biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Frieze
Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Alternating large and small floral medallions with bouquet insets, connected by floral swag and foliate scrolls. Top and bottom have scalloping designs of foliate scrolls. Background of the bottom half of the frieze is stripes of green and grey with negative spaces in the shape of floral and foliate motifs. Grounding shades from green grey to grey to pink to light green. Printed in white, dark blue, greens, greys, and gold mica.
Printed in top selvedge: "S. A. Maxwell & Co. New York & Chicago 3426"
Vase Decorated with Figures, Rinceaux, and Festoons
Enea Vico, Italian, 1523–1567, 1543
Engraving
Print

Vertical rectangle. Covered vase with bulbous body rests upon pedestal base. A ball finial, gadrooning and fluting are at top. Body decorated with a central female mask below which is a garland of fruits and flowers suspended by two half-figures located on each side whose bodies terminate in acanthus leaves.
Sampler
, 1753
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in counted cross and eye stitches on plain weave foundation

Figures of a man and woman in an arbor with the initials K.S. and the date 1753, and motifs symmetrically arranged, including a pair of confronted rabbits at the bottom and crouching stags on each side. On a blue cross-stitched background.
Sketch of House in Orléans
Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925, 1883
Graphite on paper
Drawing

House, center left. Figures in street in front of house.
Gods on a Cloud-bank
Giuseppe Longhi, Italian, 1766–1831, 1790–1830
Graphite on cream paper, laid down
Drawing

Jupiter, the chief god and ruler of the sky in ancient Roman mythology, is seated on the back of an eagle. He is surrounded by Diana, goddess of the hunt, on his left, and two figures holding tridents on his right. A winged figure kneels before him on the right. All the figures appear to be resting on clouds.
Study of Arm and Hand
Edwin Howland Blashfield, American, 1848–1936, 1907
Charcoal on off-white wove paper
Drawing

Drawing of forearm and left hand, resting on a sphere.
borders
, ca. 1850
Block-printed and flocked paper

Yellow and buff six-point rosettes printed on dark green flock. Between rosettes are rinceaux printed in light green parallel lines; entire design bordered within buff and yellow lines.
Sketches of Furniture
Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925, 1883
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Sketches if two chairs and details; details of two tables. All intricate, arm chair rest and table have faces of lions.
Sampler
, 1790
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross and stem stitches on plain weave foundation

Bands of pattern at top, then alphabets, three motifs including two women spinning and one monkey, crucifixion and Adam and Eve.
Plate in Nouveaux livres de peintures de salles et d’escaliers (New Books on Paintings for Rooms and Stairs)
Daniel Marot, French, active in the Netherlands and England, 1661–1752, ca. 1700
Etching and engraving on white laid paper
Print

Rectangular painted ceiling in trompe l'oeil effect; with several figures on clouds in the sky. Sculptural figures and garlands cover the area surrounding the sky section. At the bottom, female bust surrounded by putti.
Design for the Banqueting Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton
Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859, 1815–22
Brush and red, white gouache, watercolor, silver paint, pen and black ink, graphite on white wove paper
Drawing

Elevation of a wall, with a mantelpiece in the center, surmounted by a tall mirror. Over the mirror a painted fan-shaped design. At the sides of the mantelpiece, the walls have large painted panels of Chinese figures in landscape settings, enclosed in wide decorative frames.
Sidewall
, 1860–1900
Machine-printed

Very dense vining floral pattern, containing pomegranate-like flowers. Printed in red, green and brown on beige ground.
The Palais Royal, Plate 32 of Vues Pittoresques de Principaux édifices de Paris
J. A. Campion, French, active 1750 - 1800, 1742
Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper
Print

View of the Palais Royal from the left front ,across the street. A carriage and people in the street. Title, artists' and publisher's (and architect's) names below.
Study for Painting "The Landing of Columbus in America," Sala del Minor Consiglio, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, Italy
Francesco Solimena, Italian, 1657–1747, 1715–18
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash over black chalk on two sheets (joined) of cream laid paper; Verso: Graphite on two sheets (joined) of cream laid paper
Drawing

Composition shows the figure of Columbus and his retinue landing in the New World. Columbus, standing at left between a monk with a crucifux and a soldier with a banner, raises his head and arms in prayer. Other men cluster around him or beach long boats at right; masts of two ships are shown in left distance.  Groups of naked Native Americans flee in terror or kneel before the invaders. At center, above rock, is the allegorical figure of Faith with Cross, Host, and Chalice, borne up by angels.
Knife with Porcelain Handle (One of a Pair)
, handle: 1662–1722; blade: early 18th century
porcelain, gold, steel, silver
knife

Leaf-shaped blade with straight upper edge. Plain bolster. Tapering silver ferrule with traces of gilding. Tapering porcelain handle with rounded end. Floral decoration, with birds and decorative bands along the sides, top and bottom of the handle in black, green, yellow, red and blue. (Famille Verte) Small botton cap at the end of the handle.
Frieze
Kayser & Allman, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Mica frieze with rococo-inspired scrollwork that meanders horizontally across the paper. Pink blossoms are intertwined with the scrollwork. The bottom edge has a band of  stylized acanthus and the top a thin scalloped vine. Pattern is machine-printed in khaki, pinks, browns and greens on a graduated tan background.
Sketches of Two Buildings
Remigio Cantagallina, Italian, ca. 1582–1656, 1610–30
Pen and brown ink on cream laid paper
Drawing

Left: sketch of a partially ruined, narrow house set on rocks; right: a fortress with two round towers, with flags flying on top.
Bronze Chandelier, Kaid Bey Mosque, Cairo
Alfred Normand, French, 1822–1909, 1856–66
Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, red, green watercolor on tracing paper mounted to heavy wove paper
Drawing

Design for a mosque lamp. Design, pictured center, is comprised of a plate-like disk, multi-sided metal body perforated with designs, and a domed top.
Bible House, Cooper Institute, Thompkins Market for D. T. Valentine's Manual
Sarony, Major & Knapp, New York, 1861
Lithograph on white paper
Print

Street scene with view of buildings; horse and carriages and pedestrians going by. Printed in lower margin: THE BIBLE-HOUSE, - COOPER INSTITUTE, - TOMPKINS MARKET.
Frieze
Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Horizontal shapes filled with quatrefoils and c-scrolls. Motifs made up of c-curves, flowers and acanthus leaves, against speckled ground. Printed in brown and white. Two borders printed across the width.
Hand Shadows
, mid-19th century
cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller on plain weave Label: cotton printed by engraved roller
Panel

Rectangular panel of cream-colored cotton printed in red. The design shows various shadow figures made with the hands. In a large central oval frame, a pair of hands making the shadow of a rabbit, titled below "Bunny." In the four corners are hands and shadows forming "The Camel," "The Dog," "The Goose," and "The Goat." To the left and right of the central oval, the crest of the Prince of Wales - three plumes in a crown - and the legend "Ich Dien" ("I Serve"). The configurations are similar to those found in Henry Bursill's "Hand Shadows to Be Thrown Upon the Wall," 1859.
Bag
, 1800–1830
cotton, silk Technique: printed on velveteen

Bag of cream cotton velvet printed in imitation of a flower basket. Lined with green taffeta.
Ocean Study with Cliffs and Large Rocks
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, 1885–90
Graphite on cream wove paper, bound
Sketchbook folio

Ocean in foreground with cliffs at left. Additional cliffs in distance at center and right.
Border
, 1825–35
Block-printed and flocked on handmade paper

Large-scale acanthus rinceau. Rod runs along top edge. Printed in shades of ocher on red flock ground.

H#219
Comb
, 19th century
carved wood

horizontal rectangle, with a band of oval paterae alternating with X's above a carved out background, all above the finely detailed comb teeth
LA MUSIQUE
Clément Pierre Marillier, French, 1740 – 1808, 1759–80
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Allegorical vignette representing music from a series of twelve (including title page). The title is lettered in the center on a sack or piece of textile with trees, birds, and foliate branches in the background, surrounded by musical instruments such as a cello, harp, horns, mandolin, and sheet music. A putto is playing the drums to the right and there is a roundel portrait of Lully to the left. Lettering below the vignette and the plate is signed.
Study: An erected forearm and left hand holding something
Giovanni Maria Viani, 1636 - 1700, 1650–1700
Black and red crayon with white heightening on rough gray paper
Drawing

Vertical composition of a left forearm and hand holding something, seen from the outside. On the reverse is a part of a black crayon drawing of a head.
Trimming
, 19th century
silk Technique: cut supplementary warp pile in a satin foundation (velvet)

Yellow trimming fragment in a design of detached forms resemblling a Greek key motif.
Lit à la Duchesse preparé de Menuiserie
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1775-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Designs for the joinery for the "lit à la Duchesse" (1921-6-331-2), including for the canopy, head rest, and frame. The plate is signed and numbered.
Designs for Two Vertical Panels
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1738 and 1745
Engraving on paper
Bound print

Two rocaille designs for upright wall panels. Left panel: within cartouche at upper center, a scene of putti figures sleeping beneath a tent in a lawn. In right background, partial view of a castle. Portrait busts flank design at lower center. Right panel, within cartouche at upper center, a scene of putti upon a cloud, one of whom holds a staff with a cross on it. Dragons flank ornamental design at bottom.
Purse
, mid-19th century
steel Technique: interlinking

Purse is horizontal rectangle of interlinked wire ornamented with attached spangles. Handle is a chain of linked wire.
Design for an niche
, 1780
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

A girl in classical attire stands upon a pedestal while holding a bottle, lowered, from which she has removed the stopper. The pedastal is decorated with floral motifs and a tripod carrying a burning lamp.
Clouds over Niagara Falls, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, September 1858
Graphite and white gouache on tan wove paper
drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of a cloud-filled sky above the edge of Niagara Falls, likely viewed from the Canadian bank of the Niagara River. The top of the falls is minimally articulated, with one small ribbon of cascading water visible at center. The heavily wooded and loosely rendered opposite bank stretches across the composition while billowing clouds are highlighted in white gouache just above the horizon. A large cloud bank occupies the majority of the sky, otherwise.
Design for a Chimneypiece
, 1780–1800
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

The inner frame consists of moldings and outside, of a frieze whose back is suggested white, at left, of colored marble, at right. It is decorated by a band of palmettes and buds. Below are bases. Embedded fluted columns standing upon plinths flank the inner frame. They have composit capitals and support an entablature, whose frieze shows three oblongs of colored marble with festoons in appliqués. Ovoidal frames with bow knots on top are upon the white parts. Laterally are receding strips. Short base line. Below are the plans of the lateral parts and a scale in English feet.
Two Pendant Designs
Hans Collaert the Elder, Flemish, ca. 1530 - 1581, 1581
Engraving on paper
Print

Two designs for pendants suspended from ribbons with a bow knots. Strapwork forms the pendant cartouches. Each has three drop pearls, and an astrolabe flanked by griffins. The design at right includes a clock. The plate is numbered.
Lake Millinocket and Mt. Katahdin, Maine
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1878
Graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite
drawing

Landscape sketch showing an oblique view of the heavily wooded shoreline of Lake Millinocket in Maine. The lake's surface extends from the foreground into the middle distance at right, moving around the curving, tree-covered shoreline at center. An island is visible in the distance right, while in the background beyond it, the lofty slopes of Mt. Katahdin are rendered in outline.

Verso: Atmosphere sketch showing loose suggestions of cirri clouds, visible at far right.
Man
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1883
Graphite, pastel crayon on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of a male figure wearing a hat and cape.
Plate
, ca. 1830
copper, brass, vitreous enamel

Circular plate with symmetrical, polychrome floral and scroll work decoration on white ground.
Temperance, plate 7 of "VII Virtutim...Imagines"
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, ca. 1575
Engraving on paper
Print

Scrollwork panel with the bust of Temperance, four boys pouring water into bowls, and verse from Ecclesiastes.
Design for a Comb, Earring and Necklace
, early 19th century
Pen and black ink, brush and gray, olive watercolor on light brown paper
Drawing

Jewelry designs for a hair comb, earring, and a necklace, all with the same motifs. The comb at upper center with seventeen tines; three rows of beads connecting alternatively one of three blossoms composed of round diamonds with a frame of eight smaller ones around, and one of two lozenges, formed by eight round diamonds with a central one. The earring below; the front of a double-sloped ring supports a blossom from which two chains are hanging, supporting in the center a lozenge, and below the drop, formed by three diamonds, with a frame like the blossom. The curving necklace encloses both the earring and comb; necklace consists of three chains of heads with, alternating, seven blossoms and six lozenges.
Designs for Mechanical Furniture: Two Washstands
, ca. 1805
Pen and black ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Two combination washstands and bidets, each with plan, section and elevation. One shown in plan and elevation only; the other shown in elevation, plan and twice in cross-section.
Bamboo Sketches, Bellevue, Jamaica
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, August 1865
Graphite on gray-green wove paper
Drawing

Botanical and figure sketches from Jamaica of bamboo trees and a boy carrying bananas on his head at upper right. At left, the tops of several bamboos trees are shown sideways. At center and right, details of leafy bamboo stalks are visible.
At Smuggler's Gap, Stowe, Vermont
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, August 1864
Graphite on cream paper
Drawing

Rocky steep peak of mountain, with some brush along the top.
Sketches for a Monstrance
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1810–1825
Pen and brown ink, graphite on off-white laid paper
Drawing

At left, two full elevations of a monstrance. Below, a view of the base. At right, the glory.
Printing block
, 1850–1900
wood

Wood block for printing textiles with raised design carved into the block. Outline design of delicate allover pattern of curving branches with leaves and blossoms.
Design for a Candlestick
, 1800
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Design for a candlestick, the base composed of a short column with a circular band supported by knobs. On top of the column stands a caryatid with a basket of flowers upon her head; emerging from the basket in the center is a flower cup of acanthus. The acanthus supports the bowl of the lamp above, which ends in a socket at center and four branches at left and right, each holding a burning candle. Scale below.
Title Page
Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682, 1654
Etching on laid paper
Print

Panel design featuring a seated woman holding an oval roundel with the publisher's address and date lettered in the center, while two putti show her an ornamental textile panel. A fluted column and a building to her left with a garden landscape to the right in the background. The whole is framed by a leaf and ribbon frame.
Decorative Studies of Candelabrum and a Ceiling
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1814–18
Pen and ink, brush with watercolor washes over traces of graphite on laid paper
Drawing

Four studies of friezes and grotesque candelabrum; study of ceiling; papal coat of arms.
Frame with Rocaille Cartouche, Laurel Branches, and Turkish Bonnets
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1740–68
Etching and engraving on paper
Bound print

Upright frame design for a mirror or painting, topped by two rocaille cartouches, laurel branches, and Turkish bonnets. Weapons and vegetal ornamentation complete the decorative scheme.
Design for the Embroidery of a Man's Waistcoat
, 1780–1790
Tracing, brush and gouache on paper
Drawing

Unfinished design for the left bottom corner of a man's waistcoat embroidery. Flower motifs with archves along the rising edge. A similar one and flower boughs under the pocket.
Three Men in a Canoe, Il Manigne, Quebec
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, August 26, 1897
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Sketch of a canoe, paddled by two male figures, with a third sititng in center; indication of trees and clouds in background.
Croix d'autels
Pierre Germain, French, 1703 - 1783, 1748
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for an altar for a cross decorated with ornament motifs including laurel wreath, rinceaux, winged cherub heads, garland, and scrolls. The plate is signed and numbered.
Heurtoirs et Boutons
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1775-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Designs for two doorknockers with two buttons in between. The doorknocker on the left has a crown with flower and bead motifs, and sits above an Ionic scroll. The lower part of the knocker is formed from acanthus leaves. The doorknocker on the right has a crown on it with a band of acanthus leaves and beads, and sits on inward turning scrolls. The bottom of the knocker has a rosette surrounded by flowers, a basket filled with flowers, and bead course along the inner edge of the knocker. The plate is signed and numbered.
Ornamental Vase Design
L.N. Percenet, French, born 1736, 1761
Etching on laid paper
Print

Vase with a medallion at its center. The medallion has a portrait bust of a woman, over which is draped a festoon with a ribbon. On either side, a siren leans over the shoulder of the vase and grabs the festoon. The base of the vase is fluted and has a short foot. The vase is elevated on a platform that extends to the edge of the image. There are later graphite additions around the sirens and the mouth of the vase. The plate is signed and numbered.
Domino paper
, 1735–50
Block printed and stencilled paper

Pieced rectangle decorated with alternating elliptical and hexagonal medallions, enclosing floral sprays, set against a white ground stippled with black. White margins, one a replacement, on all four sides, with "No 16" in white reserve, on two black borders.
Fireplace (Chimney Piece and Mantel) Design
Nicolas Guérard, French, ca.1648 – 1719, 1715–19
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

An interior wall elevation with a fireplace (chimney piece and mantel) design in the center, flanked by two different wall panelling (boiseries) designs on either side. The mantel features scrolling leaves, and a central shell cartouche. The overmantel mirror is framed by palm leaves, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), and topped with a panel featuring a central cartouche, mask (mascaron), palmette, ribbons, and festoons of flowers and leaves. The cornice is decorated with a running pattern of similar motifs. The paneling on either side includes a batwing roundel in the center of the left side, flowers, leaves, sprigs, fleurons, and scrolling acanthus leaves. The dado paneling is plain with molding. There is a plan view of the mantel shape and a scale below. The plate is numbered.
Wallpaper Design
, 1840–60
Brush and gouache, graphite on white paper
Drawing

A dado is shown at the bottom, a frieze with a row of palmette motifs and an entablature are on top. The panel is decorated with staggered motifs, for which two slightly different suggestions are made, in the upper and lower parts. They consist of bunches of blossoms and leaves beneath palmettes.
Side Wings in a Stage Set, Perspectives
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1789–1793
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Side Wings in a Stage Set, Perspectives.
Houses in the Hills
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, possibly 1856
Graphite on tan wove paper
drawing

Landscape sketch showing an extremely loosely-rendered view of a house or houses, shown at center, flanked by barren trees at left and low hills at right. A river or stream might be included in the foreground.
Bidet avec touts ses details
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1775-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Plan, elevation, and profile of a bidet with details of its construction, including a basin in which to place various fragrances. The plate is signed and numbered.
Aurora over Mt. Desert Island, Maine
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, September 1860
Graphite on tan wove paper
Drawing

Landscape and atmosphere sketch showing a view of the aurora borealis over Frenchman Bay and Bald Porcupine Island off the coast of Mt. Desert Island, Maine, near the city of Bar Harbor. In the foreground at right, the nearby terrain is loosely sketched. In the middle distance, a sailboat floats on the waters of the bay in front of a dark, hilly island known as Bald Porcupine Island. Above, bands of clouds partially cover the sky, while beyond them, arching beams of geomagnetic energy--rendered as hasty striations--illuminate the heavens above.
Fragment
, 15th century
silk, metallic Technique: supplementary warp loops in plain weave foundation (velvet) with supplementary weft

Incomplete pomegranate motif. Selvage along right edge.
Riche Berline Montée à Ressorts à l'Angloise
Janel, French, active 18th century, 1760-1790
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Design for a sedan with images showing the profile, the face of the carriage, and a detailed diagram of the spring mechanism. At left, is a key of the plan for the design. The sedan is richly decorated with a painted scene of Jupiter upon an eagle and trophies, and carved with ornament motifs including wreaths, ribbon twist, rosettes. The plate is signed and numbered.
Sphynx Ornament Design
Jean-Baptiste Huet, French, 1745 – 1811, 1776–89
Crayon manner etching on paper
Print

An Arabesque ornament design featuring a sphynx with wings outstretched, its tail forming scrolling leaves (rinceaux), with hanging gapes, and a festoon of leaves hanging from the wings. The plate is numbered.
Textile fragment
, 19th century
Technique: plain compound satin

Repeats of lotus and other indistinct ornaments filled with fancy weave patterns - the satin backgound is black - wefts are light blue and rose tan.
Design for a Woven Fabric
, 1825–1830
Brush and gouche, brush and black paint on oily tracing paper
Drawing

Rising rinceaux with leaves on top of the spirals in the center of which blossoms and leaves are shown in alternate rows. A small-sized leaf with a blossom in its center grows from a bough curing into the wedge at right. One and most of another spiral are shown.
Finding of the Cross
Luca Giordano, Italian, 1634 - 1705, ca. 1650
Red chalk on cream laid paper
Drawing

Several men and a woman kneel and bend in veneration around the Cross on the ground, the Crown of Thorns still attached.