biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Modèles de Guéridons, Guaines, Piédouches, Vases, à l’Usage de Bâtimens et Jardins
Jean-François de Neufforge, Flemish, 1714 – 1791, 1763
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Six designs for candlestands or plinths decorated with neoclassical motifs and ornament featuring festoons of leaves, fluting, rosettes, acanthus leaves, Vitruvian scroll pattern, figures, capitals, roundel portraits, and meander motifs. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
Two Designs for French Alcove
Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682, ca. 1650
Etching on paper
Print

Three classical persons are shown against a mountainous landscape. The opening is rectangular. A figure supports a curtain. A right half: two persons stand behind the balustrade, one of them busy with a cloth. Wooded landscape in the rear.
Drive from Chocorua to Knowles Pond
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, September 26, 1879
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch with pine tree at center, pond at right, and mountains in right background.
The Watzmann through Mist, Bavaria (Germany)
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, June–July 1868
Brush and oil, graphite on tan paperboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of the Watzmann above a misty valley near Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, in present-day Germany. In the foreground, a group of nearby evergreen trees is visible in the lower left corner, with another heavily wooded hillside at lower right. Another heavily wooded slope emerges at left from an expanse of mist that blankets the middle distance. In the background at upper left, what is likely the incredibly sheer and dramatic southern peak of the Watzmann pierces the misty veil and rises into luminous, sun-soaked clouds. An extremely rugged ridge is visible in the background at right, beyond misty hilltops covered in trees.
Figure Study of Mercy for "Mercy's Dream"
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1857–58
Graphite and white chalk on gray-blue wove paper
Drawing

Nude facing frontally with her head turned toward the right. Her knees bent and her legs extended to the right. She leans back on her right arm, with her left hand to her bosom. Drapery detail at upper right.
Frame, Cartouche, and Paneling Designs
Jean-Baptiste Girard, French, active ca.1750 – ca.1771, 1754-69
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Designs for cartouches, framing devices, paneling, and ornamental details featuring asymmetrical curvilinear designs, c-scrolls, s-scrolls, cartouches, flowers, fleurons, shells, gadrooning, rosettes, and scrolling leaves. In the center two differently designed sides forming a large cartouche or frame surrounded by the smaller designs in the corners. The plate is signed and numbered.
Ornamental Vase Design
Charles Leviez, French, 1708–1778, 1756-1773
Etching on laid paper
Print

Vase with scalloped rim. The shoulder of the vase has thin band of fluting. There is a rosette on the neck of the vase; a festoon is attached to the rosette and drapes over the neck. A siren on either of the side of the vase holds onto the festoon with their left hands; the festoon passes through their right hands. At the lower center of the vase is a stylized shell. A drapery supports the bottom of the vase. The vase has acanthus-scroll feet and an egg-and-dart base. The vase is elevated on a low, square plinth. The plate is not signed or numbered.
Console table with candlestick
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1795
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

The supports are two oblique pillars with lion's feet connected above these by moldings. The frame has the shape of a frieze with figures, the top has the shape of cornices of an entablature. The candlestick is a variation of -2030, the pedestal having also a round shape, the lion's mask, the festoons and the brakcets being attached to it. The column is fluted. Usual background. On the reverse is part of a project, in ink, of the decoration of the entrance wall of a room. Above a door is a panel, beside it, at left, a dado and a panel. Above is an entablature and the vaulted lower part of the ceiling.
Figural Letter V
, ca. 1740
Etching on paper
Print

V shown against a mountain town.  A man leans against a dead tree at left.
Figural Letter N
, ca. 1740
Paper
Print

N shown against a road on elevated terrain; a shepherd boy follows a horse.
Sidewall
, ca. 1710
Leather, stamped, silvered, painted

With green field, flowers and diapered scrollwork.
Tribonian Presents Pandects to Emperor Julian, after Perino del Vaga; Sketch of Trophy
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, ca. 1820
Pen and dark brown ink, brush and sepia wash on off white laid paper
Drawing

At left, a seated man in antique Roman dress hands an object to a kneeling man. Around them are several other men and above them a coffered ceiling. At right, half a design for a trophy.
Chimney Piece Design
D. Antoine Pierretz, French, active 1647, 1647-55
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for a chimney piece (fireplace, mantel and overmantel) with classical motifs. The mantel is framed by sculpted moldings with geometric, leaf, and scale motifs. The overmantel features a round medallion depicting a battle scene with horses, framed by sculpted moldings, chandeliers, and winged women with goat legs as caryatids topped with winged women, representing victory, holding a crown above a cypher for the French king Louis XIV. The sculpted moldings feature fluting, acanthus leaves, scrolling leaves, egg and dart and scale repeating patterns. A scale below. The plate is numbered.
Essai d’un Dome Antique terminé dun Piedestal amortize d’une figure pedestre
François de Cuvilliés the younger, German, 1731 - 1777, 1769
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

A design for a dome topped with a pedestal and a naked female figure (Selene) with a dog and bow. The dome features putti, festoons, and a sun dial. The plate is titled, signed, dated, and numbered.
Teapot
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present, mid- 18th century
hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel
teapot

Globus; scrolled strap handle; spout terminating in dog's head; cover with flower in high relief.
Designs for Gun Parts and Ornament
François Marcou, French, 1595 – 1660, 1657
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Designs for gun parts (flintlock and ornament) decorated with grotesque ornament, mascarons (masks), flowers, rosettes, terminal figures, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), foliate scrolls, fleurons, and a military scene on the central sideplate of the flintlock featuring soldiers and military tents within a landscape. The plate is signed.
Handscreen
, mid- 18th century
Painted paper leaf, turned and gilded wood handle

Obverse: a fanciful Chinoiserie river scene with three musicians perched on different architectural follies, enclosed by c-scroll border. Reverse: painted flower and three printed verses pasted on to back. Turned and gilded wood handle.
Saint John the Baptist
Francesco Villamena, ca.1566 – 1626, 1622
Engraving on paper
Print

St. John the Baptist.
Plan du Chasteau de Fayelles
Jean Marot, French, 1619 - 1679, ca.1635–ca.1660
Etching on laid paper
Print

Architectural floor plan for the castle of Fayelles with a scale below. The plate is titled and signed.
Design for a Monochrome Painting, Church of Corpus Domini, Bologna, Italy
Marc Antonio Franceschini, Italian, 1648 – 1729, 1689–94
Pen and ink, brush and bistre, black wash, black chalk on paper
Drawing

Figural group surrounding an obelisk on a pedestal. Two flying puttos decorate the obelisk with a leaf garland. On the pedestal, the inscription "CORDIS / ET GLORIE / CONSORS" Two women in drapery lean upon the pedestal at either side. The woman at left raises a ring and holds a bough and is accompanied by a flying angel raising two hearts which are surrounded by a chain. Woman at right holds a nail over a hoop held by a child. The top of the background simulates a conch; its corners are concave. Squared with black framing lines.
Design for a Fountain with Papal Keys
, 1750–1775
Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, traces of graphite on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle showing an aedicule with segmented pilaster flanked by genii, one with trumpet. Above, a blank tablet topped with papal arms. Below, a fountain with two basins and a stepped base.
Two Stage Designs, Interiors of Antique Buildings
, early 19th century
Pen and ink, brush and sepia wash on paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Two drawings assembled on one sheet. The top drawing shows vaults in a building in antique style, the lower shows similar scene with the addition of sarcophagi. Verso: various sketches.
Ornament Designs for use on Porringer’s (Shallow Bowls), Lids, and Handles
Masson, French, active late 17th and early 18th century, late 17th–early 18th century
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Ornament for the use on porringer's (shallow bowls), with detailed designs of their handles, lids, bases, and finials, with designs of lidded porringer's outlined in profile featuring scrolling leaves, acanthus leaves, heraldry (coats of arms), dolphins, mascarons (masks), fleurons, strapwork, diaper patterns, flowers, and shells. The designs are identified with lettered inscriptions.
Sidewall
, ca. 1700
Leather, embossed, silvered, painted

Floral design
Pastoral Scene
Jean Honoré Fragonard, French, 1732 - 1806, ca. 1770
Black crayon on paper
Drawing

Composition is disposed in a diagonal from the lower left to the upper right corner: a sitting dog, a seated girl with a baby. Another girl in the background is milking a sheep. Lambs and more sheep are shown.
Study for male figure
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, ca. 1900
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Sketch of a nude male figure standing with a cape and holding a staff.
Sunset with Sunbeams, Jamaica
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, August 1865
Graphite on gray wove paper
Drawing

Landscape and atmosphere sketch of backlit, billowing clouds at sunset above mountains in Jamaica. At center, a thunderhead rises above a line of puffy clouds, producing crepuscular rays (sunbeams) as it breaks apart the light of the setting sun. Above, two large beams emanate from behind the thunderhead in an otherwise dark sky. 

Verso: Partial atmosphere sketch of clouds brightly illuminated by the light of the setting sun.
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, foliate, and geometric bands. The upper design features interlaced ovals. The lower design features scrolling leaves and a festoon of leaves. The plate is signed and numbered.
The Poet Virgil Suspended in a Basket
Lucas van Leyden, Netherlandish, ca. 1494–1533, 1525
Engraving on paper
Print

The principal subject is represented in the background, left, where he is shown in a basket, suspended from the window of a fortified structure. In the foreground are groups of people: three children, left; two on a terrace, center; a number of men and women in vestibule, right.
Sidewall
Becker, Smith & Page, Inc., founded 1899, 1900–1910
Machine-printed

Conventionalized design. A trefoil effect of three flowers in brown and red growing on straight, upright stems, enclosed in a four-sided, diamond shaped or diaper framework of foliage. Portions of background consist of short, irregular, broken lines in black giving the effect of a woven fabric showing the woof [sic] threads running horizontally. On selvedge is printed: "Becker, Smith & Page, Inc. Phila. - 0388".
Trophies with Attributes of Bacchus
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, ca. 1778–1782
Engraving on paper
Print

Trophies with attributes of Bacchus.
Design for an Andiron
Luigi Righetti, Italian, 1780 - 1819, late 18th century
Pen and black ink, brush and yellow, brown watercolor, graphite on light blue paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Design for an andiron with a scheme similar to 1938-88-630. The entablature is supported by a baluster at left, in the manner of a tripod at right. Above it stands a vase with fire, from which smoke rises, at left, a caryatid carrying a similar vase, at right. Inscription above, scale below.
Plan de premier Etage du Château Royal d'Einville.
Emmanuel Héré de Corny, French, 1705–1763, 1753
Engraving
Bound print

Plan of the first floor (above ground floor) of the Royal castle of Einville. Below the plan is a scale bar of "11 Toises." The title is printed within a frame of flowers and strapwork.
Three Goats, after an etching from Berchem's "Animalia" (Animals) [ Animalia ad vivum delineata et aqua forti aeri impressa Studio et Arte Nicolai Berchem]
Nicolaes Berchem, Dutch, 1620–1683, 1650–80
Red chalk on cream laid paper
Drawing

Anonymous drawing after a passage in an etching by Nicolaes Pieterz Berchem, from the Animalia series, "Three Goats under a Tree." Three goats are depicted: one standing and seen from the left, one lying down and seen from behind, and another seen from the right at left.
Letter case
, 17th century
metal-wrapped silk threads, flat gilt wire and silver spangles on silk foundation Technique: embroidered in padded couching stitches on damask foundation

Letter case of green silk damask with conventionalized design in metallic thread;  lining of white silk.
Design for a Sofa
A. Duval, French, active 18th century, 1849–66
Etching on paper
Print

Design for an upholstered sofa with an ornately sculpted wooden frame and cabriole legs. The frame features shells, flowers, c-scrolls, and scrolling leaves. The textile features a pattern of c-scrolls with a central oval cartouche illustrating a horned cow in a landscape. The plate is signed with the printmaker, publisher, and original designer, and numbered.
Man Riding a Horse
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1862
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Vertical view of a man riding a harnessed horse.
Sketch plan for proposed Morgan Library Museum
Whitney Warren Jr., American, 1864–1943, ca. 1900
Graphite, pen and blue ink, red, green, and blue crayon on tracing paper
Drawing

H. R. Floor plan: bibliotheque at top flanked by exedrae; vestibule center, flanked by studies.  Entrance, lower section.
Design for a Comb
, ca. 1810
Pen and brown ink, brush and watercolor on white laid paper, laid down
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Design for the cresting of a hair comb intended to be executed in gilded metal with diamonds and three engraved gems. In the center an oval, at the edges rectangular engraved gems, the first appears to be a nude silhouette of Minerva, the latter dancing girls. Eleven tines sketched below.
Border
, 1875–85
Block-printed on textured paper

Six parallel bands, running with the length of the paper, each with repeating semi-circular motif of radiating conventional foliate forms, with cluster of three lotus flowers between the semi-circles.
Color: Blue and earthen browns on dark earthen browns ground.
Trimming
, 18th century
silk Technique: woven

Heraldic trimming fragment in a design of squares showing four crosses on mounts in white on a blue ground separated by ostrich heads in black and gray.
Sampler
Alls Tanner, English, 1702
silk and linen embroidery on linen Technique: cross, montenegrin cross, eyelet, satin, double running, and detached looping stitches, withdrawn element work with needle lace fillings

Cross border of floral patterns and text. The same embroiderer made 1941-69-61.
Sketches for the Painted Decoration of Ceilings
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, ca. 1820
Pen and dark brown ink on light brown laid paper
Drawing

Recto: decoration for three panels, square panel with lunettes and two oblong panels. Each panel has frame. Decoration of corner panel disposed obliquely. At right, circle with putto in act of climbing upon sitting woman.
Verso: More than quarter of page shown--center medallion with figure with triangles at outside of frame. Ceiling divided into geometric panels with ornaments. Inscribed at right: tutta l'intelavatura si dovrebbe fare a chiaroscuro paletto. Rough sketch for framing of central medallion.
Sculpture Gallery: Project for the Decoration of a Hall in a Palace during the Reign of the Emperor Napoleon as King of Italy
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 18th–19th century
Black chalk on white laid paper
Drawing

Design for a sculpture gallery.  At right, is a section of a wall with windows.  Pillars support an entablature frame, narrow panel with a window-case, and broader panels without a window.  In front of a rectangular niche at left, upon a pedestal, stands a sculptural composition of two (probably) female figures embracing, the height of the statues is given as "p 9 1/2".  At right, also on a pedestal, is a sculptural scene of St. Michael stepping on the devil.  A festoon hangs in the frieze above the niche.  Above the entablature are semi-circular windows with a richly decorated frame with a group of putti, beside a tripod, and at right, a trophy.  A coffered ceiling is indicated.  Below there is indication of the scale: "Palmi Rni."  
At left, are studies of details of the upper part of the decoration.  Along the left margin, at the bottom, is a project for a coffered conch of a niche.  Above, also along the left margin, is inscribed in charcoal: "arme Imperiali / nel / mezzo / fra un Finestrone e l'altro se li finestroni potrano cambirasi dal loro sitd / e frali cadere sopra de gurppi (?) / Li putti sopra delli Finestra obligati (?) e gruppi di statue 6 (?) alti p 9 1/2."  Inscribed at the lower edge near the center below the panel with the window in ink, different hand: "Li Finestroni sopra a desto / Siano putti sopra li nicchioni; indication of scale in Palmi Rni; 
inscribed on verso in pen and brown ink: Interno / di Galleria ornata all Rochocho
Elevations of Chimneypiece Designs
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, 1749-1761
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Page with two plates, printed next to one another. Both plates offer elevations of ornamented chimneypieces with design variations in their side panels, frame shapes and motifs, and overmantel mirrors on their right and left sides. The plates feature ornamental motifs such as pinecones, rosettes, acanthus leaves, shells, cartouches, mascarons, sphinxes, dragons, and scrolls. Both plates are signed and numbered, although the fold in the album conceals the plate number of the right plate.
Design for a Cartouche with Vignette
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1745
Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper
Print

Design for a cartouche with an upper and lower compartment. The upper compartment contains a vignette of three figures in a landscape: two women are seated, one gesturing and one holding a book, while a man stands, playing a flute. The cartouche is comprised of rinceaux, scrolls, shells, branches, flowers, wings, and vines. The plate is signed and numbered.
Elevation of an Interior with Chimneypiece
Johann Michael Hoppenhaupt II, German, 1709–ca. 1778, 1753
Etching and engraving on white laid paper tipped into cream laid paper
Print

Elevation of an interior with a chimneypiece with over-mantel mirror at the center. The room is richly decorated with sofas, statues, clocks, and candelabra; the walls are covered in rocaille ornamentation, including scrolls, s- and c-curves, putti, vases, garlands, terms, and trophies. The plate is signed.
Design for a sedan chair
, 1775–85
Pen and ink, brush and various water colors on paper
Drawing

Shown from the left front corner.  Plant motifs stand in the middle and at the corners of the roof.  Tassels hand from the latter.  Festoons with roses hand from the entablature.  The panels are framed by garlands consisting of acorns and pairs of leaves.  Ovoid medallions are shown below and beside the windows. That at the doors shows an urn, that below the lateral window a fashionably dressed man sitting beside a pyramid, that beside it a woman with a sensor leaf.  Festoons and rosettes are amply used in the decoration.  The disk with the superimposed garland occurs too.  The foot is framed by a winged sphinx.  The bar is decorated in the width of the chair with two intertwined garlands.  The mountings of the bar are shown at left standing upon a meadow.
Design for a Door
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1780-1789
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Design for a door with acanthus lead molding at the upper corners. The plate is signed and numbered.
Plan general et coupe d’une Maison construite dans l’Enclos du Couvent des Carmelites près Beauvais par Mr. Belanger Architect
Jean-Charles Krafft, French, 1764 - 1833, 1812
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

An architectural print illustrating an interior section of a house, floor plans and general plan of the grounds. The house features neoclassical motifs, statues in niches, decorative paneling, wall paintings or tapestries. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
Button
, 18th century
silk and wood

1931-59-443-a: button made of wooden molds covered with pink silk...
Orphrey band fragment
, 15th century
silk, linen, metallic Technique: complementary weft 2/1 twill

Fragment of an orphrey with a rosette, paired bird and the word "Maria". Horizontal gold herringbone background with incomplete design of red, blue, and gold rosette at bottom. "Maria" in the center, and green trees with small red and white blossoms with perching blue birds at top.
Plans Coupes Elévations et detail des deux Chaumières au cidevant jardin de Chantilly/ par le Roy, Architect
Jean-Charles Krafft, French, 1764 - 1833, 1812
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

An architectural print illustrating two garden cottages with two exterior elevations, two sectional views, and four floor plans, featuring neoclassical motifs. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
Design for the Artist’ Sepulchral Monument
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, ca. 1782
Charcoal on paper
Drawing

An aedicule with triangular pediment, the tympanum shows God the Father. Side pilasters decorated with suggestion of candelabrum. Within are two connected ovals, the left shows a frontal bust. Tablet below inscribed with artist's name. Indistinct arms below.
Nouveau dessein du côte de la cheminée d’une chambre a coucher dont le lit est en niche du dessein du Sr. Blondel
Jacques-François Blondel, French, 1705–1774, 1725–40
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

A design for an interior bedroom wall elevation featuring a chimney piece, two sets of double doors, and a bed in a niche, designed by Blondel. In the center of the design, a chimneypiece and over-mantle mirror topped with a sculpted panel with putti playing musical instruments. The double doors on either side are topped with oval over-door paintings with figures in landscapes. The narrow panels between the doors and the cornice are decorated with rosettes, fleurons, strapwork, c-scrolls, and rinceaux, festoons of flowers, shell and feather motifs and ornament, with a plain dado level below. To the left, the bed niche is shown with its curtain drawn back. The headboard is decorated with scrolling foliage, fleurons, rosettes, and a diaper pattern. The plan view of the wall is illustrated below the elevation with a scale. The plate is titled, signed, and numbered. The printed number 5 has been changed by hand to an 8 with red ink.
LA PEINTURE ET LA SCULPTURE
Clément Pierre Marillier, French, 1740 – 1808, 1759–80
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Allegorical vignette representing painting and sculpture from a series of twelve (including title page). The title is lettered in the center within a frame decorated with an egg repeating pattern, and draped with textiles a medal, a garland of flowers, and palm leaves. A standing putto is inscribing the letters while holding a portfolio. At his feet are books, a palette and paintbrushes, a sculpted torso and head, prints, and medals. In the background a portrait bust on a plinth, an easel, trees, and clouds. Below an entablature with hanging garlands of leaves and a panel decorated with palm leaves. Lettering below the vignette and the plate is signed.