where galloon or trim had been sewn to the piece can be seen.
Juniper Leaves and Berries
, 1780–1830
Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu), and silk threads (itoire)
Katagami

A design of clumps of juniper branches and leaves with scattered berries of varying sizes is created by cutting away most of the ground leaving the positive of the design.  The interstices of the design are supported by silk thread.
Portrait of Humboh Guillaume, Archbishop of Mechlin
, ca. 1700-1730
Engraving on paper
Print

Within an oval frame is the bust portrait of a cleric, wearing his curly hair long, parted in the middle. Below, his escutcheon and motto, and inscription.
Trimming
, 19th century
silk Technique: uncut supplementary warp pile (velvet)

Design of a conventionalized figure in blue and red on a cream ground.
Waistcoat
, 19th century
silk, metallic thread Technique: woven, bobbin lace

Collarless and sleeveless waistcoat in an orange-red patterned silk with metallic bobbin lace appliqué and metal buttons. Slightly pointed pocket flaps. Possibly made for fancy dress.
Band
, 3rd century
linen, wool Technique: S-spun plain weave linen with S-spun wool supplementary weft (brocaded)

Fragment with four complete medallions and interstices filled with triangular forms. Motifs are bird, animal and plant forms.
Hanging
, 19th century
cotton, silk Technique: embroidered

Long panel, probably a curtain, embroidered across end, up sides and joinings, in red and blue silk, with touches of yellow; drawnwork band worked over in cream silk. Ends fringed from cotton. Design of stylized trees above and below horizontal band of embroidery and drawnwork.
Design for an Icon, Madonna and Child
, 18th century
pin-pricked
Picture

Vertical rectangle. Obvers: Half-length figure of the Madonna, holding the Child in Her arms. A Glycophilousa type, she raises Her left arm toward the Infant. She wears a brocaded mantle and a crown on her head.
Two Tureens
, 1790
Pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Page divided horizontally with two tureens, labeled A and B. Both tureens have claw feet, scrolling handles and acanthus finial. Lower example has two decorative bands on body.
Figural Letter, Capital A from a Story of Louis XIV of France
, ca. 1700
Etching with engraving on paper
Print

Shown against a representation of the king addressing officers in a camp before a town. Moulded frame.
Niche with Statue
Giuseppe Valadier, Italian, 1762–1839, 1775
Graphite, gray wash Support: laid paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. The aedicula frame is supported by two brackets, between and beneath which the upper part of a cruciform. A moulded frame is shown. One angel sits, another kneels upon the triangular pediment. Scale at the bottom.
Scarf
, 18th–early 19th century
wool on linen Technique: counted stitch embroidery

Long narrow scarf with ends decorated in deep borders that embroidered in red, blue and pale green in a series of geometric designs. Shorts tassels of green, red and blue wool across ends and sides of embroidered sections.
The Devil's Bridge, near Cassel, Germany
Friedrich Schroeder, German, 1768 - 1839, 1796
Engraving on paper
Print

A wooded landscape with a large waterfall in the center spanned by a stone bridge. Numberous figures, some on a road in the foreground.
Panels
, mid-16th century
oak, carved
panels

In center, medeallion heads of a)of a man, b) of a woman. Above and below, arabesques of foliage and children's heads.
Flower Stand
E. Bechetti, 19th century, 1871
Graphite, watercolor Support: thick white wove paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle; a base with dolphins and lion masks with festoons; at the shaft birds, grapes and some utensils; around the bowl a frieze with escutcheons with masks; the bowl contains flowers; according to Rudolf Berliner, the design was intended to be carved in wood. (RB '45)
Bag
, 19th century
wool Technique: knitted

Bag knitted in stockinette stitch, with a drawstring at the top; now open at bottom. Deep band of decoration in red and blue on a white ground. Three tassels attached to the bottom. Red, white and blue plaited cord at top, ending in two tassels.
Fringe
, 16th century
silk Technique: soumak weave

Red fringe with a soumak heading and picots with looped and twisted skirt threads.
Dragonflies
, late 18th - early 19th century
Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu), silk threads (itoire)
Katagami

Motif of dragonflies as a repeated pattern are flying in multiple directions. The insects varies in size; while some have solid wings, others have slitted designs.  The vast amounts of negative space are supported by a web of silk threads.The dragonfly or Tombo, is known as the "victory insect," or kachimushi, because of its hunting prowess, agility and speed. A Japanese legend states that this hunting creature has good fortune. Japan is also known as the Island of the Dragonfly "Akitsushima. Akitsu an older version of tombo, and shima meaning island. This motif is often found on samurai armor.
Fragment
, ca. 1870
cotton Technique: printed on plain weave

Flowers and leaves printed in browns, yellows, green, and white on ground of tan and white. Incomplete trade label on back of fabric reads ". . .UESTON & CO [P]REMIUM FURNITURE PRINTS."
Bracelet
, mid-19th century
Stone mosaic, onyx, gold

Link bracelet with clasp; six oval plated each showin a bunch of flowers in mosaic, set in onyx and mounted in a gold frame with design in filigree; plates are joined by links covered with gold discs.
Sidewall
, ca. 1780
Block-printed on handmade paper, varnish

Landscape design with rose bush in square planter underneath arbor covered with flowers. This same motif repeats in two columns, divided by a floral stripe. Printed in red, yellow, green and white on a gray ground.
Borders
, mid-19th century
cotton Technique: roller printed on plain weave and glazed

Two borders of abstracted floral pattern partially cut apart at the start. In purple and black on white.
The Temple of Memory
, ca. 1815
cotton Technique: printed by engraved plate or roller on plain weave
Textile

Two scenes, both captioned in French, honoring virtue and friendship. In purple on white.In one the boat (bark) of Forgetfulness is carrying away Love, Beauty (with her mirror), a king (with his scepter, crown and money), and blind Justice. Time is trying to take Friendship also vbut she clings to the pillar of 'amitie'. In the other scenes,gratitude 9grateful Memory) is welcoming Virtue to her temple.
Page of Text, Printed on Recto and Verso
Marie F. Lattré, French, active eighteenth century, 1751
Engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Page of text with elaborate border decoration, printed on recto and verso. The recto has a continued description of the celebration given by the city of Paris on February 13, 1747, on the occasion of the marriage of Louis Dauphin and Marie-Josephe of Saxony. The verso begins a description of the chariots designed and paraded for the celebration, starting with the Char de Mars (the Chariot of Mars, 1921-6-207-24).
Plate, from a Dessert Service
Spode Ceramic Works, English, established 1776, 1833–1847
porcelain (feldspar), vitreous enamel, gold
plate

1959-155-1-d: Circular form with scalloped edge and shallow well...
Rocaille Ornament Design
François-Thomas Mondon, French, 1709 – 1755, after 1736
Etching on laid paper
Print

A print from a series of seven designs for trophies, rococo ornament and vignettes. A rocaille cartouche within a landscape, ornamented with fluting, shell and acanthus leaf motifs surrounded by foliate branches, a parasol with feathers, a basket, drum, bagpipe, a goat, dog, bird and squirrel and a shepherd. The plate is numbered, signed and with an address below.
Designs for Firearms Ornament and Fittings
Claude Simonin, French, ca. 1635 – 1721, 1705
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Plate eight from a pattern book with designs for firearm fittings and ornament featuring grotesque motifs, soldiers, men on horseback in battle, sphynx, demons, birds, fantastical creatures, commedia dell'arte character, probably after Jacques Callot's Balli di Sfessania (Nancy, ca. 1622), birds, mascarons (masks), foliate scrolls, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), fleurons, and rosettes. The plate is numbered and signed.
Windows, doors, church furniture
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Windows, doors, church furniture.
Our Watering Places - The Empty Sleeve at Newport
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, August 26, 1865
Wood engraving printed in black ink on paper
Print

Horizontal view of a wicker trap containing a woman and man with military cap of the Northern United States at the time of the Civil War; his left coat is empty and pinned under his lapel.  Beach is visible in the distance, and the ocean beyond.
Walnut Street Theater, Philadelphia
C. Burton, American, b. England, active 1819–42, 1831
Engraving on paper
Print

Horizontal rectangle. Oblique view at the side of the street with the threater. Above the upper right corner is the figure 57. Framing lines. Caption: drawn by C. Burton N. Y. Engraved + Printed by / Fenner Sears + Co. / THEATRE WALNUT STREET PHILADELPHIA / London Published July 15, 1831 by I.T. Heriton +Simpkin + Marshall.
Study for drapery
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, ca. 1895
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Standing female figure in a full-length gown.
Soupière richement ornée en forme de Vase Antique
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1788–1796
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Design for a soup tureen shaped like a lidded urn and decorated with ornament motifs including birds on the side handles, a dolphin on the lid as a pull, bead course, fluting, ribbon, lancet leaf, branches, and monogram in oval rondels. The plate is numbered.
Band fragment
, 5th–8th century
Warp; S-spun linen. Wefts; S-spun linen, S-spun wools Technique; slit tapestry with supplementary weft wrapping

Two linked circles; one containing a spotted animal, the other the head of a person. The images face in different directions.
Four Stool Designs
Jean-Charles Delafosse, French, 1734 – 1789, 1849–66
Etching on paper
Print

Four designs for upholstered stools. The two designs to the left feature x-frames with scrolling leaves and foliate motifs. The two designs to the right feature tapered and cabriole legs with scrolling leaves and fluting. The plate is signed with the printmaker, publisher, and original designer, and numbered.
Sidewall - fragment
, ca. 1800
Block-printed, distemper colors

Alternating vertical serpentine foliate bands enclosing irregular ellipses, each set with a green flower form surrounded by a circle of green dots. Border present along right edge. Original colors appear along edges, where paper has been folded. Paper has small threads in it. Formerly used as a book cover.
Mt. Katahdin from Lake Millinocket, Maine
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1876–1881
Oil and graphite on paperboard
Drawing

Landscape study showing a view of Mt. Katahdin in Maine, likely from the the northern shore of Lake Millinocket, near Sandy Stream Beach. In the foreground, the nearby beachy shoreline curves from lower center to center right and then out of frame before returning to view in the middle distance along the right margin. Small, white waves quietly crash on the sand. Across the pond's rippling waters, the heavily wooded opposite bank stretches across the middle distance. In the background at center, the massive, sprawling southern face of Katahdin is prominently visible, colored in a grayish purple. The open sky above is rendered in a gradient from greenish blue to a warm yellow.
The Vain Rhinoceros
Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924, 1878
Printed in black ink on paper
Ephemera

Upper left, short story on rhinoceros. Lower right, profile of rhinoceros, looking up at two dogs; right, two scared dogs in the air. Lower right, dog running away from rhinoceros.
Vase en plomb bronzé de la piece de Neptune à Versailles
Marie Michelle Blondel, French, active mid 18th century, 1744–56
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for a vase from Neptune's Fountain at Versailles. The vase is decorated with acanthus leaf, foliage and laurel leaf ornament, with a central open-mouthed mascaron flanked by two swans within a landscape of foliage and reeds. The handles are decorated with lizards. The description is lettered on either side of the foot, with a scale below. The plate is signed.
Porcelain Flatware Handle
Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory, English, 1745 – 1784, mid- 18th–late 18th century
porcelain (possibly soft paste), vitreous enamel, gold
handle

Tapering cylindrical form curved at broad end; decorated with elliptical panels containing landscapes with birds, with borders and floral ornament in gold on a blue ground. Knife handle
Wrought Iron Staircase Balustrade and Bracket Designs
Antoine Pierretz le jeune, French, active 1660-70, ca. 1665
Etching on laid paper
Print

Two designs for wrought iron staircase balustrades and a wall bracket. The designs feature scrolling acanthus leaves, fleurons, leaves, rosettes, and an acorn finial. The plate is numbered and signed.
Fragment
, ca. 1850
silk Technique: plain weave with continuous and discontinuous supplementary wefts

Lengths of a fancy compound silk with areas of black, pale blue and pale orange forming a speckled ground. Darker speckled black bands form wavy vertical lines that form compartments containing a small floral spray brocaded in silks of green, purple, red and peach. Scalloped on one side.
Sampler
Louisa Ann Price, American, 1845
wool embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross stitch on plain weave foundation

In the upper register, five flowering trees in urns. In the center, a verse:
Give me O Lord a thankful heart
From every murmur free
The blessings of thy peace impart
That I may live to thee

In the lower third, a scene of the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve, the sun and moon, and animals. Surrounded by wide grape vine border on four sides, with an inscription.
Man
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1877
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of a male figure draped in a cloth.
Design for a Book Binding
Alice Cordelia Morse, American, 1863–1961, ca. 1887–1903
Brush and gouache on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle of yellow paper decorated with crosshatched pattern in blue and five 4-lobed floral medallions.
Waverly Oaks
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1878
Graphite, brush and gouache on gray-green wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of a large oak tree with spreading branches viewed from below, at center, with a second tree in the right background of the sheet.
A Roman Soldier Fighting Hannibal's Elephant
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, 1596 or before
Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown and black washes over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper
Drawing

Recto: View of an arena, with Roman soldiers battling. A man lies dead at center left, with three others standing over him. Hannibal watches from a viewing box at left. His elephant is at right, confronted by a fourth soldier. An elephant trunk is roughly outlined on the ground below. In the right background, at the entrance to the street, more soldiers fight. Multiple annotations throughout the drawing indicate changes to be made. 
Verso: Italian inscription relating to the recto.
Woman Drinking Wine, Maine
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, Fall 1876–81
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Drawing

Figure sketch of a seated woman drinking wine out of a glass. She wears a ribbon in her hair and a dress and faces frontally towards the viewer. Six (presumably empty) wine bottles stand at right while another lies on its side.
Trimming
, 19th century
silk Technique: woven

Trimming fragment with green and silver lines alternately arranged to form chevrons.
The Spirit of Wisdom
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, 1595 or before
Recto: pen and brown and black inks, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink on laid paper
Drawing

Recto: The Judgment of Solomon, with Solomon seated at right, surrounded by his court. Two women appear before him, one kneeling, the other standing at left. Between them a soldier holds the disputed infant in one hand; with the other he raises a sword. The child's true mother will choose to save him.
Verso: Dutch inscription
Church of Rolleboise
Eugène Edouard Soulès, French, 1811–1876, 1831
Graphite on paper
Drawing

View of the steeple of the church, rising above the houses. A bridge crosses a small river in the center. Written below at left: Harfleur 1831. On verso, in opposite direction. Rough black crayon sketch of a house.
Stage Design, Ruins of Antique Buildings, design for "Gli Avventurieri" by Carlo Valentini (1790-1853), produced at the Teatro Pantera, Lucca in 1837
Emanuele Alderani, Italian, active 1829-1855, 1836–37
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray and black wash, white gouache on green paper
Drawing

Gothic ruins of castle in woody landscape.
Peep-Show Print: Palace on the Water
Engraving, brush and wash on paper
Print

Palace on the water
A Pirate of the Air, The Officers Menagerie, Free Lunch, Illustrations for Scribner's Monthly (XVIII, No. 5, September 1879, p. 645)
Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924, September 1879
Printed in black ink on paper
Ephemera

Article clipping from Scribner's Monthly on the history on Sandy Hook. Three images. In the top illustration, a man runs after a flying bird that has stolen a piece of cloth from him. In the middle illustration, a man and woman look into a menagerie. In the bottom image, a group of pigs eat the fish caught by a fisherman, who looks on in distress.
Upholstery trimming
, ca. 1902
silk Technique: woven

Red and white trimming woven in an open design and decorated along the edges with small red tufts and white scallops.
Cup
, 4th century
Olive yellow-green glass

Inverted bell shape, shallow, with upright lip.  On high stem and iregularly circular foot incised with straight, branching lines.
Designs for Gun Parts and Ornament
Thobie Tourneur, Le Thuraine, French, active ca. 1630 – ca. 1690, 1660
Guilmard 86.18
Print

Designs for gun parts (flintlock, trigger, butt, and ornament) decorated with grotesque ornaments, mascarons (masks), fantastical animals, figures, sphynx, hippocampus (horse with fish tail), fruit, drapery, banners, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), rosettes, flowers, and fleurons. The plate is numbered.
Band fragment
, 4th–5th century
Warp; S-spun linen. Wefts; S-spun linen, S-spun wool. Technique: slit tapestry woven with supplementary weft wrapping

Four dark brown circles containing animals, probably hares, a bird and a plant.
Design for an Inkstand
Lefebvre Manufactory, Tournai, 1805–1820
Graphite, pen and black ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Rectangular box on black base. Long drawer in open position decorated with center rosette, flanked by stylized leaf motif. Inkstand supported by two chimeras. A bell at center is flanked by square inkpots, the left has an engraved cover. Arms with sockets, presumably to hold pens or candles, at either end.
Studies of a Kneeling Figure
Carlo Maratti, Italian, 1625 - 1713, 1775–1800
Chalk on paper
Drawing

A kneeling woman shown from behind, lifting a cloth with her right hand. Detailed studies for the drapery and hand.
Border
, ca. 1820
Block-printed, handmade paper

Horizontal rectangle. Border paper, with simulated leaf molding above wavy band of foliage and flowers. Yellow figured band along lower edge of paper.
Doors of a prison
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1780–1790
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Top left: a door frame from which cones on pedestals project. A similar design topped by a pair of seated captives. Bottom row: similar to the design in -1705. Top right, topped by a trophy (?). Arched doorway; captives stand laterally. A pair of them crouches on top. The left hand of the elevation pylon-shaped door openings. A captive stands laterally. Inscription tablet on top. Colored background.
Design for an Embroidered or Woven Horizontal Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf," Unfinished
Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1805–1815
Brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper pasted on paper
Drawing

A garland of boughs with leaves, over a stripe.
The Pine Trees of El Monte, California
Samuel Colman, American, 1832–1920, April 10, 1898
Graphite, pen and brown ink, brush and watercolor with white gouache on gray paper
Drawing

A group of pines is flanked by two pines at left, a row of pines at right. Bottom, inverse direction, pencil outline of a tree top.
Stage Design, Portico and Stairs
, early 19th century
Pen and bistre ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Portico, stairs leading into it, building to be seen through archways.
ÉLEVATION D’UNE CHEMINÉE
A. Le Canu, French, active 1746 – 1768, 1768
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Design for a neo-classical chimneypiece with a scale below. The mantel is decorated with a wave frieze and central shell, with a leaf course and festoons. The overmantel mirror is framed by a laurel leaf and ribbon course and beading with a semi-circular top. Above the mirror, a central roundel with a festoon of laurel leaves. The plate is titled, signed, and numbered.
Bronzes and Antique Fragments Found at Herculaneum
Pierre-Gabriel Berthault, French, 1737–1831, 1748–1819
Engraving on paper
Print

Bronzes and Antique Fragments Found at Herculaneum.
Nouvelle suite de cahiers chinois a l'usage des Dessinateurs et des peintres, no.2
Anne Allen, English, active France, ca. 1750–1810, 1790–1799
Etching with colored inks à la poupée on off-white laid paper
Print

Irregular cartouche composed of trees, bridges, and fantastic foliage executed in the chinoiserie style. A small figure balances on a bell laden rope suspended between two platforms at center. A group of three figures watch the performance from a draped bridge at lower left.
Boëtes ou Tabatieres
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1775-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Design for a box or snuffbox featuring, from top to bottom, the elevation of the lid with bead course and fluting; a view of the top of the lid with rosette, bead course, and bound leaves; and an elevation of the box with the lid open at the hinge, which has at its center a profile portrait medallion framed by horns of plenty with flowers. The plate is signed and numbered, and also includes an etched signature of Angélique Gabrielle Sélincart, the wife of De St. Morien.