biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Planometric View of Mazachebir
Jacques Callot, French, 1592–1635, 1610–35
Pen and brown ink on cream laid paper
Drawing

A large valley dominates the foreground, and mountains appear in the background. A group of buildings surrounded by a wall appears in the center of the composition, directly in front of the mountains. A few armored fighters on horseback approach the settlement. A large banner with text in Italian appears in the top center. The banner text includes letters indicating places that correspond to letters dispersed throughout the composition. An arrow indicating the direction of the map appears in the lower center.
Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin
James Malton, English, 1761 - 1803, 1793
Aquatint, brush and watercolor on paper
Print

Cathedral and chapter house seen from the churchyard. Figures, some reclining on the gravestones, in the foreground. Below, title, artist's and publisher's names and the date.
Tangiers
Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925, ca. 1892
Graphite and white heightening on cream paper
Drawing

Street going downhill; figure on a donkey in the middle of the road. Buildings are similar in structure but vary in sizes.
Dessert Dish
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present, mid- 19th century
hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
dish

Oval dish divided into four parts with scrolls and c-curves. At center, an oval cartouche with relief molded diaper pattern.
Hanging lamp
, 18th century
Copper, brass

Hanging lamp with helmet-like cover and starburst over it; from it three chains, composed of square links, is suspended a light that is rounded and decorated with garlands, terminating in a knob and a ring.
Border
, 17th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace, discontinuous tape

Band with tab edge and curving floral vines below.
Ceiling paper
Cory-Heller Company, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Rows of two similar motifs alternating: one consists of thin foliate scrolls with thicker scrolls and four diamonds in the center while the other consists of thin foliate scrolls with fleur de lis and a cross at center. Small gray flourishes separate motifs. Printed on a light tan or off-white ground.
spoon
PD, 1718
silver

Broad oval spoon-bowl. S-scrolled handle with three ribs in center, terminating in volute scroll.
Study for "Wedding Procession"
Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923, 1872–1875
Pastel crayon on paper
Drawing

Study of a draped sleeve covering the right arm.
Bridge over the Bushkill River, Easton, Pennsylvania
Mary Nimmo Moran, American, 1842–1899, 1879
Etching in black ink on paper
Print

View of the river with a small arched bridge, and a mill visible on the right.
Fragment
, ca. 1775
linen warp, cotton weft Technique: block printed on plain weave (red and black block printed, yellow and blue too faded to determine method of application)

Bunch of flowers enclosed by a thin wreath and a ribbon tied to an oval frame showing a parrot on a perch. Picotage background.
Fragment
, 16th–17th century
linen Technique: grid of laid cord with needle lace, reticella style

Fragment containing vase forms and flowers that radiate from a central arrangement of curlicues. Between vase forms are large curling scrolls. The design shows the transition from the geometrical reticella style to the curving forms of punto in aria.
Checkered Pattern
, late 18th - mid 19th century
Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu)
Katagami

This checkered pattern is formed using a square punch tool. The stencil seems to be a bit worn away on the edges.
Correct Wall Papers for Year 1918
Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc., 1872, 1918
Machine-printed paper, with embossed and oatmeal papers
Sample book

Mail order sample book containing wallpaper samples, room illustrations, color illustrations of sidewall and border combinations, and hanging instructions. The catalogue also contains listings for Sanitas, vitrophane, wood moldings and tools. Book contains full range of sidewall papers including embossed, oatmeal papers and independent ceilings.

97 pages of samples (count is only of samples)
Sun Breaking through Clouds with Trees and Stream
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, 1885–1902
Graphite on cream wove paper
Sketchbook folio

In left foreground, a small wooded slope leading down to a pond in right foreground. Shoreline full of trees, extending back from left. Mountains in far distance.
Fragment
, late 18th–early 19th century
silk on silk, spangles Technique: embroidered on satin weave

Ivory silk panel with curving hem embroidered with silk and spangles showing design of three terraces supporting a man and his dog, floral sprays and a column topped by a vase with flowers. Along the edge are thirteen medallions featuring birds and animals.
Tunic
, 900–1200
linen and cotton Technique: tapestry weave (?)

Poncho with neck opening, tapestry weave, with embroidered areas. Red and green in dark tones. Allover geometric pattern, highly stylized forms.
Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Garden Scene from the Service de la Culture des Fleurs (Flower Cultivation Service)
Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849, 1821–24
Pen and brown, black ink, brush 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. A garden setting with an arbor full of trees, right middleground, and a trellised fence around a house/garden building, left foreground.  A figure of a kneeling woman assists a young boy who has falllen to the ground.  Behind them, a gardener raises his arms in exclamation.  A woman stands in the doorway of the house/garden building holding a vase of flowers.  A young boy, left middleground, brings a bunch of flowers to her.  Another kneeling woman, left foreground, fills a vase with flowers.
Ceiling paper
Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

All-over repeating two-flower and white mica flower bouquets. Cream ground. Printed in greens, pinks, brown, and white mica.
Map sampler
, late 18th century
silk on silk Technique: stem, chain, satin, running and knot stitches on 8-harness satin foundation which the globes were printed; uncounted stitches

Embroidery on top of printed satin foundation of two globes of the world.  Printing on satin reads: "The World with all modern boundaries."  Elaborate border of embroidered flowers and ribbons.
Grotesque Design
, early 17th century
Charcoal, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Grotesque design with harpies, acanthus leaves and satyrs surrounds a reserve.
Nevado de Toluca, Mexico
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, January 7, 1885
Graphite on off-white wove paper; verso: graphite
drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of the stratovolcano in Mexico known as Nevado de Toluca, seen from the city of Toluca. In the foreground, the edge of a nearby hillside is visible at lower right. In the distant at center, the Nevado de Toluca is rendered with some detail. Among its tall, craggy peaks, its various fissures and ridges are shaded accordingly. One of the mountain's peaks, known as Pico del Aguila, is shown at center right.

Verso: Landscape sketch showing a view of a mountain range near Toluca, Mexico. Devoid of a foreground, the composition depicts foothills in the middle distance at center right that quickly ascend to a rugged mountain ridge with a sharp peak at upper right. The mountain's various ridges and hillocks are lightly shaded.
Trophy Design
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1778
Etching on laid paper
Print

Military trophy design incorporating foliate branches, cannons, horns, anchor, festoon of leaves, spears, and flags. The plate is numbered and signed.
Sampler
Sarah Barrett, 1678
silk embroidery, linen foundation Technique: cross, satin, eyelet, double running, chain and couching stitches on plain weave

Cross borders in floral and geometric, alphabet and a signature.
Sidewall
, ca. 1710
Leather, stamped, painted, silvered

Field silver, varnished with yellow; arabesques of flowers and foliage in red, blue and green.
Wallpaper Design
, 1840–60
Brush and gouache, graphite on white paper
Drawing

A dado is shown at the bottom, an entablature on top. Three suggestions are made for the ornamentation of the blue panel by white and by dark blue staggered motifs. The motifs consist of central petals flanked by straight boughs, top left, flanked by upward-curving bows, top right, of rosettes between rows of parentheses of diminishing heights towards the ends, bottom. A ribbon wound in spirals around a thin stem with leaves is shown on top.
Three Designs for Window Frames
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1780-1795
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

At left: the window openings of the ground floor and of the basement are shown. Plain moulded framing. Center: the left side of a frame decorated with diamond shapes. Measurements indicated. At right: the left half of the window opening is shown. A wall panel is underneath. Five diamonds are suggested on top. Colored background.
Consoles supporting one end of a balcony
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1800–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Two consoles are supported by a capital; one is seen from the side, the other from the front. They support a molded floor with a railing above. On the back is a part of an accounting, written in ink.
Design for a Woven Fabric
, 1825–1850
Brush and gouache, brush and black paint on oily tracing paper
Drawing

Top row, at left: a flower bunch rising from a small shell, the point of which serves as support of chain festoons. At right, two ribbon festoons and a flower bough. Bottom row, at left: a small flower bough; at right: a big fantastical plant. The decoartion is intended to be repeated in opposite direction in alternate horizontal units.
View by the Sea
Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858, 1797-1858
Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
Print

This print is an overall muted scene of the sea. The ships on the water sail with ease as the moon shines light above. The otherwise muted pallet highlights the right side depicting a little restaurant. Three red lanterns and two purple figures draw our attention inwards towards the table where the two men are accompanied by a woman and are all enjoying the view.
Textile
, late 18th century
cotton Technique: copperplate printed on plain weave

Fragment from a bedcover with four different chinoiserie-type scenes.
Design for a Brooch
, mid- 19th century
Pen and gray ink, brush and gray wash on white laid paper; verso: brush and watercolor, graphite
Drawing

Jewelry design for a brooch. Above, a knot with a blossom in the center; a hanging drop framed outside by arms with lozenges inside. In center, a drop-like gem. Verso: colored drawing of a lily.
Frieze
W. Campbell & Co., 1890–1900
Machine-printed, mica, embossed

Bronze scroll and large flower design in browns and olives on cream waffle paper, tan and turquoise stripes: Mica finish: frieze. Made by Wm. Campbelland Co., No. 1857.
Monument Designs
François de Cuvilliés the younger, German, 1731 - 1777, 1770
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Two plates printed on a single sheet illustrating monuments (funerary monuments) featuring sculpted figures, an equestrian statue, arms and armor, a pyramid with porticos, columns, vases, cartouches, trophies, festoons, lions, mascarons (masks), and heraldry. The designs are framed by a landscape with trees and foliage. The plates are signed, numbered, and dated.
Madonna and Child, Study after Lodovico Carracci
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1815
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over traces of black chalk on white laid paper
Sketchbook folio

Seated Madonna with Child on her lap; suggestion of column and base and draperies in the background.
Landscape with a Castle
Claude Lorrain, French, 1604 - 1682, ca. 1760–1780
Engraving in brown ink on white paper
Print

Castle on a ridge, with flocks of sheep in the foreground and to left. Birds above.
Design for a Main Altar
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746-1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

In the center of the retable is a picture, probably of the ascending Virgin. On top of it and in front of the entablature are two angels supporting a wreath. On either side are two projecting columns. Above the entablature are laterally statues of sitting women supporting a medallion. The left one is supporting also a cross. In the center is a tablet with an inscription and on to p a triangular pediment with above two kneeling angels beside a cross. The mensa has the shape of a tub sarcophagus, with two supports. The tabernacle stands upon the furniture and in front of the central panel of the zone with the pedestals. Laterally stand upon tripartite circular pedestals, having a festoon in the central part, a statue of a saint, with an angel sitting beside. Colored background.
Design for a Confessional
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, late 18th century
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Design for a confessional with a cross at top. The confessional is decorated with ornament motifs including lamb tongue, acanthus leaves, bead course, piastre, and garland. The plate is signed and numbered.
Elevation of a royal building
Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786, ca. 1746
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and gray watercolor on laid paper
Drawing

A two-story building, with a low wall at right. in the ground floor are at left two door openings—for stable and for carriage room. From left to right: two windows, two doors, two windows. Upper floor has eight windows whose upper halves reach into the tiled roof.
Textile
, ca. 1850
cotton Technique: roller printed on plain weave

Small piece of blue fabric printed with with a black allover sprig-like design.
Sketches
Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786, 1740–58
Pen and black ink on laid paper
Drawing

Two sketches of a tablet (on partly above the other), five sketches of escutcheons, one for a mask, below in the center of the papal escutcheon. One section of the frame. On verso: sketches for frame and probably for the location of the tablet on what appears to be the wall of a town.
Title Page and Frieze Design
Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682, 1655–82
Etching on laid paper
Print

Title page and frieze design featuring putti, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), acanthus leaves, foliate branches, a mascaron (mask), and palm leaves. The title is lettered on a ribbon in the lower center, with the publisher's address below.
Elévation et Coupe d'une Commode Quarrée
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1775-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Elevation and cross section of a design for a broad commode, with eight drawers. The plate is signed and numbered.
Button
, late 18th century
Stoneware

1925-2-28: Octagonal mount in the style of Wedgwood Jasperwar...
Veüe et Perspective du College des 4. Nations.
Gabriel Perelle, French, 1604–1677, late 17th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

View of the College of four nations in Paris, with the river Seine in the foreground, with barges, boats, figures, and carriages. The building features a central dome topped with a cupola and a curved façade with windows, and pilasters. The plate is titled and signed.
Design for a wallpaper frieze
, 1810–30
Brush and orange, greenish-black gouache on paper
Drawing

Rinceau formed by boughs with leaves and thorns in the shape of horizontal S with blossoms in the hollows over two bands. Upper one shows rosettes, lower one a fantastical floral motif.
Trophy with Gardening Implements, Plate 6 from "Suite de différentes Attributs, Trophées, et Groupes de fleurs," Suite II
Etienne Claude Voysard, French, 1746 - 1812, 1778
Engraving on paper
Print

Gardening tools are tied with garlands of flowers to form a trophy. Below, engraver's and designer's names. From: "Suite de differentes Attributes, Trophées, et Groupes de Fleurs," suite II, planche 5.
Fragment
, 18th century
silk, cotton Technique: cut supplementary warp pile (velvet)

Fragment of solid cut green velvet. Cotton backing.
Design for Staircase, Voorst Castle, The Hague, Netherlands
Isaac de Moucheron, Dutch, 1667–1744, 1697–1700
Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, traces of black chalk on white laid paper
Drawing

Drawing in three registers. Palace courtyard visible through Corinthean portico. In left niche, Apollo; at center, Abundance and attendants; at right, Diana. Top register, figures amidst clouds. Bottom register, Daphne and Apollo between caryatids.
Two Chandelier Designs
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1775-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Designs for two chandeliers. The chandelier on the left is in the form of a torn, held up by chains, and with four arms for candles, formed from roses and leaves. The shaft of the torch is fluted and has crossing branches of leaves that extend below the base of the torch. The chandelier on the right has a shallow, gadrooned bowl, out of which acanthus leaves curl and transform into the four arms for candles. A garland of small flowers is draped between the chandelier arms. Both chandeliers have a scale bar of two French feet ("2 Pieds") below. The chandelier on the right has a cross section below it. The plate is signed and numbered.
Sidewall
, 1785–90
Block-printed on handmade paper

Repeating pattern developed on a vertical axis: a medallion flanked by female gaines, surmounted by a bouquet of flowers with birds and butterflies; below medallion a tripod from which grow sprays of flowers and foliage. Vertical rectangle.
Case for sealing wax
, 18th century
Lacquered wood, tortoisehell, gold

Lacquered wood case, painted in pastoral scenes and human figures, lined with shell; long compartment one end, short compartment other end
On the Old Panama Road at Porto Bello
Fessenden Nott Otis, American, 1825–1900, April 1, 1853
Graphite on grey paper
Drawing

Near a road, a pedestal is obliquely shown standing upon a platform. Five niches are on its front. It has on top an entablature and a pediment at the back. A cross with nails is in front of the pediment. Landscape surrondings.
Studies of Cattle, Heads of Sheep and a Hog
Walter Shirlaw, American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909, ca. 1875
Graphite on cream-colored cardboard
Drawing

Most of the studies are of heads. A standing calf is shown obliquely from the back, as is a sketched lying cow.
Lock
, 19th century
Bronze

Cast of a lock with its catch, decorated with foliage and flowers.  Keyholes, holes for screws and for bottle, unworked.  (in the style of about 1725)
Cartouche with a Genius
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1738
Etching and engraving on paper
Bound print

Blank cartouche in Rococo style topped with an allegory of genius holding a laurel wreath and a trumpet. Torches, banners, and a ram's head provide further decoration. Putto figure at lower left. A globe, banner, and stringed musical instruments (cello and harp) at lower right.
Design for a Cartouche
, 18th century
Etching on paper
Print

Design for a cartouche featuring shells, scrolling leaves, festoons of flowers, foliate branches, flowers, coral, cartouches, c-scrolls and s-scrolls.
Spiritus Fortitudines
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, 1595 or before
Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink on laid paper
Drawing

Recto: Samson on the battlefield, having defeated the Philistines, drinks water from the jawbone of an ass. 
Verso: Italian inscription. At the lower left corner is a fragment of a drawing of the lower portion of two figures wearing long robes.
Différens détails de la Glacière construite d’Après les dessins de Mr. Belanger, dans les Jardins de Mr Veressere Arcelots
Jean-François Joseph Lecointe, 1783 - 1858, 1812
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

An architectural print illustrating a design for an icehouse with two elevations, two sectional views, and a floorplan. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
Embroidery sample
, 1775–1805
silk, metallic wire, sequins, glass and paper Technique: embroidered on cut and voided supplementary warp pile in a compound foundation (velvet)

Formal floral pattern embroidered with silver and gold wire, green and gold sequins and glass beads on a bright red velvet ground with dots of gold in the ground.
Panel Design of Grotesque Ornamentation
Jean Berain, the elder, French, 1640-1711, 1711
Engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Panel of grotesque ornamentation framed on either side with ornamented columns. At center is a portrait medallion on an obelisk form surrounded by military motifs. The composition features motifs such as The plate is not signed but is lettered with "B" at the bottom.
A Satyr Drinking Surrounded by Children
Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682, 1655–82
Etching on laid paper
Print

A satyr laying on the ground drinking from an ewer, which is supported by children, another male figure holding a drinking cup to the right. A landscape in the background, with a frieze carved onto an architectural fragment to the left, and drapery pulled back to reveal the scene. The publisher's address is lettered below.
Five Earrings
, 1825–30
Pen and ink, brush and sepia, gray watercolor on paper
Drawing

Above three and below two earrings. Each of the above consists of a ring of diamonds and a hanging bunch of grapes with two leaves. Below left, upon the ring a blossom, a hanging diamond and below it a blue one, drop-like, in inverse direction, framed by a row of diamonds. Below right, upon the ring a blossom, a hanging small diamond and drop-like blue one with a chalice.
The Supper at Emmaus
Dominique Vivant Denon, French, 1747 - 1825, 1786
Etching on paper
Print

Christ, seated at the left, breaks bread with two travellers, one designated as a pilgrim by the shell of St. James on his cape.
Designs for Two Gueridons and a Wall Bracket with a Vase
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1745
Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper
Print

Designs for gueridons, candelabra, and a console supporting a vase. The plate is numbered but not signed.
Study for an Overdoor Painting, Ariadne Viewing the Approach of Bacchus' Ship
Marc Antonio Franceschini, Italian, 1648 – 1729, 1707
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on paper
Drawing

Figure of a reclining woman lies upon a conch, with the head at the left. She turns her head toward Cupid, who stands behind her. A ship is approaching from the right, only half of which is shown. Framing line in pen and brown ink. Squared in graphite.
The Watch Tower in the Castle in Heidelberg
Eugène Edouard Soulès, French, 1811–1876, 1833
Graphite, black crayon on paper
Drawing

The Tower is obliquely shown with a part of the Friedrichs Bau, and with the beginning of the footpath to the town. Written below at left: "Heidelberg 1833".
Stage Design, Underground Stairways and Galleries of a Fortified Palace
Angelo Toselli, ca. 1765? – 1826, ca. 1800
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash, black chalk on thick paper, lined with cream paper, laid down
Drawing

Design for a stage set. Stairs leading up into enormously high vaulted interior.  Large arched openings lead into further spaces. Colonnaded clerestories and walkways in upper parts of the interiors.