biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Sampler
Adelaide Muller, 1849
silk, cotton Technique: satin and stem stitch embroidery on plain weave

Alphabet and numerals, family crest and coat of arms, names of Muller siblings(?) with pictorial symbols for each person, embroidered in red on a sheer white ground.
Textile
, mid–late 18th century
cotton Technique: block printed on plain weave

Fragment with a scenic motif of a stairway and fountain next to a group of flowers connected by floral swags. Pattern in red and black on a red picotage ground.
Salesman's samples
, ca. 1805
silk Technique: embroidered on taffeta Label: Silk embroidery in satin and stem stitches on silk taffeta, black silk ribbon appliqué

a) Off-white taffeta fabric with birds on floral sprays and insects; b) Off-white taffeta fabric with an urn under leafy branches.
Tile
Grueby Faience Company, Revere, Massachusetts, 1895–1908, ca. 1902
Glazed earthenware

Coarse white earthenware body with press-molded design of single tulip and leaves.  Mat glazes in dark red and light green, with butterscotch mat glaze on blossom.  The tulip blossom is divided symetrically by thin walls of clay, the raised contours partitioning the inlaid glazes.  Palette is naturalistic with "Grueby green" between the leaves and the background.
Fragment
, 16th–17th century
silk Technique: cut and uncut supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a plain weave foundation

Fragment of brown velvet in repeated small-scale pattern of stylized plant forms against a dull orange ground.
Fork from a Cutlery Set
, ca. 1630
steel, gold, horn, mother of pearl
fork

Fork with three straight pointed tines, rounded shoulder, tapering baluster-shaped neck and stem. Pistol-shaped horn handle, octagonal in section, piqué with gold wire and inlaid with mother of pearl and green-stained horn in bands of heart-shaped motifs, dots and rozettes. Inlaid rozette at flat end of handle.
Design for a Chinese Pavilion
Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859, 1815–22
Brush and watercolor, pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. A hexagonal building standing on a podium, columns supporting the two-tiered pagoda roof. A narrow open porch encircles the inner enclosed cove of the structure. Around the porch a balustrade with marbleized decoration.

Original album associated with this collection still exists.  See 1948-40-1 accessory
Birth Certificate
Heinrich Ebner, active United States, 1783 - 1850, 1821
Calligraphy in brown ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Calligraphy

Printed form in German. Record of [?] Jonir [?], born 1799, filled in with ink. Five verses in horizontal rectangle, maker's name and date below. Upper left and right, angels of Type I, a putti above, eagle below, center, and lower left and right, birds in branches. Printed in black, colored by hand.
Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Les Tartelettes (Little Tarts) for the Service des Objets de Desserts (Dessert Service)
Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849, 1819–20
Pen and brown, black ink, bursh and brown, black wash, white gouache, red crayon, graphite on tan paper mounted on blue-gray paper
Drawing

Design for a painted porcelain plate, rondel. Scene outside a pastry shop.  A figure of a man wearing apron, right middleground, offers a selection of tarts from a tray to a young boy and girl, center middleground.  An elegantly dressed woman, left foreground, possibly their mother, appears to be telling the children to take only one tart.  A woman holding a baby, center middleground, holds a tart which the baby is trying to reach.  Two platters and a compote stand filled with tarts in right foreground, are displayed on a shelf next to the shop entrance from which a striped awning hangs.  A carriage and driver, left rearground, await the family.
Four of Diamonds from Set of "Jeu Imperial–Second Empire–Napoleon III" Playing Cards
B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France, 1858
Lithograph on glazed paper
Playing Card

Four of Diamonds from Set of "Jeu Imperial-Second Empire-Napoleon III" Playing Cards.
Five of Hearts from Set of "Jeu Imperial–Second Empire–Napoleon III" Playing Cards
B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France, 1858
Lithograph on glazed paper
Playing Card

Five of Hearts from Set of "Jeu Imperial-Second Empire-Napoleon III" Playing Cards.
Sidewall
W.H.S. Lloyd Co., Inc., 1855
Machine-printed on paper

Two scenes of Italy showing the Bay of Naples enframed in simulated moldings, in brick or ashlar block format, separated by a field of gray pebble-work. At top, a long horizontal rectangle showing peasants on a terrace or landing stage overlooking a bay or lake with mountains rising from the farther shores. Below, left and right, are halves of a similar medallion placed back to back.
Textile
, 19th century
silk Technique: damassé (the weft face of regular 8-harness twill with doubled warps and the warp face of an irregular 8-harness satin)

Ivory pattern on green ground with a design of a continuous floral vine between two columns decorated with a spiraling leaf.
Clover
, mid 18th - early 19th century
Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu), and silk threads (itoire)
Katagami

Thrust carving created this clover and vine motif. Silk threads are added to support the stencil structure.
Frieze
S.A. Maxwell & Co., 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Large scale acanthus scrolls, band of ornament at bottom
Ornament Design, Roman Standards and Rinceau Panel with Griffons
Michel Angelo Pergolesi, Italian, active ca. 1760–1801, 1776
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor over graphite on laid paper
Drawing

At center is a band or panel of ornament with a deep purple background featuring two golden winged griffons with ancanthus arabesque tails of blue, pink, and green, enclosing pink rosettes. Green branches with berries spring from the acanthus vines. At the center of this panel is a beaded closed
Tile
William Frend De Morgan, British, 1839–1917, ca. 1888–98
Glazed earthenware

Square tile of buff clay with grogg added. On royal blue ground diagonally set conventionalized flower in pale greens outlined with black and turquoise leaves. Part of large design.
Pineapple
Hannah Davis, 1784 – 1863, 1840
Block-printed paper on wood support; lined with newsprint
Bandbox

Wooden bandbox covered in wallpaper with pineapple pattern. Coloring of exposed areas much faded, better preserved paper sample with vivid coloring around rim. Turquoise-green background (light blue in exposed areas) with background fill of deep pink dots (white in exposed areas), white trailing leaves and flowers, bold repeating pattern of cluster of three pineapples in white and pinks with green leaves. Lined with newsprint: "Christian Panoply". Paper label inside lid: "Warranted/ Nailed/ Bandboxes/ Made by/ Hannah Davis".
Cover
, 18th century
silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: running, double running, satin and stem stitches with deflected element work on plain weave foundation

Allover repeating design of a lozenge placed horizontally and vertically in ivory, red, blue and black. Border of lozenges in salmon and blue. Cover resembles tile work.
Sketchbook Page: Blackberry Flower
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, 1874
Graphite on paper
Sketchbook folio

Recto: Sketches of a blackberry flower from above, in profile, and as a bud. 
Verso: Sketch of lilac buds.
Geometric design for printed textile
Louis-Albert DuBois, Swiss, 1752–1818, 1800–1818
Brush and gouache, graphite on white wove paper
Drawing

Tiny red & green pointed trees in pairs, set on the diagonal on a graphite grid, on white ground.
Sampler
, 1849
silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in running (pattern darning) and cross stitches on plain weave foundation

Twelve darning crosses, central square with initials and flowering plant.
Bowls
, late 19th–early 20th century
Carved molded glass

Pair of opaque yellow glass bowls with flaring sides, out- turned lip and low foot; sides are decorated with relief floral sprays.
Sarong
, 19th century
silk embroidery on cotton foundation, mirrors Technique: embroidered with running, chain, buttonhole, couching, and satin stitches on plain weave

Festive woman's skirt made from two pieces sewn together. Striped (warp) fabric in black, yellow-orange, rust-red, and dark brown (the black predominating) patterned by embroidery confined within the stripes. The embroidered patterns are geometric with several resembling flowers and embellished with mirrors. The embroidery is in orange, black, and rust-red.
Frieze
F. E. James Co., New York, New York, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Alternating large and small rounded arabesques or medallions, with scrolls. Printed in dark and light pink and white on woven-like ground. Two borders printed across the width.
"Mother and Child" from the series "The Ages of Man"
, ca. 1850
Block-printed on machine-made paper
Decorative panel

Standing figure of woman in flowing robes cradling child in her arms, on stone base. Printed in grisaille on blue ground.
Sidewall - sample
, 1906–08
Machine-printed

Floral wreaths on stripe. Printed in red on red ground.
Commemorative Plaque for the Society of Farmers
Christofle, French, founded 1830, 1884
silver plated, metal
commemorative plaque

Silver-plated commemorative plaque issued to Monsieur N. Hamet in 1884 by the Society of Farmers, France. The plaque is circular with raised decoration. The border has eleven phrases surrounded with decorative fruit or sheaves of wheat and a shield with a bale at top. The center of the plaque depicts two women on a plinth with cherubs.
Panel
, late 18th century
silk on silk, metallic thread Technique: embroidered on satin weave

Long, narrow shaped panel of white satin decorated with ribbon embroidery and silk thread. Designs of delicate festoons of flowers and ribbons extend almost entirely across the panel, primarily in narrow ribbons instead of silk thread. Some festoons of dots outlined in metallic thread.
Alfred Peats No. 4
Alfred Peats Company, 1908
Machine-printed paper, embossed
Sample book

Collection of patterns put together by Alfred Peats. Each of the patterns is part of a matched set consisting of a sidewall, frieze and ceiling paper. Each design is shown in mulitple colorways. Designs include landscapes, medallions, medallion stripes, and florals.
Fragment
, early 19th century
silk Technique: 5-harness damask with 4& 1 satin

Bright yellow damask with a pattern of a symmetrical flower and leafy vine motif: central flower framed by flower sprigs with twisting leaves. The ogee pattern is continued by putting the fabrics side by side. Red stripe in either selvedge.
Scenic Panel from 'Les Vues d'Amerique du Nord'
Zuber & Cie, Rixheim, Alsace, France, founded 1797, 1834–36
block printed paper, canvas mount
scenic panel

At far left, background, is seen part of the Natural Bridge, Virginia. To the right, a horse-drawn railway carriage with passengers. Lengths 25 and 26, adhered together as one scenic panel, from a set of 32.
Drachma of Emperor Trajan
, 96–117
Cast bronze

Obverse: bust facing right; reverse: quadriga (four horse chariot), legend illegible.
Fragment
, 18th–19th century
silk on linen Technique: embroidered

Embroidery fragment with double-headed eagle in green, blue and tan.
Sampler
, 1850–1900
cotton embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross stitch on plain weave foundation

A horizontal rectangle with red, blue and mustard color stitching on natural ground.  At the top are six different alphabets in red introduced by crown and Maltese cross and followed by birds. Religious and domestic spot motifs are densely arranged at the bottom. A large unembroidered space in between indicates that the sampler is unfinished. It shows a strong German/Austrian influence.
Trimming
, 18th century
gold metallic foil, gold metallic foil wound onto yellow silk, and green silk chenille Technique: bobbin lace

Wide ribbons densely placed in a serpentine pattern.
Cartouche Design
Pierre-Philippe Choffard, French, 1730–1809, ca.1760–75
Etching on laid paper
Print

A rococo cartouche design featuring c-scrolls, foliage, fruit, or nuts, and scrolling acanthus leaves. The plate is numbered and lettered.
Square
, 1850–1900
cotton Technique: plain weave; Z/Z twist

Yarn-dyed woven pattern of small checks in red, blue, green, yellow whitem and purple, with groups of brown, warp ikat dashes running in vertical columns.
Passengers Travelling by way of the Scenic View
Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858, 1797-1858
Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
Print

This quiet scene between a channel of water shows the famous Mt. Fuji in the background. A man in the foreground carries a group of passengers away from the auspicious mountain.
Botanical Sketches of Bamboo, Jamaica
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, August 1865
Graphite on gray-green wove paper
Drawing

Botanical sketches of bamboo in Bellevue, Jamaica. Tall bamboo tree visible at right, with four smaller details in the lower corner. At left, six sketches of the branches and leaves of bamboo plants are visible.
View of Venice, Italy
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1881
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of a gondola on a canal in Venice.
Towel cover
, ca. 1830
cotton on linen Technique: withdrawn element with darned motifs

Towel cover ornamented with the "Maria," crowns and cross borders of a straight line set between zigzags worked in cross stitch. Above is a band of drawnwork with birds, crowns, stars, and flowers in darning and overcasting. Fringe at top and bottom.
Mantel Clock Design
Jean François Forty, active 1775 – 1790, 1775–94
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Design for a mantel clock supported on a platform with two scrolling acanthus leaf legs. The round clockface with its roman numerals is framed by sphynx on either side, and a festoon of flowers. Below a rectangular frieze with a male figure leaning on a globe and a putto at his feet. The plate is signed and numbered.
Decorated Cartel with Commerce Motifs
Pierre-Gabriel Berthault, French, 1737–1831, 1748–1776
Engraving on paper
Print

Decorated Cartel with Commerce Motifs.
Designs for Ornament Motifs
Franz Xaver Habermann, German, 1721 – 1796, mid- 18th century
Etching on off white laid paper
Print

Designs for ornament including scrolls, garlands, and rinceaux composed as cartouches, brackets, vases, and free motifs. The plate is signed and numbered.
Cover
Sybil Carter Indian Mission and Lace Industry Association, ca. 1900
linen Technique: cutwork and embroidery

Cover ornamented with hemstitching, cutwork squares and satin stitch embroidery in conventional patterns.
The Nooning
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, August 16, 1873
Wood engraving in black ink on paper
Print

A boy and a dog lay outdoors with an empty plate between them.  Two other boys sit behind them. Houses and trees in distance, and laundry on line at right.
Design for a Book Cover
Alice Cordelia Morse, American, 1863–1961, ca. 1896
Brush and gouache on paper
Drawing

On sea green ground, white and dark green design; cartouche framed by open mouth border lined with vines.
Sepulcher in Egyptian Style with Sphinxes and an Owl
Louis-Jean Desprez, French, active Sweden, 1743–1804, ca. 1779–84
Pen and black ink, gray and blue-gray wash, traces of graphite on off-white paper
Drawing

Architectural fantasy.  Pentagonal sarcophagus, supported on the backs of sculpted sphinxes, is housed in a rounded arch niche.  A small niche in the left of the arch contains an urn.  Two unshod feet appear in an arched opening of the sarcophagus, which is ornamented with hieroglyphs and a carved owl perched on top.
Table de Cabinet., 6th Plate [Study for a Table], pl. 47 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurele Meissonnier
Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750, 1748
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

1921-6-212-17-a: Study table showing two drawers with bearded grote...;     1921-6-212-17-b: Elaborately decorated table with cartouches, garla...
DESSEINS DES BUFFETS DU BAL DE L'HÔTEL DE VILLE
Jean François Blondel, French, 1681–1756, 1751
Engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Three different buffets of food at the Hôtel de Ville for the masked ball given on February 28, 1745, in honor of the marriage of Louis Dauphin and Maria Teresa of Spain.
Coupe du Kiosque du côté des Buffets.
Emmanuel Héré de Corny, French, 1705–1763, 1753
Engraving and etching on laid paper
Bound print

Cross section of the kiosk richly decorated with trophies, garlands, and tapestries on the upper level, and carved putti, cartouches, and vases, garlands, rocaille fountains, and small sculptures and vases on brackets on the ground floor. At the bottom of the plate is a scale bar of "12 pieds."
Design for an overdoor
Nicolas Pineau, French, 1684-1754, 1735
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor
Drawing

Alternative designs for an overdoor with a clock dial on a pedestal.
Children Playing at the Seaside, Cullercoats, England
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1881–82
Charcoal on paper
Drawing

Horizontal view of cliffs beside the ocean with six children playing on the shingle and a sail boat visible on the horizon.
Petit Maître (Dandy)
François Boucher, French, 1703–1770, 1750–1760
Etching on paper
Print

A costumed figure with long beard and moustache in stride. Ornate hat, boots, and robes mimic floral structures. In the background, stairs lead up to a pagoda-like structure, and some foliage.
The Humane Countryman and the Adder
Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924, 1878
Printed in black ink on paper
Ephemera

Short story on an old man saving a lifeless snake and then regretting it. Upper left, man with hat and stick in hand, fighting with snack, lower left. Lower center, dog with collar. Background, fire pit with two figures in front, laying on the ground.
Elevation d'une maison de 6 toises de face
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Elevation of a house of three floors decorated with garlands over archways, windows, and bas-reliefs. The plate is signed.
Dado
, 1780–85
Block-printed on handmade paper

In center, horizontal rectangular medallion with two figures in grisaille; to right and left, semicircular radiating fluting. To right and left of these, circular pink medallions, each with a figure in grisaille. At either end, a termination in acanthus arabesques. Horizontal rectangle.
Petite Maison pour Mr. de V…à l’entrée du Bois de Verrières Par Villetard Archite
Jean-Charles Krafft, French, 1764 - 1833, 1812
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

An architectural print with an exterior elevation, interior sectional view, and four floorplans for a house. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed
Frieze with Four Caryatids
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over traces of graphite on cream paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle with four caryatids and six panels.
Deux diferents desseins de Tables
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1745
Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper
Print

Elevations of designs for two console tables with the plans of their marble tabletops. The table frame is comprised of ornament motifs including lion skin and mascaron, fountains, birds, trophies of music, dolphin, anguiped, garlands, and shells. The plate is signed and numbered.
Views Into a Piazza
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1795
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

Eight different views taken from inside of palaces to outside showing domed building.
James McNeill Whistler
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1881
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Male figure leaning on a railing.
Trimming
, 19th century
silk Technique: woven

Pink trimming fragment in a design of small open flowers and triangles.
Canoe with Two Men
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1895
Crayon on paper
Drawing

Sketch of two male figures in a canoe with bags in center of canoe; indication of foliage in background.
Vulcan, Design for Vaulted Ceiling, Sala dei Legislatori, Palazzo Conti-Sinibaldi, Faenza
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1787–1802
Pen and ink, brush and bistre wash over black chalk on rolled paper
Drawing

Vulcan shown in profile, seated beside anvil toward left, inside cave. Right hand holds group of Three Graces, left hand holds hammer. Distant view of volcano. Inscribed inside oval: Volcano invent delle arti. Top left, perhaps part of "7."
Frieze
Hobbs, Benton & Heath, Hoboken, New Jersey, ca. 1908
Machine-printed paper

Landscape design; repeating clusters of brown semi-leafless trees growing from grassy mounds in foreground, against line of green trees and gold sky. Earth graduates from deep red to pink.
Three Chair Designs
Charles de Wailly, French, 1729 – 1798, 1849–66
Etching on paper
Print

Three designs for chairs, two are upholstered, and the third illustrates only the frame with variations for the back. The designs feature flowers, mascaron (mask), gadrooning, molding, shell, rosettes, and fleurons. The plate is signed with the printmaker, publisher, and original designer / date, and numbered.
Design for Wall Panel Decoration
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Design for Wall Panel Decoration.
Border
, 18th–19th century
linen, silk Technique: cross stitch on plain weave

Design of trees with men (Assyrians?) standing in profile on either side. Design is probably earlier than the embroidery.
Sunbeams at Twilight, Jamaica
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, May–September 1865
Brush and oil, graphite on cream paperboard
Drawing

Unfinished landscape sketch of sunset behind mountainous in Jamaica, likely the Blue Mountains. Orange-pink crepuscular rays (sunbeams) emanate from behind the horizon amidst a blue-green sky at twilight. Brown mountains painted in oil give way to their skeletal, graphite outlines in the lower half of the work.
Arabesque Designs
Berthelot, French, active late 18th century, 1788
Etching and aquatint on laid paper
Print

Two vertical arabesque ornament designs with neoclassical motifs, featuring scrolling acanthus leaves, festoons of flowers and leaves, rosettes, fleurons, beading, sphynx, vases, incense burners, and masks. The plate is signed and numbered.
Study for The Cypress Trees of Montezuma, Park of Chapultepec, Mexico
Samuel Colman, American, 1832–1920, 1892
Recto: Black crayon, pen and brown and black inks, brush and gray watercolor wash on paperboard. Verso: Graphite, pen and brown ink, brush and sepia wash on paperboard.
Drawing

Recto: Horizontal view of a group of old Cypress trees bordered by a wood, at right, and by a round wall in masonry work at right and in the rear.  Framing lines.

Verso: Vertically at bottom is an oblique view of a wall bordered by old Cypress trees, with the wall shown in the rear.  In the opposite direction at the top is a canal with boats in the foreground at right and a crowded square at left; the quai extends toward the right rear where a church and other houses are visible.
A Fly-Catcher
, 1650–1700
Pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Shown standing upon a railing ready to catch an insect flying above at left. The upper one is drown over the point of the tail and the figure "204".
Bowl
, 18th century
Glazed porcelain

Deep round bowl on high foot. Pale blue ground flecked with umber. Centered with lotus plants in aubergine and gold penciled with red; outer walls have four rows of etched and colored lotus petals, and scrolled medallions.
Design for a Tapestry: Bacchus and Ariadne
, mid-17th century
Pen and ink, brush and wash, black chalk on paper
Drawing

Bacchus with his procession passing Ariadne, points to her. Framing of scrollwork with garlands of vine and fruit, herms, satyr children.
Man Pushing a Wheelbarrow, Possible Sketch for an Island for a Cotton Printing
, ca. 1800–1812
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Young man pushing a wheelbarrow loaded with bundles, possibly representing bolts of wet cloth.
Button
, 1853–70
Brass, gilt

Eagle head to left, wings spread resting on bars and arrow pointed lightning bolts beneath with stars between the bolts.

Components -a,-b are on card i
Component -c is on card 57