biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Fragment
, 17th century
silk Technique: 5-harness satin damask damask

Purple damask with a large scale symmetrical floral ornament.
Lithophane of a Winter Landscape
, 1825–1900
biscuit
lithophane

Horizontal rectangle with impressed design showing a landscape with chalet and two figures in foreground. Snow-covered mountains and body of water in background. Possibly a German landscape.
Two Schemes for Church Windows
John La Farge, American, 1835–1910, 1890–1900
Graphite and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Two round arched windows in the Byzantine style; left, single arch; right, double arch. Panels of colored marble indicated below.
The Fox and the Crow, Illustration for Aesop's Fables
Victor Wilbour, ca. 1916
Pen and red ink, crayon on white board
Drawing

Fox, at left, looking up in right profile under two trees. Crow with cheese upper right on top of a third tree.
The Custom House, London
, ca. 1740–1760
Engraving on paper
Print

The view is taken from the Thames River looking at the principle façade of the Custom House. Various Shallops and other ships in the foreground. Inscribed below: The Custom House.
Judy
, late 19th century
Painted wood, cotton, other materials
Puppet

Brightly painted head in red-ribboned black bonnet. Mulberry printed dress, white apron, and brightly printed drawers. Black hose and shoes. Lace at neck and knees.
Fragment
, 18th century
linen Technique: needle lace

Fragment of Argentan-style lace showing floral designs with large ornamental leaves and blossoms on a ground of "brides bouclées."
Portrait of a Woman
, before 1908
Aquatint on paper
Print

Head and shoulders of a woman, facing right, with flowers in her hair; circular.
Table cover
, 16th–17th century
silk, linen Technique: appliqué on gauze weave, needle lace

Oblong table cover of dark green silk bordered with green net in an appliqued design of foliage in reversed scrolls that terminate in lilies. Applique is natural colored linen embroidered in dark yellow silk. Edged with natural colored needle lace.
Fragment
A .G. Jennings & Sons, American, 1884
cotton Technique: machine made lace

Lace in the style of Valenciennes with embroidered details.
Ciborium cover
, 16th–17th century
silk, metal, cotton Technique: embroidered on taffeta

Conical shaped cover made in four sections, now partly ripped; cream white taffeta. Each section embroidered in gold thread with details in pink and green silk; stylized symmetrical flower pattern; each set edged with narrow pink fringe; lined with pink cotton.
The Lord Euston
John Smith, British, 1652 - 1743, 1689
mezzotint on paper
Print

Vertical rectangle. Henry Charles Fitzroy (first Earl of Euston and Grafton) (1663-1690), is shown as a child, standing in a landscape.
Fragment
, 18th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace, Mechlin style

Mechlin ground with areas of snowball ground.
Trimming with fringe
, 15th century
gilt foil on silk core, linen Technique: woven

Trimming in a pattern of ornamented triangles. Attached is a fringe skirt of twisted loops with a plain-woven linen heading.
Head cloth (kain kepala)
, 19th century
cotton Technique: wax resist dyeing (batik) on plain weave

A square scarf or headcloth (kain kepala) with design in brown, blue, and white on black ground. Much use of small white dots. Conventionalized bird and animal motifs including "sawat" (wings and tail of Garuda, the mount of Vishnu).
Ribbon
, late 19th century
silk, cotton Technique: plain weave

Lavender ribbon with lavender and white ornament.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk Technique: supplementary warp forming cut and uncut pile on plain weave foundation (velvet)

Frames containing stylized plant forms.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk Technique: supplementary warp forming raised cut and uncut pile in plain weave foundation (velvet)

Scrolling forms and diamond shapes in green. Selvage at left.
Textile
, ca. 1840
cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller on plain weave

Scenes of children with their grandparents separated by floral swags. Designed to be sewn together as a straight repeat. In purple on white.
Playing cards
, 17th century

1909-22-1-1/35: Partial set of Italian Minchiate playing cards50;     1909-22-1-1: Part of a set of Italian Minchiate playing cards.50
Fork with Eight-Paneled Agate Handle
William Boswell, active London, late 17th century., late 17th century
steel, silver, agate
fork

One of a set of five forks (1957-29-4-a-e). Each fork with eight-panelled agate handle and scalloped, engraved ferrule below two tines with partly twisted stem.
Puzzle glass
, ca. 1750
Glass

Tapered cylindrical bowl on baluster stem with circular foot. The bowl engraved around the rim with a band of flower heads interwined with leafy fronds.
Porte Huillier [Designs for Cruets], pl. 60 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurele Meissonnier
Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750, 1748
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

1921-6-212-23-a: Three projects for salt cellars and two snuffboxes...;     1921-6-212-23-b: Cruets for oil and vinegar, decorated on cover and...
Plate with "Disheveled Birds" (One of Thirteen)
Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory, English, 1745 – 1784, ca. 1758–1769
soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel
plate

1962-218-1/13: A group of thirteen plates painted with tropical o...;     1962-218-1: Scalloped edge with green feather motif. Fluted ca...
Sampler
Sarah Patterson, English, b. 1773, 1784
silk embroidery on wool foundation Technique: embroidered in cross and overcasting stitches on plain weave foundation

Within a curving floral border isolated plant and animal motifs with Lord's Prayer in the center and Adam and Eve at the bottom.  Signed "Sarah Patterson her work August aged 11 year 1784."
Vase
The Gates Potteries, 1890 – 1930, 1902–20
Glazed earthenware

Moss green vase with relief daffodils. Buff colored clay body, cast. Large ovoid body on low flat foot; no neck. Body modeled in relief with three tiers of large pendulous bell flowers and leaves (daffodils?). Allover light and dark green matte glaze, with the clay body revealed at the high points in the relief. Bottom and interior glazed.
Frieze
Grace Lincoln Temple, 1865–1953, 1900
Stenciled, tempera on paper

Celtic design. Continuous foliate rinceau, the scrolls of which enframe alternately two major motifs (a) a peacock in profile; (b) the heads of two birds addorsed. Greens predominate with lesser amounts of blue, lavender and red. Interlacings. Printed on heavy pale green paper.
St. Bernard from St. Peter's colonnade
Lazzaro Morelli, ca. 1759–70
Red chalk on paper
Drawing

Drawing after statue by Lazzaro Morelli of St. Bernard (S. Bernardo), located on the Noth Colonnade of St. Peter's. He wears a monk's habit, holds his arms out with open palms and looks upward. A mitre is at his feet.
Waves Crashing on Long, Tall Cliffs
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, 1890–1900
Pen and black ink on off-white wove paper
Sketchbook folio

Waves crashing against dark rocks and cliffs in left foreground, second set of tall cliffs in center distance.
Ceiling border
, 1875–1906
Block-printed paper

Wallpaper roll.  Ceiling medallion containing large pink floral bouquet, over that is ivy against gold background, printed in colors on taupe ground
Mounted Fox Hunters with Their Dogs
, 1850–1875
Silhouette of white paper, cut out, on black paper mount
Silhouette

Mounted fox hunters with their dogs.
View of Court Room, Federal Building, Cleveland, OH
Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925, ca. 1917
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and wash on heavy wove paper
Drawing

View of court room with embellishments, molding, ceiling decoration, fluted Corinthian pilasters. The room is sectioned into two areas, divided by a railing. Marble dados and flooring. Back wall decorated with a faint painting of a woman and other figures.
Fragment
, 19th century
silk Technique: plain compound satin

Floral roundels within squares on a diaper ground. In green and tan on black ground.
Sidewall
Standard Wall-Paper Company, Standard Wall-Paper Company, Sandy Hill, New York, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

On gray ground, vertical rinceaux with motifs of flowers surrounded by mosaic frames, with hanging garland.
Frieze
Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Printed two borders across the width. Scrolling medallions with foliate motif alternatews with much smaller folaite motif, connected by c scrolls. Printed on mottled or speckled red ground.
Purse
, 17th century
horsehair, silk and metal-wrapped silk-core yarn Technique: tapestry woven

Small pouch with drawstring made of four rectangular pieces with pointed curves on the bottom edge. Each panel is identical and has two lions facing a monogram surmounted by a crown above a vase containing a tulip and a carnation.
Wine glass
, 19th century
Blown glass

Purple pyri-form cup on knobbed stem and flat foot. Dark aubergine-colored glass.
Neüe inventiones von unterschiedlich nützlicher Silber-arbeit...gezeichnet von Abraham Drentwet in Augspurg. Inss. Kupffer gebracht durch Ioh : August Corvinim, und dasselbst verlegt von Jeremias Wolff... ; title page
Abraham Drentwet, German, 1647 – 1727, ca. 1725
Black ink on paper, bound in half-leather and boards
Print

y/dd: 6 pl., lacking t-p. SKB 957. Des neüen lauber-und goldschmied-buechs...Anderer Theil...Abraham Drentwet inv. et delin. : Ioseph Friderich Leopold excudit. A. V. 6pl. incl. t-p; numbered 7-12
Sketch of Two Trees
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, 1885–1902
Graphite on cream wove paper
Sketchbook folio

Rectangular border with rough sketches of two trees in top left quadrant.
Study of Calm Ocean with Tall Cliffs
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, 1885–90
Graphite on cream wove paper, bound
Sketchbook folio

Ocean in foreground with some small waves. At right, dark protruding rock with tall cliffs behind and in distance.
Plate Illustrating Fanmaking from Diderot's "Encyclopédie"
Denis Diderot, French, 1713–1784, 1750–1766
Engraving on paper
Print

Plate illustrating fan manufacture from Diderot's "Encyclopédie."
Sketchbook Page: Historic Portrait No. 7 (Self-Portrait)
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, 1875
Graphite on paper
Sketchbook folio

Left, self portrait of the artist, happy. Right, sketch of a semi-nude female figure.
Study for "Learning," Lunette in Hudson County Courthouse, Jersey City, NJ
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, 1910
Charcoal and graphite on off-white wove paper, laid down
Drawing

Seated allegorical male figure, facing towards the left, representing Learning. He holds an unfurled scroll in his right hand.
Sampler
, 1764
silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in cross stitches on plain weave foundation

Within an acorn border, isolated motifs with a town at the bottom dominated by a large yellow tower.  Netherlands lion in a Holland garden, symbol of the United Provinces, at upper right.  Coat of arms of Middelburg at upper left. Unfinished
Waistcoat
, late 18th century
silk Technique: chain-stitch embroidery

Cream-white taffeta waistcoat embroidered in multi-colored silks using chain stitch. Legend of the Fox and the Crow across bottom and pocket flap. Sprays of flowers on buttonholes. Late 18th century style waistcoat with a straight bottom and standing collar. Narrow silk fringe edges on front and collar. Twelve buttons.
Knife from Traveling Cutlery Set
, 18th century or 19th century
steel, silver, ivory
knife

1985-103-137-a/c: Shagreen case for two implements, silver cap and t...;     1985-103-137-a: Sharkskin case for two implements. Silver cap at t...;     1985-103-137-b: Knife with steel blade with straight lower edge an...;     1985-103-137-c: Fork with three curved tines, long baluster neck, ...
Sidewall
, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, ribbed

On light brown ground, vertical growths of rinceaux in green, with vines of pink and terracotta flowers, and gold rinceaux cascading throughout.
Plate
Minton Ceramics Manufactory, English, established 1796, ca. 1875–1876
porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
plate

Round plate with blue willow pattern and gold with diaper pattern.
Rough Sea with Large Rocks
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, 1885–90
Graphite on cream wove paper, bound
Sketchbook folio

Rough ocean in foreground, with waves breaking on large rocks at left center.
Fashion Plate from Journal des demoiselles
A. Pauquet, French, active 19th c., September 1860
Hand-colored engraving on paper
Print

Fashion Plate from Journal des demoiselles
Border
, 1820–50
Block-printed

Pink and blue flowers alternating with grisaille acanthus scrolls. A row of strung beads is below.
salt
, ca. 1800
glass

Oval bowl on tall spreading fluted stem, diamond-shaped base with molded star fluting on bottom; sides of bowl cut with scalloped edge, flat diamond band and a row of printies; glass greenish, bubbly.
Ceiling paper
Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Quatrefoil motifs joined together with C-scrolls forming larger circle. Additional C-scrolls connect motifs withing the circle. Printed on off-white ground.
Fragment
, late 18th century
silk Technique: cut supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a woven foundation

Tan velvet fragment with vertical pink stripes and tri-colored polka dots of green, black and orange.
Textile
, ca. 1860
wool Technique: block printed on plain weave with grouped warps causing weft floats

Cartouches of flowers on a brown, mossy background. Roses, anemones, ferns, and cineraria. A large number of small blocks were used.
Knife with Saber-Shaped Blade and Earthenware Handle
, ca. 1745
steel, earthenware, silver
knife

Saber-shaped blade, waisted bolster. Banded silver ferrule. Pistol-shaped earthenware handle, cream ground with marble pattern in yellow, brown and blue, clear glaze.
Pleated fan
A. Lauronce, ca. 1875
Chromolithograph on silk leaf backed with stiffened cotton, drilled and carved mother-of-pearl sticks, metal bail, silk tassel, mother-of-pearl washer at the rivet

Pleated fan with a white silk leaf with chromolithograph showing a man and woman in eighteenth century-style dress with cupid. Reverse: plain stiffened cotton. Drilled and carved mother-of-pearl sticks. Metal bail, silk tassel and mother-of-pearl washer at the rivet.
Frieze
, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Scrolling medallions, alternating between large and small. Scroll and lattice along top edge. Background shades from green at top to pink at bottom.
Entrance Hall, West Wall, Royal Pavilion, Brighton
Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859, 1802 or earlier
Brush and watercolor, pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Elevation of a wall, with a painted decoration of a series of panels giving the illusion of window openings with a cloudy sky behind them. A dado of lattice work, with sky behind it. Upper section of wall with painted decoration in marbleized border. Section of ceiling with painted sky is shown above.
Button
Agostino Brunias, Italian, ca. 1730–1796, late 18th century
Gouache paint on tin verre fixé, ivory (backing), glass, gilt metal

Button depicting scene of three figures in a landscape with a body of water. A light-skinned woman, nude but for a shawl around her waist, stands before two dark-skinned bare-breasted women. On the left, woman is crouching holding a white handkerchief; on right standing woman with child tied to her back and carrying a package on her head.
Nihon Bridge, Morning View, Nihonbashi, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)
Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858, ca. 1834
Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
Print

Hirogshige: plate 1. Morning view (Nihon-bashi, asa-no-kei) subtitle of second state: gyōretsu furude (processional Standard-bearers).  This print shows the middle class during the late Edo period. Located on the bridge over the Kamo River, in the early morning, is a seen of daimyo's procession crossing bridge, two porters carrying red boxes followed by two standard-bearers. Just past the bent over figures are rows of samurai marching in unison and then a dark silhouette of the city roofs and shops, and stores. In the forefront are six street hawkers, all carrying loads of heavy merchandise. Caught in the middle is a fishmonger balancing a shallow tray of fish on his head. A man on the left can barely be seen hidden behind the gate. Facing us is a man wearing a brown kimono. Next to him on the left is another man, wearing a checkered kimono and indigo spotted headcloth (okosozukin), caring huge bundles of furoshiki. Amongst the bustling morning is a pair of dogs in the lower right-hand corner.
Sketchbook Page
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, 1875
Graphite on paper
Sketchbook folio

Sketch of a woman playing the piano.
Frieze
Robert S. Hobbs & Co., Brooklyn, New York, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Two bands of a similar repeating design placed one on top of another. Composed of arabesques of acanthus leaves and open flowers on a plain ground bordered on the bottom by eight horizontal stripes of varying thicknesses and bordered on the top and separated by two thin horizontal stripes. Printed in off-white, mica, gray, olive green, tuape, rust and light blue.
Tassel
, 17th century
linen, silk, metal wire, foil strip, paillettes, wood Technique: braided and knotted

White linen tassel with a bell-shaped wooden core covered in knotted linen, from which hang four elaborate interconnected knottings in the form of human figures. The figures are decorated with metal wire, foil strips, and some paillettes.
Textile
, 1200–1500
cotton, wool Technique: discontinuous supplementary weft in plain weave foundation; plain weave patterned by brocaded supplementary weft floats. Note: this fabric has four selveges

A square fabric with a pattern which can be divided into four equal parts. Each part has an architectural-like geometric motif in orange, yellow-green, and blue. The background (foundation fabric) is brown cotton.
Sleeve decoration
, late 19th century
silk, cotton Technique: satin stitch embroidery

Sleeve decoration of red and green satin embroidered with large-scale pattern of stylized flowers in brightly colored silks. Worked in satin stitch and lined with cotton.
Box
, 18th century
wood, tooled leather, gilded brass

rectangular wooden box, on oiutside covered with gold-tooled leather; sprigs of flowers on sides and surrounding raised central panel of cover, which in center bears coat-of-arms flanked by two quatrefoils, and in corners diapered scrolled cartouches - coat-of-arms: tierced in fess, 1] an eagle displayed, 2] a winged dragon, 3] three mullets on bend - surmouted by cardinal's hat - brass escutcheon, hasp, and two bail handles - inside lined with red undrressed leather.
Design for a Sculpture of a Prophet Beside an Arch
Carlo Maria Giudici, Italian, 1723 - 1804, 1780–1800
Black chalk on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Part of a sheet of a drawing book, with a figure of  Prophet beside an arch. The mouldings are sketched, and the figure sits toward the left, holding a scroll in his left hand. The forepart of the left foot has been cut away.
The Sacrifice of Isaac
, 6th–8th century
Warp; S-spun, Z-twist linen. Wefts; S-spun linen, S-spun wools Technique: slit tapestry with supplementary weft wrapping
Band

Band divided into three sections. The central section shows a scene of Abraham about to sacrifice Isaac. The hand of God comes in from the upper left. Geometric pattern on either side.
Popocatépetl, Mexico
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, December 18, 1883
Graphite on light green wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of the storied volcano near Mexico City known as Popocatépetl. In the foreground, nearby scrub brush is visible at lower center while a rolling plain extends from the foreground through the middle distance. In the background, the conical form of Popocatépetl rises to a sharp, pointed summit at upper center and is flanked by rugged ridges on either side. 

Verso: Architecture sketch showing a view of an interlocking frieze design adorning at hotel in Texcoco, Mexico. Design characterized by series of oppositely oriented semi-circles that overlap and interweave with one another.
Button
, 1878–1914
Brass, nickle, silver

1931-59-21: Eagle, head to right, wings spread, resting on bar...
Paper Doll Costume in Cream with Black Stripes and Pink Sash
, 1876–80
Lithograph, brush and watercolors on cream heavy wove paper
Print

This cream colored gown has black stripes on the bodice and sleeves.  A pink sash drapes from the side, and the full skirt is has further decoration. She wears black netted gloves.  The back and front of this dress are depicted.
Miser's purse
, 19th century
silk, steel beads Technique: fishermen's knotted net technique

Miser's purse with beaded ornament and tassels of steel beads.
Decoration of a frieze
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Decoration of a frieze.
Melchizedek Brings Bread and Wine to Abraham [above]; Unicorn Hunt [below]
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, ca. 1584–1605
Pen and brown ink, brush and black wash over black chalk on laid paper.
Drawing

Recto, above: King Melchizedek stands at left accompanied by servants carrying bread and wine. Abram (later called Abraham) and his family kneel before him at right. Italian inscriptions appear in the composition at upper right and below the framing line at the lower margin of the image.  
Recto, below: Landscape with hunters armed with bows and arrows being attacked by unicorns. 
Verso, above: In an open portico, standing figures gather around a table upon which the Passover lamb has been placed. An explanatory inscription in Italian appears beneath a framing line at the bottom of the image. 
Verso, below: Coat of Arms with Medici palle, fleurs-de-lis, and an unidentified element, surmounted by a grand ducal crown, flanked by allegorical figures.
Design of an Alcove
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1780-1789
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Design for an alcove with a daybed set within. The wall is decorated with ornament motifs including branch guilloche, bound leaf garland, urns, and palmettes. The plate is numbered.
Handscreen
, 18th century
Painted paper leaf, turned wood handle

Handscreen with hand-painted paper leaf and turned wood handle. Obverse: interior scene showing man seated before fire receiving game and food offerings from visitors; in the foreground, a woman releases birds from a cage.  Reverse: paper painted with flowers, with three applied engravings showing French text on paper.
Study for a woman, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1895–1898
Brown pastel crayon, graphite on paper
Drawing

Sketch of a female figure wearing a headdress. The headdress and the hair are shown.
Tree Sketches
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, possibly 1865
Graphite on dark gray-green wove paper
Drawing

Botanical sketches showing two views of trees, possibly in Jamaica. At left, a tree with long branches that only have leaves on their tips dominates the composition. Its canopy descends from upper left to lower right and its trunk is out of view. At upper right, a much smaller drawing of a tree with a fuller, lush canopy is included.
Paper Doll Costume in Blue with Flower Pattern
, 1876–80
Lithograph, brush and watercolors on cream heavy wove paper
Print

This blue dress has a flower pattern and is lined with pink. At the front, the blue layer splits to reveal the lace beneath. Both the back and front of this dress are depicted.
Title Page
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, 1749-1761
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Page printed with four plates depicting fountains set within landscapes, and decorated with river gods and anguipeds. The plate at the upper left is the title page for the series. All the plates are signed.