biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Title page for "Nouvelle Suitte de Cahiers de fleurs idéales" No. 2
Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808, ca. 1760
Etching a la poupée and ochre, teal, pink, green, orange, and purple inks on paper
Print

An enframent composed of imaginative flowers and leaves encloses nine lines of the title: "Nouvelle Suitte / de Cahiers de fleurs / idéales a l'usage des / déssinateurs et des / Peintres Inventés et / déssinés Par / Jean Pillement / graves par / Anne allen" below, "no. 2"
Trimming
, 19th century
silk Technique: woven

Brown trimming fragment in a design of a curving stem with three-lobed leaves; borders with zigzag line.
Design for a Triumphal Arch in Honor of the Polish General Skrzynecki
Josef Georg Kornhäusel, Austrian, 1782 - 1860, 1831
Brush and watercolor, pen and ink, graphite on blue paper
Drawing

Horizontal format architectural design for a triumphal arch, an opening through which a group of captives, a figure of a Polish general, and troops are visible. In front of the lateral parts are pilaster strips, decorated below an entablature with wreaths between two eagles and above swords containing the letter "S." Trophies of arms are above the entablature. In the center of the main frieze is the name: SKRZINECKI. In an attic, laterally are two reliefs with battle scenes, and a tablet with a Polish inscription in the center. A date is indicated in the fourth line, reading probably: ADMCXXXI
Man
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1877
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of a male figure wearing a tailcoat bending over to examine a small object in his left hand; Center right, detailed sketch of legs to further depict his trousers.
Sunset behind the Catskills, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, February 1867
Graphite on tan wove paper
drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of the sun setting behind the Catskill Escarpment, as seen from the artist's property near Hudson, New York. At center, sun rays emanate from behind the mountain ridge, as the sun has just dipped below its silhouette. Overlook Mountain is clearly discernable at left, while Kaaterskill Clove is shown at right with the twin sawtooth peaks of Kaaterskill High and Roundtop. Puffy clouds that are variously illuminated hang in the sky above.
Figures and Doodles
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1848–56
Graphite on tan wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Mixed sketches of figures and doodles. In the upper portion, two hybrid bird-humans are sketched in left profile beside a face at upper right, and the decayed carcass of a turkey at upper center. At center, a face is surrounded by loose forms, including two concentric circles and a possible boat, at left. At lower right, a figure resembling a sitting owl is viewed frontally as it wears a hat. At lower left, a fish is sketched beside an indistinct form resembling an elephant's head. 

Verso: Seascape sketches showing a view of three ships (or three views of the same ship) as they sail out to sea from left to right. At lower left, a lone figure sits in a rowboat that faces left. A flat horizon stretches across the scene in the background.
Corniche pour chambre de parade
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Designs for two cornices, decorated with bands of ornament motifs including lamb tongue, leaf, and egg and dart. The plate is signed.
Balcony Balustrade Designs
Jean François Forty, active 1775 – 1790, late 18th century
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Two designs for ornamental ironwork balcony balustrades featuring rosettes, shells, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), foliate scrolls, c-scrolls, fleurons, ovals, and interlaced motifs. The plate is numbered and signed.
Design of an Alcove
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1780-1789
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Design for an alcove with a bed sit within, behind a draped curtain. The alcove is decorated with ornament motifs including scrolling acanthus leaves and is surrounded by fluted columns. The plate is signed and numbered.
Doorframe
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1780–1790
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Pilasters project from pilaster strips, and have on top triglyphs instead of capitals. Triangular pediment, with a lily, inside; colored background, slightly colored base strip.
Ornament Design
Alexis Peyrotte, French, 1699–1769, 1740–49
Etching on laid paper
Print

Two designs for rococo ornament featuring scrolling leaves, rinceaux, flowers, feathers, a shell, c-scrolls, foliate branches, garlands, and a bearded face. The plate is signed and lettered.
Gathering grapes
Alexis Peyrotte, French, 1699–1769, 1730–40
Hand-colored etching with watercolor on paper
Print

Boys and girls engaged in gathering grapes into baskets and in love-making. A couple and a girl under a tree in the foreground; others in a vineyard in the background. Houses in the left distance.
Elevation of a Private Study and a Bedroom
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1780-1789
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Elevation of a private study and a bedroom. The rooms are decorated with panels of grotesque ornament and urns. The plate is numbered.
Cheminée Dans L'epaisseur du Mur, Plate 4 from "Livre Nouveau de Cheminées"
Jean Baptiste Nolin, French, 1648–1708, 1675-1700
Etching with engraving on paper
Print

Above the fireplace is a frieze with putti carrying an outstretched figure. Over the mantel is an ovoidal medallion showing Pygmalion chiselling the statue of a woman, with Cupid at left. This is surrounded by leaves and topped by a winged putto.
Vue de la Mer de Harlem en Hollande (View of the Harlem Sea in Holland)
Chez Basset, French, 
Hand-colored etching on paper
Bound print

Perspective view of ships at sea near the coast of Haarlem. At left, a large sailboat with blue-striped triangular sails rests in placid waters. An anchor hangs from the right end of the boat, while a smaller boat drifts behind it, tied to the larger vessel with a rope. Along the horizon at right, a naval battle unfolds, with the two distant vessels shrouded in smoke. A rowboat containing six figures floats at front left, all of them turned towards the battle. Clouds of gray smoke fill the sky, and the portion along the upper margin is colored in vivid blue. Printed in reverse along top margin: VUE DE LA MER DE HARLEM EN HOLLANDE; Printed along bottom margin: [---] Pinx. / a Paris chés Basset / Graveur rue St. Jacques, / No. 12. Vüe de la Mer de Harlem, en Hollande.
The Adoration of the Magi
, mid–late 16th century
Pen and ink, brush and gray wash on paper
Drawing

An ox and an ass are depicted at center, behind the Child with the Virgin, Joseph, and a shepherd  to the left.  At right is the kneeling old King, presenting his gift, and two other Kings.
Printing block
, 19th century
wood, metal

Design of leaves and flowers formed by metal strips and pins.
Fragment
, ca. 1850
cotton Technique: printed

Fragment with serpentine stripes in grey, pink and yellow with secondary ornamentation in white and red.
Waistcoat
, late 18th century
silk and metallic embroidery with sequins, silk foundation Technique: embroidered and appliquéd on satin weave

Man's waistcoat with straight hem, standing collar and welt pockets. White ribbed silk embroidered with multicolored silk, silver thread and sequins. Ground of scattered minute floral sprays. Border design of large flower sprays. Bullfighting scene under each pocket. Buttons from a later period. Many missing sequins show the original design as drawn on the foundation fabric.
Cartouche Design
Jean-Bernard Turreau, French, 1672 - 1731, 1716-19
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for a cartouche with eagles, a deer, mascarons (masks), spears, banners, quivers of arrows, shields, shells, c-scrolls, festoons of leaves, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), fleurons, and foliate scrolls. The plate is signed.
One of a set of projects for a title page and for the decoration of a vertical panel
, 1675-1699
Pen, brush, sepia
Drawing

Intended to be engraved
Design for a Salon
François-Jacques Delannoy, French, 1755 - 1835, ca. 1785
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on paper
Drawing

A short side wall showing a door flanked by high windows with hangings.
View from Belalp, Switzerland, Part One
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, August 28, 1868
Graphite, brush and white gouache on gray-green wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing the first part of a panoramic view of the Swiss Alps from the hamlet of Bel Alp. This description refers to the entire view, comprising two leaves with 1917-4-892-b and its verso. A rough, rocky outcropping is visible in the foreground at lower right, while an extremely rugged ridge in the middle distance at left descends toward the center of the composition. Beyond it, at center, a large, bulging mountain ridge is prominently visible. In the background at left, the Aletsch Glacier snakes through a rugged valley bounded by serrated peaks--its dark medial moraines plainly visible. In the background at right, the sharp, snow-capped summits of the Pennine Alps stretch across the horizon.
Sidewall
, 1875–85
Block-printed, embossed paper

Full width, the end of a roll, giving one and one-half repeats of a pattern of serpentine vine, with conventionalized fruit, against a conventionalized all-over background of simple foliate forms with accents of gold circles. Paper embossed in vertical ribbing. Printed in tans, blue-greens and gold.
Venus at the Forge of Vulcan, Design for a Sideboard Panel
Jean-Bernard Turreau, French, 1672 - 1731, ca. 1700
Black crayon, pen and black ink on paper
Drawing

In the scheme of an altar retable. Venus accompanied by Cupid and calling for the weapons of Aeneas at the forge of Vulcan is represented in the main panel. Allusions to a classical warrior abound in the decoration. The central part of the dado is shaped like a tub seen in perspective. Its main decoration consists of a relief of a warrior resting among his weapons, and served by putti. The decorations are in general corresponding but not symmetrical at left and at right.
Ornament Panel Design
Alexis Loir, French, 1640 - 1713, ca.1660–1713
Etching on paper
Print

Ornament panel design with a central cartouche with two figures in a landscape, a woman (Daphne) turning into a laurel tree and a man (the god Apollo) chasing her; a story from Greek and Roman mythology. The scene is framed by foliate scrolls, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), fleurons, griffins morphing into scrolling leaves, putti morphing into scrolling leaves, a cushion, and fish scale pattern. The plate is numbered.
Ornamental Vase Design
L.N. Percenet, French, born 1736, 1761-1762
Etching on laid paper
Print

Vase in an open krater form. The rim of the vase has a band of bound laurel leaves. The belly of the vase has a wide band of stylized guilloche decoration, and a base of repeated leaf pattern. The vase has a tall foot with dripping leaves and twisting gadrooning at the bottom. The vase is elevated on a stepped platform that extends to the edge of the image. The plate is signed and numbered.
Fragment
, 1870–80
cotton Technique: printed on plain weave

Narrow fragment with printed pattern of large white and brown checks.
Braziers and Ornament Designs
Alexis Loir, French, 1640 - 1713, ca.1660–1713
Engraving on paper
Print

Designs for braziers and details of ornament featuring masks (mascarons), terminal figures, nude male, female torso, griffin, putto, bird, festoon of leaves, scrolls, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), and gadrooning.
Fragment, capital
, ca. 1720
Oak, carved

Left portion of the base of a pilaster, with two decorated mouldings.
Brisé fan
, mid- 19th century
Pierced and gilded sandalwood sticks, feathers painted with tempera

Brisé fan with carved sandalwood sticks, topped with feathers hand-painted with floral designs in blue, green and red tempera.
Ornament with Mask and Grotesque Figures
Heinrich Aldegrever, German, 1502 - ca. 1561, 1550
Engraving on laid paper
Print

At center a mask with sinister expression. Below it, arms (sword, spear, etc) around helmet in basin that is decorated with two animal masks. Above, vase with fruit and plants. All bordered by putti above holding vines with fruit and leaves, griffins with female head at center, and biomorphic figures at bottom.
Medallion button
, late 18th century
Stoneware

1925-2-9-a: One circular medallion in the style of Wedgwood Ja...
Portrait of Adam van Noort, from the Icones Principum Virorum
Anthony van Dyck, Netherlandish, 1599 – 1641, 1630–1640
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Portrait of a bearded man, Adam van Noort (1562-1641), facing frontally, his head turned to the left. His left hand is visible, holding the folds of his cloak. A pillar, or section of wall, is seen behind the figure left.
Interior Wall Elevation
Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682, 1656–57
Etching on laid paper
Print

An interior wall elevation with a plan view below. The wall features columns, sculptures of prisoners and military trophies with portrait busts on plinths, and a central painting framed by leaf molding and a trophy of arms above. The dado features festoons of flowers and leaves. The painting depicts a military victory with a male figure on horseback, soldiers, and kneeling figures. The plate is signed and numbered.
Design for Cartouche with Central Vignette
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1745
Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper
Print

Design for a cartouche with an upper and lower compartment. The upper compartment contains a scene of a man and a woman in a landscape, sitting under a tent, with the man playing a horn. The cartouche is comprised of ornament motifs including trelliswork, terms, rinceaux, music trophies, dragons, vines, thyrses, a flower bouquet, and scrolls. The plate is signed and numbered.
Arabesque Design
Etienne de Lavallée, French, 1735 – 1802, 1788
Etching and aquatint on laid paper
Print

Arabesque ornament design with neoclassical motifs, featuring scrolling acanthus leaves and foliage, festoons of flowers, rosettes, mythological creatures, terminal figures, birds, sphynx, fleurons, three nude female figures, and a framed vignette with putti. The plate is signed and numbered.
L’ASTRONOMIE
François Boucher, French, 1703–1770, 1749–61
Etching on laid paper
Print

Allegorical print representing astronomy with two winged putti in the clouds. The putto on the right is seated leaning over a globe while the other stands leaning on the same globe and holds a telescope. At their feet another telescope and a book. The plate is titled, signed, and numbered.
Ulysses and Penelope Embracing Each other
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1800–1820
Pen and brown ink over traces of graphite and black chalk on cream laid paper
Drawing

Ulysses and Penelope shown seated upon thrown. Cupid flying away. On Verso: framed lozenge gem at center. Shown laterally, scroll palmettes and above and below blossoms.
Engraving on metal; Engravers on a ship
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, ca. 1590
Engraving on paper
Print

Horizontal rectangle. A ship in which many engravers and apprentices are busy cutting, preparing and printing the plates and drying the prints. Bottom: "Joan Stradanus invent." "Phts. Galle excud."
Fragment
, 18th century
wool, wool wadding Technique: quilting on twill and plain weave

Piece from a woolen quilt in dark blue on one side and tan wool on the other.
An Old House in Trouville
Eugène Edouard Soulès, French, 1811–1876, 1840–1860
Graphite, black crayon on paper, mounted
Drawing

A staircase leads up to the first floor.
Design for an Urn on a Stand
Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799–1868, 1825
Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash
Drawing

Urn in profile with the spout facing left. The spout terminates in a parrot's head. The urn's oval body is adorned with a leaf arabesque and swan in the center. A kneeling nude child as the finial. The stand supports are in the form of parrots' heads with claw feet resting on balls. The spriit lamp is contained within an urn.
An Acanthus Scroll
, 1700–1750
Pen and ink, brush and bistre on paper
Drawing

The right half of the decoration of an oblong panel. Starting with a scroll, bottom left, and ending with a flower at the right center.
Two Foliate Frieze Designs
Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820, 1777
Etching in red ink on laid paper
Print

Two foliate frieze designs featuring scrolling leaves (rinceaux), laurel leaf garland, ribbons, spears, arrows, helmet, cartouches, putti, rosettes, and flowers. The plate is numbered, signed, and dated.
Sampler
, 19th century
silk embroidery, glass beads, cotton foundation Technique: cross stitch and beadwork on plain weave

Two alphabets and borders of cross stitch on one side. Other side has flowers in beadwork.
Fragments
, 18th century
tempera on silk Technique: printed and painted on plain weave

Ground of light blue and white vertical stripes. Narrow white stripes have a flowering vine twining around red and blue ribbons. Broad white stripes are powdered with minute blossoms in red, blue, green and yellow.
Oil Lamp with Snake Handle
, ca. 1880
silver
oil lamp

Circular shape well with pinched spout and handle in form of snake. Allover floral foliate scroll decoration.
Old Woman and Children Around a Table
Dominique Vivant Denon, French, 1747 - 1825, ca. 1780
Etching on paper
Print

An old hag, seated on a block at a low table, is seen telling fortunes to a group of women and children. Another figure in the left background.
Autel
A. Le Canu, French, active 1746 – 1768, 1768
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Design for a Neoclassical altarpiece featuring a sculpted female figure, possibly a saint or the Virgin Mary, on a plinth in an arched niche. The arch is ornamented with a shell motif and framed by a ribbon and laurel leaf garland. The niche is framed by columns and topped with a cross, festoons of flowers and two flaming vases. The sides of the altarpiece are ornamented with blank panels and below a frieze of a repeat wave pattern and gadrooning. A scale below the design. The plate is signed, numbered, and titled.
Band or sash
, 18th century
silk Technique: plain weave with supplementary weft

Stripes in gold, blue and red with geometric designs and decorative script.
Arabesque Design
Etienne de Lavallée, French, 1735 – 1802, 1788
Etching and aquatint on laid paper
Print

An arabesque ornament design featuring neoclassical motifs. A central incense burner decorated with gadrooning around its base, framed by festoons of flowers, scrolling acanthus leaves, rosettes, vases of flowers and fruit. Above a rectangular vignette with figures and animals, with a classical figure in a roundel supported by two mermen, with festoons of leaves and ribbons. Below the incense burner, a herm figure with scrolling acanthus leaves, rosettes and a vase of fruit and leaves above their head, with baskets of fruits hanging from a festoon of leaves, with two birds above. The plate is signed and numbered.
Typical Scene on the Tokaido
Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858, 1797-1858
Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
Print

While the merchant class was considered the lowest of rank during this peaceful period, Hiroshige highlights this working-class as muses for his artwork. Near the forefront of the print are two pairs of workers carrying people of importance. It was not uncommon during this time for samurai families to travel on the Tokaido in this manner. Just beyond these men is a man leading a horse, perhaps using this town as a rest stop. Other figures are placed in the equal distance around the print. White sails are depicted far off in the range. One old and brilliant tree acts as the focal point for this everyday scene.
Plan et Elevation d'une Porte avec Pilastre
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Elevation and plan for a door. The pediment above the door features two nude female figures, lightly draped, on either side of an empty rondel draped with floral garland. The plate is signed.
Title Page
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1777-79
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Title page for a series of designs for interior wall decoration. The title is lettered below a design for a wall with ornately painted panels and a canopy bed (Polish bed or lit à la polonaise) set into a niche in the center. The paneling is decorated with arms and armor, spears with flags, drums, canon balls, smoke, leaves, festoons of leaves and flowers, roosters, tassels, scrolling acanthus leaves, and crowns. The niche is framed by a laurel leaf and ribbon molding. The canopy is topped with swords, spears with flags, and a helmet with feathers. The bed posts are in the shape of canons. The textiles on the bed are decorated with rosettes, and festoons of laurel leaves and flowers, tied with ribbons and tassels. The plate is numbered.
Title Page: Arabesque Ornament Design
Pierre Thomas Le Clerc, French, ca. 1740 - ca. 1796, 1788
Aquatint and etching on laid paper
Print

Title page and arabesque ornament design featuring neo-classical grotesque motifs, portrait roundels, laurel leaves, scrolling acanthus leaves, putti herms, masks, birds, floral and fruit festoons, and large incense burner on a stand with smoke. The plate is titled and signed
Plate 2, from "A New Book of Chinese Ornaments"
Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808, ca. 1750
Etching on paper
Print

Chinoiserie escutcheon with a Chinese standing on a bridge and holding a kind of parasol.
Ornamental Vase Design
P. Moithey, French, active 18th century, 1767
Etching on laid paper
Print

Oval vase with a bouquet of flowers coming out of the top. The vase is decorated with a garland of flowers around the shoulder. The belly of the vase features a guilloche with rosettes in every other space. The bottom of the vase is decorated with gadrooning. The vase is elevated on a platform that extends to the edge of the image. The plate is signed and numbered.
The Royal Park Theater, Brussels
Moreau, French, active 18th century, 1820–1840
Paper
Print

Horizontal rectangle. Oblique view of a theater situated in a park. People are shown. Caption: "Moreau del theatre Royal du Parc / Krems. lith. de Jabard." Above the right corner: "20."
Project for a Pulpit
, ca. 1750
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Elevation on top, plan below. An oval platform bordered by a balustrade and supported by six columns and the bottom section of the stairway is to be built around two columns of the nave of a church.
Design for an Altar
, 1700–57
Brush and gray wash, pen and gray ink, black chalk on paper
Drawing

The left half of an architectural design for an altar is shown.  The mensa had a convex plan, with four steps in front of the straight central part.  The head piece has four steps.  The retable consists of a high and complicated pedestal, with the figure of the Virgin praying in front of the Cross.  The wall behind the retable had the form of a niche.  At its front corner an angel is kneeling upon a pedestal, carrying a candlestick with five arms upon his head.  At the corner of the mensa stands a candelabrum with two flying angels beside its shaft, and with a standing angel carrying three candle branches upon the head.  The stucco decoration of the wall is suggested but not entirely executed.
Design for a Cartouche Representing the Continent of Asia
Jacques de Lajoüe, French, 1687–1761, 1740
Engraving on white laid paper
Print

An asymmetrical cartouche with elements that refer to the continent of Asia: half-view of a camel (at right), a turban, and a steaming casserole pot. Around the river of the cartouche are clusters of leaves and fruits.
Two Studies of Hand for Angel Appearing to St. Peter in "Early Christian Martyrs"
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1839–40
Graphite and white chalk on brown wove paper
Drawing

Two studies of a hand pointing, one on each side of a folded sheet. Verso: Head of a monk in a hood.