biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Textile
, early 18th century
cotton Technique: printed by engraved copper plate

Brownish-violet on white ground with a background of a dense imbricated design. Groups and medallions frame various scenes: a larger group on a terrace with two women in caps, high-waisted dresses with kerchiefs; a boy with a drum, dog, and a child with a cat. Oblong medallion frames a castle, bridge over a river, women washing laundry. Small elliptical medallions frame a skating scene, fruit-picking scene.
Candlesticks
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, late 18th century
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

At left, a monumental column with a putti at top. Two brackets with three branches with a candle each spring from the sides of the pedestal. A similar design at right and column below.
Design for Oblong Brooch
, 16th century
Pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Woman wearing a helmet seated within a broken pediment, flanked by volutes. Below, a rectangular frame. On either side, a fantastic figure. Below, a mask and two hanging pearls.
Sketch for a monument to be fastened to a wall
Domenico Mondo, Italian, 1723 - 1806, ca. 1800
Pen with bistre washes and black chalk with washes on paper
Drawing

Vertical composition of a seated woman who writes on a tablet topped by a musical trophy. A swan and what apparently is the head of an elephant are beside the woman's legs. There are bordering lines laterally and at the bottom.
Interior Wall Elevation
François II de Poilly, French, 1666 – 1741, 1696–1740
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

An interior wall elevation with a chimney piece and overmantel mirror in the center, flanked by paneling (boiseries) and doors with overdoor frames, decorated with rococo motifs and ornament including c-scrolls, s-scrolls, fluting, festoons of leaves, shells, cartouches, masks (mascarons), and scrolling acanthus leaves. The frieze of the entablature has corbels and scrolling motifs. A plan view below the chimney piece to illustrate the shape of the mantel from above.
Design for a Sepulchral Monument
Unknown, Italian, 1620-1630
Black crayon, brush and watercolor, bistre on paper
Drawing

The scheme is that of a low broad stele with a base and an antae pediment standing upon an oblong block. The mourning of a dead girl by her mother, her four brothers and sisters. The inscription written in the base, "D.O.M./Mater Infelicissima/Filiae et sibi."
Evergreen with Vines, Hoboken
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, August 24, 1841
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Study of a tall evergreen tree overgrown with vines. A smaller tree at right.
Handscreen
, early 18th century
Engraved paper leaf, turned and painted wood handle

Shaped leaf of paper with embossed scrolls and flowers, gold edges, and a turned wood handle. On each side there is a larger center medallion printed in red, surrounded by seven smaller medallions printed in green. On the obverse, the central medallion has a figure of a young woman; on the reverse, a parrot on branch with squirrel is printed in the center medallion.
Stage Design: Landscape with Hut, for the Opera La Straniera
Romolo Achille Liverani, Italian, 1809 - 1872, ca. 1840
Graphite, pen and black ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

At left, in the foregorund is a hut. In the middle distance is a lake and in the background mountains.
Candelabrum Motif
, 1600–1625
Pen and ink, brush and bistre on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle with candelabrum motif. At center, a putti head. Scrolling base and flaming top.
Burette
Pierre Germain, French, 1703 - 1783, 1748
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for a pitcher with a handle of twisting vines with grapes and leaves. The plate is signed and numbered.
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 egg and fleurons pattern in the frame, leaf and cartouche clasp, foliate branches, flowers, ribbons, quiver of arrows, flaming torch, and birds. The plate is numbered and signed with the artist's monogram.
Trees on Goat Island, Niagara Falls, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, September 1858
Graphite on gray-green laid paper
Drawing

Landscape and botanical sketch showing a view of trees and other vegetation on Goat Island near Niagara Falls. Two taller, mostly leafless trees are visible at left with another at right, surrounded by other tree trunks, branches, and other foliage.
Gate with Papal Arms
Leopold Pollack, Italian, 1751 – 1806, 
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, black chalk indications on paper
Drawing

Elevation of a gate inserted into a wall.  The gate's walls are rusticated.  It includes two massive rounded Ghibelline battlements.  The doorway has a classical frame.  Above, the arcaded dome rises behind the wall with openings of defensive purposes.  The papal arms are shown over a blank escutcheon, with cornucopias on either side.
Chimneypiece Design
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1775-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Chimneypiece design with overmantel of floral bouquet with crosses thyrses. There is a hanging four-armed chandelier in front of the mirror. The chimneypiece features bead course, scroll, baldachin, floral garland, vase, and fluted pilaster ornamentation. There is a scale bar of four French feet ("4 Pieds") at the bottom. The plate is signed, but the plate has been trimmed such that the numbering is not visible.
Fisherman and Women Stowing Nets in a Beached Dory, Cullercoats, England
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1881
Graphite, brush and white gouache on light-gray wove paper [two sheeets joined, overlapping]
Drawing

Horizontal view of two fishermen, in a beached dory, stowing away a net, which is being fed out by two women standing at the water's edge;a small sailing craft is visible in the distance.

Please note: 1912-12-20-b shows the front of the dory at the extreme right of the image, and extends under 1912-12-20-a.
Tabouret a la moderne [et] Cabriolet
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for a three-sided stool, and a cabriolet chair with a high, cruved back. The furniture frames are decorated with scrolls and acanthus leaves. The plate is signed.
Project for a Holy Water Font
, 1770–1790
Pen and gray ink, brush and gray wash, on off-white laid paper
Drawing

The bowl is in the form of a shell. A statue of Saint John the Baptist with lamb. Above the bowl is a cross with a glory of rays.
Kylix
Heidelberg Painter, Greek, active 575 - 555 BC, 6th century BC
Black-figured earthenware

Wide shallow bowl on flaring foot, two loop handles oriented horizontally.  Exterior decorated with two groups of young men armed with spears, facing central figure of Dionysus who holds drinking horn.  Above, a double ivy wreath border; below, meander and rays.  Interior centered with confronting cloaked figures holding spears.  Red and black on red ground.
Sampler
, ca. 1815
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: cross stitch on plain weave

Alphabets, numerals, birds, plants, people all surrounded by a border of scrolls.  Bound with pink silk ribbon.
Madonna and Child with an Angel
Antonio Allegri da Correggio, Italian, around 1489-1534, late 17th century
Etching on paper
Print

Mary, at right, is shown seated, with eyes downcast and one breast bared, held between her fingers so the Christ child may feed. He is shown nude, splayed out across her lap, twisting toward an angel at the left of the frame. Behind the figures, tree trunks. Attributed at lower left, and signed by publisher across the bottom.
Sampler
Francisca Romaquera, 1803
silk embroidery, linen foundation Technique: cross stitch on plain weave

Long vertical panel with symbols of the Crucifixion, inscription and prayer. Possibly used as a stole.
Four Studies of Works by Perugino and Francia
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1811–14
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on cream wove paper
Drawing

Madonna with Infant and St. Rocco, Benedict, Sebastian, Anthony. After Francesco Francia.  Apostles by Lorenzo Costa. Verso: balustrade with papal insignia; death of a brother.
Ship Deck with Two Women Lashed to the Mast
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, July 1886
Charcoal, white chalk on brown cardboard
Drawing

Horizontal view of the deck of a ship containing a cannonball, with two women lashed to a mast, at right, and men in oilskins in background, with clouds of smoke in the air.
Chinoiserie with Seated Figure in a Landscape
Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772, 1738-1749
Etching and engraving on white laid paper
Bound print

Chinoiserie scene with a seated male figure with his arm on a vase. There are two buildings in the background, one being a pagoda. The scene is framed by a rocaille arrangement of rocks, palm trees, and birds. The plate is signed.
Textile sample
American Print Works, founded 1835, 1870s
cotton Technique: printed on plain weave

White fabric in a printed design showing a belt and a riding crop in black.
The death of King Teja
Pietro Narducci, Italian, active 1809 - 1841, ca. 1825–50
Pencil, pen, ink, brush, brown watercolor on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. The king lying upon the ground, supported by a soldier, raises his left artm with the shield. Corpses and soldiers are around him, one carrying a legionary eagle. Mountains, at right Vesuvius as a background. Frame, caption as -2358: "Teja ultimo Rè dè Goti mortalmente ferito in battaglia al piè de Vesuvio."
Fragment
, 1820–30
cotton Technique: roller printed on plain weave

Fragment of a toile printed with three scenes from a romance. Each scene has an inscription: L'amour les conduit; L'amitié les ramene; L'amour se console.
Design for a Bracelet
George E Germer, 1868 – 1936, 1910–1920
Graphite, brush and white gouache, brush and brown, blue watercolor on cardboard
Projects for bracelts

Bordering lines as 1939-84-20. A violet gem between leaves on a band. Cast shadow
Study for a man, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1895–1898
Pastel crayon on tracing paper mounted to board
Drawing

A  male figure carrying a staff. The right leg is now shown.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk Technique: 4 and 1 satin damask

Formal pattern of pomegranate shapes and leaf sprigs in red and green.
Veduta del Tempio di Antonio e Faustina in Campo Vaccino
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720–1778, 1758
Etching
Print

Horizontal rectangle. Perspective view of the facade of an ancient Roman Temple, with later Renaissance additions. Title below. Signed in margin, lower left. 

Foxed. Foccilon, p. 54, 802. Vedute di Roma, V.II
Under Kaaterskill Falls, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 1844 and November 1844
Graphite on off-white wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view looking out of Kaaterskill Clove, New York, from underneath Kaaterskill Falls. The contour of the overhang of the Falls' first tier visible in upper portion of composition, while two cascades of water fall into pool the below, comprising the second stage of the falls. Foliage and ridgelines of Kaaterskill Clove visible in the background. 

Verso: Mixed sketches showing views of the Catskill Escarpment, puffy clouds, and f a walking man viewed from the behind, at upper right.
Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, Part Two
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, March 27-31, 1868
Oil and graphite on paperboard
Drawing

Landscape study showing a northwest-facing view of Jerusalem and the Garden of Gethsemane from the Mount of Olives. In the foreground, the lush vegetation and numerous trees of the Garden are visible, with the Tomb of the Virgin possibly shown at lower center left. Another structure is visible at center. Beyond, the eastern wall of Jerusalem stretches across the middle distance, with the Lion's Gate and the Bab al-Asbat minaret of the Al-Aqsa mosque visible at left. A corner of the Temple Mount complex is also shown here, with the rest of the city extending toward the horizon. Mountains and hills are shown along the horizon at right. Lower half of composition rendered only in graphite.
Pedestal Designs
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, 1737–38
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Four pedestal (plinth) designs (half views) featuring rococo and classical motifs - acanthus leaves, ribbons, rosettes, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), s-scrolls, fleurons, fluting, festoon of leaves, and a bow and arrow. The far left and far right designs include a circular outline on top of the plinth, possibly for a clock. The plate is numbered and signed.
Designs for a Console Table and Wall Brackets
Nicolas Pineau, French, 1684-1754, mid- 18th century
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

A plate from a series of designs for console table legs, consoles for vases and wall brackets. A blank rectangle lower center, with a design for console table legs above ornamented with fleurons, c-and-scrolls, gadroon, acanthus leaves, strapwork, masks and palmette motifs with garlands of flwoers. The legs are in the shape of winged female herms with intertwined phoenixes or dragons. The feet are in the shape of hooves. Lower left: a wall bracket ornamented with rococo motifs, s-scrolls, fleurons and a mask, with the base of the supported vase in outline. Lower right: a wall bracket ornamented with a mask, c-scrolls, fleurons, and intertwined snakes. Supporting a vase and two incense burners in outline. The background is shaded with lines.
Near Otter Cliffs, Mt. Desert Island, Maine
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1860–62
Brush and oil, graphite on paperboard
Drawing

Seascape sketch of the rocky shoreline near Otter Cliffs on Maine's Mt. Desert island. Sky in background rendered in a gray-green, visible above a flat horizon line that delineates the top third of the work. In foreground, green, blue, and white waves crash against brown, gray, and black rocks that form a rugged, cliff-like shoreline at right.
Fragment
, 18th century
silk, metallic thread Technique: plain compound weave

Blue silk ground with illegible design of closely-spaced, small-scale flowers in gold metallic weft. Right selvedge present. Triangular in shape.
Fisherman in Quebec, Canada
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1895
Brush and wash, gouache, charcoal on gray-green wove paper
Drawing

A fisherman, standing on a fallen tree trunk, casts his rod into the water. A dense forest of fir trees fills the middleground and distant mountains can be seen in the background.
Saint John Preaching, Probably a Page from a Drawing Book
, 1750–1780
Black chalk, pen and ink, brush and bistre wash, brush and white gouache on paper
Drawing

Saint John stands at left upon an elevation turned toward right and shown from the right back. The crowd fills the central plane and the right foreground. Mountainous landscape in the back. A villa is at right.
Arabesque Design
Etienne de Lavallée, French, 1735 – 1802, 1788
Etching and aquatint on laid paper
Print

Arabesque ornament design with neoclassical motifs. In the center, an ornamental lidded vase, featuring mermaids at the foot, with a body decorated with scrolling acanthus leaves and terminal putti figures. The lid features three seated women with a putto and flowers. The vase sits on a base, resembling roughly cut stone decorated with a winged putto with its lower half as scrolling acanthus leaves and rosettes and a winged lion with a goat's head and rosette tail. Above the vase, a festoon of flowers, scrolling acanthus leaves and a lidded vase. The plate is signed and numbered.
Candlestick Design
Jean François Forty, active 1775 – 1790, 1775–94
Etching on paper
Print

Design for a candlestick decorated with fluting, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), fleurons, acanthus and laurel leaves, festoons of flowers, and female herms. The plate is titled and numbered.
Venus and Cupid
Cherubino Alberti, Italian, 1553–1615, ca. 1590
Engraving on paper
Print

Venus is shown from the rear holding the arms of Cupid.
Border
, 1820–30
Block-printed on paper

Ornamental border cut in scallops, following contours of simulated drapery valance of pink material with border in green, blue and black, enriched across face with sprays of mistletoe in green, black and yellow. Printed on blue ground.
Trophy Design
François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1748 - 1797, ca. 1767
Etching on paper
Print

An ornamental hanging trophy with the attributes of water, incorporating fish nets, fish, reeds, fishing rod, flowers, and a trident.
Plate 2 from a Set of Trophies of Weapons
Johann Ulrich Stapff, German, active 17th century, ca. 1665
Engraving on paper
Print

The numbers are in the right bottom corners. Framing line.
Projet du Portail de l'Eglise de St. Sulpice de Paris (Design for the Portal of the Church of St. Sulpice of Paris), plate 105, in Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (Works by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier)
Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750, 1748
Engraving on white laid paper
Print

Facade shows three doors and several windows, two clocks and topped with tower, all decorated with curving Rococo lines. Lower section, plan of building.
Foliate Scroll Designs
D. Antoine Pierretz, French, active 1647, 1648
Etching on laid paper
Print

Two foliate scroll or frieze designs. The lower design appears to be carved into a stone with tuffs of grass above. The designs feature scrolling leaves, acanthus leaves, rosettes, ribbons, a cornucopia, and a bucranium (goat skull). The plate is numbered.
Bras de Cheminée à l'Anglaise
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for a candelabra decorated with fluting, an oval medallion, ribbon, guilloche, rosettes, scrolling acanthus leaves, and a pinecone. The plate is signed.
Dead Christ
Angelo Solimena, Italian, ca. 1630-1716, 17th–early 18th century
Red chalk on blue paper
Drawing

Drawing of the head, upper arm, and torso of dead Christ.  Above the study there are sketches of hands.
Saint Gennaro Calming Vesuvius
Andrea Vaccaro, Italian, 1604 - 1670, 17th century
Brush and gray, white wash on paper
Drawing

Figure of Saint Gennaro at center, flying over Mount Vesuvius with winged putti around him.  The putto above him is holding his robe, the putto to the bottom right is holding a book, and the one to the bottom left is holding his crozier.
Sketches for Balusters and Capitals
, 17th century
Pen and brown ink, graphite on white laid paper
Drawing

Page with various designs fort balusters decorated with gadrooning, acanthus leaves and masks. At upper right, two capital designs. Light sketches of angels at upper left.
The Invention of Clockwork
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, ca. 1585 – 1590
Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and gray and brown wash, black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink on laid paper
Drawing

Recto: View of a clockmaker's workshop. In the right foreground, at a desk, two men are busy with small pieces of clockwork. In the center left is a large standing clock, which two workers have opened from the top. Two others attend a fire in the right background. Three clocks hang at the left on the wall. 
Verso: Diners sit at a long table positioned beneath a large arch.
Study for "Genius," "The Arts," Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, ca. 1895
Graphite on paper
Drawing

A young male figure is kneeling, with his back turned and arms raised. The paper is squared for transferring the image.
Title Page
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, ca. 1590
Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown and black washes over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink on laid paper
Drawing

Recto: Frontispiece design, with a tablet at center inscribed: "NOVA REPERTA" (the first R is corrected). The tablet is flanked at left by a compass, at right by a globe. A figure at upper right holding an ouroboros gestures with a stick towards the globe, indicating the New World. Cannons and cannonballs appear at the bottom, with distilling equipment at right. A mulberry tree—a reference to silk-making—grows over the upper rim of the center tablet. A clock appears above right, and a printing press above left. At far left is an additional figure holding an ouroboros. Verso: Blank.
Trimming
, 17th century
metallic strips and metallic-wrapped linen thread Technique: bobbin lace

Metallic wrapped white thread and strips of metal in a shell pattern with scalloped edges.
Heraldic Achievement Designs and Devices
Nicolas Guérard, French, ca.1648 – 1719, late 17th–early 18th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

One design for a heraldic achievement with a device in the shield and three designs for allegorical vignettes related to military victory with nude male figures representing the prisoners/ vanquished, arms and armor, drums, an eagle, and military flags. Five roundels with devices and text in between the other larger designs. The designs are in outline and the plate is numbered.
Fireplace (Chimney Piece and Mantel) Designs
Jean Mansart de Jouy, French, 1705 - 1783, mid- 18th–late 18th century
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Designs for a chimney piece (fireplace, overmantel mirror and painting above) illustrated as a detailed wall elevation with two different options in the design (split in half). Below, a plan view of the mantelpiece and front hearth (flooring in front of the fireplace) with a scale. The designs feature rococo ornament and motifs, with c-scrolls, cartouches, clasps, fleurons, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), shells, wave, and egg patterns, palmettes, foliage, and sprigs. The fireplace design to the right, features an ornately decorated back-plate with an andiron in the shape of a dragon on a base. The left side of the overmantel mirror includes a narrow panel with a two-candled wall sconce. The painting above depicts a hunting scene with a dead deer and two dogs in a landscape. It is framed by ornately decorated moulding, and clasps. The walls flanking the chimney piece feature ornately moulded paneling (boiserie), with large horizontal panels and Dado panels below. Below the chimney piece, a plan view of the mantel shows the shapes of its molding, and the marble front hearth designs with two different options for the decoration, including stars and rosettes. The plate is numbered and signed.
Study for a dancing woman, “Moods to Music,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1893–1895
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Recto: Sketch of a female figure dancing; Verso: Sketch of two female figures with a cart.
Medea: or The Marriage of Jason and Creusa
Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, Dutch, 1606–1669, 1648
Etching on paper
Print

Interior of an arched hall. The bridal couple kneel on a raisted platform in center. Large group of spectators in background from left to center. The sculptured figure of Juno, wearing a crown, at right, beneath a canopy. Two lines of verse in margin, signed and dated, lower right: "Rembrandt f. 1648."
Stage Design: Prison Court
, late 18th century
Pen and brown ink, brush and sepia wash on paper
Drawing

Horizontal format. Prison court with stairs leading upward. Bolted doors in background. At right, two male figures in courtyard.
Fragments
, ca. 1700
silk , metallic Technique: brocaded damasée; 7&1 satin plus plain weave with supplementary wefts

Exotic polychrome blooms on bright yellow silk in a large, irregular pattern with green and pink silk and silver thread in a large-scale floral and foliage pattern in the Bizarre style.
The Witch’s Daughter, Illustration for Harper's New Monthly Magazine (CCCXCVIII, No. LXVII, July 1883, frontispiece)
Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924, July 1883
Printed in black ink on paper
Ephemera

An owl and woman in long white dress sitting on crescent moon. The woman sits on the right and looking down at owl sitting to her left.