biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Title Page
Charles Normand, French, 1765 – 1840, 1787–95
Etching on laid paper
Print

Title page for a series of arabesque ornament designs. The title is lettered in the lower center surrounded by arabesque ornament featuring, mythological creatures and figures, winged lions, winged figures, a squirrel, half-man, half-monkey, foliage, c-srolls, s-scrolls, acanthus leaves, fleurons, vases, incense burners, cornucopia, fruit, textiles, ribbons, rosettes, and a roundel with three nude figures representing the three graces. The plate is numbered.
Section of wall, Gallery Francis I, Palace of Fontainebleau, France
Frederick Marschall, ca. 1885
Brush and watercolor, tempera on heavy paper
Drawing

Section of wall, lower half with carved wood-panelling, containing medallions and trophies; upper half, painted panels and bas-reliefs of caryatids. A chair and console table against the wall.
Elévation d'un Panneau avec son lambris
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for a panel with wainscoting. The plate is signed.
A Young Man's Head
Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian, active England, 1727–1815, 1807
Stipple engraving in brown and sanguine ink on brown paper
Print

A young man looks to the right in an almost complete profile.
Elevation of a Fountain
, 1650–1700
Pen and brown ink, brush and wash on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Within an arched niche, water flows into a lobed basin. At center, a scene of a stag and crucifix. At the base of the fountain, radiant letters below a cross: AHS
Hair Ornament and Jewelry Designs
Pierre Moreau, French, 1722 – 1798, 1771
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Within a double-lined frame, in the upper half, a design for a toothed hair ornament or comb. The top is decorated with a bow design in the center within a frame ornamented with gadrooning, palmette, fleurons, and acanthus leaves. In the lower half three designs for hair jewelry, decorated with ‘rocaille' scrolls, bows, a cross, palmettes, acanthus leaves, and fleurons. The plate is signed, numbered, and dated.
Trophy with Implements of the Hunt, Plate 4 from "Suite de Trophées de chasse," Suite VI
Etienne Claude Voysard, French, 1746 - 1812, 1778
Engraving on paper
Print

Dead rabbits and a gun, with other implements of the chase and flower garlands form a trophy. Below, engraver's and designer's names. From: "Suite de Trophées de chasse," suite VI, planche 4.
Elevation of a Sepulcher Monument
, ca. 1790
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, graphite on off-white laid paper
Drawing

An aedicule with triangular pediment and triglyphs. Within a skull and crossbones above an inscription beginning with DOM. Watermark: dove upon a triple mount, in circle above F
The Two Turkeys
Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924, 1878
Printed in black ink on paper
Ephemera

Top, short story about turkey trying to deceive his way into not being eaten. Bottom left, farmer with skinned turkey carcass, stuffing it with a rock. Right, two turkeys, left turkey, facing front, scraggly; right, profile of turkey, plumped.
Tile
, 18th century
Glazed earthenware

Square tile, painted with underglaze random pattern of brown, black and white, simulating tortoise-shell. Clear glaze (kwaart) over tin-glaze.
Sleeve fragment
, 19th century
cotton, metal Technique: chain stitch embroidery

Portion cut from a sleeve of heavy white cotton. Bars of black cotton embroidery in simple repeat pattern are separated by rows of metallic embroidery in chain stitch.
Peep-show, Vue du Pont et de la Ville de Francfort, 13
, 1766
Engraving in ink with washes of watercolor on paper
Print

Peep-show print
Tiraz embroidery
, 10th–11th century
silk on linen Technique: satin and chain embbroidery stitches on plain weave

Ivory linen plain cloth ground (probably originally white) with inch high Arabic characters, embroidered with untwisted red silk in satin and chain stitch and reading "Patient, Benevolent", part of a sentence which repeats attributes of the Deity as in the Koran. Left selvage present.
Sketch of Two Heads
Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909, ca. 1895
Black crayon on tracing paper
Drawing

Center, woman's face in profile, looking toward the left. Right, woman's face looking down.
Ornament, Christmas tree
, 1850–99
Sugar

Yellow and red pear.
Navette
, late 18th century
Gold, enamel, mother-of-pearl

Two elliptical metal plaques with slightly incurved ends, the outer surfaces enamelled opaque light blue and bordered by narrow pierced and chased gold bands; inner surfaces mother-of-pearl; gold stem.
Exhibition Building, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
Frank Calvert, American, 1876–1920, 1909
Graphite on illustration board
Drawing

Corner of exterior of one of the exposition buildings set among tall pine trees.
Fragments
, 17th–18th century
silk, linen Technique: warp faced plain weave with supplementary warp forming float patterning

Vertical stripes between broad red stripes.
Fragment
, 18th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace, Mechlin style

Louis XV pattern, ''fond armure''.
Band
, 19th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace with needle ground

Band in a design of floral scrolling branches alternating with blossoms.
Capelet
, ca. 1825
cotton Technique: printed by block and engraved roller on plain weave

Capelet of plain weave cotton printed with allover pattern of purple scrolling leaves with larger scattered polychrome shapes.
La rue des mauvais garcons
Charles Meryon, French, 1821–1868, 1854
Etching in sepia ink on paper
Print

Vertical rectangle. The facades of two houses, and part of another. The central house bears the numer ''12'' over a window. Two figures, right.
Sampler
, after 1795
silk, metal-wrapped silk, and flat metal embroidery with paint on silk foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, stem, knot and chain stitches on plain weave

Netto sampler
Ornament, Christmas tree
, 1850–99
Dough

Four-lobed pink cookie with pink frosting and white sugar decoration.
Printing block
, mid-18th–mid-19th century
wood, metal

Allover pattern of delicate scrolls and flowers.
Portrait of the Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain, from the Icones Principum Virorum
Lucas Vorsterman, Flemish, 1595 - 1675, ca. 1660
Engraving on paper
Print

Dressed in Dominican habit the Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain (1566-1633) is seen half length, standing frontally, her hands clasped before her.
Fragment
, 16th century
silk Technique: 5-harness satin damask

Small allover continuous diamond repeat outlined in a checkerboard design and with small cubes in center.
Tammany Tiger: "Teddy's going to hunt mountain lions so that gives me a vacation"
John Tinney McCutcheon, American, 1870–1949, 1900
Pen and black ink, graphite on illustration board
Drawing

Cartoon for The Chicago Tribune on December 8, 1900.  A huge tiger wipes sweat from his brow; his collar reads Tammany, and his large belly appears to comically bend skyscrapers in New York City. Teddy Roosevelt is seen in the upper left, heading to Colorado on a hunting trip with guns in hand.
Puppet
, late 19th century
Painted wood, cotton, other materials

Wide-eyed face with red cheeks. Figure dressed in red and white lace, blue fringe at the neck. Remains of crepe hair.
Tailpiece
Homer Wayland Colby, American, 1874–1950, ca. 1910
Pen and ink on illustration board
Drawing

A symmetrical design: a lighted torch, center, against a blank shield, flanked by interlaced banderoles.
Border
, 19th century
linen Technique: Brussels style bobbin lace

All over small-scale floral and scrolling vine pattern.
Fragment
, late 19th century
Medium; silk Technique: satin weave

Vase motif and curved leaf forms
Fragment
, 13th century
silk Technique: plain weave

Plaid made of uneven stripes of warp and weft.
Fragment
, 18th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace, Binche style with snowflake and snowball ground

Fragment with floral vine.
Trimming fragment
, ca. 1839
silk Technique: woven

Trimming fragment has a central symmetrical leafy stem bordered on both sides by a line of dots and a solid border. In yellow on a red ground.
Sidewall
, ca. 1700
Leather, stamped, silvered, painted

Gray field; foliage arabesques in gold, silver, black and yellow, with wavy ribbon in pink and yellow.
Frieze
, 1900–1920
Machine-printed paper

Floral medallion, alternating large and small. Ribbons and strung beads suspended from these medallions.
Tablecloth
Unknown, ca. 1910
linen ground, cotton border, mercerized cotton embroidery Technique: embroidered on plain weave

Rectangular brown tablecloth embroidered in a geometric and linear pattern of orange, brown and yellow.
Embroidered picture
, ca. 1670
silk and metallic thread embroidery on silk foundation Technique: satin stitches and detached needle looping on satin weave

Two sides of a stumpwork casket, in raised and padded embroidery with gold bobbin lace trimming. One panel shows Daphne as she is transformed into a laurel tree with branches sprouting from her head and hands.
Salon Siebleben, near Gotha, Germany
Countess Schoenberg, German, 1856
Brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

This salon is decorated in the feminine taste with elements of the high-Victorian style. Lace-trimmed tieback curtains, blue tufted upholstery, a round table covered with a print cloth and a large fern plant create a truly Victorian sensibility. In the foreground, two young boys, the older one standing and the younger seated, play with toys.
Handkerchief
, 1883
silk Technique: jacquard woven twill

White-on- white handkerchief depicting the Brooklyn Bridge with boats and the surrounding cityscape. The banner at top contains the legend. A patterned border in on all four side. Edges are machine hemmed.
Textile
, 1800–1850
cotton Technique: roller printed on plain weave

Scenes, perhaps after prints, of laborers and slaves on a sugar cane plantation. In red on off-white.
Sidewall
, ca. 1880
Machine-printed on paper

Simple pattern of two abstract motifs, one large, one small, repeated in alteration horizontally and vertically; large amount of negative space between each motif; larger motif is vertically symmetrical and consists of stylized leaves growing out of a base composed of four flowers set in a square surrounded by two Greek- or Chinese-style frets; smaller motif composed of forms reminiscent of arrows or leaves arranged like a snowflake; pattern is embossed; color scheme of gold on white.
Eglinton
W. Ridgway & Company, Hanley and Shelton, Staffordshire, England, active ca. 1830 - 1854, 1840
Glazed stoneware, pewter
Jug

A highly decorative green jug with detail on the body, spout and handle. The center depicts a knight riding a horse in an outdoor scene. This jug includes a pewter cover.
Sidewall
Howell and Brothers, 1835 – 1900, 1880–1900
Machine-printed on paper

Starburst motif encircled in willow framework. Printed in off-white and tan on light yellow ocher ground.
Ocean with Rock and Tall Cliff
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, 1885–90
Graphite on cream wove paper, bound
Sketchbook folio

Ocean in foreground with rock in center. Tall cliff at right.
Study of Landscape
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, 1867
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Sketch of mountain peaks with a gorge and trees below.
Allegory of Time
Giuseppe Longhi, Italian, 1766–1831, 1790–1830
Graphite on cream paper, laid down
Drawing

An allergorical picture featuring Youth and Old Age walking hand-in-hand amidst classical ruins. Chronos, the personification of time in Greek mythology, is seen above in a chariot drawn by stags. Two figures appear on the right, and two additional faintly drawn figures appear in the center background.
Sampler
, late 18th–early 19th century
linen embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cutwork with pattern darning or needle-made fillings on plain weave foundation

White sampler.  Twelve squares containing pattern darning alternate with squares of cutwork with needle made fillings.
Tea Infuser with Stand
Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853, ca. 1894
silver
tea infuser

Orb-shaped infuser with chain; stand with wire work support on circular dish with scroll border.
Ceiling paper
Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Trellis or grid pattern containing a stylized square floral motif in the center of each grid, and a four-petaled floral motif where the lines intersect. Lighter geometric shapes fill in the grid. Printed in pink and tan on light tan ground.
Sidewall - fragment
, ca. 1805
Block-printed

Irregular fragment of empire border with drapery swags in cream, brown, and rust with black sprigs and bands superimposed.  Printed in black, rust, light brown and off-white.
Fragment
, 15th–16th century
silk, cotton, metallic thread Technique: 4&1 satin with continuous supplementary weft

Red-orange ground with small lattice pattern in gold, enclosing Kufic inscription: "garment of health." Warps of red-orange silk covering surface except where red weft, of cotton, shows through worn parts. Extra weft of gold, wound on a silk core, forms pattern and floats on back as in brocading.
Design for a Plate
Noritake, Japan and New York, New York, USA, 1880–1910
Brush and gold gouache, pen and black ink, graphite on cream paper
Drawing

Design for a plate with gold border, decorated with rose garlands.
Figures from Last Judgment
Jean-Robert Ango, French, active in Rome 1759 –1770, d. 1773, ca. 1759–70
Red chalk on paper
Drawing

Two figures from The Last Judgment by Michelangelo.
Border
, 1650–99
linen Technique: bobbin lace, discontinuous tape

Guipure lace with a design of foliate scrolls.
Leçons de paysage par A. Calame, no. 87
Alexandre Calame, Swiss, 1810 - 1864, 1810–1864
Lithograph on paper
Print

Leçons de paysage par A. Calame, no. 87
In a German Town
Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925, 1877–80
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Chapel in center of stream connected by arched bridges to buildings on either bank.
Masonic Symbols
, ca. 1900
Plated metal
Matchsafe

In the form of a book, featuring incised decoration of various Masonic symbols, including a compass enclosed in an archway at center and dove at upper right corner. Reverse features array of other Masonic symbols. Top panel curved like a book spine, "Hugh Borland" inscribed on bottom panel, "No. 406" inscribed on right panel, which also serves as lid, hinged on pin at lower right. Striker on left panel.
Hercules and Antaeus
Annibale Carracci, Italian, 1560–1609, 1800–20
Pen and black ink, brush and brown wash on cream paper
Drawing

Hercules, wearing a lion's skin, lifts the giant, Antaeus, over his head. The figures are seen foreshortened from below. An inscriptional ribbon below the two figures reads: SIC PEREAT QVISQVIS TERRA GENITRICE SVPERBIT. The drawing is in the shape of a circle, with two triangular-shaped corners protruding from the lower left and lower right.
Four Candlesticks
Benedikt Ranninger, Austrian, 1816
silver, gold
candlestick

Set of four candlesticks. Square, plain bases with clipped corners to form octagon. Tubular plain shaft with molded bands at base juncture and at lip. Removable nozzles with curved plain flange. Originally gilded; traces of gilding on outer surface and fully gilded on underside.
Beach with Tall Cliffs
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, after 1878
Graphite on cream wove paper
Sketchbook folio

Light sketch of ocean coming onto shore, three layer of cliffs on left.
Grasscloth
, 1890
Grasscloth

Traditional grasscloth in shades of tan.
Faun by a Monument
Giuseppe Longhi, Italian, 1766–1831, 1790–1830
Graphite on cream paper, laid down
Drawing

A faun, a mythological half-human, half-goat creature, is seated by a stone-block monument. The faun, who appears to be female, points to the monument with her right hand and holds a tambourine in her left. The faun and the monument are surrounded by trees.
Border
, 18th century
linen, cotton Technique: needle lace, 6-sided reworked grounds

Band in a design of foliated branches interlaced by little floral baskets.
Four of Diamonds
E. Le Tellier, French, active late 19th century, late 19th century
Lithograph on paper
Playing card

Four of Diamonds playing card from a pack of transformation playing cards. Two male figures in military costume depicted in outline, with red diamonds integrated into their hats as well as the cuffs of their boots. At left, a map with a top hat holds a bottle, possibly of wine. At right, a man wearing a fez places his hands on the other's shoulders.
Frieze
, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, textured

Floral bouquets, alternating large and small, set within scrolling framework. Printed in grisaille, metallic gold and mica on a tan ground. Rococo style design.
Ceiling paper
William H. Mairs and Company, Brooklyn, New York, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

On tan ground, abstract medallions in red, tan, and green, with allover motifs of S-curves and small abstract flowers.
Sampler
, 19th century
cotton, silk and wool embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: cross stitch embroidery on plain weave foundation

Isolated motifs including Mexican eagle with snake and woman with baby and parrot, in black, blue, yellow, and pink on white.
Sketchbook Page
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, 1875
Graphite on paper
Sketchbook folio

Sketch of a seated female figure, her head hanging downward and her hands in her lap.
"Flora, das Blumenspiel" Game
, 1830–1835
Engraving on paper, wood, paper-covered wood
Game

Box containing a puzzle of colored wooden chips, placed to form a floral picture on engraved paper, with six alternate arrangements. Box with sliding top on which is pasted an engraving of a woman seated in a garden, with the title given below in German, French, and English.
Frieze
, 1795–1800
Block-printed, handmade paper

Horizontal rectangle. Pink bands, with white flower sprigs, along upper and lower edges. Green and blue drapery swags suspended from upper pink band. These overhang delicate blue and green flowers. All on blue ground.
Fragment
, late 18th century
cotton Technique: plate printed on plain weave; pink, purple, brown, blue and yellow added by brush

Design of flowers and tree trunk.
Plaisantez vois? Nous sommes à jeun depuis avant hier, Plate 4 from "Inconvénient"
Auguste-Xavier Leprince, French, 1799 - 1826, ca. 1825
Lithograph, brush and watercolor on paper
Print

Dinner at an inn. Woman feeding her dog, left. Couch outside the window, right. Title and artists' names below.
Monaco
Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925, 1892
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Steep slope, foreground, with buildings and towers beyond. Figures in lower foreground.
Mother-of-pearl and Steel Fork Handle with Threaded Hole
, early 17th century
steel, mother-of-pearl
fork handle

1985-103-253-a: Small case for six implements, stamped leather wit...;     1985-103-253-b: Oval rat-tail spoon bowl with round neck and screw...;     1985-103-253-c: Plain straight handle with finial on top, can be s...;     1985-103-253-d: Waisted steel handle inlaid with mother-of-pearl, ...;     1985-103-253-e: Slightly curved upper edge, lower edge curving tow...;     1985-103-253-f: Waisted handle inlaid with mother-of-pearl, four r...;     1985-103-253-g: Three straight tines, rounded shoulders and plain ...
Frieze
Gledhill Wall Paper Co., New York, New York, founded 1900, 1900
Machine-printed paper, applied mica flakes

Flitter frieze with graduated background shading from tan to green. Gold mica flakes scroll framing garlands of pink roses.
Textile
, 12th century
silk Technique: plain compound cloth

Dark blue silk cloth crossed at half inch intervals by bands of geometric repeats with guard bands above and below formed by pale yellow, pale blue and black wefts. One plain selvage, at right angles to bands, terminating in pale yellow silk cord.
Bedcover
, 1720–40
cotton foundation, embroidery in long staple wool (crewel), silk, linen, foil-wrapped silk Technique: embroidery on plain weave foundation using satin, stem, knot and running stitches in wool; stem stitch in silk; and backstitch in linen; accents of foil-wrapped silk

Bedcover of irregular shape with 'overhangs' on each side and at foot of bed. Overhangs made of what were originally three valances belonging to the complete set. Embroidered with flowering trees, birds, and, in the center, a medallion showing a landscape with a large flowering tree surrounded by deer.
Textile
, 1850–70
cotton Technique: printed

Flowers in polychrome and elaborate scrollwork in tan and red on an off-white ground.
Japonesque Style Pattern Number 5 Frunit Knife
Gorham Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, founded 1818, ca. 1880
copper plated, silver
knife

Knife in the form of a Japanese sword; rectangular handle with mottled stippled surface, both sides decorated with floral bouquet in vase, within thin border. Flat, curved blade with blunt tip, engraved with stylized foliate decoration. Some small areas of copper plate throughout surface of handle.
Sampler
, 19th century
wool embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in herringbone, cross, cross variation, long armed cross, and satin stitches on plain weave foundation

Scattered motifs, mostly geometric, dominated by large butterfly in the center, embroidered in many colors on a natural linen ground. With a flowering vine border.
Fragment
, late 17th–early 18th century
linen Technique: punto in aria needle lace

Band fragment with densely worked plants and flowers in a symmetrical arrangement.
Ceiling paper
, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, ungrounded, liquid mica

Trellis pattern of scrollwork quatrefoils with foliate medallions placed at center and on four points of each quatrefoil. Design is printed in light blue, green, metallic gold and beige on very fine polka dot background on ungrounded paper.
Fragment
, 16th century
silk Technique: cut and uncut supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a woven foundation

Fragment of dark magenta silk velvet, cut and uncut, in a small floral pattern set within a repeating diamond shape.
Sidewall
, 1885–89
Machine-printed paper

Drop repeating design. Gold flower and scroll medallion enclosing red field with black stylized sprigs. Foliate scrolls connect the repeating medallions. The seeming, not actual, ground is dull green. Sown with paler green sprigs.
The Exposition of the Holy Sacrament, Attended by Louis XIV and His Mother, Anne of Austria
Stefano della Bella, Italian, 1610–1664, ca. 1650
Engraving with black ink on white paper
Print

Horizontal rectangle. Before a columned ediface, surmounted by a crown, in which is a chapel, the procession of the Host approaches from the left. Behind the priests is seen the young Louis XIV and his mother, Anne of Austria, and many other figures. Below, a dedication and six line inscription.
Frieze
Janeway & Co. Inc., New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1848 - 1914, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Two bands of repeating design which proceed in opposite directions and which are reversed, consisting of a scrolling acanthus design with floral swags at its base and divided further at the base by vertical compartment on a ground of diamonds having vertical lines bordered and separated by horizontal bands. Printed in white, green, taupe, browns and mica.
Textile
, 1876
cotton Technique: roller printed on plain weave

Stripes of patriotic motifs commemorating the Centennial.
Plate in Nouveaux Livre de Paysages (New Book of Landscapes)
Daniel Marot, French, active in the Netherlands and England, 1661–1752, ca. 1700
Etching and engraving on white laid paper
Print

View of a triumphal arch, on a bridge, decorated with statues, reliefs, and garlands. Below, two figures converse.
Band
, 17th century
linen Technique: needle lace (punto in aria)

Animals placed in serpentine scroll work. Pattern connected by brides picotées, interspersed by portes and gaze quadrillée.