biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Castles in Spain
, ca. 1835
Block-printed paper, pasteboard support
Bandbox

Pasteboard bandbox lid, rim partially attached. "Castles in Spain" pattern. Buildings, trees, in pink, browns, on yellow background, in enframement of green foliage and white flowers.
Study of landscape
William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900, ca. 1855
Brush and watercolor, graphite on paper
Drawing

Sketch of landscape with a stream and a village in the background.
Dado
, 1800–1825
Block-printed on handmade paper

Paper with printed imitation marble in tan and brown on light tan, imitating dado panel with black outline, blue imitation marble framing panel.
Figures from Last Judgment
Jean-Robert Ango, French, active in Rome 1759 –1770, d. 1773, ca. 1759–70
Red chalk on paper
Drawing

Group of figures to the left of Mary in The Last Judgment by Michelangelo
Sampler
, 1834
cotton Technique: embroidered in satin, stem, knot, and back stitches with overcasting on plain weave foundation Label: cotton embroidered in satin, stem, knot, and back stitches with overcasting

Marking sampler with two alphabets, crowns, crests, leafy branches and names in red on fine white cotton.
Cushion cover
, 1800–1815
cotton Technique: supplementary warp pile (velvet), printed

Square cushion cover of printed cotton velvet with a standing figure of a man in fashionable dress with striped hose and a bicorn hat leaning on a spiral walking stick. In rosy reds and tans on a blue-green ground, with a narrow scrolling acanthus border.
Frieze
Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Connected large rinceaux with single border of lozenge forms connected in a chain-like fashion. Above rinceaux are delicate garlands. Printed in dark green, pale yellow, silver, tan, white and olive green.
Sidewall
, 1810–15
Block-printed on handmade paper

On blue ground, vertical panels marked off by vertical stripes/borders at edges of paper width. Within the panels alternating large motif (a castle) and small motif (an urn) in deeper shades of blue and in white. Background fill of trefoil motifs.

A, B & C in very poor condition, flaky condition
Casket
, first half 16th century
Tooled leather over wood, metal, silk (interior)

Casket-shaped box, fitted with iron lock, made of tooled leather over wood;  surface design showing Renaissance style masks, and foliated scrolls with bird-like animals, decorated with large curves. Inside lining of brown silk taffeta with embroidery in green and brown silk showing trees, leaves, and architecture.
Border
, ca. 1860
Block-printed and flocked

Architectural moldings on olive-green flock.
Ceiling paper
, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Scrolling acanthus ornaments with floral sprigs, linked by dotted scrolls. Printed in yellow, green, brown, and metallic gold on light ground. No selvedge on either side.
House in Granada
Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925, 1892
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Center, a tall house section, wings at either side. Sign at right: ESCUELA
Textile
, 1700–1750
silk Technique: plain weave patterned by floats of a set of supplementary warps

Four lengths of a textile with offset rows of a flower on a stem (alternate rows counter faced) with a leaf-like ribbon curving through the rows. Green pattern on green background.
Design for Textile or Wallpaper
, 1810–20
Brush and watercolor, gouache, pen and blue ink on paper mounted on cream wove paper
Drawing

Design for textile or wallpaper with flowering vine pattern.
Chalice cover
, early 18th century
linen Technique: needle lace Label: linen needle lace

Chalice cover with a solid linen center and very deep border on all four sides with elaborate floral and foliated branches and symbols of the Crucifixion, including the cross, ladder, spear, and pillory.
Lucius Albinius Rescues the Vestal Virgins
Antonio Giuseppe Basoli, Italian, 1774–1843, 1800–20
Pen and black ink, brush and grey, red, and yellow wash on white laid paper
Drawing

Five Vestal Virgins, holding urns, are being ushered into a two-wheeled cart. A group of lamenting figures, including children, surround them.
Fashion Plate, Modes Vraies
Laure Noël, French, 1827 - 1878, 1856
Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper
Print

Young girl in blue and white, and young woman in violet, both seated on a couch, left. Girl in white confirmation dress, right. Artists' and publishers' names below. Description on verso.
Distant View of Sangay Erupting, Ecuador
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1857–62
Graphite on tan wove paper
Drawing

Landscape and atmosphere sketch showing a view in Ecuador of rugged terrain with the volcano Sangay erupting in the distance. Mountainside in foreground at right descends into the center of the composition, where it meets another rocky prominence in the foreground at left. In the distance, Sangay erupts and spews smoke and debris into the sky, mixing with the clouds, and producing a tumultuous atmosphere. Framing lines surround the image.
Men Fishing with a Rod and Net
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1897
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Sketch of a stream with a rocky bank in the foreground, beside which are seen the head and shoulders of a male figure casting with a long rod and a man with a net crouching on the rocks in the middleground, with trees visible in background.
Console tables
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1785–1790
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Above a left side: the leg is a chimera seen from the front, the upper parts of which are framed by two scrolls supporting a festoon in front of the leg, and another one hanging toward the center of the frieze. Frame and top form an entablature with, in the center, an oval medallion with a figure in front of it. Below hangs a festoon. Below, at right: the support is a lyre and the scrolls of half-figures of sphinxes beside it. Below is a base. Festoons hang from rinceaux. Usual background.
The Curiosity of the Chinese
, 1750–75
Hand colored etching with watercolor and gold on paper
Print

A woman holds a small child up to look into a peepshow operated by a man in plumed hat. A seated woman plays a lute, at right. Two other children at left, before a trellis arcade. Wide ornamental border composed of scroll motifs, flowers and a canopy at top.
Illustration for the Poem ‘Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard.’
Thomas Gray, British, 1716 – 1771, 1753
Etching on laid paper
Bound print

Full-page illustration for the poem ‘Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard'. Visible through a gothic ribbed archway, two men stand over a gravestone in a churchyard, with the church in the background. The archway is in part ruin with foliate branches. To the right, agricultural tools such as a rake, shovel, hay, a basket of fruit, a sack, and barrel. The plate is signed.
Ornamenti di fregi e fogliami
Stefano della Bella, Italian, 1610–1664, ca. 1648
Etching on paper
Print

Plate 3
Fragment
, 900–1400
cotton Technique: plain weave with tied-resist patterning

Small hollow squares reserved in white are grouped so as to build up a diamond pattern, each enclosing a bird motif on a tan background. Small folds tied and uncapped. Remains of one selvage intact.
Ornamental Vase Design
St. G..., active 18th century, 1772-1777
Engraving on paper
Print

Oblong vase with narrowed mouth, and a spiraling fluted neck. The vase has a wide band of swirling acanthus leaf decoration. The vase has a thin, tapered foot, and is elevated on a low socle. The plate is numbered.
Victory with a Garland, Sala di Recezione, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1812
Pen and dark gray ink, brush and color washes over black chalk ruled lines on beige wove paper Support: beige wove paper
Drawing

Fame raises garlands in both hands. On her left, putto with cornucopia; on her right, putto with garland. Ruled lines in black chalk suggest rectangular molding.
Stage Design: Twenty Different Scenes
, 1700–1750
Pen and bistre, ink on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle showing twenty drawings of palace scenes.
Sepulchral Monument for Architect Filipp del Rosso
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, after 1795
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Three steps lead to an oblong platform obliquely and incompletely shown. A pyramid which is topped by a fleur-de-lys rises from an oval molded base with an oblong plinth. Two women sit on a pedestal at the front side, holding a compass and a lyre, respectively. 

Inscription: 
QUI.GIACE.LARCHITETTO/ ROSSI.FIORE(n)TINO.CHE.FU/ POETA.E.SCR(i)SSE.IN.ARCADIA.

Bordered by ink and blue paper stripes.
Design for Silk Brocade
, ca. 1750
Pastel, pen and brown ink squaring on bluish grey laid paper
Drawing

Horizontal composition illustrating glower sprays that spring from vertically rising and waved lace bands, to which flower boughs are fastened. One entire repeat is shown with the majority of another at right.
Flowering Plant and Goat Island, Niagara Falls, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, possibly 1858
Graphite on gray-green wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Landscape and botanical sketch showing, at left, a small plant with multiple flowers with a detail of one blossom, while at center, the cliff of Goat Island and its heavily wooded edge is shown between the American and Horseshoe Falls, as seen from the northern side of the American Falls. 

Verso: Landscape sketch showing a loosely rendered view of Horseshoe Falls in the distance, as seen from the Canadian bank of the Niagara River. Hasty striations indicate, at left, flowing water, and at right, shadows. The Terrapin Tower is visible atop the falls at far left.
Decorative door boss and nail
, 15th century
Wrought iron

Hemispherical boss divided into six triangular sections by paired lines. Nail with mushroom-shaped head and a squared shank.
Interior Alcove
Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682, ca. 1651
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for an interior alcove with a bed in the center beyond a dado level. The bed is upholstered with feather finials, and a tapestry on the wall behind it. The walls in the foreground and the cornice level are decorated with ornament featuring flowers, drapery, and festoons of leaves. On either side, two female sculptures on plinths, with windows behind them.
Design for Magazine Cover
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, ca. 1900
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Sketch of a magazine cover with a female figure in profile; Inscribed, JUNE.
Studies of Hands and Figures
Walter Shirlaw, American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909, ca. 1880
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Above: a figure--possibly a Native American man--is shown in profile, kneeling and leaning upon both hands, the right one raised. The right hand is shown twice, isolated, and the left hand once. Center: details of a sleeping man, the face shown from the chin, the legs shown from the shoes, and the raised forearm shown twice. Below: a raised right hand pointing, shown in profile.
Study for the Painting Pastoral Journey, Figures and Cattle in a Landscape
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Italian, 1609–1664, ca. 1633
Pen and brown ink on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Horizontal drawing of a figure at center driving a cow to the left, where there are other figures and a pack mule.  At the right, a group of figures.  Trees and hilly landscape in background.
Design for Woven Paisley
, 1825–40
Brush and orange-pink gouache on brown oiled translucent paper
Drawing

Design for paisley (a woven Persian cone). Consists of a small cone that sits inside a larger one. The design for the larger cone contains flowers and leaves, while the smaller cone within contains a thick outline, with four circles against a dotted ground inside.
Rocaille Ornament Designs
Georg Michael Roscher, German, 1700–1775, mid- 18th century
Etching on off white laid paper
Print

Rocaille designs for oval frames, capitals, vases, and clasps. The plate is signed and numbered.
Portrait of the Artist's Father
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1859
Graphite, white chalk on grey wove paper
Drawing

Half-length portrait of a elderly man reading a note, turned slightly to the left.
Design for an Earring
, late 18th century
Pen and black ink, brush and gray watercolor on light green paper
Drawing

Jewelry design for an earring, a disk above and three drops below. Design scheme is like 1938-88-837, with different designs. A basket with flowers at the center. No alternative suggestions.
A Valley
Eugène Edouard Soulès, French, 1811–1876, ca. 1840
Graphite on paper
Drawing

In the middleground are trees and houses. A road winds backwards from the center of the foreground. Hills are in the back. Framing lines.
Prospect Point and the American Falls, Niagara River, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1856 or 1858
Graphite and white gouache on gray-green wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of Prospect Point and the American Falls from the Canadian side of the Niagara River. At left, the shadowy cliffs below the heavily wooded Prospect Point are shown, while at center and right, the white water of the Niagara River cascades over the American Falls. At right, a wooded island--likely Robinson Island--is visible. In the foreground below, the churning waters of the rivers are shown.

Verso: Landscape sketch likely showing an imagined view of a lush river valley with multiple waterfalls and a town or structure built on a plateau in the distance at center. At left and right, heavily wooded hillsides overlap one another as they slope inward. In the foreground, trees with abundant canopies are shown at left and right.
Splendid Sunset, Niagara Falls, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, March 20, 1856
Graphite on tan wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a loosely-rendered view of the sunset over Horseshoe Falls and Terrapin Tower, looking southwest from Terrapin Point on Goat Island. The tower itself is visible in the foreground at left, perched on the edge of Horseshoe Falls, which curve into the middle distance at center. Above, several houses and buildings are shown atop the heavily wooded Canadian bank of the Niagara River. Mixed, brightly-lit clouds hang in the sky above.
Elévation d'une porte avec son profil
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Elevation and profile of a doorway. The doorframe is decorated with ornament motifs including a triangular portico, egg and dart bands, bound leaf, and a central rosette. The plate is signed.
Candlestick Designs, from Dessins d'orfèvrerie (Designs for Metalwork)
Léonard Thiry, Flemish, 1550, 1540–1560
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Fontainebleau school. Two designs for candlesticks. At left, decorated with sphinxes, putti and cherub heads. At right, decorated with grotesque masks, salamanders and masked putti.
Title Page
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1778
Etching on laid paper
Print

Title page and trophy design incorporating foliate branches, flowers, fruit, festoon of leaves, flaming torch, cannon ball, chains, and an anvil. The plate is numbered, signed, and titled.
The Constitution Must Be Preserved
, ca. 1860
cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller on plain weave Label: cotton printed by engraved roller
Fragment

Printed cotton with a repeating design of laurel branches with a scroll which reads "The Constitution must be Preserved," on a background sprinkled with stars. Printed in brown, tan and pink on an ivory ground. Printed in support of the Constitutional Union Party's presidential candidate, John Bell, in 1860.
Altar Design
D. Antoine Pierretz, French, active 1647, 1647-55
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for an ecclesiastical (church) altar decorated with classical motifs featuring sculpted saints in niches, pilasters, a pediment, balustrade, finials in the form of a cross and flaming vases, cartouches, sculpted female figures a top the pediment, draped textiles, brackets, c-scrolls, festoons of leaves, masks (mascarons). A plan view of the altar is included below along with a scale. The plate is numbered.
Design for a Sanctuary Lamp
Thomas Germain, French, 1673 – 1748, 1748
Etching on paper
Print

Design for a hanging thurible (censer) with the top part of the design in the lower left corner. The design features putti (children), c-scrolls, s-scrolls, shells, scrolling leaves, acanthus leaves, ribbons, and a hanging tassel.
Design for a Fountain
, 1795–1800
Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, traces of graphite on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Low basin surrounded by posts with a bar. Pairs of dolphins blow water into the upper basin. This is supported by a pedestal with mersphinxes at the corners. It is covered by a shall upon which two mermen embrace a shell from which water springs.
Tannery for Leupps Picture
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1841
Graphite on cream paper
Drawing

Curved stream, right and foreground, around clustered buildings. A long shed extending to the left; houses beyond.
Paper Doll Costume in White with Red Roses
, 1876–80
Lithograph, brush and watercolor on cream heavy wove paper
Paper doll costume

White dress lined with red roses at the neckline and roses on the upper portion of her dress.  White lace sleeves, and many small layers of white ruffle also adorn the dress.  Both back and front of dress depicted.
Design for Embroidered Waistcoat
Pradei(r), ca. 1785
Graphite, brush and gouache on laid paper
Drawing

The left front corner and pocket are shown. View of flowers and trees across log railings. A flower garland hangs from the top outline toward a tree at the pocket. A Chinese fisherman in a landscape and a bird upon a railing are shown over the bottom edge.
Design for a Chimneypiece
, 1780–1800
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

A slightly altered variation of 1938-88-8211. A fret band is shown in the frieze. The oblong is omitted. Shadow, background, base line, plans. Scale as in 1938-88-8211. Traces of the framing line at the lower edge.
Album of Cartouche Designs
François Nicolas Martinet, French, 1731– ca. 1800, 18th century
Album

Album of cartouche designs. The last plate is signed and dated.
Mountains at Sunset
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1868 - 1880
Oil paint and graphite on paperboard
drawing

Landscape sketch of a mountain range extending obliquely into the distance with pinkish, billowing clouds in the blue-green sky above. Dark, seemingly wooded terrain comprises foreground while a sharp peak at center right serves as a focal point. Cream-colored ground visible along lower margin.
Sidewall
, 1850–60
Block-printed on ungrounded paper

Gothic-inspired design, with alternating views of castles of two different designs set in irregular framework composed of gray leaves with red veining, edged with green dotting. Vertical rectangle.
Border
, 1840
Block-printed

Simulation of a cornice resting upon medallions, with ogee and bead-and-reel mouldings below. The soffit of the cornice, and the medallions, are rendered in perspective, as seen from below. Printed in browns, yellow, white and red.
Browns, yellow, white and red.
Wall Elevation, Alexander Palace, Tsarkoie-Selo, Russia
Giacomo Quarenghi, Italian, 1744 - 1817, 1792–96
Pen and black ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Elevation of a wall.  Horizontal composition in which two pairs of embedded columns flank a low and narrow door. Wall panels with arched, shallow straight niches follow them and are flanked at the either side by columns and pilasters.  The panels are decorated.  Inscriptions in the bottom left of sheet in black ink.
The High Priest Punishes a Vestal Virgin, Sala di Numa Pompilius, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1802–05
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on white laid paper
Drawing

High Priest raises stick over kneeling Vestal at right; at left, his staff leans against chair upon which lies paper roll. Statue of Vesta stands in rear.
Pleated fan
, ca. 1840
Paper leaf with gilded and hand-colored lithograph; carved and pierced mother-of-pearl sticks

Fan with lithograph showing a pastoral scene with musicians surrounded by gilded Rococo-style scrolls, mounted on pierced mother-of-pearl sticks; verso: flowers on a white ground.
Stage Design, Palace Courtyard
Angelo Toselli, ca. 1765? – 1826, early 19th century
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, black chalk on white laid paper laid down on light brown wove paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Design for a stage set, entrance into a vast palace in antique style.  Massive arcaded walls meet each other at the right angle.  A part of the vaulted coffered ceiling of one of the spaces visible at the top. Sculptures on pedestals below.
Girandole (Candelabra) Design
Jean François Forty, active 1775 – 1790, 1775–94
Etching on paper
Print

Design for a three-light candelabra (griandoles) decorated with leaves, foliate branches, acorn, fluting, rosettes, and a standing female supporting the base. The plate is numbered and signed.
Three Pendants
Salvatori, Italian, active 19th century, ca. 1870
Graphite on cardboard
Drawing

Each pendant has in the center a big oval diamond. No. 1 has the general shape of an escutcheon, no. 3 of a cross, and no. 2 has semicircles above and below which are connected by squares. No. 2 has a small metal pendant.
Project for a Ceiling
, ca. 1780
Graphite, pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Portion of a ceiling shown divided into panels with grotesques.
Interior Wall Elevation with a Bed
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1779–84
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

A design for an interior wall featuring ornately painted panels, doors, and a sofa bed in a niche decorated with ‘'chinoiseries'' motifs (European decorative arts and architectural style inspired by fanciful ideas of China and East Asia). The panels feature flowering branches, stars, rosettes, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), fantastical canopied structures, leaves, and bells. The bedding is decorated with floral and crescent moons. The boards feature trellising and feathers. The canopy above is tent-like with a hanging scalloped textile decorated with a sun and moons, and hanging bells, held by fantastical lizard creatures on either side. The canopy is topped with feathers. The plate is numbered.
Ornament Panel Design
Alexis Loir, French, 1640 - 1713, ca.1660–1713
Etching on paper
Print

Ornament panel design adorned with foliate scrolls, basket of flowers, birds, festoon of leaves and flowers, rosettes, snakes, c-scrolls, mask (mascaron), eagle terminal figures, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), and shell motifs. The plate is signed and numbered.
Hills near Hartford, Connecticut
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, March 1858
Graphite on green wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of hills and a river near Hartford, Connecticut. Viewed from an elevated perspective, the nearby hillside is briefly shown at lower left. A wide river with trees and reeds flows across the middle distance, bounded by grassy banks. Just beyond it at center, a dark and dual-lobed hill is prominently visible. In the background at left, two distant mountain peaks are shown beneath light, hazy clouds.
Design for a Monstances
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1815–1830
Pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Body in the form of a vase draped in festoon. At top, a cross.
Design for a Candlestick
Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799–1868, 1820-1835
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on paper
Drawing

Octagonal base and pedestal showing a woman on a sphere and ornamented candelabra. The shape is formed by a vase supporting another one which is topped by a peacock, and to which two branches are fastened. They end with the foreparts of eagle supporting a socket. Upon the left one stands a swan supporting a socket.
The Isle of St. Denis
Charles Nicolas Ransonnette, French, 1793 - 1877, 1850-1870
Red crayon, brush and sepia wash on paper
Drawing

A narrow stream is shown in a hilly wooded country. In the first plane is a boat with two men; in the background is another boat.