biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Ornamental Medallion Design
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1759–80
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Ornament design with an oval medallion depicting a rural landscape framed by a cartouche with flowers and leaves, hanging from a festoon of flowers, interlaced with a larger frame of scrolling leaves (rinceaux), interlaced leaves, fleurons and sprigs of flowers and leaves.
A Classic Warrior Receives a Woman
Filippo Marchionni, Italian, 1732–1805, mid- 18th century
Red crayon, black ink, grey watercolor on paper
Drawing

A young man sits at the right and extends his hand to a woman approaching from the left.  Behind the seated man are the torsos and heads of a man in armor and a bearded, unclothed man.
Fragment
, 16th–17th century
silk Technique: woven

Double headed eagles, birds and plants.
Section of wall showing panels of arabesque designs, Music Room, Palace of Fontainebleau, France
Frederick Marschall, ca. 1885
Brush and watercolor, tempera on heavy paper
Drawing

Section of wall, with panels of arabesque designs. Left, portion of door also with arabesque design. Overdoor panel with white figures against blue ground.
Designs for Ornament
Briceau, French, 16..–17.., 1709
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Two ovals of scrolling ornament against a dark background, with other ornament designs above and below. The plate is signed.
Comb
, 19th century
Shaped, carved and pierced tortoiseshell

Tortoiseshell comb with long teeth and stylized folate carving on top of carved scallops
Two Flying Putti with Banderole
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1800–1820
Pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle showing two loosely drawn putti with a banderole in an oval frame.
Rustic Landscape
Franz Joachim Beich, German, 1665–1748, 18th century
Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper
Print

Scene of a landscape with a figure fishing at the side of a river bank. Two other figures walk over a bridge carrying goods on their heads. The plate is signed.
Decorative Panel Design
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1777–79
Etching on paper
Print

Design for a decorative panel featuring arabesque and floral motifs including festoons and crowns of flowers, acanthus leaves (rinceaux), fleurons, and s-scrolls. The plate is numbered.
Head of the Virgin
, 1820–1835
Red crayon, pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Bust of the Virgin, facing right, with raised head and eyes.
Elevation of a Salon Wall, for the Palace of the Prince of Hesse
Etienne Dubois, French, 1766 - 1839, ca. 1790
Pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, gold paint on paper
Drawing

Sofa stands under an empty oblong frame and two pilaster strips and is flanked by wainscotted dados before the center of the wall.  A decorative panel with a fountain is at left.  Another with Ceres in clouds, at right.  Ink lines along edges.
Plate 4, "Suite de douze Pêcheurs et Chasseurs"
Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808, 1771
Etching on paper
Print

Decorative landscape with Chinese figure carrying two nets on a pale walking toward steps which lead to a small pavilion. Two framing lines. Right top corner: "4"; bottom of the design: "j. pillement del."; "j. j. avril.sculp.1771.dec."
Man
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1883
Graphite, pastel crayon on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of a male figure holding a tray.
Cachepots
, ca. 1750
Enameled and gilt tôle

A pair. Cylindrical, with slightly rounded bottom and simple handles. Redfield, with shaped medallions on each side decorated in colors and gilding with Chinese figures and Chinese landscapes, slightly raised.
Porte, dans le grand Appartement des Tuilleries
François Chauveau, French, 1613 – 1676, 1710
Etching on laid paper
Bound print

Twentieth plate from a series of prints depicting the ornament and interiors of the King's apartment at the Royal palaces of the Louvre and the Tuileries, part of the Cabinet du Roi (King's Cabinet) series published by the Imprimerie Royale. The plate illustrates a double door from the Grand Apartment of the Tuileries Palace. The doors each have five ornamental panels and are framed with running patterned borders. The panels feature heraldic devices, interlaced L's, fleurs-de-lys, crowns, Apollo's head, acanthus, and palm leaves, palmettes, foliage, fleurons, trophies with arms and armor, flames and incense burners, ribbons, and rosettes. The locks are highly decorative with similar ornament. The plate is titled, signed, and numbered.
Mount Chimborazo and Guaranda, Ecuador
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, June 1857
Brush and oil, graphite on tan paperboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of the stratovolcano in Ecuador known as Chimborazo, from the town of Guaranda. Rendered only in graphite, numerous buildings that make up Guaranda--including a church at lower right--are visible in the foreground at lower center and lower right. In the middle distance, a thatched hut is visible atop a shallow ridge while rugged foothills rise behind it. Chimborazo's rugged, snow-capped peak is rendered in great detail as it looms over the scene in the background at upper left. At upper right, a low, gray cloud is visible in an otherwise blue, open sky.
Lit à l'Angloise
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for a bed with a canopy over the head of the bed. The canopy and the bedding is decorated with stripes and vertical bands of rosettes. At the top of the canopy is a portrait medallion of an older man. The plate is signed.
Two Dories Being Launched, England
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1881
Pen and brown ink on paper
Drawing

Horizontal view of two dories being launched into the surf by men in oilskins.
Sketch for a Bacchante
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1887
Graphite on cream wove paper
Drawing

Nude female figure with tambourine held high. Her body facing right, head to the spectator. Shown to the knees. Verso: Sketch of skirt and feet.
Pope Benedict XIV in a Consistory with Cardinals
Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786, 1740–58
Graphite, pen and sepia ink on laid paper
Drawing

The Pope on his throne; seven cardinals seated on chairs in two rows. An empty chair sits in front of the Pope.
Views along the Río Magdalena, near Angostura, Colombia
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, May 1853
Graphite on gray laid paper
Drawing

Landscape and botanical sketches showing views of trees and the shoreline along the Magdalena River in Colombia. The upper half of the composition shows a view of the undulating and heavily wooded riverbank along the Magdalena. The river itself comprises most of the view while distant mountains are visible in the background at right. In the lower half, three botanical sketcehs are included: an indistinct mass of trees and vegetation on a rock at left, a palm tree called "Santa Ynes" at lower center, and another captioned "milpesos" at lower right. Both palm trees are similar, but the milpesos palm has a slightly larger canopy of fronds.
Ornamental Vase Designs
Théodore Bertren, active in France, 18th century, 1772
Engraving on paper
Print

Two vases, one above the other. The top vase has 2 handles and a lion mascaron at the neck. A garland of leaves emerges from the mouth of the lion and loops within two rings positioned underneath the shoulder of the vase. The vase is fluted and has handles, and a decorative acanthus leaf design at its base. The lower vase is in the shape of an urn and has a bouquet of flowers emerging from within. The vase has a spiraling fluted patten. There is a knob in the center of the vase over which is draped a garland. The vase is elevated on a low, weathered, socle. The plate is signed and numbered.
Tablet and an escutcheon
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1780–1800
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Below is a rectangularly framed tablet, rising in the center, with a mask in front. Upon it stands an escutcheon with on top a wreath with an inversed shell and a crown. Above, laterally, are the upper parts of weapons, below two putti sitting upon cornucopias, the left one with a helmet, the right one with a scale. Usual background.
Touch, from "Senses"
, 1750–1775
Brush and watercolor, gold on paper
Print

A kneeling man kisses the hand of a woman who is seated on rocks in landscape. Ata left, a vase of flowers on a console forms part of the narrow border of flowers, grapes, and rocaille. Bottom: "TACTUS" "PALPAR". The same outer border as 1921-22-268. Printed from two plates.
Vase on Pedestal
Niderviller Porcelain Factory, French, active from 1754, ca. 1785
porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
vase and pedestal

Bottom of bowl on outside decorated with loops and acanthus leaves in relief. Upper portion decorated by friezes of triglyph-like rectangles, repeating loops of acanthus and one taper of mercarous on drapery.  Rich torus moulding at top and at top of cavetto pedestal, which rests on square base.
Tablettes d'appui de Croisées
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Designs for two architectural sills. The top sill has fluting and rosettes on the support beams; the lower sill lacks ornamentation. The plate is signed.
Mausoleum
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1795
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

The mausoleum is a circular structure, with a dome, and an obelisk on top. The enclosure consists of colonnades connecting pyramids of which three are shown. Trees flank the mausoleum. A hectagonal plan is at left connected with the angles of a David's star.
SAUCIERES ET GOBLETS
Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820, 1805
Etching on paper
Print

Design for two sauce boats and two cups with Empire style motifs decorated with grape vines, a handle in the form of a snake with an apple in his mouth, women holding hands, a dragon, masks (mascarons), swan, and scrolling leaves. The plate is titled, signed, and numbered.
Ornament Design
Hugues Brisville, French, active ca. 1663, 1662
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Vertical rectangle completely filled with scrolling, interlacing arabesques. At bottom, a figure whose bodies terminate in acanthus leaves holds a flower in his right hand.
Fragment
, 13th century
linen Technique: block printed pigment on plain weave

Fine natural-colored linen ground with design block printed in black. Small teardrop forms arranged in staggered horizontal rows, enclosing alternately paired confronted birds or pseudo- Arabic inscription.
Ornamenti di fregi e fogliami
Stefano della Bella, Italian, 1610–1664, ca. 1648
Etching on paper
Print

Plate 12
Asia
, 1740–1770
Etching on paper, mounted
Print

A woman holding a censer points to an incense burner at left. A man with a long-stemmed pipe offers her a cup of something. At right, a man with a crescent on his turban carries ticks in his arms. At left, in the background, are a camel and a truncated pyramid. Ornamented border of rocaille and plants. Bottom center: "ASIA".
Medallion or Frame Design
Théodore Bertren, active in France, 18th century, ca. 1771
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for an oval medallion or frame featuring shell ornament within the frame with a fleuron clasp, surrounded by festoons of flowers and flower branches, and hung by a ribbon with a jewel. The plate is numbered and signed with the artist's monogram.
Man's wrapper (hinggi)
, 19th century
cotton Technique: tied resist patterning in warp (ikat) on plain weave

Men's wrapper (hinggi) with horizontal bands displaying horse, bird (maybe rooster), and snake or 'naga' motifs. Also features a middle band of diamond lattice. Colored in black, orange, tan, white, and blue. Warp fringe at both ends.
VASES
Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820, 1805
Etching on paper
Print

Designs for two vases and an ewer with Empire style motifs including female figures, winged female figures, vine leaves, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), foliate scrolls, oval cartouches, fluting, and snakes. The plate is titled, signed, and numbered.
Frieze
, 1810–20
Block printed on handmade paper

Frieze with simulated festoon of drapery with embroidered border, above a simulated cyma reversa molding enriched with acanthus leaves and palmettes. Printed in blue, yellows, browns and orange. Horizontal rectangle.
Project: The elevation of an altar. With alternative suggestions
, 1740–1800
Pen, ink, bistre; blue gouache colors, white heightening on greyish blue paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. The designs are different in the left and right halves. The mensa is supported by scrolls. Plain moldings form the oblong retable frame. An escutcheon crowned by a cross rises on top in front of a shell at left of an architectural background of a column, at right. A twisted column is shown at left, a volute and a baluster, at right.
Design for the Embroidery of a Man's Waistcoat of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf", Unfinished
Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1785–1795
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and gouache on paper
Drawing

Left bottom corner: "Running dogs", from which, alternately, flowers and leaves and a bunch of flowers in the bottom center rise, are at the edges. A vine stem with bunches of blue grapes in a scrolling scheme rises from the bottom into the pocket. A bird and a fringed cloth upon boughs. Flower festoons are suspended from a rose bough in the bottom center of the pocket. The greater part of a garland under the pocket has been invalidated by white color.
Dixville Notch, approach from West
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1863
Graphite on grey paper
Drawing

Jagged outline and some shadowing on top of mountain ridges. Highest point at right.
Fragment
, 18th century
silk, metallic Technique: brocaded plain weave

Vine stripe alternating with solid stripe.
Croisée en plate bande avec son profil
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for casement windows. At left is the profile of the window. The plate is signed.
Sewing box with implements
, ca. 1850
Papier-mâché, wood, mother-of-pearl, velvet, paper, paint, gilt, ivory

Elaborately contoured square box with stepped, slightly domed, hinged lid with scalloped edges; stepped, scalloped base with four broad feet; the black lacquer ground with overall floral and foliate decoration of mother-of-pearl inlay, gilding and touches of paint; lid with scene of large church in landscape, "Melrose Abbey" in small letters painted under scene; lid opens over compartmented top section; double doors in front open to reveal four drawers, the bottom one designed like a lap desk with hinged flap; drawer and compartment linings of silk, velvet, paper; ivory and mother-of-pearl tape measure container and emery container; small metal key.
Demie Baignoire[s]
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Designs for two half bathtubs, each with high chair backs that have striped fabric. The plate is signed.
Panel
, 19th century
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered on plain weave

Horizontal panel with embroidered border on three sides consisting of two repeated but not quite symmetrical units, one a plant with tulip blossoms and the other two peacocks facing an urn of flowers.
Chasuble fragments
, 17th century
silk Technique: damask

Three panels of a chasuble of deep reddish purple fancy satin with large diagonal stylized sprig repeat in cloth weave on satin ground.  Narrow coarse twill selvages with green and pale lavender warp stripes.
Episode de Bataille
Gaspard Grégoire, French, 1751–1846, late 18th–early 19th century
silk Technique: warp-printed cut velvet
Panel

Small oval panel with a small-scale realistically drawn scene of armed combat between two groups of horsemen.
Flora's Retinue: Lily
Walter Crane, English, 1845–1915, ca. 1891
linen warp, silk weft Technique: 4 & 1 satin damask
Doily

Small square doily, fringed on all sides, with an ivory linen warp and violet silk weft. A figure of a woman dressed as a lily and holding a large lily, with the word LILY in the upper right corner, all in ivory on a violet ground. A set of six, the doilies would have been used on the table as part of a dessert service.
Longfellow in His Study
Worth Brehm, American, 1883–1928, ca. 1912
Charcoal on cream wove paper
Drawing

The white-bearded poet is shown in the foreground, almost full length, and seated, facing right. A boy is seated beside him, near a table, reading.
Fisherman's Family
Eugene Higgins, American, 1874–1958, ca. 1910–20
Soft-ground etching in dark brown ink on cream wove paper
Print

A fisherman, accompanied by his wife and two small children, stands in an open boat, holding a long pole. A dog sits at the far right.
Page Four from "Toisieme Livre Contenant Des Frises ou Paneaux en Longueur Inventés Par G. M. Oppenort Architecte du Roi et Gravés par Huquier"
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, after 1751
Etching on paper
Print

Three ornamental compositions. First (upper): a console with fanciful arrangement of hats, etc. In middle: actors from an Italian comedy in an arabesque design. Third: head of a ram set against a shell. Inscribed, upper left: "C"; upper right: "4"; lower left: "Oppenort inv."; center: "Avec privilege du Roi"; lower right: "Huquier sculp. et excudit".
The Triumph of Chastity
Adrien Lommelin, ca. 1650
Engraving on paper
Print

The Virgin and child, accompanied by putti are in a chariot drawn by two lions. Other putti, some flying, accompany them.
Ascension of the Virgin
, ca. 1800
Red crayon on paper
Drawing

The Virgin shown kneeling upon a cloud and raising her face and arms. Surrounded by angels.
Portrait of Robert Kerr, First Earl of Ancram
Isaac Herbert, 1797
Stipple engraving on paper
Print

Bust length portrait of Robert Kerr, First Earl of Ancram (1755-1813), turned slightly to the left. He has long hair, which protrudes from under a black skull-cap. Below, an escutcheon, dedicatory lines, and names of engraver and publisher.
Border
, 16th century
silver metal wrapped on silk thread Technique: bobbin lace

Narrow lace border with scallops on one edge. In white and silver metallic thread.
Band fragment
, 10th–12th century
linen, silk Technique:plain weave and tapestry weave

Tapestry woven band in a fragment of plain weave.The band has a zig-zag pattern in red and yellow.
Char du Soleil
, ca. 1760
silk Technique: compound weave with discontinuous supplementary weft (brocaded)
Textile

A small two-wheeled chariot filled with flowers, drawn by a white horse across clouds and the bursting rays of the sun. A white scroll trails behind the chariot, serving as a base for a tent and a cluster of flowers. Brocaded in white, blue, green, pink, and brown on a turquoise ground. This unit is repeated in offset horizontal rows, alternating direction.
Textile
, ca. 1890
silk Technique: compound satin weave

Pattern of stylized flowers in blue satin outline in white on blue moiré ground. Pieces from dress worn at the Court of the Netherlands in the 1890s.
Album of Designs for Console Tables, Wall Brackets and Ceilings
Nicolas Pineau, French, 1684-1754, ca. 1720–73
Album

Album containing two series of designs by Pineau for console table legs, wall brackets and ceilings. The last plate in the album is after Blondel from a different series.
Three Graces
Zuber & Cie, Rixheim, Alsace, France, founded 1797, 1803
block-printed on handmade paper
Decorative panel

Three female figures, lightly clothed, hands joined, stand in contraposto pose on large imitation marble plinth. The plinth contains numerous gilt-bronze mounts including two round acanthus bosses, inset plaque with four youths playing on a see-saw, and two lion heads and hairy paw feet. The figures support a large basket with bouquet of flowers.
Allegorical Figure of "America"
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present, ca. 1760
hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
figure

"America" female figure with feather skirt, mantle and headdress, holding parrot and cornucopia; seated on alligator facing right.
Mug
, 18th–mid-19th century

Industrious fish girl
Design for Sideboard "C" with Six Legs and Five Drawers
A.N. Davenport Co., 1900–05
Graphite on thin cream paper
Drawing

Rectangular sideboard on six fluted straight tapering legs; tripartide front has convex central section containing five drawers - two horizontal drawers flanked by a single vertical drawer on each side and topped by single horizontal drawer with pair of round pulls; low backsplash.
Commemorative textile
, 1876
cotton Technique: roller-printed on plain weave.

Length  of three un-cut-apart American flags with 39 stars made for the 1876 Centennial in Philadelphia. Around the border are the flags of nations that participated in the Centennial.
Sidewall
, ca. 1850
Block-printed paper

Diaper pattern with the repeating central motif of a fountain on a pedestal surrounded by an abundance of flowers. The diaper is formed of ribbon with bows. Printed in gray and green on a white ground. Original document for "The Fountain".
Pair of Covered Confinement Cups
, ca. 1760
lead glass
drinking glasses and covers

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Design for Oak Serving Table
A.N. Davenport Co., 1900–05
Graphite on thin cream paper
Drawing

Rectangular body with molded edges and molded drawer attached beneath; raised on 4 reeded  straight rectangular legs; oblong lower shelf with demi-lune cut-out front center attaches mid-way up from floor level; on table top, tray with teapot and cup and saucer.
Border
, late 17th–early 18th century
muslin Technique: deflected element work (drawnwork and embroidery)

Scalloped muslin border showing intertwining floral garland and ribbon in an asymmetric pattern.
Sidewall - sample
, 1906–07
Machine-printed

Large poppies, longstemmed, with acanthus leaves and two cinquefoils. The background is covered with a coarse weave pattern. Printed in shades of red, green and white.
Sidewall - sample
, 1906–08
Machine-printed

Thistle or dandelion, printed in yellow and green on a tan background with texile-like pattern.
Title page of Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum
Bartholomeo Vincent, 1582
Woodcut on paper
Print

The title, author's, inventory's, and artist's names and the date in a vertical rectangle. Above, a putti on either side of a woman holding a compass and a globe. A man standing, left, with a measure, a ship beside him. Another, right, with a sign of geometry. Sphinxes, fruits, flowers, and a mask below.
Sampler
, 1750–1800
silk on linen Technique: cross, stem and satin stitch on plain weave foundation, primarily counted stitches

Adam and Eve with the Tree of Life and isolated motifs of animals, birds and flowers.
Sidewall
Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Medallion stripe design with ovoid medallions with floral bouquet on top, foliate acanthus scrolls at sides, floral motif in the center, and green strung beads around the circumference of the medallion. Printed on stripes that contain smaller floral medallions, each connected by foliate swags. Printed in brown, green, and white on tan ground.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk Technique: brocatelle

Green and yellow fragment with a faded ogival pattern.
Ceiling paper
Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Pattern of interlaced acanthus scrolls, some containing lattice, and floral bouquets or sprigs. Printed in green, tan, white, and metallic gold on light ground.
Environs de Rome
Jean Baptiste Camille Corot, French, 1796 – 1875, 1866
Etching and drypoint on blue-gray machine-made laid paper
Print

Beyond a shadowy wooded foreground, with two tree trunks, right, and a group of trees, left, rises a church with a dome and twin towers, situated on the side of a hill.