biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Frame for a member of the Braschi Family
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1780–1795
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper (two pieces of paper vertically stuck together), mounted
Drawing

Above is the left part of the elevations. A part of the outer frame is curved on top. There is the bend; laterally are branches springing from a fleur-de-lys. In the lower left corner is a separate panel with a star. An oblong panel is below the inner oblong; it is decorated with a star in front of a festoon and two fishes. Caption; inside: "Sotto la stella/ che tiene ordegui da lavoro/ per I[t]erreri e due pesci che/ portano li gredetti ordegui". Below is the elevation, with alternative suggestions with cornucopias, standing laterally at left, lying around the corner at right. Below is the field with three stars.
Fragment
, late 19th century
silk, metallic threads Technique: embroidered on satin weave

White satin ground with an incomplete design of small-scale roses in red, rose, pink, green, and tan silk with short pieces of gilt wire coils.
Decoration du Bal Paré Donne Par Le Roy
Charles-Nicolas Cochin the elder, French, 1688–1754, 1746
Etching on paper
Print

Decorations of the Grand Ecurie at Versailles for a ball honoring the first marriage of the Dauphin, February 24, 1745. The chamber, filled with people, is seen from the end. Below, a ten line explanatory inscription and designer's and engravers names; also indication that the decorators for the occasion were Slotz at Perot.
Study of a Cow
, 1750–1800
Graphite on paper
Drawing

View of a cow facing left.
Larnaca, Cyprus
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, May 27, 1868
Graphite on gray-green wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of the city of Larnaca on the coast of Cyprus, as seen from the sea. In the foreground, water extends into the middle distance, where it meets the shoreline. Two tall, pointed minarets at left and center stand out against the relatively low skyline. A ship is anchored in the harbor at center right. In the background, the outlines of two jagged mountain ranges are visible. 

Verso: Landscape and architecture sketch showing a view of a castle on an island with a circular and crenellated tower at center. In the background, the outline of a coastal mountain range is faintly visible. At left, two loose sketches of boat prows are included.
Sketches for "Lesson of Charity" and portrait of Peter Richards, Jr.
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1849
Graphite on cream paper
Drawing

Man seated in an armchair, turned toward the right, an open book in his right hand. Bust of a child facing frontally, right, and a head of a child (see verso) superimposed. Center, name of man, lower left. Verso: Head of a child: "Charlie: for "Lesson of Charity," facing away, left. Name and date on lower right.
Sketch of a River God
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Italian, 1727 – 1804, ca. 1750
Pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Nude figure of a river god leaning against a jar.
Elevation of a pavilion
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1785-1790
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Arched opening flanked by embedded columns; steps lead to it. Slightly receeding lateral wall panels. Attic over the entablature showing an inscription between festoons. Teo seated women on top.
Fishermen Beaching a Dory
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, October 10, 1900
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Recto: Horizontal view of a beach, wih breakers; in center, men in oilskins beaching a dory; to the left, group of men running towards men at center.

Verso: Figure suggestive of left hand figure in "Eight Bells."
Ornement Antique
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1780-1789
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Designs for five bands of ornament in the antique style with motifs including palmettes, medallions, flowers, acanthus leaves, lozenges, and vines. The plate is signed.
Design for a Daybed
Jean-Charles Delafosse, French, 1734 – 1789, 1849–66
Etching on paper
Print

Design for an upholstered daybed with a carved frame featuring scrolling leaves, shells, festoons of leaves, c-scrolls, flowers, birds, and cabriole legs. The plate is signed with the printmaker, publisher, and original designer, and numbered.
Fragment
, late 19th century
silk Technique: woven

Floral sprays in white on cerise background.
Elevation and Plan of a Table
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1787-1796
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Elevation and plan for a four-legged table with a shelf with a bouquet of flowers at bottom, and c-scrolls and egg and dart motifs in bands at the top. The plate is signed and numbered.
Tracings of Four Flower Boughs for Embroidery
, 1825–1850
Brush and white paint on dark tracing paper, mounted
Drawing

Probably intended for emrboideries. Top row: a bough with leaves and three bell flowers; a bough with a bud and leaves. Bottom row: a forked bough with two blossoms; a bough with two wild roses and a bough with leaves and small-sized blossoms.
Design for a Frieze
, 1600–1625
Charcoal, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Horizontal frieze with symmetrical grotesque decoration. At center, a fountain with florals. Strapwork and scrolling rinceaux with birds.
Design for a Coronet
, mid- 19th century
Pen and ink, brush and sepia wash on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Design for a small crown or tiara. Converging at the center are two branches with alternatively two stems, the upward having two leaves and a round bead, the downward a pearl-like diamond below two small leaves, and two leaves. In the center a lozenge is formed, with a diamond on top, in the center and below.
Design for Ceiling Decoration
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Design for Ceiling Decoration.
Design for a Chandelier
, ca. 1830
Pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Design for a chandelier, on top is a ring. The upper part has the shape of a garden umbrella, from which another umbrella hangs. The candles are carried by branches, fastened to two rings, eight--five are shown--to an upper one, sixteen are shown to a lower one. Below is a glass bowl. Scale below.
Frieze with Sphinxes
, ca. 1805
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and sepia on paper
Drawing

Horizontal panel with six sphinxes.
Design for a Tureen with Alternate Suggestions
Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799–1868, 1825–35
Pen and black ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Design for a tureen with alternate schemes of decoration. The left half of the vessel is decorated with a handle composed of a cornucopia, and the base is banded with a grapevine meander and rests on a paw foot. The right half is banded by a repeating palmette motif and handle in the form of a plant stalk. Finial unadorned.
Elevation of an Interior with Chair under a Baldachin
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 central chair carved with scrolling acanthus leaves and a mascaron set within a radiating cartouche. The chair is set under a baldachin, and is framed on either side with rocaille ornamentation, including cartouches, putti, trophies, garlands, and scrolls. The plate has been trimmed.
Helmet Designs
D. Antoine Pierretz, French, active 1647, 1648
Etching on laid paper
Print

Four ornamental helmet designs featuring feathers, fantastical creatures, scale pattern, fluting, scrolling leaves, a dragon, and a sphynx. The plate is numbered.
Chasse
Pierre Germain, French, 1703 - 1783, 1748
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for a casket elevated on scroll feet decorated with ornament motifs including cross, rinceaux, winged cherub heads, ribbons, scalloping, and shells. The plate is signed and numbered.
Developpement et apliquation sur les proportions de Fenêtres propre a chaque Etage: Petite Fenêtre Dorique ou mezanine à l'usage de Atique [et] Ire. Fenêtre Dorique au dessus du Rez de Chausée ou belle Etage
Jean-François de Neufforge, Flemish, 1714–1791, 1768
Engraving on paper
Print

Designs for two windows, one for an attic, the other for a ground floor, decorated according to the principles of the Doric Order. The plate is signed and numbered.
Flower Branch, from "Fleures Persannes"
Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808, ca. 1765
Etching on paper
Print

A flower bough with two blossoms composed of three double-pointed petals with small blossoms on their faces.
Sampler
, 1850–1900
wool embroidery on linen foundation Technique: cross, satin, and eyelet stitches on plain weave

Geometric ornament, houses alternate with trees, people surrounded by Greek fret.
Fragment of a cartoon for cotton printing: Fauchon la Vielleuse
Petitpierre & Compe., (Nantes, France, founded 1770, 1785–95
Graphite, pen and black ink, brush and grey wash, pink wash, white heightening on white paper
Drawing

Family of seven before arbor and fountain, with two children dancing to tune of hurdy-gurdy and flute. Bird flies overhead.
Head of Diety
Mariano Fortuny, Spanish, active Italy, 1871–1949, 1838–1874
Brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

"Signed by Mr. Stewart as given to him by the artist"
Costume Design: Carnation Girls, Midnight Frolic, for Ziegfeld Follies
Charles LeMaire, American, 1897–1985, 1921
Brush and watercolor, crayon, graphite on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Standing woman wearing elaborately ruffled costume; ruffles outlined in red, huge ruffled and feathered headdress with blue medallion and small veil.
Textile
, 1850s
cotton Technique: roller printed on plain weave

Peacocks and pecking chicks set in a rocky landscape amongst large flowering branches. Primarily red and black on a light blue ground.
Fragment
, 18th century
linen Technique: bobbin made continuous tape with net added

Conventionalized leaves and flowers.
Study for Portrait
Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat, French, active in Italy, 1833 – 1922, 1859
Pencil on white paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Head of a young woman, seen frontally.
Child's cap
, 18th century
silk, linen, metal Technique: brocaded silk cap lined with linen and trimmed with metallic lace

Child's cap in a brocaded salmon-colored silk is edged with silver lace. Lined with block-printed linen in a red and brown floral pattern.
LE FAUNE
Antoine Watteau, French, 1684–1721, 1723-1735
Etching on laid paper
Bound print

Panel of arabesque ornamenation with a figure of a faun at the center, holding a thyrus, and with a goat and a ewer at his side. He stands under a trellis supported by vines. The plate is signed.
Femme du Royaume de Necpal
Antoine Watteau, French, 1684–1721, 1731
Etching on laid paper
Print

From a series of twelve prints, a Chinese woman in a landscape, leaning against a tree trunk with buildings in the background. The plate is titled, signed, and numbered.
Studio delle virtuose dame
Isabella Catanea Parasole, Italian, 1575–1625, 1884
paper
Pattern book facsimile

Facsimile by Bernard Quaritch of "Studio delle virtuose dame" by Isabella Catanea Parasole; first published in Rome by Antonio Faechetti in 1597.
La Couronnement de la Rosiere
Oberkampf & Cie., Jouy-en-Josas, France, 1759–1815, 1789–92
cotton Technique: printed by engraved plate on plain weave foundation Printing width of plate: 93 cm (36 1/2 in.) Printing height of plate: 99 cm (39 in.).
Textile

Scene of a group under a fabric canopy. Seated woman holding a lamb on a leash is being crowned with a wreath by a gentleman in a tricirne hat. Other images include; flowers, garlands, putti, a poodle, a leaping wolf and domestic fowl.
La danseuse de corde
Petitpierre et Cie, Nantes, France, 1770–1848, ca. 1785
cotton Technique: printed by engraved copper plate on plain weave; printed in red
Textile

Motifs showing country occupations and a scene of chateau park with tight-rope walker entertaining groups of people.
Fragment with chef de piece
Bayon et Gautier Lemasurier, 1785 – 1808, 1790–99
cotton Technique: block printed on plain weave

Scalloped edge piece with design of swans in water, plants, and trees alternate with stripes. Blocks for two reds, black, yellow, blue and grey. Irregular outline of yellow block visible as are registration marks for darker red block.
Panel
, 18th century
silk and cotton Technique: embroidery

Square panel of white cotton, drawn and worked over into a net-like background for an almost solid embroidery in silk of highly conventionalized geometric and flower forms. Pale blue, green, peach color, grey, white and black for outlines. Faced with striped blue and white silk. Backed by yellow cotton block-printed in flower spray of red and green.
The Attach of Two Bastions, at Breches Made by Springing Mines, from Twelve of the Most Remarkable Sieges and Battles in Europe
Carington Bowles, British, 1724 - 1793, ca. 1760–1770
Engraving on paper
Print

Soldiers are entering a bastion in the foreground, the walls having been broken in at least three places. A town in the background. Inscribed in lower margin: "THE ATTACK of TWO BASTIONS, AT BREACHES MADE BY SPRINGING MINES", followed by a two-line description, and below: "Printed for and sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map and Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London". In the upper right corner, the number "4".
Italian Coast Town
Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909, ca. 1883
Graphite and black crayon on paper
Drawing

Steep coastal cliff, at left, with town and road below. Water at right, and mountains beyond.
Hercules and the Nemean Lion
Hans Sebald Beham, German, 1500–1550, 1542–48
Engraving on off-white laid paper
Print

Horizontal rectangle. Hercules, at right, is shown in the act of strangling the Nemean lion. His club, bow and arrows, and shield rest against a tree at right.
Portrait of a Lady (Peg Woffington?) as a Shepherdess
John Vanderbank, British, 1694 - 1739, 1734
Pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. A full-length figure of a woman, seated facing front, looking toward right. A lamb seated toward left.
Design for Embroidery, Gentleman's Waistcoat Pocket
Jean-François Bony, French, 1754–1825, ca. 1780
Brush and gouache, pen and black ink on cream paper
Drawing

Rectangular corner of a waistcoat or gilet, showing the welt pocket. The welt includes black pseudo-Chinese characters on either side of two parrots in blue, yellow, orange and red with green palmettes in their beaks. Chinoiserie flowers in pink, purple, yellow, blue, red, orange, and brown surround the welt.
Sketch of Figures for a Ceiling
Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909, ca. 1895
Black crayon on tracing paper
Drawing

A figure in drapery, with one arm held out to the right; a putti beneath it, looking up to the left.
Sketch of Figural Group for Ascension
Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909, ca. 1895
Graphite and black pastel on paper
Drawing

Angels moving toward the right, the first one carrying an infant. Verso: Design, in brown watercolor, for a band of interior decoration.
Textile
, late 18th century
cotton Technique: stencil resist (katazome) with reserve on plain weave

Small design of triangles joined in lines of two or three reserved in white and closely spaced on the dark blue ground. Imitation of Japanese leather design. Two selvedges continuous with ground.
Peep-show, Vue Perspective du Fameaux Pont de Remino Fabriquee du Temps d'Auguste Tibert Empereur Romain, No. 17
, ca. 1750
Engraving in ink with washes of watercolor on paper, mounted on scrapbook page
Print

Peep-show print
Trimming fragment
, 17th century
silk, metallic thread

Trimming fragment has a design of flowers and leaves on a curving stem on a ribbed ground. Furnishing trim.
Textile
Bromley Hall, Middlesex, England, 1712–1763, 1760s
cotton Technique: printed by engraved plate on cotton plain weave

Design shows a large flowering vine of natural scale roses and morning glories.
The Virgin with the Crown of Stars
Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528, 1516
Engraving on laid paper
Print

The Virgin and Child are represented standing on a crescent moon. She faces the spectator, her figure turned slightly to the right. She holds the Child on her left arm, and a scepter in her right hand; on her head a crown with stars.
Band
, 17th–18th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace

"Punto avorio" or braid-like peasant lace from the Valle Vogna is of the same type as this from Monferrato.
Fragment
, 4th–5th century
Warp; S-spun linen. Wefts; Z-spun linen, Z-spun wool Technique: slit tapestry with supplementary weft wrapping

Nine circles containing trees or rabbits.
Fragment
, late 16th–early 17th century
linen Technique: cutwork with embroidery

Border fragment with a finished left edge has a rose with scrolling forms topped by a fleur-de-lys shape.
Roundel
, 1530–50
walnut, carved

Carved with a woman's head, looking towards the left, with conventionalized helmet-like cap.
Sarong
, 1850–1900
Material: cotton Technique: wax resist dyeing (batik) on plain weave

A sarong with a dark blue ground. Features design of conventionalized floral motifs as well as the "mirong" motif (two wings of Garuda, mount of Vishnu) in grey and white.
Portrait of Alphonsus de Berge, Archbishop of Mechlin
, ca. 1700-1730
Engraving on paper
Print

Within an oval frame is the bust portrait of a cleric, wearing a skull cap with long flowing hair; he wears a short van dyck beard. Below, his escutcheon and motto, and inscription.
Design for a Woven or Embroidered Horizontal Border, of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1805-1815
Brush and gouache on glazed tracing paper, laid down on paper
Drawing

The repeats, six of which are shown, consist of a forked bough, from the upper part of which leaves grow, whereas the lower one holds a lacy bell flower.
Fragments
, 19th century
silk Technique: damask

Fragments of a chasuble made from tan and blue damask with a baroque-style pattern.
Button
, late 19th century
Brass, steel, colored enamel

Button of brass, cut-out design with ornaments of steel and enamel. -a: central ornament of cut-steel surrounded by six-lobed figure in blue enamel with brass decoration. Brass shank.
Decoration of the Vestibule in Palais Bourbon
Pierre L'Assurance, ca. 1727
Etching on paper
Print

Elevation of vestibule with the door in the center; a niche with a window at right; two niches, windowless, at left. Wall decorated with fluted Corinthian pilasters. Ceiling cove decorated with cartouches. Inscribed, upper margin: "Decoration interieure d'une des faces du Vestibule du Palais de Bourbon, du dessein de M. le Lassurance"; lower left: "Mariette exc."
A Commissioned and a Non-Commissioned Cavalry Officer
Victor Vincent Adam, French, 1801 – 1866, 1825–1850
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and sepia wash on paper
Drawing

Probably intended as projects for a sheet of pictures. In a row, they are galloping toward right. Under the left figure is written: "8". The upper parts of the letters of a caption are at the lower edge.
Sewing instruction book covers
, 1829
paper, cardboard, leather

Cardboard book covers with a design of rosettes and stars is printed in crossing diagonals.
Drawing
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1800-1810
Pen and brown ink over traces of graphite on cream laid paper

Obverse, at left. Hebe standing at left, presents a plate with ambrosia to Juno, Minerva, Venus, and an indistinct goddess, who are seated and to the standing Diana.  At right: Jupiter leads Hebe te the seated Hercules. The eagle and Cupid are at the extreme left. Reverse at left, (c) Jupiter leads Hebe who is pushed by Cupid, to Hercules who sits with the back turned toward them.  and the light source symbol at upper right, (d)/a variation of 3420. b) Parts of words are at the top edge. Light smre*** symbol in b chalk upper right.
Ribbon
, mid-19th century
silk Technique:

Green ribbon with narrow and wide borders of triangular forms in gold silk. Scalloped picot edge.
lantern, magic
, ca. 1800
painted tôle

Vertical hexahedron, with hinged back and triple pagoda-like top (a), projecting cylindrical lens-chamber (b) with cap (c),  Fitted with lamp of Argand type (d). Green with striping in gilt. In five pieces, though fifth piece (e) does not seem to belong, and top piece seems to be missing. A sixth piece (f), containing a lens, does not belong to this lantern.
Design for a Fountain Supported by Dolphins and Two Dogs
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, 1690s
Pen and ink, watercolor on paper
Album page

Jet of water from sphere atop shell-like tier supported by two upside-down entwined dolphins.  water from dolphins' mouths flows into pool at base.  Two dogs (one on each side) stand on rocky base with their front paws at tier rim.  Each dog holds in its mouth a brach from which water spouts.

One sheet of paper drawn on recto and verso, mounted onto an album page with window cutout to see verso.
Frame or Cartouche Design
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1778
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for a cartouche or framing device featuring festoons of flowers, scrolling acanthus leaves (rinceaux), basket of flowers, and ribbons. The plate is numbered and signed.
Frieze
, 1905–15
Machine-printed on paper

Landscape frieze with architectural molding containing egg-and-dart and beading at top edge. Beneath this are C scrolls and diamond diaper lattice. In the distance are rolling hills and purple mountain tops. Printed in lavender, green, taupe, blue and metallic gold on a taupe ground.
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema's Study, Townshend House, London
Anna Alma-Tadema, British, 1865 - 1943, 1884
Brush and watercolor, gouache, pen and brown and black ink, graphite on white paper
Drawing

The study interior shows elements of the Aesthetic Movement.  The furniture, including a fur-covered couch, bentwood chairs, a bamboo armchair and writing table, located in the opened-up neighboring room on the left, is utilitarian.  The use of tiles on either side of the stained glass windows and of geometric-patterned walls are design components often seen in late nineteenth century England.
Album of Title Pages
Pietro Metastasio, Italian, 1698 – 1782, 1755–69
Album

Album of ten title pages for a ten-volume Parisian edition of poems by Metastasio. The first nine volumes were published in 1755 by the widow of Quillau and the tenth volume published in 1769 by Molini.
Border
, 1810–20
Block-printed

Top band of shell and acanthus with pink background. Central band of rod with acanthus twist. Bottom boand of bead and reel. Printed in grisaille with pink background on gray ground.
Saree fragment
Unknown, probably 18th century
cotton, metal wrapped silk Technique: plain weave with discontinuous supplementary weft patterning

Copper-colored saree fragment has square compartments made of metallic thread that contain a single goose also in metallic thread.
Textile
, ca. 1826
cotton Technique: printed on plain weave

Commemorative textile, likely marking the half-century mark of the American Revolution, has the Declaration of Independence with signatures filling circular central area, framework of state seals, and stars with oak twigs, eagle, trophées of war, and portraits of Washington, Adams and Jefferson at top. Scenes from the Revolutionary War in the lower corners.
Bowl and stand
, ca. 1770–1800
glass

Spool-shaped with vertical fluting around center, prismatic rings around bottom.
A Stucco Angel from the Nave Vault, Church of the Gesu, Rome," from the album "Drawings after Ornament and Architecture"
Jean-Robert Ango, French, active in Rome 1759 –1770, d. 1773, ca. 1759–70
Red chalk on paper, mounted to a larger sheet with multiple framing lines, then inset into a secondary sleeve mount
Drawing

A winged male figure holds a scroll and looks away from it toward his left. Decorative motifs are visible on the right side. Copy after a stucco angel on the cieling of the Church of Il Gesu in Rome, a work carried out by Ercole Antonio Raggi (il Lombardo) after designs by Giovanni Battista Gaulli, called Baciccio, between 1676 and 1679.