biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Halt of a Wagon-train, from Harper's Weekly, February 6, 1864, pp. 88-89
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, February 6, 1864
Wood engraving in black ink on newsprint paper with slight coloring added by hand
Print

Horizontal view of a group men seated and standing about an open fire in the foreground with a large number of covered wagons in the background.
Music in a Public Garden
Joseph Pennell, American, active England, 1857–1926, 1891
Pen and black ink, graphite on paper
Drawing

Illustration of a large outdoor cafe in Budapest. People sitting at tables, with terrace in left foreground.
Ceiling paper
Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

On tan ground, treillage containing square motifs in red, green and dark yellow, cross motifs in same colors at interstices.
Band
, 17th century
Technique: woven

Combination of two structures
Sampler
, 1792
linen embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, knot, and chain stitches with deflected element work on plain weave foundation

Vertical rectangle of white linen divided into two colums by a row of hemstitch; embroidered in white in bands of geometric and floral pattern at the top, and a heart containing the date and initials in the lower right.
Miser's purse
, 1830–50
silk, metallic beads Technique: beaded netting

Netting blue silk with asymmetrical area of white silk forming a bar and serrated diamond pattern.  White areas outlined with gold beads; eight-pointed gold bead star within diamond-shaped white area.  Two gold rings with blue floral areas at opening.  A fringe at one end and tassel at other consist of gold beads and beads and twisted wire of silver-colored metal.
Portrait of Conrad von der Rosen
Daniel Hopfer, German, 1470 - 1536, ca. 1510–13
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Portrait of von der Rosen at court of Maximilian I. He is seated holding sword.
Design for a Doorcase
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1780
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

The door frame consists of moldings, with an entablature and a broken pediment with a central vase. Two children; the left one kneels, the right one upon cornices, recumbent. Outside are pillars, supporting the entablature of the overdoor, below which, in the center, a female head as a console from which festoons spring passing through consoles below the capitals of the pillars, continuing in the direction of the figures of the two children. The wall is colored.
Two Designs for Candelabra
Francesco Santini, Italian, 1763 - 1840, 1838
Brush and watercolor, pen and ink, graphite, varnish on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. At bottom, a molded panel in the entire width of the sheet, with a plan of the bases, either with a correspondingly colored background. Above in the interval between the bases is a tablet with the scale: Piede di Bologna. The candelabra have Neo-Renaissance forms. The left one is supported by three leaf feet. The base consists of acanthus scrolls, connected below by other scrolls, and a baluster inside. The lower part of the shaft is a vase, with cherubim supporting festoons at the main part of the body, the upper a fluted baluster, with four--three are visible--as broad, curled leaves below the capital. The bowl of the socket has a cresting of curled leaves. At right: the base consists of three scrolls, the lower spirals of which are connected by a clasp, and parts of which are the feet, and of an inner vase, the mouth of which forms together with the base of the baluster a knob below at the shaft. At the rim of the vase are cherubim. The baluster has below a leaf calyx and a moulding; its shaft is fluted. The bowl of the socket has a cresting of leaves. The lower parts of the candles are visible.
View of Rome, Italy
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1880
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of an exterior staircase with details of classical architecture.
The Grünstein and Hochkalter from Berchtesgaden, Bavaria (Germany)
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, June–July 1868
Brush and oil, graphite on tan paperboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of the mountains Grünstein and Hochkalter in the Bavarian Alps from a point near the town Berchtesgaden. In the foreground, a large home with white walls is nestled among a grove of trees beside a field at lower right. Dense woods and green pastures blanket the rolling terrain throughout the middle distance. In the background at left, the heavily wooded and steeply-sloped mountain known as Grünstein is shown with this flat peak. At center, the rugged, rocky mountain known as Hochkalter looms in the background at center with another craggy ridge extending out of view at right. A patch of blue is visible in the otherwise cloudy, sunset sky above.
Candlestick Design
Jean François Forty, active 1775 – 1790, 1775–94
Etching on paper
Print

Design for a candlestick decorated with fluting, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), fleurons, rosettes, ribbons, and festoons of leaves. The plate is titled and numbered.
Panel
, ca. 1745
wood (oak)

Carved with racaille motif of foliage and scrolls.  Set in simply moulded frames. One of two panels
Design for an Embroidered or Woven Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1800–1825
Brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper
Drawing

Sleigh-like shells in front of and connected by laurel boughs form a vertical row; four units are shown.
Cartouche Designs
Alexis-Nicolas Pérignon, French, 1726 – 1782, 1759
Etching on laid paper
Print

Two designs for rococo cartouches. The upper design is of a cartouche set onto a plinth surrounded by spears, flags, drums, canons, canon balls, swords, trumpets, and arrows. The cartouche features c-scrolls and shell motifs, topped with a crown of laurel leaves. The plinth features a festoon of leaves. The lower design is a fountain with a central cartouche featuring a shell and mask, from where the water pours out into a basin in the shape of a shell. The wall of the fountain has a grotto-like effect with c-scroll and s-scroll motifs, topped with a vase with sprigs of leaves, and a garland of flowers and leaves. In the background trees and branches. The plate is signed.
Designs for Cartouches
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, 1749-1761
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Page printed with two plates featuring designs for cartouches. The left plate is architectural in style, surrounded by winged and radiating figures and set against a niche. The right plate features a cartouche comprised of a grotesque creature's body atop a plinth; this is set within a landscape with foods of the harvest, mascarons, shells, and branches. Both plates are signed and numbered.
Title Page and Balcony Balustrade (Rail) Design
G. Vallée, French, active late 17th century, late 17th century
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Title page and design for a wrought-iron ornamental balcony rail (balustrade) featuring scrolling bands, s-scrolls, c-scrolls, scrolling leaves, acanthus leaves, and a crown. The plate is signed.
Designs for Ornament
Briceau, French, 16..–17.., 1709
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Two ovals with scrolling ornamentation against a dark background on either side, upper half of plate. Across the bottom of the lower part of the plate are blocks of the alphabet with ornament on either side.
Landscape near Sion, Switzerland
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, August 24-25, 1868
Graphite on white wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing oblique, loosely-rendered view of a tall, rocky mountain range in the Rhone Valley near Sion, Switzerland extending from right to left toward the horizon. 

Verso: Architecture and landscape sketches showing Valère Basilica and Tourbillon castle in Sion, Switzerland. In upper half, the massive, multi-tiered central building of the basilica is visible, with the tower of the medieval church of Notre-Dame-de-Valère. Below, the elongated stone wall and round tower of Tourbillon Castle are visible atop a rugged, barren hill.
Ironwork Bracket and Sign Design
Jean Tijou, French, active 1689 - 1712, 1693
Etching on laid paper
Print

Ironwork bracket and hanging sign design featuring festoons of leaves, terminal figures, mask (mascaron), rosettes, fleurons, foliate scrolls, and scrolling leaves (rinceaux). The plate is signed and numbered.
Plate 16 from Cahier d ornements et frises dessinés (Book of Ornaments and Friezes)
Jacques Juillet, French, 1739- after 1784, 1777
Engraving on paper
Print

A scrolling arabesque with a rosette of acanthus leaves at center.
Decorative Panel Designs
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1773
Etching on paper
Print

Designs for six decorative panels and friezes featuring rococo ornament and motifs with scrolling acanthus leaves (rinceaux), c-scrolls, fleurons, flowers, festoons of flowers, crowns of flowers, a bow, and horn. The plate is numbered and signed.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk, linen, and metal thread Technique: brocatelle

Narrow fragment has a design of pomegranates, fleur-de-lys, and scrolling arabesques. Pattern in yellow, white, and red and yellow checkerboard pattern on a red ground.
Wall Sconce Design
Jean François Forty, active 1775 – 1790, 1775–94
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Design for a four-light wall sconce incorporating foliate branches, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), festoon of flowers, ribbons, laurel leaves, a central shield with the head of Apollo (Greek and Roman god), and feathered helmet, quiver of arrows, flaming torch, horn, and dagger (jambiya). The plate is signed and numbered.
Sidewall
William H. Mairs and Company, Brooklyn, New York, 1890–1900
Machine printed on paper

Drop-repeating design of rose sprays, with foliage, flowers and seed pods. Printed on white ground.
Fountain in the Form of a Cartouche
Pierre Edme Babel, French, 1720–1775, 1743-1763
Etching on off-white paper
Print

Rocaille cartouche as a fountain, decorated with a river nymph holding a trident, putti, mascaron, a dolphin, and an eagle. This is in the lower foreground, in front of buildings and staffage promenading through gardens. The plate is signed and numbered.
Arabesque Ornament Design
Charles Normand, French, 1765 – 1840, 1787–95
Etching on laid paper
Print

A vertical plate with an arabesque ornament design featuring Neoclassical and Empire style motifs - mythological creatures and figures, winged figure, putti riding horses, vignettes and roundels with figures, griffins, masks, sphynx, architectural elements with columns, perfume burners, cornucopia, fleurons, scrolling acanthus leaves and foliage, horns, draped textiles, and festoons. The plate is numbered.
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, gueridon, and free motifs. The plate is signed and numbered.
Cartouche Design
Pierre-Philippe Choffard, French, 1730–1809, 1775–86
Etching on laid paper
Print

A design for a cartouche. The frame features festoons of flowers, foliage, scrolling acanthus leaves and shells and coral along the lower edge. The plate is numbered and lettered.
Porte, dans le grand Appartement des Tuilleries
François Chauveau, French, 1613 – 1676, 1710
Etching on laid paper
Bound print

Nineteenth plate from a series of prints depicting the ornament and interiors of the King's apartment at the Royal palaces of the Louvre and the Tuileries, part of the Cabinet du Roi (King's Cabinet) series published by the Imprimerie Royale. The plate illustrates a double door from the Grand Apartment of the Tuileries Palace. The doors each have five ornamental panels and framed with egg and dart and wave running patterned borders. The panels feature heraldic devices, interlaced L's, fleurs-de-lys, crowns, Apollo's head, acanthus and palm leaves, foliage, fleurons, trophies with musical instruments, shells, and arms and armor, ribbons, and rosettes. The locks are highly decorative with similar ornament. The plate is titled, signed, and numbered.
Hall Decoration, Hotel des Menus-Plaisirs, for the Assemblee des Notables
Pierre-Adrien Paris, French, 1741 – 1819, 1786
Pen and black ink, brush and gray and rose wash, black chalk indications on two sheets of paper, joined together horizontally at center
Drawing

A depiction of a large hall.  A barrel-vaulted coffered ceiling above, with a semicircular niche containing the arms of France flanked by allegorical figures placed at the center.  Below, the back wall displays three tapestries with elaborate frames, showing battle scenes from the time of Louis XIV, and between, statues in niches, with reliefs above, and flanked by fasces.  A dado and raised platform at the left are also indicated.
Design for a Cartouche
, 18th century
Etching on paper
Print

Design for a cartouche featuring shells, putti, scrolling leaves, flowers, palm leaves, foliate branches, festoons of flowers, c-scrolls, s-scrolls, cartouche, clouds, acanthus leaves, books, paper, measuring devices, caliper, column, and ribbons.
Plan and Elevation for Chapel or Niche of San Lorenzo Basilica
Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini, 1598 – 1680, ca. 1660
Engraving on paper
Print

Plan and Elevation for Chapel or Niche of San Lorenzo Basilica
Border
, ca. 1700
Leather, stamped, silvered, painted

Wide central band of floral and foliate motif. On either side are bands of a checkerboard pattern, embossed and gilded.
The elevation of a mantelpiece
Jean-Charles Delafosse, French, 1734 – 1789, ca. 1775
Pen and black ink, brush and light brown washes, black chalk
Drawing

A trophy of weapons is shown over the fireplace. The over mantel includes a mirror and an eagle holding an ovoidal medallion with an inscription in the top center.
Textile
, 1870–80
wool Technique: printed on plain weave

Border fragment of black acanthus leaves with bands of geometric fretwork on a yellow ground.
Design for a Book Cover
Alice Cordelia Morse, American, 1863–1961, ca. 1887–1903
Brush and gouache on paper
Drawing

On light brown ground, candelabra-like design in light green outlined in black, rinceaux, birds, leaves.
Letter F, for Baluze's "Histoire générale de la Maison d'Auvergne"
Sebastien Leclerc, French, 1637–1714, 1707–08
Etching on paper
Print

Letter F with a coat of arms, a fess, and two putti, one of whom carries an archbishop's cross.
Near Top, Dixville Notch, New Hampshire
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, September 9, 1863
Graphite on grey-green paper
Drawing

Ridge, lower left. High rock cliff behind and center. Valley, right, with mountains beyond.
DIVERS MOUTARDIERS.
Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820, 1805
Etching on paper
Print

Six designs for mustard pots with Empire style motifs featuring winged figures (putto), swans, turtles, snakes, barrels, a vase, bells, stars, feathers, foliate scrolls, and rosettes. The plate is titled, signed, and numbered.
Alcove with Military Trophies
Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682, 1655–57
Etching on laid paper
Print

An alcove with a bed topped with a canopy in the style of a military tent with hanging textiles. On the back wall, there is a tapestry or painting of a battle scene with soldiers holding spears. A balustrade in front of the alcove, ornately carved with military trophies, festoons of leaves and flowers, and lion mascarons (masks). The alcove is framed by an ornately carved cornice with moldings and friezes and flanked by statues of prisoners in chains on plinths with military trophies, and medallion profile portraits. The plate is signed, numbered and includes a scale below.
Motif for Bank Note Design
Walter Shirlaw, American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909, ca. 1895
Graphite on paper
Drawing

A group of three women standing upon a globe and shown frontally. The two lateral ones stand further back than the central one, the left figure seems to act as a caryatid. The right figure holds a spun thread.
Designs for Decorating Tobacco Boxes
Viriclix, active 18th century, 1751-1769
Etching on laid paper
Print

Three designs for the faces of tobacco boxes featuring scenes of putti and godesses on clouds.
Housetops at Dawn, 10th Street, New York, NY
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1865–70
Brush and oil, graphite on paperboard
Drawing

Landcape and architectural sketch showing view of buildings and sunrise near Church's 10th Street studio in Manhattan. Two towers rise from buildings at right, while townhouse at left features several windows. In background, the sunrise colors the clouds purple and orange, while the sky is a delicate gradient from pink to blue.
Corniche d'Appartement à Angle rentrant
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1785-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Apartment cornice design with ornamental motifs including: acanthus leaf band, lamb tongue, projecting pillars with acanthus leaves on the shafts, inset rosettes in squares within the recessed panels between the pillars, egg and dart band, and bead and bar course. The print is signed and numbered.
Design for a Salon Wall
, 1790
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor, black crayon on paper
drawing

Folding doors are near the corners. In the middle of the wall projects a panel between two pilasters showing in its top part candle brackets, a relief, ornaments. A cupboard stands before its bottom part.
Burette
Pierre Germain, French, 1703 - 1783, 1748
Etching on laid paper
Print

Three designs for pitchers. The pitcher at top represents a simple line outline showcasing the shape. The two pitchers below feature varying decoration at the lips, handles, and feet; the pitchers are decorated with ornament motifs including fluting, gadrooning, acanthus leaf, and bound leaf. The plate is signed and numbered.
Vis-à-vis orné
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1775-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Back and side view of a design for a small carriage, in which passengers sit facing one another. The carriage is decorated with bouquets and sprays of flowers and a coat of arms, and carved with ornament motifs including garland, wreath, ram head, lamb tongue, pine cone, mascaron, ribbon twist, acanthus leaf, and scroll. The plate is signed and numbered.
Elévation d'un Sallon en face de la Chemineé
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, 1774
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Elevation of a living room intended to face a fireplace. At center is a large mirror above a console table. On either side is a painted landscape scene of Roman ruins with figures. The plate is signed.
The Lamentation
Niccolò Francesco Maffei, Italian, 1590 - 1670, ca. 1550
Engraving on paper
Print

The two Marys and St. John mourn over the dead Christ at the foot of the Cross.
Study for leader of the procession, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1895–1898
Pastel crayon on wove paper
Drawing

Three sketches of a female figure standing with left arm raised. Centre, the walking woman is shown with bare left part of the bust, and with the head thrown back and turned toward the left shoulder. At left, the figure in the same post is slightly outlined as a mude. A lyre with a decorating ribbon is drawn over a part of the body. At right, a study for the drapery. The slightly sketched pose is still the same, but the drapery is changed through the covering of the left shoulder.
Copy of an escutcheon in one of the fetes publications
Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750, ca. 1740
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor on laid paper
Drawing

Framed with and formed in the bottom center by attributes of the sea such as the prow and mast of a ship, a dolphin, a swan, a fishing net, a trident.
Design for a Room Wall
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1780-1789
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Design and plan for a back wall of a room with empty paneling. The design is split, with chairs represented on the left half. The plate is numbered.
Three sketches for a standard of Pope Benedict XIV
Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786, 1740–58
Pen and sepia ink on paper
Drawing

A sketch for the escutcheon, for the shape of the whole pennon and for its rectangular part bearing the coat of arms, with the upper part of the bar and the indication of its length and of the triangular part.
Chair
, ca. 1765
Joined and turned mahogany

A side chair with a rectangular back filled with a lattice-work of curved members.  Its curved arms are supported on shaped stumps secured to side rails.  Round rear legs; "cluster" front legs.  Two lateral and two longitudinal stretchers.  Hollowed seat upholstered in brown wool. Described as "cockpen" armchairs.
Plaque and frame
, ca. 1780
Gilt bronze

Medallion in frame.  Trophy composed of birds and flowers, with musical instruments.
Design for a Lantern on a Gondola
Unknown, Italian, mid-18th century
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on cream laid paper
Drawing

A domes lantern on a stand. Four sides with scrolling corbels. A hemisphere with shell above each pane of glass. Candles visible within.
Tile
, late 18th–early 19th century
Earthenware, glazed and high fire decorated

Kneeling figure, dressed in baggy trousers, jacket and pointed hat ending in a tassel; seen from the back and right. Chinoiserie type decoration.
Trimming
, 19th century
silk Technique: woven

Red trimming fragment in a broad chevron design in center with ornamental triangles forming borders.
The Ascension of Mary Magdalene
Niccolò Francesco Maffei, Italian, 1590 - 1670, ca. 1550
Engraving on paper
Print

The Magdalene being borne aloft by putti, in a circle of clouds.
Shawl
, 19th century
wool Technique: twill weave

Square shawl with a green center and borders on all four sides. Borders have two wide and three narrow bands showing a conventionalized floral pattern in yellow, brown and green. Border woven separately and joined by sewing.
Triumphal Arch Design
D. Antoine Pierretz, French, active 1647, 1647
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for a Triumphal Arch featuring trophies of arms and armor, pilasters, smooth-faced rustication, and corbels. On the top there is a central plinth featuring an eagle in relief with the seated female personification of Victory, holding a scale in her left hand, flanked by flags, arms and armor, and seated figures of slaves, or the defeated, with their arms tied behind their backs. The top of the arch includes the inscription: ‘REGINA. VICTORIARVM'. The top of the arch is decorated with a cartouche, topped with leaves and a crown. The plate is numbered.
Zeuxis painting Helen
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, ca. 1585 – 1605
Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink with black chalk on laid paper
Drawing

Recto: Zeuxis seated in his studio, painting an image of Helen of Troy. Several nude models pose nearby. One model combs her hair, a servant holding a before her mirror, at right. 
Verso: Loosely worked sketches of nude figures lying upon the ground. Above, one bites the neck of another. Below, a woman lies next to two men who strike at each other. Annotations in Italian describe them.
Design for Ceiling Ornament
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1731–68
Engraving on paper
Bound print

Design for a quarter of a ceiling, the lower right corner cropped at a diagonal. At lower left, within cartouche, a scene of putti figures feeding grapes or berries to a goat. At lower right, a landscape scene with a view of a large terrace; two seated figures, viewed from behind, at right, one pointing forward.  At upper right, two putti holding a bird attached to a string. Partial view of central medallion at upper left.
Stage Design, Castle on Hill
Romolo Achille Liverani, Italian, 1809 - 1872, early 19th century
Pen and sepia ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Castle on steep hill, at the bottom of which is a street lined with small buildings.
Design for an Earring
, late 18th century
Pen and black ink, brush and gray watercolor on light green paper
Drawing

Jewelry design for an earring, a disk above and three drops below. Design scheme is like 1938-88-837, but the basket has a different shape, and ribbons are interlaced with the stems. No alternative suggestions. Bevelled corners.