biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Design for a Church Festival Setting
, ca. 1700
Brush and gray watercolor, black chalk on laid paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Vertical rectangle, design partially incomplete at upper left. Two stairs lead up to an apse of complicated plan and elevation. Further stairs lead up to an exedra in this apse. The Virgin Mary surrounded by figures is seated in it and looks in reverence toward the monstrance, which is exposed in a glory of light and angels, on the ceiling. Further figures are shown upon and beside the stairs. Verso: part of an architectural plan.
Interior Wall Elevation with a Chimneypiece
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1779–84
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

A design for an interior wall featuring ornately painted panels with a central chimneypiece and overmantel mirror decorated with ‘'chinoiseries'' motifs (European decorative arts and architectural style inspired by fanciful ideas of China and East Asia). The panels feature flowering branches with leaves, vases, and rocks. The dado paneling is decorated with fretwork and large ‘'caillouté (pebble-effect) pattern. The frieze above features a repeating pattern of leaves and bells. The overmantel mirror is framed by a hanging drapery with tassels, bells, rosettes, and beads. A vase with flowers in the center of the mantel and two vases with branches with leaves on either side sitting on brackets stemming from the sides of the mantel. The front of the mantel is draped with festoons of fabric and pearls. The plate is numbered.
Vignette for "The Gardens" of the Abbé de Lille
Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian, active England, 1727–1815, 1798
Etching with line engraving on paper
Print

A Woman and a Child Under a Palm Tree.
Sketches on the Road from Al-Masmiyah to Deir Ali, Syria
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, April 28, 1868
Graphite on gray-green wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Mixed sketches from present-day Syria showing a ruined structure, tents, and two figures. Ruins with two trees stretch across the upper portion of composition, while three sketches of tents are visible in lower left corner, and two sketches of a figure--viewed front and back--are included at lower right.

Verso: Loose landscape sketch showing a distant ridge along the upper margin, and a nearby hill in the foreground at lower left.
Lettre sur les Eléments de la gravure á l'Eauforte (Letter on the elements of etching), Page 5
Adolphe-Martial Potémont, French, 1828 - 1883, 1860-1864
Etching on paper
Print

One of five sheets on the techniques of etching with illustrations of various processes involved, as vignettes.
Textile
F. Pieters, 1810–20
Technique: roller printed on plain weave

Components a and b are needed to complete the design. Four scenes illustrating the story of Robinson Crusoe. One scene shows Crusoe arriving on a raft, another teaching a parrot to talk, another with two men (Man Friday?) emerging from the water and the fourth of man in animal skins walking with gun and equipment. In brown (originally) purple) on white.
Two Frame Designs
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1785-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Two circular frame (tondo) designs, arranged horizontally on the page. The sight edge of the frame on the left has lamb's tongue and dart molding, surrounded by fluted cove, and bead course ornamentation. The top of the frame features a richly carved ribbon with a wreath of flowers and branches of oak leaf; the bottom of the frame has a smaller carved ribbon and crossing branches of oak. The sight edge of the frame on the right likewise features a lamb tongue and dart pattern, followed by fluted cove in the center, and the egg and dart molding at the back edge. The top of the frame has a carved ribbon in front of a large shell, and garlands of flowers tumbling down the sides; the bottom has scrolling acanthus leaves and branches of oak leaf. The plate is signed and numbered.
Baking Pottery at Laguna, New Mexico
Thomas Moran, American, b. Britain, 1837–1926, June 1, 1901
Brush and gray wash, graphite on cream-colored wove paper
Drawing

Horizontal view of two potters at work in left foreground; houses, with a church at right, across middleground.
Covered Milk Jug
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present, mid- 19th century
hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel
jug

Pear-shaped, rib handle, funnel-spout. Domed cover with floral knob. Painted in colors with naturalistic flowers. Spout and handle touched with purple and green. Brown rim on lid. Rounded foot.
Panel with the Letter "K" from the "Newes ABC Büechlein"
Lukas Kilian, German, 1579 – 1637, 1627
Engraving on off-white laid paper
Print

A boy as a cabinetmaker.
Mt. Jefferson at Glen House, New Hampshire
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, September 12, 1854
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Boulders in right foreground, with ridge at left. Mount Jefferson in distance at center.
Rinceau Design
, 1725–1750
Black crayon, pen and ink on paper
Drawing

The right half of symmetrically disposed scrolls is shown. Included is a spout scroll with a join. Framed above and at right by two lines and below by only one line.
Study for "Searchlight, Harbor Entrance, Santiago de Cuba"
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, ca. 1901
Crayon on paper
Drawing

Horizontal view of the a cannon and a partial view of a second on the parapet of the Spanish fort, Morro Castle, dominating the foreground and the harbor of Santiago de Cuba visible in background.
Busts of Two Women
, 1770–1775
Pen and red ink on paper, mounted on cardboard
Drawing

The bust and the right arm of the woman at left are turned toward the right; her head is turned to the spectator, the eyes are lowered. Her hair is styled as a "Toupée"; the ribbons of a cap are bound below the chin. The woman at right is turned toward the left, and seen nearly in profile. She wears a "dormeuse."
Band
, 10th–12th century
silk, linen Technique: plain weave with slit tapestry

Fragment of light tan plain woven linen with a slit tapestry band inwoven in black, blue, green, yellow, coral and white silks. Repeating design of trefoils alternating with triangles.
Clouds
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1844 - 1846
Graphite on white wove paper
Drawing

Atmospheric sketch showing a view of interspersed, puffy clouds, likely near Catskill, New York, that extend from the viewer's position to a distant, indistinct horizon.
Heraldic Achievement Designs
Nicolas Guérard, French, ca.1648 – 1719, late 17th–early 18th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

Five designs for heraldic achievements with devices in the central cartouches, or shields, supported by allegorical figures and military figures. Smaller individual angels, putti, and allegorical figures that can be used in the design of heraldic achievements are in outline in between the achievement designs. The plate is numbered.
The Coat of Arms of Pope Gregory XIII (1572-1585)
, 1580–1590
Black chalk, pen and ink, brush and grey watercolor wash on laid paper.
Drawing

Coat of arms shown in front of a manteling. On verso: gray colored.
Chinese Promenade
Victor Vincent Adam, French, 1801 – 1866, 1835-1840
Pen and ink, brush and sepia and gray wash on paper
Drawing

Vignette of a Chines woman accompanied by a servant holding a parasol over her head. Trees, house, boat in background.
Apollo kills the Python
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1796–98
Pencil, Pen and black inks, brush and watercolor on paper.
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Apollo comes running from the left, the crouching Python pierced by an arrow, at the right.
Chimborazo Rising over Mountain Ridges, Ecuador
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1857
Graphite on tan wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch from Ecuador showing the towering, snow-capped peak of Chimborazo looming over successively shorter ridges in middle distance and flanked by clouds in the background.
Design for a Diadem and Four Pins
, 1825–50
Pen and ink, brush and sepia wash, graphite on paper
Drawing

Design for a crown or tiara and four pins. For the crown, two lateral branches with leaves, blossoms and buds fastened by a knot with a central rosette. Two pins at top composed of two leaves and a bud; two pins at bottom each composed of a stem with two leaves and a bead.
Trimming
, 16th century
linen, silk, silver thread Technique: woven

Band with a design of a silver ornament in the center and a scalloped edge formed by the manipulation of the weft.
Ornament and Vase Designs
Charles Normand, French, 1765 – 1840, 1787–95
Etching on laid paper
Print

Horizontal plate with two designs for vases and two friezes decorated with arabesque, Neoclassical and Empire style motifs. Mythological figures, acanthus leaf and foliate scrolls, rosettes, putti, horses, a chariot, masks, palmettes, gadrooning, and a lyre. The plate is numbered and signed.
Design for a Vase
, 1800–1830
Graphite, pen and black ink on paper
Drawing

Elevation of a vase with a vertical row of beading at center and acanthus leaves at left and right.
Two Chimneypiece Designs
Jacques-François Blondel, French, 1705–1774, 1727
Etching on laid paper
Print

Two chimneypiece designs, each with over mantle mirrors. The chimneypiece on the left has a bow-shaped shelf, at the central point of which is a scallop form framed by scrolling acanthus leaves. The panel above the mirror features Minerva on a stepped pedestal; to her left is a putto with a compass and a globe, and to her right, a putto with a drawing pad. A garland of flowers is draped over the figures. The chimneypiece on the right features a rosette at the center of the shelf. There are sheep-headed candelabrum on either side of the mirror, as well as caryatids supporting the entablature. At the top of the mirror is a semicircle scene depicting a vestal making a sacrifice at a flaming altar. The plate is signed with the publisher's name and there is light indication in red of a plate number at the upper right plate.
Design for a Cartouche Evoking War
Jacques de Lajoüe, French, 1687–1761, 1740
Engraving on white laid paper
Print

At left of cartouche, a slave restrained by a ball and chain. A flag, spear, and shield are seen at left. Spears, torch, and canon are at right. A phoenix surmounts the cartouche.
Sampler
, 1747
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: two sided cross, half cross, and satin stitches on plain weave

Birds, Pascal lamb, St. Hulbert's stag, Adam and Eve, the Annunciation, the Crucifixion, alphabets and sets of numerals.
Two Frieze Designs
Jean-Baptiste Huet, French, 1745 – 1811, 1776–89
Crayon manner etching on paper
Print

Two details of frieze designs, one above the other, featuring a mermaid, female figure, putto, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), foliate scrolls, fleurons, rosettes, and small vase of flowers. The plate is numbered.
Man
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1877
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of a male figure with birds circulating above.
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
Drawing

Design for ceiling decoration.
Stage Design for the Opera "La Straniera"
Romolo Achille Liverani, Italian, 1809 - 1872, early 19th century
Pen and sepia ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. View through arched window on groups of buildings on the edge of a canal or river.
Stage Design, Classical Loggia and Courtyard
Romolo Achille Liverani, Italian, 1809 - 1872, early 19th century
Pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on laid paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Courtyard of antique temple surrounded by porticoes and entrance door richly decorated.
Trimming
, 19th century
silk Technique: cut supplementary warp pile in a satin foundation (velvet)

Red, yellow, green and white trimming fragment in a design of green and yellow leaves placed diagonally and bordered with red and yellow bands.
Mount
, early 19th century
Silvered brass

Square with upper corners clipped. Repoussé figure of seated putto playing a lyre.
Fragment of roundel
, 6th–7th century
linen, wool Technique: slit tapestry with supplementary wrapping

Fragment of a polychrome tapestry roundel, with two figures and a horse on a red ground.
Title Page
Jean François Forty, active 1775 – 1790, 1774–88
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Title page and design for an ornamental casket decorated with neoclassical motifs including a classical scene with figures: women, a putto, faun, and lions in a landscape, framed by fluting with fleurons, rosettes, gadrooning, scrolling leaves (rinceaux). On the lid, three, winged putto, with fruit and baskets, and hanging festoons of flowers with ribbons. The casket is supported by Egyptian style sphinx in the corners, with scrolling leaves, and rosettes. The plate is titled but trimmed and missing original lettering and signatures.
Paneling Design with Two Satyrs
Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682, ca. 1651
Etching on laid paper
Print

An ornamental panel design with two satyrs, a ram and a putto surrounded by scrolling leaves, fruit, grapes, foliate branches, acanthus leaves, textiles, and festoons of flowers and fruit.
Figure Sketches, Catskill, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, May 1845
Graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Figure and landscape sketch showing a scene of three figures--likely three boys--wearing brimmed hats on the shore of a lake or river, possibly fishing. At left, one figure stands beside and leans toward another figure next to him at right. They appear to be situated on a loosely rendered beach or shoreline. At center, another figure appears to reel in a fish with an incompletely rendered fishing rod. In the distance at upper right, trees--presumably those on the opposite shoreline--are visible. 

Verso: Mixed sketches showing, at upper left, a hastily rendered view of treetops and clouds near the Catskill Mountain House; at center, a sailboat oriented to the right; and at upper center, the outline of an anthropomorphic cloud that resembles a man's face in profile.
Trimming
, 19th century
silk Technique: woven

Green and tan trimming fragment in a checkerboard design.
Title Page
Jean-Bernard Turreau, French, 1672 - 1731, ca. 1716
Etching on laid paper
Print

Title page with the title framed by grotesque motifs including a mascaron (mask), dragons, flaming torches, oval profile portrait, putti, mythological creatures (dragons with lion bodies), cartouche, with palm leaves, c-scrolls, shells, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), foliate scrolls, fleurons, and diaper pattern with rosettes. The plate is signed.
Textile
, ca. 1870
silk Technique: compound satin weave with supplementary weft (brocaded)

Textile panel woven for a chair seat and back. Design in brocaded multicolored silk of floral and ribbon wreath enclosing a bouquet of realistically-worked flowers. Ground of cream-colored vertically-striped satin.
One of a set of projects for a title page and decoration of a horizontal panel
Francesco Bedeschini, Italian, 1675-1699
Pen, brush, sepia
Drawing

The panel has an elaborated frame, the outermost borderline of which frames the drawing. Two putti and a blossoming flower. Intended to be engraved
Illustration for the Poem ‘A Long Story’
Thomas Gray, British, 1716 – 1771, 1753
Etching on laid paper
Bound print

Full-page illustration for the poem ‘A Long Story'. Two topless women, wearing hooped petticoats, with a dressed man crouching beneath the skirts. The woman to the left opens the door to an outhouse, and the woman on the right holds a lyre. The figures stand within a garden landscape with trees and a house in the background. Above two flying fairies and a male winged figure blowing a horn. The scene is framed within an arabesque border, featuring mascarons, flowers, palm leaves, acanthus and c-scrolls, jugs, a cannon, and a fanned palmette and fleurons ornament above, with strapwork below. A male figure stands on one leg to the left on a plinth with tassels. The plate is signed.
Skeins of yarn
Deerfield Society of Blue and White Needlework, Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA, 1896–1926, ca. 1910
linen

Nine skeins of yarn in various shades of brown. Yarn purchased from a Scottish supplier and dyed by members of the Society.
Les Delices des Quatre Saisons
Jean-Baptiste Huet, French, 1745 – 1811, ca. 1785
cotton Technique: copperplate printed on plain weave
Textile

Rural scenes illustrating the four seasons.
container
, early 19th century
turned wood, pear

The sewing ball is globular. One end flattened and opposite ornamented with a circular engraved ring. The ball is fitted with a screw thread around the center; each half is hollow.
Napkin
, 1736
linen Technique: 4&1 satin damask

Large-scale, vertically symmetrical pattern of flowers and leaves in the "lace" style, with and ogival framing device and narrow floral borders on all four sides. "33" embroidered in orange silk in the upper left corner.
Five lamp shades
Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853, 1907
Favrile glass

(a) Flower bud form glass shade for sconce. Over-all iridescent finish with green, yellow, orange tones predominating. Green veined, pointed leaf forms rise from base. Out-curving lip with five indentations giving lip slightly lobed outline. (b, c, d, and e) Same basic shapes, colors, free forms of leaves varying slightly. Color variation most noticeable in (c) where color is darker.
VENUS BLESSÉ PAR L'AMOUR
Antoine Watteau, French, 1684–1721, 1723-1735
Etching on laid paper
Bound print

Vignette of Venus reclining against a cloud, with Cupid holding an arrow above her. The vignette is surrounded by arabesque ornamentation, and includes motifs such as trellises, monkeys (singeries), doves (the bird of Venus), laurel branches, scrolls, and crowns. The plate is signed.
Study of a Man's Head
Antoine Watteau, French, 1684–1721, 1734
Etching on laid paper
Print

Study of a man's head. The man has his mouth open, with his teeth visible, he looks to the left and wears a cap on his shoulder-length wavy hair. The plate is numbered and signed.
Textile
, late 18th century
cotton Technique: printed by engraved plate on plain weave

White length printed in red with a design of delicate floral serpentines.
Head of Man
Anthony van Dyck, Netherlandish, 1599 – 1641, ca. 1750
Mezzotint engraving in brown ink on paper
Print

A bust length portrait of a man facing frontally. He wears a Van Dyck beard, lace collar and embroidered coat, open in a V neck.
Printer's sample book
Old Pacific Print Works, Lawrence, MA, USA, 1878–79
leather, paper, cotton

Small leather notebook with handwritten formulas for dyestuffs to be used for printed textiles. Contains 145 samples of printed fabric in a variety of patterns.
Fragment
, 18th century
silk Technique: woven

Floral sprays on white ground.
Drawing
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, About 1820 (?)
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over black chalk, on rolled paper. Paper.

Vertical rectangle. Octagonal frame Shown in the pose of Joel by Michelangelo, sitting upon a throne.
Via crucis - Station XI, Jesus Nailed to the Cross
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Italian, 1727 – 1804, ca. 1749
Etching on cream laid paper
Print

Only state
Cooper Union Museum Lace Study Card
Cooper Union Museum, 17th–18th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace
Fragment

Lace fragment in a scrolling tape pattern with details in Genoese seed stitch. Fragment is mounted on a fabric-covered board and framed behind glass. Frame is natural wood.
Landscape
Walter Clark, American, 1848–1917, 1884
Graphite on paper
Drawing

At the seashore, the land being shown at left. A sailboat is anchored in the right foreground. Trees are shown in the left middle and the right distance. Parts of framing lines.
Incomplete project for the elevation of an altar
, 1740–1770
Brush, grey and black water colors on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. The step and the mensa and the ledge are shown from above. The retable shows the frame of a picture flanked by obliquely disposed pilasters and by pilaster stripes. Volutes form the capitals. The pediment is circular. The backwall of the chapel is outlined. | Two framing ink lines.
Sample book
Cocheco Print Works, Dover, NH, USA, 1886–88
leather, paper, cotton

Leather bound notebook with handwritten formulas for dyestuffs to be used for printing textiles. Half of book not used.
Sketch for Putto
Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909, 1893–94
Graphite on tracing paper
Drawing

A girl shown frontally, recumbent, and leaning on both hands. The head is at left.
Tailpiece
Franklin Booth, American, 1874–1948, ca. 1910
Black ink on paper
Drawing

A symmetrical design, composed of an almost nude figure of a boy, seated, center, enclosed in a frame of interlacing vines. Shown against a black-and-white speckled background.
Drawing: A) Two men carrying a trunk; four mules with a driver. B) Project for a frame
, ca. 1640
Pencil, pen and ink on paper
Drawing

A) Near the entire left edge and at some part of the lower edge are figures of accounts. Above the left are two men, one of them a youngster lifting a trunk. The boy is seen from the fronside and the other from the right beneath. The motif of his legs has been changed. In the center is the group of four mules with saddles and the upper part of a man is visible behind them. B) At the reverse is vertically above a project of an architectural frame of a picture, probably for an altar. The left is executed; the right one only half partly outlined. Beside, at left, is another project for the entablature. Below, at the edge, is horizontally part of an account for the year 1632 or 1633 or 1633 and 1634. 1633 is mentioned regulalrly as "grain," "olives," "mezzasoma," sometimes "Bisola" (measure of weight). Evidently five months or terms are spoken of and probably deliveries or receipts accounted for.
Trimming
, 17th century
silk, silver metallic thread

Design of a scalloped border in white with silver thread.
Sketch of Angels
Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909, ca. 1895
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Probably a study for a mural. Groups of figures on each side, and above, moving towards a central winged figure.
Neptune ou la maitrise du mer (Neptune or the Mastery of the Sea)
Petitpierre et Cie, Nantes, France, 1770–1848, 1795
cotton Technique: printed by engraved copper plate on plain weave; red
Textile

Two fragments of valence (b is pieced). Copper plate print in red. Design known as "Neptune on L'Empire des Mers". Shows various detached scenes: a tall lighthouse, a European and three Indians under a palm tree; A) shows Neptune (minus head) being pulled through sea on chariot by horses. Neptune's head is found on B. A and B together make one repeat (see photograph). Also shown is a chinoiserie pavilion.
Design for a Decorative Tablet
John La Farge, American, 1835–1910, 1880–1900
Graphite and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Vertical panel showing a vase of Easter lilies against a blue background, and six flower rosettes in the frame. Verso: pencil sketch of a similar motif.
Sketch of a Woman's Head
Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909, ca. 1895
Graphite on tracing paper
Drawing

Woman's head at left, looking up to the right.
A table
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1790
Black ink, paper
Print

Suite 1, pl. 2. Vertical rectangle. Table with two legs pictured, fluted with encircling bands. Flower garlanding from the frame; rosettes and ribbon. A large vase above, with laurel. A squat vase on the crosspiece below, with animal mask. Top left corner, suite number. Below: artist's name, publisher's name, place of publication (see 1947-131-101). SKB 1267
Fragment
Tassinari & Chatel, Paris and Lyons, France, founded 1680, late 19th century
silk Technique: woven

Fragment of lavender with "Chatel & Tassinari" and "George A. Glaenzer & Co." woven in yellow and brown. Stamped "Lyon-Paris France" in blue ink.