biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Wall with Central Mirror
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 18th century
Engraving on paper
Bound print

Design for interior in Rococo style with wainscoting. At center, a large framed mirror with a console table below. Surrounding the mirror are two figural tapestries, each depicting different scenes and with alternative stucco framing. At left, a scene with a winged angel, male figure, and a dolphin. At right, a man and woman collect water from a well. Scale at lower right.
Sidewall - fragment
Shand Kydd, Ltd., ca. 1890
Machine-printed

Portion of a paper with large-scale chrysanthemum flowers and foliage in scrolled arabesque, in neutral colors.  Printed in blues and greens.
Les Dons de la Nature
Petitpierre & Compe., (Nantes, France, founded 1770, ca. 1805
cotton Technique: printed by engraved plate or roller on plain weave
Chef de piece

Design in purple/brown on white of the goddess Diana and a building with lambs.
Textile
, 1810
cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller on plain weave; brown dye.

Fragment of printed fabric: 6 circular, oval and octagonal pictures each illustrating a different one of the fables of Fontaine on a background of classical columns. LeRenard et le Buste (from Book IV), Le Vieilleur et Ses Enfans (from Book IV), L' hustre et les plaideurs (from Book IX) La Lionne qui a perdu Ses Lionceaux (in Fontaine La lionne et l' Ourse in Book X), Le Sature et le passant (Biij V) and le cheval qui a casse Sa bride (in Fontaine Le Cheval et l'ane from Book VI)
Fragments
, late 18th century
linen, cotton and wool Technique: discontinuous supplementary wefts in a plain weave foundation (brocaded)

Sharply curved green vines with blue and red flowers. The pattern is made up of a straight repeat of counterfaced units. Lengths of fabric placed side by side would have continued pattern.
Table cover
, 17th century
linen Technique: grid of withdrawn element work with needle lace, reticella style, plain weave cloth

Linen plain weave table cover with a needle lace border. An acorn pattern on the diagonal fits into squares. Acorn changes direction in each square. Deeply scalloped border with a knotted tassel in each corner.
Edging
, 19th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace made in Lille style with heavy outlining thread

Lille style lace edging has a lower border with alternating leaf and floral spray pattern. Pendant leaves in upper section.
Design for a Trophy
Antoine Watteau, French, 1684–1721, ca. 1735
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for an ornamental trophy with arms and armor hanging from a tied ribbon. The trophy incorporates, a shield, axe, horn, arrows, helmet, and laurel leaves. The plate is signed and numbered.
Fragment
Oberkampf & Cie., Jouy-en-Josas, France, 1759–1815, 1750–1800
linen warp, cotton weft Technique: plain weave foundation. Mordants for black and red block-printed. Yellow and blue (combined for green) applied by brush.

Thorny rose stems and flowers on a picottage background. Black, red and green on white.
Panel
, 17th century
muslin Technique: trapunto quilting and drawnwork on plain weave

Panel of cream white trapunto with elaborate symmetrical design of flowers and drawnwork medallions in various stitches. Incomplete at top.
Collar
, 19th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace made in Lille style with heavy outlinig thread

Deep collar or "Bertha" ornamented with flowers and compartments enclosing various stitches.
Bracelet
, ca. 1850
Cast, wraught, pierced, chased and partly enameled gold set with stones

Cuff type bracelet, rococo scroll and trellis decoration, the underside with pierced zig-zag bands.
Textile
, 18th–19th century
Linen???

Block printed linen???
Bed cover
, 17th century
linen, wool Technique: plain weave with supplementary warp

Vertical panel with medium-scale diagonal repeat giving allover effect of large symmetrical urns with addorsed birds on either side of vase, confronted birds on either side of fleur-de-lis rising from the top. Top and bottom border of several small geometric bands.
Vase
, 400–600
Slip-decorated earthenware

Concave, flaring sides, and rounded bottom, all coated with white slip. On body, two bands, the lower with graded, connected rosettes and pyramids; the upper with two snakes displayed horizontally.
Portrait of Victor Hugo
Auguste Rodin, 1840 – 1917, 1885
Drypoint, ruled border in drypoint on white wove paper
Print

Vertical format; a portrait of the writer in old age; the head is turned toward the right, three-quarter view. (EMB '52)
Landscape With Ruined Houses
Israel Silverstre, 1621 - 1691, ca. 1650
Etching on paper
Print

Farm buildings, some in ruins, in a broad landscape. A tower surmounted by a weathervane, left middle distance. Farm cart and fire, left foreground.
Shawl fragment
, 1800–1850
silk, cotton Technique: plain compound twill

Tan ground of fine cotton twill with design of continuous scrolling sprays of sunflower-like flowers and toothed leaves in green and white silk cloth binding. Guard strips at bottom with small scrolling flower sprays in mauve and yellow-green. Bud and pencil stripe guard borders. Selvage is plain in border, twilled in field
Drawing
Leonardo Scaglia, French, active Italy, 1640 – 1650, 1620-1630
Pen, brush, bistre, grey water color. Paper

Vertical rectangle. The central part has a trefoil shape. Scrollwork frame. In the center, above, is the head of a girl. Laterally are drapery festoons, and above them slopes of cord.
First Communion
, ca. 1840
Wood engraving on paper
Print

A priest giving the Host to a kneeling boy beside whom a girl kneels. A standing boy awaits his turn. A girl leaves the altar.
Fragment
, 17th century
linen, silk, wool Technique: two interconnected sructures, plain weave plus plain weave

Motif of grapes and leaves in brown and white.
A Three-Master in Heavy Sea
Lodewijk Gilles Haccou, Dutch, 1792 - 1830, 1810–1825
Brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. A mountainous coast line is at the right background. Framing ink line.
Tie
, 19th century
silk Technique: bobbin lace, Chantilly style

Narrow black lace band in a conventionalized flower and leaf design. A medallion at either end shows a quartered shield, each quarter with a flower surrounded by leaves.
New Magazine
Bancel La Farge, American, 1865–1938, ca. 1911
Pen and blue ink, blue wash, gold paint over graphite on heavy ivory wove paper
Drawing

A Medusa head against a crescent moon within a circle is the central motif, framed by a swag. Above, in a panel "THE NEW MAGAZINE / JANUARY"
Sketches of Nude Figure and Arms
Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909, ca. 1895
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Nude male figure laying back and slightly to the right, with arms over head and left knee drawn up. Alternate position for right arm indicated. Additional sketches of arms, at left.
Textile
, late 19th–early 20th century
cotton, silk Technique: embroidered

Horizontal bands of varying widths in heavy white cotton wefts alternating with bands of a much finer open weave with yellow silk wefts. Warp is fine white cotton threads. Three geometric bands embroidered at each end in white cotton with touches of red cotton, yellow silk, gray wool, grouped fine silk threads. Short twisted warp fringe at each end.
Four Actors in a Town Landscape
Hosada Yeishe, Japanese, active 1780 - 1810, ca. 1800
Colored woodcut in black and yellow ink on grey-brown paper
Print

Two men and two women encounter on the street of a town. Other buildings across a river in the background. One of a series of theaterical subjects showing a Ukiyoye scene.
Death comes to the artist
François-Nicolas Chifflart, French, 1825 - 1901, ca. 1860
Etching in black ink on white paper
Print

Vertical rectangle. Artist sketching in the woods with Death looking over his shoulder.
Portrait of Mary Kidder
Martha S. Day, March 7, 1860
Pencil on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. The sitter, head only, is seen in right profile. Inscribed, lower right (in pencil): "Mary Kidder / M. S. Day/ March 7th/ 1860."
Print
, About 1650
Black ink on white paper

Horizontal rectangle. Two vertical rows of details and segments of ornamental arabesques, incorporating eagles, lion's heads and masks. Reprinted from ''Frises, feuillages et grotesques.''
Martyrdom of Saint Stephen
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian, 1692 - 1770, 1750–1780
Etching
Print

Vertical rectangle. (Design area arched at top and indented at bottom). Saint Stephen kneeling at right, arms raised. Behind him, men with stones. Above, the Trinity surrounded by angels.
Unterschiedlich Augspurgische Goldschmidts Arbeit, "Hyms", Plate 4
Abraham Drentwet, German, 1647 – 1727, 1721–40
Engraving
Print

Vertical rectangle. A large wall frame above a fireplace, with putti, scrolls, trophies, etc. Inside it, a large shallow basin, with mascarons and two snakes. On the mantel below, six urns and a perfume burner. In the fireplace, two large andirons, and before it, a large fire screen, with an eagle, putti and a crown above. Below, the artists' names.
Fragment
, 16th century
linen Technique: grid of withdrawn element with needle lace (reticella style)

Wide panel with deep border of inverted triangles. Central panel in diamond-shaped design with tiny circles at intersections. Circle and spokes fill pointed border.
Study of the upper part of the body of a running girl
Carlo Moretti, Italian, 1934 - 2008, ca. 1680
-a: black and white crayon; -b: Red and white crayons. On gray-blue paper.
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. -a: the left arm of the girl is raised; -b: verso of -a.
Capitana dell'armata di Colco fatta dalli Sig. Deputati, from Vessels of the Argonauts for the wedding celebration of Cosimo de' Medici in 1608, plate 3
Remigio Cantagallina, Italian, ca. 1582–1656, 1608
etching on laid paper
Print

The ship of the army of Chalchis. Emphemera from the wedding festivities at the marriage of Cosimo de' Medici and Maria Magdalena of Austria in 1608.
Trimming fragment
, ca. 1830
silk Technique: woven

Leaves and berries in yellow and white in red.
Fragment
, 19th century
silk Technique: unpatterned velvet

a) eight pieces of unpatterned green velvet sewn together
b) four pieces of unpatterned green velvet sewn together
c) four pieces of unpatterned green velvet sewn together
Design for stained glass
Alice Cordelia Morse, American, 1863–1961, late 19th century
Brush and gouache on paper, mounted on illustration board
Drawing

Two designs, one smaller and one larger, of scroll pattern with flowers in green with pink, bordered by frame of circles in yellow and stripes in tan.
Bedcover
, ca. 1840
cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller on plain weave

Three scenes of children within a diamond lattice grid of leaves and berries. In purple on white. Textile is made up as a bedcover which is quilted, stuffed and lined.
No. 168
Ludwig Lobmeyr, Austrian, 1829 - 1917, 1871
Mouth-blown crystal, facet-cut and polished
Sherry glass

Mouth-blown crystal, partly facet-cut and polished, with a dainty floral engraved border
Album of Figure Studies
Pierre Thomas Le Clerc, French, ca. 1740 - ca. 1796, 1773–80
Album

An album with four books (not all complete) from a series of 14 volumes of figure studies for the education of artists or amateurs, with instructions on some of the plates. Printed in crayon-manner with red ink.
Design for Side Serving Table with two shelves adorned by two Corinthian- column front supports on a two-drawer base
A.N. Davenport Co., 1900–05
Pen and black ink on thin cream paper
Drawing

Table with oblong top (convex front) resting on two Corinthian column front supports and two flat, ornately-carved back supports.  Shelf unit in middle. Base is made up of two drawers (a unit on short legs so it is raised off the floor).  A wine glass stands atop the table.
Plate 7, from a series of eight pendant designs with the cardinal virtues
Johann Theodor de Bry, German, 1561 - 1623, 1616–1623
Engraving on paper
Print

Pendant design with scroll and floral motifs and hanging pear-shaped pearls.  Central Image: Fortitude, a nude women leaning against a base of a broken column while holding the top half of the column.  Inscribed below image: "FORTITVD".    Surrounding the pendant are blackwork ornament designs for enamelists, mostly showing possibilities for the top and sides of rings.(Matted with 6161.1-5/6,8.2000)
Mug
, 18th–mid-19th century
Red transfer

"present for Samuel"
"Orchestres du grand carre des champs-elysees (1838)"
Félix Duban, French, 1797 - 1870, 1838
Brush & pen & watercolor, graphite Support: light tan paper mounted on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Design for an open-air pavilion with a blue triangular roof, edged with a pink and blue triangular border.  The roof is surmounted by a red flagpole, from which a blue, white and red banner hangs.  The roof is supported by two thin columns with red stripes.  The lower wall of the pavilion is divided into several bands of decoration.  The uppermost portion is made up of two rows of blue scrolling wave decorations with a solid green band between.  Below is a large horizontal plaque with green and red swag decorations.  Below this is a thin band of terra cotta colored wave designs, which rests on top of a series of similarly colored vertical rectangles.  The whole structure rests on a peach and gray marble base.
Regence
Desfossé et Karth, French, 1863, 1851–65
Block-printed paper
Border

Wallpaper length having two widths of border to be cut out. The border is meant to serve as a baseboard or chairrail connecting with the base of the pilaster. It has conventionalized brown leaf and bud forms of two sizes in alternating horizontal series. Brown molding strips along top and bottom. Gray bands; printed on off-white ground.
Waistcoat
, 1765–1780
silk, metal threads, sequins, paste jewels Technique: satin weave, embroidered with silk and metal threads

Waistcoat of white satin, embroidered with multicolored silks, metal threads, paste jewels, and sequins. Scene of small sailing vessels, one firing on a tower. Border of drums and flags.
Side chair
Samuel Pratt, 1844
Oak

Side chair with upholstered seat and back in brown leaf pattern. Frame surrounding back: two lobes bordering circles of lattice work decorated with trefoils; same lobes present at legs, above which is a lattice work stretcher on all four sides of chair.
Ciborium with lid
, 16th century
Gilt copper

Cylindrical cup engraved with architectural arcades, on half-knopped stem, gadrooned, ornamented with applied volute straps; junction of stem with bowl ornamented with applied radial leaf ornament. High foot composed of radiating volute straps applied to molded foot rim. Lid is domed, decorated with repoussé and engraved imbrications, surmounted by applied radial leaf ornament and cross botonée on orb.
Kovsh
, 1856
silver, gold
kovsh

Oval bowl with cockerel; engraved inscription around border and handle in Cyrillic lettering in Slovanik.
Folding Fork (Part of Traveling Cultery Set)
, ca. 1790–1800
steel, silver, gold
fork

Three straight tines, flaring curved neck. Straight-sided handle with engraved floral decoration, inlaid with gold leaves, gold inlay inscription: "Souvenir de Carlsbad" on the front side. Fork folds partly into handle.
Sidewall
, 1780–90
Block-printed on handmade paper

Whole width of paper, but incomplete repeat. On pale blue ground polychrome bouquet surmounted by semicircle containing ruin landscape in green on black. To the right, drapery-hung temple with figure at an altar, surmounted by "M" in pediment, and bunch of ears of wheat.
Sidewall
Carey Bros. W.P. Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded 1882, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Repeating motif of a very stylized flower. The flower has the appearance of a thistle, in a very rectangular format. Printed in green and tan on a tan ground.
Border
, 1800–1830
Block-printed on handmade paper

Wide central band of leaves alternating with a grouping of three convex staves. Every second leaf is inverted. There are black scrolls above and below these motifs. Bands of strung beads along top and bottom edges.

H#239
corner reading chair
, late 18th century
wood (walnut, fruitwood), upholstery, iron
Chair

Four straight cylindrical turned legs on inverted turnip-shaped feet; one leg to front. Eight cylindrical stretchers below the straight seat rails. Back and seat fully upholstered in black leather nailed over hair and burlap. Cresting is an upholstered semicircle. Seat is rhomboid, one acute angle to front. Wrought iron moveable bracket attached to right upright of tub-like back supports scrolled wood reading rack. A provincial style.
Frieze
, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Floral bouquet set within a scrolling medallion. Separating medallions are a smaller bouquet. The medallion is ouotlined in metallic gold scrolls.
View of Naples (or vicinity)
, 19th century
Brush and gouache on paper
Drawing

Neapolitan landscape of a courtyard with walls and columns visible on three sides. Ruin of a building at center, with smaller structure at left and four figures.
Sidewall
Robert Graves Co., New York, New York, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Floral bouquet enclosed within a foliate scroll medallion, trellis fill near bottom. Medallions are arranged in diagonal format. Printed in white mica and tan on lighter tan ground.
Frieze
, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Scrolling acanthus medallions, large and small alternating. Printed in tans and green on mottled ground. Band of beads along bottom edge.
Lobster Claw with Pearl
, late 19th century
Brass, glass pearl
Matchsafe

In the shape of a lobster claw with small, glass pearl held between pincers. Curved lid on back end, hinged on top. Striker on bottom.
Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Les Meringues (Meringues) for the Service des Objets de Dessert (Dessert Service)
Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849, 1819–20
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, graphite on cream laid paper, border in pen and brown ink
Drawing

Design for a painted porcelain plate, rondel. Kitchen/pantry scene. Figure of a woman/man viewed from behind offers a meringue to a child seated at a table, right foreground.  Two children, one of whom is seated on a step in the left middleground, the other stands to the right, are eating meringues and teasing each other.  Another room, filled with figures, is visible through a door at the left, perhaps indicating a restaurant setting.  A stairway to an upper floor is visible through a doorway at right of center.
Mary and Ann Hogarth's Shop Card
Jane Ireland, British, 1720-1794
Etching on paper
Print

The upper part of the card depicts an interior of a dress-shop. One man, three women, and two children in foreground. Surrounded by a cartouche frame.
Landscape, Grindelwald, Switzerland
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, July 11, 1867
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Sketch of a glacier with large pieces of ice in the foreground.
Ceiling paper
Gledhill Wall Paper Co., New York, New York, founded 1900, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

A quatrefoil motif is set within a foliate wreath. The wreaths are contained within a grid or trellis framework. Metallic gold highlights.
Sidewall
, 1875–1900
Machine-printed

Six vertical stripes of two different widths, alternating, in a suede-like finish; printed in three shades of ochre.
Devotional picture of the Madonna of the Chair
, 1750–1770
Engraving and brush and watercolor on vellum
Print

Within framing lines and a floral cartouche is the figure of the enthroned Madonna and Child, both wearing gold crowns. Descriptive ribbon, below, reads: "N. Sra Dela Sedes" and ribbon meandering through cartouche reads: "Alla Lvia" three times.
Panel
, 18th–19th century
silk Technique: embroidered in bukhara couching stitches on plain weave

On a loosely woven red tabby ground, blue, pale green, white and buff silks in bukhara couching stitch form an all-over diagonal trellis pattern enclosing large diamond forms with leaf outlines in whose centers are reserved small squares. White discs connect the arms of the trellis.
Sidewall
Hobbs, Benton & Heath, Hoboken, New Jersey, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Irregular floral stripe design in the Rococo style. Bouquets of white flowers within metallic gold medallions, alternating with columns of foliage interspersed with gold scrolls. Printed on green ground.
Fragment
, 19th century
silk Technique: plain compound satin

Latticework and arabesques in red, blue and brown on a light tan ground.
Frieze
, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

On a banded beige and light brown ground with minute floral vines, a row of garlands in light green, brown, and white. Above, row of strung beads, egg and dart molding, and bead and reel motif.
Sidewall
F. E. James Co., New York, New York, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Undelineated bands of green foliage motif with blue foliate scrolls and pink foliate vining. Printed in light pink, dark pink, light green, pale blue brown and white liquid mica on a beige ground.
Border
, 1800–1825
Block-printed on handmade paper

Wide upper band with stylized floral or foliate motif containing green motif with mauve beading under scrolling leaves. This alternates with smaller motif with floral element. Narrow scalloped band along lower edge. Printed in green, yellow, white and mauve on black ground.

H# 357B
Hand or foot piece
, probably 19th century
Silver

Hand or foot piece, silver, with small balls, in clusters, and seven pendant rings on chains.
Vase
Rookwood Pottery, American, 1880 - 1967, 1902
Hand-painted and glazed earthenware

Elongated ovoid footless body, short neck, flaring lip. Two yellow flowers, buds and green leaves painted on brown ground under brilliant glaze. Yellow Interior.
Border
, 1815–30
Block-printed on handmade paper

Three bands of varied patterns and sizes. The top band has a continuous row of dotted squared alternating with smaller dots, contained between two stripes. The wide middle band consists of feathers alternating with willow-like branches. The bottom band of chain links is bracketed by three stripes above and below. Printed in green, grey, orange, and white on a black ground.

H# 665
Moët & Chandon Champagne Hamper
, ca. 1890
Brass, enamel
Matchsafe

Rectangular, snuff-box type container, in the form of a champagne hamper, with simulated raised wicker effect, enameled in light brown. "Moët & Chandon" enameled in black on front panel, "EPERNAY" enameled in black on right panel, "M&C 4759" enameled in black on left panel. Double, red enamel  bands, framing inscriptions, extend around perimeter of box. Three red bands painted down center of lid. Additional red marks punctuate four sides of lid. Two simulated, twisted wires at the front corners of lid enameled in red. Lid, attached to spring mechanism, hinged on back. Textured underside likely intended for striker.
Print
Maison Martinet, French, active 19th c., ca. 1825
Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

A young maiden runs through an open landscape; seraph-heads blow inconsistency, coquetterie, vengeance, etc. at her (indicated in French). She holds a butterfly in her gloved hand. Title and publisher's names below.
"Insomnia," Study for a Poster for Paine's Celery Compound
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, 1899
Pen and black ink, graphite on cream wove paper
Drawing

At right, a reclining male figure on a bed reaching with both arms toward a floating female figure, at left, with her left arm covering her face.
Towel
, late 19th century
silk and metal wrapped silk embroidery on silk foundation Technique: embroidery, drawnwork

Cotton towel with ends embroidered in silks and metal thread. Design appears to be house with groups of towers at side. Worked entirely in drawnwork, embroidered over in colors; parts outlined in flat metal and metal thread.
Flowers
Martin Engelbrecht, German, 1684–1756, 1725-1750
Engraving on paper
Print

Bilderbogen print of posies. Top row: three nosegays, a twig. Bottom row: three nosegays; two twigs, horizontally disposed.
Two designs for candy boxes
, 1780–90
Etching on paper
Print

Fan shaped portions.  The design at left shows two ovoidal medallians with females busts.  The one at right shows an open ovoidal medallion.  Fluting and moulding at centers, moulding at edges