biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Classical Ruins
, ca. 1750
Brush and sepia, watercolor on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle showing figures in a rocky place with a fountain in the form of a monumental column with water pouring from a lion's mask. At left, figures at rest with a lion. Behind, a ruined structure with Romanesque arches and pilasters.
Designs for Bedroom Alcoves
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1790
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper
Drawing

On either sides of the alcoves is a panel. In the upper drawing two gaines, as wide as the bed, support the entablature, in the lower one two fluted columns. The height of the wall is indicated below as "18", that of the ceiling is indicated above as "4 1/4 (?)". At edges traces of other captions and sketches. The sheet itself is also colored.
Second Pastoral
Jean Baptiste Le Prince, French, 1734–1781, 1769
Aquatint and etching in sepia ink on laid paper
Print

Two shepherds are seated left, their backs to the observer. A goat and three sheep in the immediate foreground. Cows in the distance. Inscribed, lower left: "Le Prince 1769". Title below.
Border
, 19th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace (Valenciennes diamond ground)

Rings and dots forming lozenges on diamond mesh; border slightly scalloped.
Bull Hunt Scene
Paulus Potter, Dutch, 1625 - 1654, 1639–1690
Etching on paper
Print

Bull hunt in landscape.
Monument
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746-1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, black chalk on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

Two lions crouch obliquely upon a base of two sections. A circular pedestal stands upon their hind parts. A woman with a helmet stands on top. She carries something indistinct in her right hand. A plan is sketched at right. Three figures of an accoutn are written below, at left. Colored background. Water is possibly indicated below.
Banquet of the Gods
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, ca. 1810
Pen and brown ink over traces of graphite on cream laid paper
Drawing

Circular design contain octagon. Hebe pours wine in bowl raised by Jupiter who together with Juno, is shown in right foreground.
Original Drawings
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1780–96
Pen and black ink, brush and wash on greenish laid paper
Drawing

Profile view and plan of canopied bed with draping and with female busts.
Design for a Bedroom
, ca. 1800
Pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Above, design for a ceiling divided into decorated segments. Below is the elevation of a wall divided by pillars into three decorated bays. They are explained in the captions.
Trophy Design
François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1748 - 1797, 1768
Etching in red ink on paper
Print

An ornamental hanging trophy design featuring a jug, horns, ram's horn, triangle, tambourine, a jester's staff, masks (mascarons), and grape vines. At the top, an oval medallion with a putto holding grapes, next to a ram. The plate is signed and dated.
Small Red-Headed Bird on Rose Branch
, ca. 1800–1830
Pen and ink, graphite on coated wove paper
Drawing

Small Red-Headed Bird on Rose Branch
Earrings
, ca. 1880
Seed pearls, metal

-41a and b: Circular ornament of central pearl surrounded by eight pearl clusters; below, and attached by four strings of seed pearls, is an ornament of central pearl with six radiating scrolls.
Maine Woods
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, probably 1876–1881
Oil and graphite on tan paperboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of dense woods in Maine. In the immediate foreground, moss-covered soil ascends into the middle distance and hosts a large, broken tree trunk at left. At right, the moss also grows over an immense boulder, atop which two other trees grow. In the background, several other tree trunks are visible among dense greenery. The light green ground is visible along the lower margin.
Panneau avec son lambris
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for paneling with wainscoting, with ornament motifs including a relief of a censer, floral garland, and crossed branches. The plate is signed.
Design for a Daybed
Jean-Charles Delafosse, French, 1734 – 1789, 1849–66
Etching on paper
Print

Design for an upholstered daybed with a carved frame featuring scrolling leaves, festoons of flowers and leaves, ribbons, and tapered legs. The plate is signed with the printmaker, publisher, and original designer, and numbered.
Woman's dress
, 1803–1807
silk, metal Technique: satin, embroidered

Gown of purple silk satin embroidered with a floral motif in tonal green silks and gold colored metal spangles and couched elements.
Mlle de la Valliere
Favre Petitpierre, France, 1802–1818, 1815
cotton Technique: printed by engraved plate on plain weave
Fragment

Fragment printed in red.
Book with embroidered covers
Christopher Barker, England, 1665
paper, silk, metallic thread Technique: embroidered

"The Holy Bible" covered with green silk satin and embroidered in a symmetrical vine pattern using metallic yarns. The embroidery is in very high relief.
Ashtray
Louis Comfort Tiffany, American, 1848–1933, ca. 1900
Favrile glass
ashtray

Iridescent gold. Low, curved walls with undulating rim and curved rib on each of the ten undulations. Broad, low foot.
Design for a Mass-Operational House Designed by Hector Guimard, Chimney Support Construction
Hector Guimard, French, 1867–1942, October 1920
Pen and black ink, graphite on tracing paper
Drawing

Design for a mass-operational house by Guimard, detailing the construction of supports for the chimney.
Merrimack Prints
Merrimack Manufacturing Company, American, founded 1822, 1844
paper, cotton Technique: discharge print (white) on a dark blue ground.
Paper sample card

Eight examples of white discharge print on a dark blue ground. Each sample is numbered, but the numbers are not sequential  and several are repeated.
LA DANSE BACHIQUE
Antoine Watteau, French, 1684–1721, 1723-1735
Etching on laid paper
Bound print

Vignette of well-dressed figures dancing, socializing, playing musical instruments, and drinking wine in a landscape. The scene is set within a rocaille frame of ornamentation, and includes scrolls, reeds, gourds, and vines. The plate is signed.
Fragment
, 18th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace, Mechlin style

Louis XV pattern, details in different stitches.
Tile
, 1701–25
Tin-enamelled earthenware

Bluish-white fields. In center,nereid. In corners, rosette.
Floral field and border
, 1780–1815
White on glazed paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. A white throny undulating branch with blue and white oak leaves and white acorns. At left, a vertical border with a saw-tooth repeat.
Design for an Embroidery or a Woven Fabric, of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1805-1814
Brush and gouache on glazed tracing paper
Drawing

The Napoleonic Eagle standing before a laurel and an ivy wreath. Three stars are over his head. A cross of the Légion d'honneur is suspended on a ribbon from the thunderbolt.
Fragment
, 1700–1750
silk Technique: woven

Blue and white design of bird reaching for grapes. This fragment is a match with 1902-1-842.
bank note
, September 1875
Colored inks on white paper

Horizontal rectangle. Bank note for vingt cinq centimes, La Banque Nationale d'Haiti number 15656. Medallion portrait of an officer, left; trophy of cannons, flags, an anchor, and palm tree, right.
Sewing instruction book samples
, 1829
Silk

Coat of green silk ornamented with featherstitching and lined with white silk. Coat has yoke and long full skirt, cape, collar and long sleeves.
A Landscape
Charles Nicolas Ransonnette, French, 1793 - 1877, 1874
Black crayon, brush and brown watercolor on paper
Drawing

A stream is shown winding through a hilly country. Houses are shown in the right middle plane.
Fringe
, 16th century
silk Technique: woven

Red fringe with an ornamental heading and picots on the top edge. Skirt threads are looped to form scallops.
Sampler
, 19th century
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered on plain weave

Small detached motifs of geometric and conventionalized floral forms.
The Discovery of a Buried Man
Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, Dutch, 1606–1669, after 1765
Etching on white laid paper
Print

In a cave or night setting two figures walking with sticks come upon a third, buried up to his waist. A skull is on the ground beside him. One of the figures is turbaned and reading from a book. A torch in the right foreground.
Textile
, early 18th century
linen Technique: damask weave

Cream colored linen textile showing the continents of America and Europe represented by text and iconographical figures of a Native American with arrow and European figure with horse.
Sewing sample
, late 19th century
Linen

Small square of very fine drawn work grounds; 12 small samples in one square (2 1/2'' square), each separated from next by a raised whipped edge. Six of the edges have added stitches in slightly heavier thread. Edge of thread lace.
Textile
, early 19th century
cotton Technique: warp and weft resist (ikat) on handwoven plain weave

Alternating warp stripes of light blue and white intersect with blue and white weft stripes to form a large scale plaid pattern with both solid color and ikat stripes.
Plate 1 from a Set of 6, "Decoration d'une porte double à placard"
Jacques-François Blondel, French, 1705–1774, ca. 1727
Engraving on paper
Print

Two double doors in a joint arch. Both doors decorated in upper part with rocaille volutes. The area above decorated jointly. In center, a painting depicting putti in landscape. Above it, extending the door frame, carved trophies of hunt. Below, profile of doors and scale. Inscribed along upper margin: "title; lower right: "1"; along lower margin: "A Paris chez Mariette rue St. Jacques aux Colonnes d'Hercule".
Fragment
, late 17th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace (early Valenciennes ground)

Straight-edged fragment with Valenciennes ground in a large, solidly massed floral design.
Box
, late 18th–early 19th century
shagreen

small spectical case
Fragment
, 18th century
linen Technique: needle lace

Fragment of Argentan lace with a flower and leaves. Small piece of ground remains.
Cottage on a Low Embankment Near an Open Body of Water
Antoni Waterloo, 1618–1677, ca. 1650
Etching on paper
Print

A cottage, left middle distance, is on a low embankment overlooking an open body of water with a number of sailboats. Two figures in a large, center foreground, and a third approaches with pack and staff, right.
Fragment
, late 18th century
silk, metal thread Technique: plain weave with discontinuous supplementary weft patterning (brocaded)

White grosgrain with ground figure of lace-like serpentine. Large-scale sprays of roses and other flowers brocaded in polychrome silks, gold metal thread and flat silver.
Print
, c. 1770
Paper

Top row: A flower vase on a base. An urn with the snakes of a Medusa forming the handles. An animal coruches upon the cover. Center row: After della Bella's ''Raccolta di vasi'', the central design in plate 2, and after the vase showing mermaids and swans in plate 3. Bottom row: After the second design in plate 3 of della Bella's ''raccolta'', and an urn with a clover leaf on top of the cover. Two framing lines. Bottom right: ''2''.
Designs for Tables, Mirror Frames, Holy Water Stoups and a Clock, Plate 15 from "Nuove Inventioni d'Ornamenti"
Filippo Passerini, Italian, about 1638 – 1698, 1698
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Two tables, surmounted by elaborate frames in which are set holy-water stoups, flank a smaller table on which rests a devotional picture in an elaborate architectural frame
Cushion cover
, 17th century
silk Technique: plain weave with discontinuous wefts (tapestry or k'ossu)

Cushion cover of yellow silk tapestry with a radiating design of small chrysanthemums in off-white and blue with touches of red. With birds, scrolls, and other flowers. Lined with yellow silk damask. Yellow and white silk fringe on all sides.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk, cotton (?) Technique: plain weave with supplementary weft patterning

Floral forms with curling leaves.
Coffee-pot and Stand from
Giovanni Giardini, Italian, 1646 - 1721, 1714
Engraving, etching Support: white laid paper
Print

Vertical format - pear shaped coffee pot, with horizontal handle rests over a lamp on a stand which also supports 4 cups two held by mermaid
Table runner
, 19th century
linen Technique: withdrawn element with embroidery, needle made fillings

Large symmetrical stylized floral forms with supplementary flower heads on thick curving stems. In various fancy surface stitches in white linen thread on a white linen cloth with heavy embroidered outlines on a square-meshed ground.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk Technique: combination of two structures, 2/1 twill and plain weave

Small floral and berry shapes in tan and green silk.
Handscreen
, 18th century
Linen leaf embroidered with silk, turned wood handle

Handscreen in the form of a mask. Design of pastel-colored feathers tied with a bowknot;  the loops of the bow are cut out for use as eye-holes.
Design for Round Table "A"
A.N. Davenport Co., 1900–05
Graphite on thin, cream paper
Drawing

Round molded table raised on turned baluster-like support sitting on cylindrical base terminating in four splayed legs on casters.
Fragment
, 19th century
silk Technique: painted

Trailing pink ribbons interspersed with garlands of pink, lavendar and yellow flowers on ivory ground.
Square
Unknown, ca. 1910
cotton Technique: embroidered

Embroidered square with a geometrical and striped design is divided into four sections by blue and olive green bands. Each section has a pair of two flower stems, highly geometricized. Design has a strong overall grid-like effect made from narrow dark brown stripes.
1r CAHIER DE DECORATIONS D’APPARTEMENTS
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1779-84
Album

Album containing four series of interior wall decoration featuring wall elevations with ornately painted paneling (boiseries), chimneypieces, console tables, baths, sofas, and beds. The plates are numbered.
Cake Server with Japonesque Engraving and Mother-of-pearl Handle
François Nicoud, French, active Paris ca. 1875-1890, ca. 1890
gold plated, silver, mother of pearl
server

Blade of ax-head form, loosely triangular in shaped, wide with swirling ends on spine edge. Beveled edges surrounding border of blade. Surface gold plated and  adorned with engraved Japonesque designs, starting with floral design atop a triangular pattern at tip, depiction of  woman in elaborate garment shielding her face with a fan in a central reserve, and terminating in geometric pattern of circles and bowties covering the base. Reverse side of blade devoid of decoration. Banded gold plated ferrule leads to mother of pearl handle, decorated with carved diagonal fluting, slightly widenning to rounded terminal.
Tile
Grueby Faience Company, Revere, Massachusetts, 1895–1908, ca. 1905
Press-molded glazed terra cotta (red earthenware)

Press-molded low relief decoration in earth color against a yellow background. The first tile depicts a mermaid.
Design for a Round Dining Table on Scroll-Like Feet
A.N. Davenport Co., 1900–05
Graphite on thin cream paper
Drawing

Thin round molded top raised on fluted columnar support with concentric molding at bottom, sitting atop molded "X"-shaped base terminating in 4 scroll-like feet with carved floral rosettes.
Design for Rolling Serving Table with Two Trays
A.N. Davenport Co., 1900–05
Graphite on thin cream paper
Drawing

Trolley-like serving table on wheels in three-quarter view; two stacked trays; handles attached to back of top tray; bottom tray has pair of bicycle wheels attached at front and pair smaller wheels attached at back; long "S"-shaped steering handle attached to bottom tray and extends to just below top tray.
Ceiling paper
Janeway & Co. Inc., New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1848 - 1914, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

All-over scrolling vining foliage motif with small red berries. Printed in maroon, browns, red and brown-green on a light green ground.
Hookah base
, 19th century
Metal, silver (Bidri ware)

Campaniform with flanged flairing neck. About base, shoulder, and neck, bands of inlaid conventionalized floral designs in silver, between narrower conventional bandings.
Not a Bad Idea for Warm Weater (Proof)
John Leech, English, 1817 - 1864, 1865
Chromolithograph on paper, mounted on heavy paper
Chromolithograph

Two girls rowing a rowboat, while a young man in the stern sits under a green umbrella. Sand bluffs beyond. Title and comment, artist's and publisher's names and date below.
Tile
, early 6th century
Earthenware

fragment w/ frame
Ribbed Grape
, mid-19th century
Pressed glass
Goblet

Grape and vine decoration embedded into thin vertically ridged pattern on goblet.
Sidewall
American Wall Paper Manufacturers' Association, 1879–1887, 1879–87
Machine-printed on paper

All-over floral pattern, printed in dark blue with red, light blue and gold accents. The flower is the blue ground color with the negative areas printed in dark blue. In the Aesthetic style.
Sidewall and border
, 1890–1910
Machine-printed

a) sidewall: brown fleur-de-lys with green, gold on brown background; b) border: large fleur-de-lys in brown and gold.
.
, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper
Frieze

Large ogival medallion with scrolls, small acanthus leaves, and laurel wreaths. Printed in tan, gray, turquoise and gold on light gray ground.
Figura Vigelima
Julio Paschale, 1528
Woodcut on paper
Print

Figura Vigelima
Textile
, ca. 1805
cotton Technique: block printed on plain weave foundation

Diamond lattice decorated by a brown scroll pattern enclosing an oak leaf on a yellow background. Blue warp a right edge.
A City Farm, New York
Mary Nimmo Moran, American, 1842–1899, 1881
Etching in brown ink on paper
Print

View of a New York City farm, with a vegetable garden, surrounded by tenements.
Textile
, 19th century
cotton Technique: stenciled resist on plain weave (katazome)

Lattice design of large hexagons and small squares with flower blossom centers in reserve on a dark blue ground.
Perspectiva. Corporum Regularium.
Wenzel Jamnitzer, German, 1508–1585, 1568
Engraving on white laid paper
Print

Book on perspective drawing, with 4 pages of text and 49 plates (A to G, 6 plates; H, 4 plates; J, 3 plates.) Also included are 7 ornamental pages designed by Amman.
Fork with Earthenware Handle
, ca. 1760–70
steel, silver, earthenware
fork

Two long curved tines, waisted shoulders, baluster neck. Silver ferrule, banded with scalloped edge. Pistol-shaped handle, earthenware, white ground with floral sprays in blue, yellow, green and purple. Small metal cap at the end of the handle.
Frieze
York Card & Paper Co., 1891, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Floral medallion containing stylized tulip and buds, alternating between large and small. A band of green runs along bottom edge, connecting flowers.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk Technique: plain compound satin

Floral roundels enclosing dragons on a diaper background with small swastikas in yellow, rose and blue.
Textile
, mid-19th century
wool, linen Technique: counted stitch embroidery

Oblong panel of canvas, embroidered solidly in colored wools. Design of shaded blocks, about half inch square, arranged in zigzag or flame stitch pattern.
A Scene in the Farce of "Lofty Projects"
George Cruikshank, English, 1792 - 1878, 1825
Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper
Print

A London street scene, with six balloons about to ascend to join a host of others. Numerous explanatory captions. Below, title, artist's and publisher's names and the date.
Sidewall - sample
Becker, Smith & Page, Inc., founded 1899, 1906–07
Machine-printed

Very stylized red red flower, set within leaves, on symmetrical stem. Printed in shades of red and green on off-white background with moire design.
Ceiling paper
American Wall Paper Manufacturers' Association, 1879–1887, 1879–87
Machine-printed

Circle motif containing stylized flower, connected by diamond shape, printed in gold on light yellow ground.
Samples wallpaper "Easton's Castle" Aberdeen, S.D.
Ceiling paper
Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Larger sqaure lacey shapes containing a dark square center alternate with smaller square shapes containing a dark center. Printed in white and brown on light tan ground.
Textile
, early 19th century
cotton Technique: printed by engraved copper plate on plain weave foundation

Several scenes illustrating episodes in the life of Henri IV, including battle scenes, amorous scenes and a building with the horseshoe staircase at Fontainebleau. In brown (sepia) on white.
Trimming
, 18th–19th century
silk, cotton Technique: uncut loops of supplementary warps in an 8-harness satin foundation (velvet)

Narrow trimming band with a repeat of a heraldic shield surmounted by a crown in multi-color uncut pile on a white satin ground.
Sample card of macramé
, 1850–1900
Technique: 1 cord made of twisted wool, 2 fringes made with a sewing technique, the rest made with knotting and braiding techniques.

Twenty-three examples of cords. Trimmings and watch fobs sewn onto a cardboard card. Three examples are sewn to small pieces of paper with notes in German.
Sampler
, 19th century
silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, stem, and knot stitches with cutwork with needle-made fillings on plain weave foundation

Sampler scattered with flowers and birds embroidered in many colored silks. Central medallion in gold with blue serrated edge and a bow. Several dogs, perhaps poodles, appear amongst the flowers.
Child's dress
, 1860–70
cotton Technique: printed on plain weave

Very full skirt falling from shoulder yoke, round neck with Peter Pan collar, long sleeves, buttons down back. Entire dress made from a double thickness of fabric, which is strie brown and white with tiny bud repeat in red, green, brown and white.
Textile
, 18th century
silk Technique: chain stitch embroidery on satin weave

Small symmetrical Mughal-type embroidery of sprigs in light green diagonal repeat across the grain of satin ground. Piece has apparently been dyed for ground is deep shade of golden tan now in shades of tan and brown, faint green. Two narrow twilled selvage edges are hand-seamed across middle.
Fragments
, ca. 1800
cotton Technique: block printed (two reds, black) and yellow and blue applied by brush on plain weave

Two fragments of a non-directional pattern of small flowers in bright colors on a black background.
High Cliffs and Breaking Waves
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, late 19th century
Graphite on white wove paper, lined
Album page

High cliffs at left, waves in foreground, clouds in sky in distance on the right.
Study of landscape, Switzerland
William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900, ca. 1856
Brush and watercolor, graphite on paper
Drawing

Sketch of a farmhouse along a river.
Sidewall
, 1890–1920
Machine-printed

On cream-colored ground, repeating pattern of scrollwork in shades of creamy yellows, glossy-finish pale yellow and tans.
Sidewall
Janeway & Co. Inc., New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1848 - 1914, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Arbesque design of ogival acanthus, forming fleur de lis-like motif in center. Darker yellow ocher foliage outlined in metallic silver, while lighter foliage is outlined in metallic gold. Printed on olive green ground.
Study of Nude Figure
Louis Schaettle, American, 1867–1917, ca. 1900
Graphite on light brown paper
Drawing

Female nude draped from waist down, bending with right arm outstretched toward top left; head is in profile, facing left; hand holds drapery.
Frieze
Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Alternating light pink rose bouquets and medallions with rose insets, connected by rose swags and blue and white foliate scrolls. Bottom has stripes and foliate scalloping. Ground shades from dark blue (bottom) to light blue (top). Printed in greens, pinks, blues, whites.
Printed in Selvedge: S. A. Maxwell & Co. New York & Chicago. 3106