biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
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
Drawing

Downward and upright floral motifs of different designs alternate over a border formed by netted panels and band festoons. Two and one half repeats are shown.
Pleated fan
, 1810–1829
Cut paper leaf backed with silk gauze and tulle, embroidered with sequins; carved ivory sticks inlaid with steel spangles

Folding fan with carved ivory sticks inlaid with steel spangles. Leaf is silver cut paper backed with silk gauze and silk tulle, and ornamented with silver sequins.
Design for an Embroidered or Woven Horizontal Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1805–1815
Brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper
Drawing

A row of plants consisting of six leaves and six seed boughs. Six repeats are shown.
Landscape with a Burning Tower
Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786, ca. 1780
Pen and ink, brush and lustre on paper
Drawing

In a landscape of distant mountains to the right and trees to the left, a castle-like building stands ablaze as a group of people in the foreground, at left, stand watching the fire.
Fantastical Garden with Figures
Alexis Peyrotte, French, 1699–1769, 1738–49
Etching on paper
Print

A fantastical garden scene with figures in Chinese style dress with Chinoiserie style motifs. A woman seated along a garden wall with a bird and cat next to her. A servant serves her a vessel from a platter. Rocaille motifs in the foreground: shell, scrolling leaves, c-scrolls, rocks, and shrubs. Large vases finials atop plinths in the background with flowers, and trees. A large bird flies above. The plate is numbered and signed.
Canyon in the El Yemen Valley, Palestine (Israel)
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, February 20, 1868
Graphite and white gouache on white wove paper; verso: graphite and white gouache
Drawing

Landscape sketch of a view in the valleys of the Nahal Hatira and Nahal Yemin (known to Church as El Yemen Valley) in the present-day Makhteshim-Ein Yahav Nature Reserve in southern Israel. At right, a sloping canyon wall descends from right to center, where it meets other ledges and prominences on the valley floor. In foreground at center, a road curves its way around a slope at center. In the middle distance, a massive canyon wall stretches across the composition, marked by linear rock strata and numerous washes. Other mountains visible in the background at left.

Verso: Landscape sketch of a canyon wall in the valleys of the Nahal Hatira and Nahal Yemin (known to Church as El Yemen Valley) in the present-day Makhteshim-Ein Yahav Nature Reserve in southern Israel. Rocky and rugged, the wall streches horizontally across the composition with two prominent vertical cliffs. In lower margin, several washes are visible.
Stage Design, Antique Buildings
Angelo Toselli, ca. 1765? – 1826, early 19th century
Pen and bistre ink on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Antique temples and substructures, hills in background.
Section of an apse
Filippo Marchionni, Italian, 1732–1805, ca. 1780
Pen and ink, graphite on paper
Drawing

Interior architectural study of St. Peter's Basilica apse.
Parasol cover
, ca. 1880
silk Technique: bobbin lace, Chantilly style Label: Silk bobbin lace

Black Chantilly lace parasol cover with a radiating floral design and deeply scalloped edge.
Design for Ceiling Decoration, a Barrel Vault
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1790–1800
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

A rinceau decorates the arch at left. Two children sit upon its base. view of a coffered vault and the molded frame of an oblong panel in the center. At the base of the vault is a pointed one with a semicircular painting of buildings. Two children sit beside it.
Sidewall
, ca. 1860
Machine-printed on ungrounded paper

Full length of paper with lozenge-shaped diaper design. Cream framework enclosing eight-pointed blue figure, outlined in black. Printed in blue, white and black on ungrounded paper.
Panel with the Letter "G" from the "Newes ABC Büechlein"
Lukas Kilian, German, 1579 – 1637, 1627
Engraving on off-white laid paper
Print

A boy as a goldsmith ("goldschmied").
Ornament Escutcheon Design
Hugues Brisville, French, active ca. 1663, 1662
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Vertical rectangle showing an escutcheon surrounded by scrollwork. Perched above is a bird with fruits and masks. In each corner, an ornament design. The plate is signed.
Frame
, ca. 1780
Cast and gilt bronze

Horizontally oriented lozenge-shaped form.
Cartouche with Bridge in Landscape
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1738
Engraving on cream laid paper
Bound print

Design for upright symmetrical cartouche, an urn filled with flowers at top, cornucopia at upper left and right. Within the frame, a landscape scene depicting a bridge and other small buildings. In the background, craggy mountains.
LE BASSIN DE BACCHUS
Adam Perelle, French, 1638 – 1695, 1672–1703
Etching on laid paper
Print

View of a large octagonal basin with a fountain made up of sculptural groups featuring the figure of Bacchus surrounded by figures and grapes. The basin edge is lined with bunches of grapes, and the whole is framed within a bosquet (grove) with paths leading outwards. Figures (courtiers) and gardeners throughout the grounds. The plate is titled with a description.
Fragment
, 1750–1800
silk Technique: cut voided supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a foundation with supplementary weft

Small-patterned or "miniature" velvet fragment with white horizontally ribbed ground with secondary white silk weft in short glistening floats. Vertical stripes of cut pile, alternately straight and slightly serpentine, in white cut pile with blue, pink and red floral motifs.
Six Trophies with the Attributes of Gardening
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, ca. 1780
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and gouache on paper
Drawing

Two columns of six gardening trophies. Upper left: cornucopia filled with plants and a pumpkin, a crossed pick and hoe; upper right: a basket filled with plants and fruit, with crossed scythe and shovel; center left: a water jug, hoe, scythes, planter and flowers; center right: a triangular tree, wild flowers, scythe, ladders; lower left: wheelbarrow holding vegetables including turnips, squash and cabbages; lower right: a cornucopia filled with fruits and flowers, a crossed rake and scythe.
Design for Ceiling Ornament
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1731–68
Engraving on paper
Bound print

Design for a quarter of a ceiling with ornamental borders at bottom and right edges. At lower right, a cartouche filled with winged putti figures upon a cloud, some carrying torches, others holding drapery. At lower left, a smaller cartouche with two putti surrounded by flowers. Ceiling medallion at upper left.
Blue Bird on Branch with Carnations and Insects
, ca. 1800–1830
Pen and ink, graphite on coated wove paper
Drawing

Blue Bird on Branch with Carnations and Insects
Florizel and Perdita
H. Mitchell, 1809
Stipple engraving on paper
Print

Florizel is discovered by Perdita asleep under a tree. Other figures gather wehat in the distance.
Sidewall
, ca. 1700
Leather, embossed, painted, gilded

Large-scale sunflowers and rose, with a bunch of grapes. Gilded and embossed.
Children Playing Spinning Top
Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808, 1759
Etching on laid paper
Print

Print from a series of fourteen chinoiserie vignettes, depicting children playing a variety of games in different landscapes.Three children play together in the middle of a landscape within a vignette framed by a canopy of trees, sprigs, rocks, flowers and foliage. Two of the children hold sticks with strings hanging from the ends, standing around a large spinning top on the ground.
Portrait of Jean Baptiste Moliére (1620-1673)
François Bernard Lépicié, French, 1698 - 1755, 1734
Engraving on paper
Print

Moliére seated behind a table, his body and head slightly turned to left. His right hand, holding a pen, resting on writing paper. His head leans on his left hand. Books under his left elbow. He is wearing a dressing gown.
Five Headgears, as Worn by Berlin Women, Illustration for "Königl: Grosbrit [anische] Genealogischer Kalender auf das 1782 Jahr Lauenberg bey J.G. Berenberg"
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, German, 1726 - 1801, 1782
Stipple engraving and etching on paper
Print

Heading and caption cut off. Top row: 1: head with a very small hat. 2: head profile to left, with a scarf. Center: 3: half veiled head. Bottom row: 4: profile to right. A string of pearls and a bow knot in the hair. 5: profile to left, wearing a cap.
Lit avec Aigle
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1780-1789
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Design and plan for a bed with a canopy of drapery held aloft by an eagle. The plate is signed and numbered.
On Way Up, Peak of Chocorua, Looking North
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, September 16, 1862
Graphite and white chalk on buff paper
Drawing

Rocks, right foreground. Peak at left, with ridges beyond, at right.
Trimming
, 19th century
silk Technique: velvet

Red and white trimming fragment ornamented with white cord (gimp) arranged to form a pattern of interlocking compartments.
Commode à l'Angloise
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for a dresser with two small drawers at top, and two long drawers at bottom. The dresser is carved with ornament motifs including fluting and rosettes, and lamb tongue framing around the drawers and edges. The plate is signed.
Textile
, 17th century
silk, cotton Techinque: applique

Foundation of red silk damask with applique of gold metal cloth. Symmetrical design of central palmette with flanking foliage and berries. Backed with cotton.
Le costé de dehors du Chasteau de Colombieres en Brie
Jean Marot, French, 1619 - 1679, ca.1635–ca.1660
Etching on laid paper
Print

Architectural elevation of the exterior façade of the castle of Coulommiers, France with a scale below. The façade features windows, niches, roundels, pilasters, and finials. The plate is titled and signed.
Carriage and Horses in Silhouette
, ca. 1840
Scissor-cut black paper laid down on white paper
Silhouette

Coaching party of two women and two officers, in couchdrawn by four horses; portion of a tree, with a soldier standing at attention.
Chambre de M. le Prince de Rohan, coté de l'alcove
Germain Boffrand, French, 1667–1754, after 1745
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Elevation of the bedroom of the Prince de Rohan in the Hôtel de Soubise, currently a part of the French National Archives. The bed is depicted in the center of the space between two fluted columns with Corinthian capitals. The walls are richly decorated with tapestries, mirrors, ornamented cornicing, and carved paneling. The plate is signed and numbered.
Sunbeams between Clouds, with Bulls
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1844 - 1846
Graphite on white wove paper
Drawing

Mixed sketches showing a grazing bull at center, viewed in left profile, another bull turning his head toward the viewer at upper left, and a small illustration of sunbeams emanating from between two clouds at upper center.
Title Page
Jean François Forty, active 1775 – 1790, 1775–94
Etching on paper
Print

Title page and design for an andiron (firedog) decorated with neoclassical ornament and motifs, including a suit of armor, spear with a flag, roundel profile portrait, quiver of arrows, torch, bird, friezes of figures in battle and a couple seated, repeating patterns, fluting with fleurons, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), festoons of laurel leaves, and paws. The plate is titled, signed, and numbered.
Table Design
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1785-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Elevation of a round table with an incense burner on top. The front of the table is carved with a shell in the center, and a guilloche with rosettes along the sides; a garland of roses and tassels are draped along the bottom edge. The table has tapered, fluted legs with acanthus leaf ornamentation. The plan view of the table is indicated directly under the elevation. Below the plan is a scale bar of three French feet ("Echelle de 3 Pieds"). The plate is signed but the print has been trimmed and the numbering is no longer visible. Another version of the plate, however, indicates it is number E6 in the series.
Portrait of Clement XIII (1758-1769)
Antonio Pazzi, Italian, 1706 - after 1768, ca. 1769
Engraving on paper
Print

Half-length portrait of the Pope in frontal view, his right hand raised in benediction. In an oval frame, which stands on a chest, decorated with papal coat-of-arms.
Palastre à Cul-de Lampe
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1775-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Rectangular lock case design with a framing edge of wave band and bead and bar course. There is a rosette at either side of the case, framed in bead course; the rosette at the right has the key port. Between the rosettes is a swirling ornamentation of leaves, flowers, and beads (in tradition of cul-de-lampe). The plate is signed and numbered.
Plans et Elevations de deux Retables d'autel Ornés de Pilastres differens. Pilastre Ionique. Pilastre Toscan.
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, 1774
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Divided elevation and plan of two altarpieces. The left-side altarpiece features a cross at top and an Ionic pilaster as well as ornament motifs including a pinecone, wave pattern, egg and dart, garland, scrolls, acanthus leaves, and drapery. The right-side altarpiece features a cross at top and a Tuscan style pilaster as well as ornament motifs including piastre, rosette, acanthus leaf, rosette in guilloche, lamb tongue. The plate is signed.
Cabriolet
Jean-François Chopard, French, active 18th century, ca. 1750
Engraving on paper
Bound print

Plate 8, Folio 8 of a series of 13 prints of designs for carriages or coaches. Horse-drawn carriage decorated with rocaille motifs, shown in elevation, with details of the various parts at upper left and upper right. The body of the coach is open with a frame above to allow for a cover; decorated in marquetry inlay pattern.
Plan et Elevation de la Porte des Theatins
A. Le Canu, French, active 1746 – 1768, 1760–90
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Design for a set of exterior double doors decorated with rococo ornament and motifs. The arched doors are each divided into five molded panel sections (boiseries). The central vertical panels are arched and feature a central cartouche framed by shell, fleurons, c-scrolls and festoons of flowers and leaves. With upper and lower clasps in the form of shells. The lower clasps include animal masks (mascarons) with a door knocker in the mouth of the right mask. Two narrow horizontal panels above are decorated with stars, textiles, crowns of thorns, leaves, and fleurs-de-lys. The upper arched panels feature incense burners, leaves, gadrooning, c-scrolls, and scrolling leaves. The lower panels of the doors are decorated with star marquetry designs. There is a plan view of the doors and a scale below. The plate is titled, and the signatures have been taken out at lower right and left corners. Another copy of this plate with slight variations and differing titling is bound in this album 1921-359-8.
The Battle Between the Romans and the Sabines; Apparition of Romulus to Proculus, Two Studies after the Carracci; Candelabrum
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1821–22
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk on white heavy wove paper
Sketchbook folio

Upper drawing of two figures in combat, warrior with sword and shield, and woman with babe in arms. Other figures in combat in background, and at both sides. Lower left, kneeling old man in robes, with warrior figure in mid air above and to right. Lower right, candelabrum flanked by putti at base, and by nude females above, both pairs holding garlands.
Design for a Saltcellar
Giulio Romano, Italian, 1499–1546, 1524–46
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on cream laid paper
Drawing

Saltcellar in shape of a shell with sea monster and waves underneath.
Le Château de la Roche prés de Tonnerre en Bourgogne (Upper Plate)
Adam Perelle, French, 1638 – 1695, late 17th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

Two plates printed one above the other. Views of the chateau de la Roche. The upper plate illustrates the entrance façade with chateau walls and entrance gates. The chateau is set within its landscape with trees and figures in the foreground and walking towards the chateau. The lower plate illustrates the chateau from its garden with fountain, circular basin, parterre planting, and trees. Figures throughout the grounds. The plates are titled.
Fragment
, 1850–99
silk Technique: machine made

Black lace band with design of detached flowers and scallops on both edges.
Porte-Cochère Design
Laurent Francart, French, active 1681-1690, 1707-1742
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Design for a porte-cochère with fleur-de-lis, a sun with a face, and a globe at the top. Lions armed with swords sit atop panels with trophies: on the left, with bells and a rectangular box decorated with fleur-de-lis; on the right, with a set of scales. The plate is numbered twice, but not signed.
Console Table Design
Jean-Bernard Turreau, French, 1672 - 1731, ca. 1716
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for a console table featuring dragons, masks (mascarons), putti satyrs/fauns, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), fleurons, feathers, palmette, leaves, c-scrolls, and fluting. The plate is signed.
PLAN ET ÉLÉVATION DU MAITRE-AUTEL DE ST.JEAN EN GREVE
Jacques-François Blondel, French, 1705–1774, 1713-1774
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Design of an altar with a figurative group with Christ being baptised by John the Baptist surrounded by angels, and below a baldachin with putti, radiating lights, and clouds. The plate is signed.
Design for the grillework entrance of Hotel du Gouverement at Metz, France
, 1770-1775
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor, gouache on laid paper
Drawing

The central portion of the grille is composed of bars on which is superimposed the device of Louis XVI within a wreath. Above, a transom with acanthus rinceaux and a central medallion. Below, a line of rosettes and burning torches.
Lit à la Presidente, vue de face
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, late 18th century
Etching and engraving on blue paper
Print

Design for a crown canopy (baldachin) bed with the canopy supported by two poles, along the side of the bed and projecting from the wall. The crown is topped with feather finial and central cartouche with a festoon of flowers. The bed curtains are tied back to the poles. The headboard and footboards are the same height with feather finials on the posts. The bed linen is decorated with floral motifs. A scale below the design. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
Figures Washing at a Trough and Mountains, Bel Alp, Switzerland
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, August 28, August 29, and September 4, 1868
Graphite on gray-green wove paper; verso: graphite and white gouache
Drawing

Landscape and figure sketch showing a standing and a seated figure washing clothes over a trough of water in a campsite surrounded by boulders and ledges. Beside them to the left, a basket and a large kettle are visible, while beyond them, a figure wearing a backpack climbs a slope. At right and oriented to the right, a wide view of rocky peaks in a mountain range is included.

Verso: Landscape sketches showing views of the Aletsch Glacier at morning, at right, with a wooded hill descending from left to right in the foreground, while at left and oriented to the left, a view of water streaming down a rocky, rugged slope below a glacier is included. A small sketch of a mountain goat is visible at upper left.
Serpentine Ribbon
, ca. 1780
Cut paper on wood frame
Lantern slide

Magic lantern slide, optical toy. On black field, white disk at center from which radiate alternating long and short rays, between which are chains of white ellipses growing larger towards circumference of design. At circumference, a guilloche band in red and green, with white disks.
Tombstone in the Museum at Athens, Greece
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, April 14–25, 1869
Graphite on tan wove paper
Drawing

Field sketch of an ancient Greek tombstone in the Museum at Athens, Greece. At the center of the tombstone, a scene is carved that depicts three interacting figures--one seated. Two medallions are carved above this vignette. A semicircular portion at top is decorated with carvings of elegantly interweaving leaves and foliage.
Plan et Elévation d'une Salle de Bain
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, 1774
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Elevation and plan of a bathing room. At center of the interior is a tub within a niche with curtains, tassels, and garland. Paneling on either side includes ornament motifs such as vases with floral bouquets and garland. The plate is signed.
Ornament Designs for Escutcheon and Key
Hugues Brisville, French, active ca. 1663, 1662
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Horizontal rectangle showing a variety of ornaments. At top, an escutcheon within an architectural framework and screws surrounded by fantastic beasts. At left, the handle of a key. Below, a floral form with eagle heads. The plate is signed.
Minakuchi: Famous Pine Trees at the Foot of Mount Hiramatsu (Minakuchi, meisho Hiramatsu yama no fumoto) from the series 53 Stations of Tokaido
Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858, 1855
Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
Print

Here we see middle-class people viewing famous pine trees at the foot of Mount Hiramatsu. A smaller figure, small enough to be a child, is guiding the way for two other older folks. On either side of this group of visitors are people carrying bundles of sticks.
View of Venice, Italy
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1880–1881
Pen and ink on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of a building and garden from a canal in Venice.
Design for a Ceiling with Alternative Suggestions
, ca. 1785
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
drawing

Shown is a central medallion with three radiating quadrangles. The medallion shows a framed tent motif. The left quadrangle shows two nudes seated on a pointed arch. Medallion above. Center quadrangle shows two entwined boughs and a ribbon hung with a mask, flute and ewer. The right quadrangle shows a tablet with a centaur surrounded by grotesques. Medallion above.
Rugged Mountains and Family, Mexico
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1890–93
Graphite on off-white wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Landscape and figure sketches from Mexico of a rugged mountain range and what appears to be a family. At center and left, a rugged and ridged mountain range extends obliquely into the distance, where a sharp, craggy visible in the background. A nearby ledge is visible in the immediate foreground at left. At lower right, figure sketches of a family are included. The father, at right, wears a brimmed hat and poncho as he looks down to his daughter at lower center. At left, the wife, or possibly an older daughter, wears a skirt as she holds a small child.

Verso: Landscape and figure sketches from Mexico showing two views of landscapes and, separately, a laden donkey. At upper right, a wooded hillside descends gently to the right, while overlapping and rugged mountain ranges are visible in the background at right. At lower left, a separate view looking down a waterway that is framed by hilly shores at left and right is included. A loose sketch of what appears to be a flower is visible at lower center, while a laden donkey trots towards us at lower right.
Elevation of a Villa
Ferdinando Fuga, Italian, 1699 - 1781, late 18th century
Pen and black ink, graphite on paper
Drawing

Elevation view of a villa. Three stories of eleven bays, the ground floor rusticated. A loggia before the second and the third (a mansard) stories. Triangular pediment. Villa flanked by partially shown stable buildings.