biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Design for Fountain Placed Under an Arch with Neptune
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1745
Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper
Print

Design for a fountain with flowing water; Neptune with trident sitting on arch above fountain, pouring water from a vase. Birds on the fountain before a landscape of mountains and trees. The plate is signed and numbered.
Design for Wall and Ceiling Decoration with Grotesques and Plants
, ca. 1790
Black and brown ink, gray wash, watercolor, and graphite on paper
Drawing

Two halves of the ceiling and the top part of the wall with two halves of a window are show. Stripes and panels as decorations. The left half suggest landscape medallions and grotesque griffons; the right half, figures of virtues in the medallions, eagles supporting oak garlands and double headed eagles. The central framing stripes are intended to be the same. Spread eagles and female figures in oblongs are included.
Monumental Vase in a Park
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1800–1810
Charcoal on paper
Drawing

A monumental amphora containing plants stands upon a base of bricks. Standing below is a man in a hat. Suggestion of trees and bushes in background.
Représentation des fêtes données par la ville de Strasbourg Pour la Convalescence du Roi ; à l'arrivée et pendant le séjour de sa Majesté en cette ville
Johann Martin Weis, French, 1711 - 1751, 1745
Book

Festival book describing and illustrating the festivities organized by the city of Strasbourg in honor of King Louis XV's visit in 1744. Bound in a French mid-eighteenth-century Morocco leather (goatskin) binding with blue silk endleaves, gilt tooling along spine and gilt block tooling on the covers, featuring the French Royal coat of arms and heraldic devices in the corners, possibly for a member of the de Cerjat family from the Pays de Vaud in Switzerland. The book later belonged to the French journalist Louis-Edmond Quentin, marquis de Champcenetz (1760-1794) who was executed for his writings. The book does not appear in the sale of his library in 1795 but his ex-libris is pasted onto the upper cover lining of the book. The binding is by the Parisian bookbinder A.M Padeloup.
Minchiate (Tarot) Playing Card
, 17th century
Stencil-colored woodblock print
Playing card

1909-22-1-1/35: Partial set of Italian Minchiate playing cards50;     1909-22-1-25: Part of a set of Italian Minchiate playing cards.50
Edging
, 18th century
cotton on cotton Technique: deflected element work

One sleeve edging or short ruffle embroidered in design of flowers and leaves arranged around curving band.
Part of a triptych: "The Fox Forfeit Game"
Kikugana Eizan, 1814
Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
Print

Modesty decorated this woman kneels before us. Just in front of her feet lay a booklet suggesting that she is about to read to us a set of poems. A lively casted shadow of a group of people from the other room appears on the dimly lit shoji screen.
Kanbara: View from Iwabuchi Hill from the 53 Stations of Tokaido
Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858, 1797-1858
Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
Print

The arch of the hill delightfully plays with the slope of the foreground. In between is a buys river which is transporting people via boats. Directly in the foreground are three people about to descend the steep hill, while other folks are climbing up the hill. Two little shops are nestled on either side of the print. Three people are sitting under the pavilion, enjoying the scenery.
Galerie métallique des grands hommes français (Great Men of France)
Raymond Gayrard, French, 1777 - 1858, 1818
Cast bronze
Medal

Bust of André Ernest Modeste Grétry (1741- 1813).
Frieze
, 1835–45
Block-printed and stenciled on machine-made paper

Cloister or open courtyard seen in deep perspective. Grisaille arcade and portical, with figures in sixteenth century costume. Landscape seen in distance through colonnade. Brush strokes are evident in some of the pigments. Sky is shaded from orange-pink up to blue. Horizontal rectangle.
Ode on the Spring
Thomas Gray, British, 1716 – 1771, 1753
Letterpress and etching on laid paper
Bound print

Second page of the poem ‘Ode on the Spring', numbered 4. The text is letterpress printed with an etched and signed tailpiece below. The tailpiece depicts cows in a wooded landscape, next to a river, with a church in the background. The vignette is framed by trees, and water flowing over rocks and branches.
Nouvelle Suitte de Cahiers de fleurs idéales, a l'usage des déssinateurs et des Peintres
Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808, after 1775
Etching with colored inks à la poupé on cream laid paper tipped in cream paper
Print

Ornamental design featuring flowers and leaves. On the upper portion, triangular green leaves containing red and grey flowers inside, mimicking the form of the surrounding leaves, appear. Yellow-orange flowers with grey and green tri-circular centers are seen on the lower portion.
Heur et Malheur (Happiness and Woe)
Raymond Gayrard, French, 1777 - 1858, early 19th century
Cast silver
Token

Octagonal gambling token. Obverse shows the double bust of young Janus. Inscription: HEUR ET MALHEUR (happiness and woe) / GAYRARD-F. Reverse shows Apollo and Salus, and the inscription: UNIS GUERIR NOS MAUX PROFONGER NOTRE VIE.
Design for a Book Cover
Alice Cordelia Morse, American, 1863–1961, ca. 1887–1903
Brush and gouache on paper
Drawing

On gray-white ground, tall symmetrical arrangement of red carnations.
Chimney Piece Design
D. Antoine Pierretz, French, active 1647, 1647-55
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for a chimney piece (fireplace, mantel and overmantel) with classical motifs. The mantel is framed by a leaf and ribbon sculpted molding, flaming vases, and egg and dart molding. The overmantel features a geometric meander frieze, two vases, sphynx, a cartouche, a round medallion depicting the interior of a classical temple with figures, framed by herms (male torsos on top of tapered pedestal), supporting a cornice frieze of brackets and crowns. A scale below. The plate is numbered.
Springville Cañon
Thomas Moran, American, b. Britain, 1837–1926, January 1874
Wood engraving on cream wove paper
Print

Rocky mountainous view with snowy peaks in the distance.
Design for a Bedroom Alcove
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Design for a Bedroom Alcove.
Double Goblet, from the series Allerley Gebuntznierte Fisirungen
Bernhard Zan, Germany, active ca. 1580, 1581, published 1584
Punch engraving and brush with blue and yellow wash on paper
Print

Design for a metalwork double goblet featuring two symmetrical halves forming an egg-shaped body.  Each half features strapwork arabesques with a bearded mask at the center and clusters of fruit at left and right.
Designs for Carved Trophies
François Roumier, French, 16..–1748, 1740-1748
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Page printed with two narrow plates of trophies set within frames with acanthus leaves, scrolls, and shells at the top and the bottom. The trophy of the left plate features a cartouche with an Old Testament scene within it, surrounded by an ax, an angel, a vase filled with jewelry, flags, and grape vines. The trophy on the right plate features a cartouche with an Old Testament scene within it, surrounded by spears, a coat, a helmet, an angel, and a quiver. Neither plate is signed; both are numbered.
Button
, late 18th century
Stoneware

1925-2-7-a: One circular medallion in the style of Wedgwood Ja...
Cliffs at Étretat
Samuel Colman, American, 1832–1920, 1870–80
Brush and watercolor, graphite on dark grey paper
Drawing

Water at left and cliffs at right. Shore in foreground. Blue sky with clouds. Verso: goats grazing, upper half.
Vinaigrette
, ca. 1770
Enamel, metal

Oval, with shaped sides; hinged; lower part decorated with landscape medallions on green field, upper part with flowers on green field. Stopper at top terminates in figure of flying bird.
Tapestry fragment
, 13th century
silk, metallic (gilded parchment wound around silk core) Technique: plain weave with discontinuous wefts (slit tapestry), with eccentric wefts Label: silk and metallic slit tapestry

Fragment of woven silk containing one full and most of a second roundel, surrounded by interlaced bands forming star and rosette motifs. In the upper roundel, two confronted figures toast each other with cups raised; in the lower roundel the figure on the right raises a cup and the other figure a long-necked bottle. In dark blue, green, orange-red, and white on a gold metallic ground.
View of the Catskill Mountain House, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 1844 and November 1844
Graphite on off-white wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Architecture and landscape sketch showing an oblique view of Catskill Mountain House near Catskill, New York, perched atop cliff from carriage road below. Trees and other vegetation variously rendered throughout the composition, especially in the foreground, frame the building's stately facade. 

Verso: Landscape sktech showing a view of clouds over the Hudson Valley near Catskill, New York, with an outline of the Catskill Escarpment in distance. Clouds of various types and sizes extend above.
Eigherhorn, Grindelwald
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, June 12, 1844
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Rocky, hilly meadows, with some trees in foreground. The Eigherhorn, upper left, with two other mountains in distance at right. Verso: Faint outline of mountain top, upper right.
Panel Design with a Centaur and a Lion Fighting
Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682, ca. 1651
Etching on laid paper
Print

Panel design with a centaur and a lion fighting and a female figure to the right surrounded by scrolling leaves, and foliate branches.
Printing roller
, 1850–65
Wood, metal, felt

Close-set, repeating floral medallions. The complete design is drawn on the flat portions of the cylinder. Traces of red paint. Made for same paper as 1943-54-4.
Album of Prints: Arabesques by Jean Démosthène Dugourc
Jean Démosthène Dugourc, French, 1749–1825, 1782
Bound volume of engravings on paper
Book

Albums of prints containing 6 ornamental grosteque etchings by Jean Démosthène Dugourc.
Border
, ca. 1830
Block-printed, handmade paper

Grape-like leaf rinceaux in neutral yellow on a dark red field.
Textile
, 18th–19th century
silk, metallic Technique: embroidery on woven gauze and satin weave

Central rectangle is an applique of embroidery on gauze with two Chinese poems on the left side and a rocky scene with bamboo trees and flowers at right within a red embroidered border. In four lines below the central scene is a Spanish translation of the two poems embroidered in black. A vine and flower garland embroidered in chenille and metallic thread forms the outer border.
Elevation et Coupe de niche
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Elevation and cross section (at left) of a niche decorated with ornament motifs including egg and dart, garland over rosette, lamb tongue, drapery, and brackets with acanthus leaves. The plate is signed.
Mixed Sketches, Jamaica
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, May–September 1865
Graphite on gray wove paper
Drawing

Mixed sketches in Jamaica showing trees, a hillside, and a figure. At center left, three palm trees are visible with another tree beside them at center. A hillside covered in grass is shown in lower right corner, with a figure, oppositely oriented, in the lower left corner.
Black Bird with Blossoms, Butterfly, and Red Ribbon
, ca. 1800–1830
Pen and ink, graphite on coated wove paper
Drawing

Black Bird with Blossoms, Butterfly, and Red Ribbon
Views along the Rio Magdalena, Colombia
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, April–May 1853
Graphite on gray-blue wove paper
Drawing

Botanical and landscape sketches showing multiple views of plants and wooded shores along the Magdalena River in Colombia. At upper right, a distant view of a wooded island stretches horizontally. At center left, a dense mass of vegetation and trees forms a vertical, cliff-like wall along the river's edge. Two treetops are shown at center, while a tall tree with a thin trunk and round canopy is included at left. At lower right, the top of a palm tree is incompletely sketched, while four views of palm fronds or another similar plant are included along the lower margin.
Trophy Design
Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682, 1657–82
Etching on laid paper
Print

Ornamental trophy of arms with armor shields horns, quiver of arrows in the center with two male portraits in a central medallion surrounded by foliate branches and a festoon of leaves and flowers. Below, two seated male figures, putti, a lion, and two male figures laying on the ground. The whole is framed. The plate is numbered, and the publisher's address is lettered below.
Fragment
, 13th century
silk, Technique: twill with complementary wefts and inner warps (samite)

Geometric stars and foliate forms in red and yellow. Twill selvedge at one side.
Plan of the Balconies and Ground Floor of the Hôtel de Ville
Jean François Blondel, French, 1681–1756, 1751
Engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Plan of the set-up for the masked ball at the Hôtel de Ville given in honor of the marriage of Louis Dauphin and Maria Teresa of Spain given on February 28, 1745. The plate features elaborate rocaille cartouches at the bottom.
Trimming
, 19th century
silk Technique: cut supplementary warp pile (velvet)

Red and white trimming fragment decorated with a white cord (gimp) that forms a pattern of interlocking compartments.
Trophy Design
Jean-Baptiste Huet, French, 1745 – 1811, 1772
Crayon manner etching in red ink on laid paper
Print

Second plate from a series of four ornament prints of designs for trophies. Hanging from tied ribbons - foliate branches with flowers, a hat, shepherd's crook, two birds, and a quiver with arrows.  The plate is numbered, dated, and signed.
Jeux d'Enfants
François de Cuvilliés the younger, German, 1731 - 1777, 18th century
Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper
Print

Scene showing children playing music in a landscape. Above is a portrait medallions draped in garland.
Porch Design Cross Section
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, 1749-1761
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Page with two plates printed next to one another. The left plate features a cross section of a porch with a single door. The arched door is carved with a monogram; above the door is a carved dragon, and to the right of the cross section is a fluted column with a Corinthian capital. The right plate is a split design of a doorway, with variations on the shape of the entryway. At the pediment is a large carved trophy with a dragon and scepters. Both plates are signed and numbered.
Ornamental Trophy Design
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1759–80
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Ornament design of a trophy with a basket, wheat, fruit, vegetables, scythe, sickle, and other agricultural tools, framed by branches of fruit, flowers, and leaves, with a hanging festoon of grape vines.
Sampler
, 19th century
linen, colored glass beads, metallic thread Technique: beadwork embroidery, bobbin lace

Linen panel embroidered with colored glass beads showing vase with flowers between two trees. Geoometric bands beneath the vase and triangular points in blue and red above. Thin blue border and trimmed in silver bobbin lace.
Stage Design, Column with Monument on Top
, early 19th century
Pen and sepia ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. View through coffered archway to open square, column with monument on top.
Standing Female Nude
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1860–70
Graphite on cream wove paper
Drawing

Standing female nude with the woman's body turned toward the left. She faces frontally, her arms down and hands together. Lower legs not shown.
The Cornaro Family
Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian, active England, 1727–1815, ca. 1760–1770
Engraving in brown ink on white paper
Print

Four male figures kneel in various attitudes, all but one facing left. From left to right, a man in a cloak, with a rosary, a young boy, an old man with a beard and staff, and a young man with his hand to his chin.
Mountains and Clouds
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1860–80
Brush and oil, graphite on off-white paperboard
Drawing

Incomplete landscape sketch showing a view of mountain ridges beneath a tumultuous, cloudy sky. The contour of an unrendered mountainside snakes along the upper portion of the composition, while the mountainside itself is only negative space where the gray ground is visible. Windswept clouds stretch along the upper margin, and break at upper right to reveal a view of two rugged mountain peaks in the background.
Birth of Pyrrhus
Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian, active England, 1727–1815, 1797
Line and stipple engraving in brown ink on white paper
Print

Pryyhus lies on a cushion in his mother's lap, as she dries a cloth near the fire, right. Three women are looking on, left, while beyond, another is lying on a bed, three figures behind her. To the right, three more in a doorway.
Elevation d'un Buffet à vaisselle
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, 1774
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Elevation of a tall buffet decorated with ornament motifs including egg and dart, scrolls, scrolling acanthus leaves, fluting, garland, and a pinecone. The plate is signed.
Design for a Classical Temple with a Tempietto and Semicircular Aedicule
Unknown, Italian, ca. 1780
Pen and brush and black ink, gray wash, blue and brown watercolor, black chalk on heavy cream laid paper, double ruled border in pen and brush and black ink
Drawing

A circular domed temple, in plan and elevation, with four short wings and porticos on the axes.  Between the wings two columns resting on high base support an entablature above which,and aligned with the colums, are standing figures.  The round building sits inside a semi-circular two-storied structure with matching double columns and figures on the facade depicted.
Design for Ornament
Pierre Germain, French, 1703 - 1783, 1751
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Rocaille design with sprays of acanthus leaves. The plate is signed.
Commode en Pied de Biche avec son Profil
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1775-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Elevation, profile, and plan of a design for a chest of drawers with curved legs. The commode is decorated with ornament motifs including lozenge, scrolling acanthus leaf, medallions, and rosettes. The plate is signed and numbered.
Cobweb Star
, ca. 1780
Cut paper on wood frame
Lantern slide

Magic lantern slide, optical toy. On black field, circular sixteen-part patera with pierced rays and transverse ellipses formed of pierced circles. White star at center, surrounded by circles of green, pink, white, and light brown, with a band of blue surrounding the design.
Ornamental Vase Design
Jean Claude Thomas Duplessis, French, 1730-1783, 1775-1780
Etching on paper
Print

Shallow vase with a tall, wide neck. The vase has two handles formed from cornucopia filled with flowers. The cornucopia/handles terminate at the shoulder of the vase, where there are goat-head mascarons. The vase is decorated with garlands, fluting on the neck partially covered by a blank band, panels on the belly, and guilloche patterning at the foot. The vase is elevated on a socle and surrounded with rocks and with trees in the background. The plate is signed but not numbered.
Decorative door boss and nail
, 16th–17th century
Wrought iron

Square type, pierced and embossed with wrought lines. Quadrant leaf design based on old examples; leaves separated by embossed ridges. Nail with square, faceted head above three square collars and a square hank.
Tea Scoop
Samuel Pemberton, 1809
silver, mother of pearl
scoop

Scoop-shaped with mother of pearl handle in silver shaft.
Ship
, mid-19th century
Silver filigree
Miniature

Three masted ship, the foremast carrying the main sail, which bears a cross of pierced silver, with sails and flags of pebbled texture.  Supported by wire spirals on oval filigree stand.
Fragments
, 17th century
silk, cotton Technique: two interconnected structures

Formal pattern of a large ogee vine enclosing large blossoms. Pairs of winged figures are incorporated in the pattern. Blue pattern on a yellow ground.
Textile
, late 18th century
cotton Technique: relief printed on plain weave

Closely-set pattern of a thorn bush with leaves and berries. Pattern outlined in black, thorn branches in violet, leaves and berries in yellow, red, and blue. Natural cotton ground.
La danse Bachique
Antoine Watteau, French, 1684–1721, 1723-1735
Etching on laid paper
Bound print

Scene of a man and a woman dancing in a landscape, surrounded by a Pierrot playing the mandolin and other couples. The vignette is framed by an arabesuqe border, comprised of scrolls, batwings, plants, vases, and shells. The plate is a reduced reversal of another by Watteau, La danse Bachique (The Bacchic Dance). This version is not signed.
Bud Vase
Louis Comfort Tiffany, American, 1848–1933, ca. 1900
Mold-blown favrile glass, cast bronze
vase

Tall, cylindrical glass vase (a) with slightly flared mouth; dark green leaf motif at bottom eased over gold favrile glass.  Vase fits into socket of bronze base (b) patinated at top, inverted trumpet-shaped, ruffled, resting on series of horizontal S-curves picked out with gilding.  Three metal 3-pronged holders (c,d,e) to fit into base to hold vase.
Textile
Oberkampf & Cie., Jouy-en-Josas, France, 1759–1815, ca. 1792
cotton Technique: block printed on plain weave foundation, yellow and blue applied by brush Label: block printed cotton

Fragment of printed cotton with a small-scale pattern of overlapping triangular and scalloped arch forms, each filled with finely detailed flowers, leaves, coral, or birds. Printed in black, purple, blue, green, yellow, and several shades of red and pink on an off-white ground.
Vase
Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company, American, 1892 - 1900, ca. 1900
mold-blown favrile glass
vase

Blue-green iridescent vase, with wide foot, mounted with amphora-shaped body with distended oversized neck. Neck in-stamped with vertical chevron pattern of simple leaf forms that disappear into base.
Ornament, Christmas tree
, 1850–99
Sugar

Basket with white bird with a blue-tinted tail.
Textile
, 16th–early 17th century
silk, metal Technique: embroidery on velvet

Small square of red velvet, embroidered in gold in all-over pattern of interlacing geometric design, with foliage forms in spaces, and corner designs of foliage all highly stylized. Cross in center, gold thread worked over cord to give relief. Trimmed with narrow gold lace. Backed with dark green plain raw silk (probably Spanish) of later date, 18th century, than embroidery.
Altar cover
, 17th century
linen Technique: filet lace, bobbin lace

A shaped linen cover in plain white which has a wide border of filet lace in an elaborate, fantastic design of curving vines and flowers with a winged, four-footed beast. Edged with scalloped bobbin lace. The border is backed with course, modern net to protect it.
Fragment
, 16th–17th century
linen Technique: needle lace

Fragment has a portion of a small bell-shaped flower with two remaining petals and a few leaves.
Band
, 19th century
silk Technique: bobbin lace

Green and ivory band in a large-scale floral design. Heavy cord for outlining.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk, metallic Technique: plain weave with supplementary weft

Ogival silver palmettes on a red ground.
Cigarette box
, 19th century
wood, burrel/ amboyna exterior, mohogany interior

Burled Wood Box. With rounded sides and aquared ends
Study for "Music"
Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909, ca. 1894
Brush and watercolor, gouache, graphite on paper
Drawing

Sketch for a panel, shaped like an equilateral cross, decorated with musical instruments.
Fragment
, 19th century
silk, metallics Technique: plain compound twill weave

Woven length has a design of cones (paisley motifs) turning in alternate directions on a rose silk ground.
Textile
, 17th century
silk, metallic thread Technique: appliqué on velvet

Symmetrical scrolls in gold on cut velvet in red.