biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Romulus and Remus: Decorations for Reception Room, Aldini Villa, Montmorency
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1813
Pen, brown ink, and brown wash over black chalk on rough grey paper
Drawing

Horiztontal rectangle. A) In the center is an octagon with two victories crowning a panoply. Caption written above with pencil: Troffeo Romolo." Laterally are rows of three hexagons. At left, top: the birth of Romulus and Remus. The mother sits with the twins on her lap and discourses with a warrior, caption: Nascita di Remo e Romolo. Center: Faustulus finds the twins. They are being nursed by a she-wolf. At right, the river-god, Tiber. Bottom, Romulus and Remus are brought before Numitor. Soldiers bring the fettered twins. The king is enthroned at right (with captions). Right row, top: Romulus traces out the form of Rome. He directs two bulls drawing a plough (with caption). Center: the rape of the Sabine maidens. Two pairs are shown; an alter at right. Bottom: Romulus carries a panoply, accompanied by soldiers. Reverse: B) A circle is divided into eight segments, each showing two putti with arms.
The right hand of a man
, 1700–1750
Black chalk and white heightening on blue paper
Drawing

Horizontal composition of a man's right hand with raised fingers, turned towards the right
LE COURSE DE CHEVAUX
Jacques Bacheley, French, 1712 – 1781, mid- 18th century
etching on paper
Print

Fourth plate from a series of four children's scenes, framed within decorative rococo cartouches, with verses lettered below. A group of boys on horseback, with other children standing and sitting around, within a landscape with a house in the background. The title is lettered below the cartouche, and the plate is signed and numbered.
Border
, ca. 1885
Machine-printed paper

Small irregularly-shaped portion of a paper, probably a border, in a designof geometrical divisions set with flowers, in dark colors. Printed in red, black, yellow and green. Anglo-Japanesque in style.
Design for Holy Water Spouts, from "Inventions Pour Faire des Plaques"
Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682, ca. 1600
Etching on paper; Red crayon on paper
Print

Verso: Horizontally, top left. Bottom center: a chiffre containing ABCGN and probably other letters.
Plan pour un Bâtiment d'ordre Dorique
Jean-François de Neufforge, Flemish, 1714–1791, 1768
Engraving on paper
Print

Plan for a building decorated in a Doric order with living room, dining room, game room, and terraces. There is a scale bar of 12 toises (1 toise was equal to about 3.799 square meters) at the bottom of the page. The plate is signed and numbered.
Arabesque Panel Design
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, 1775–88
Etching on paper
Print

An arabesque panel design featuring a central two-handled flowering vase decorated with fluting, gadrooning and festoons of leaves, with scrolling leaves, rosettes, fleurons, and a mascaron (mask) below sprouting from the base of the vase. The plate is numbered and signed.
Two Designs for Console Tables
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1785–1790
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Two left sides. At left: the support is a siren with a tail forming a circle below the center of the frame, with the representation of three figures in the inside. One scroll downards. The frame is supported by the shoulder, the top by the head. At right chimerae with the busts of women with butterfly wings and raised arms are the supports. Below they are connected by a wreath. Below the frame is a calyx or a shell from which festoons hang  towards the legs, and a trophy of a pan flute and a clarinette hang in the center. Frame and top-like cornices of an entablature. Usual background.
Title Page
François Boucher, French, 1703–1770, 1749–61
Etching on laid paper
Print

Title page for a series of designs of putti by F. Boucher. The title is lettered in the lower left, over a piece of fabric held up by three flying putti. The plate is signed and numbered.
Keystone over doorway
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1780
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

A shell with a faun's mask and blossoms. The entablature and the upper part of the door frame are shown.
Berchtesgaden, Bavaria (Germany)
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, June - July, 1868
Oil paint and graphite on tan paperboard
drawing

Landscape and architecture study showing a view of Berchtesgaden in present-day Germany and the dramatic alpine scenery that surrounds it. Roofs visibly extend from foreground at right into the middle distance at left and right. Walls of buildings are rendered only in graphite and unpainted. At left, a road leads to a Franciscan church and the town's courthouse. Nearby vegetation is loosely rendered at far left. In the background at right, the twin peaks of the Watzmann are backdropped by a billowing white cloud, while at left, the Schoenfeldspitze is visible in the far distance.
Porte, dans le grand Appartement des Tuilleries.
François Chauveau, French, 1613 – 1676, 1710
Etching on laid paper
Bound print

Seventeenth 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, laurel leaf garlands, interlaced L's, fleurs-de-lys, crowns, Apollo's head, palmettes, acanthus leaves, fleurons, flowers, fruits, trophies with horns and with agricultural attributes, cornucopias, ribbons, and rosettes. The locks are highly decorative with similar ornament. The plate is titled, signed, and numbered.
The Virgin and Child Entrhoned, with the Holy Spirit
Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863, 1820–1850
Graphite, impressed lines on paper
Drawing

The Virgin sits upon a throne between two columns. Her left foot rests upon a cushion, her right upon a floor of marble mosaics. An angel kneeling upon his right knee and placing his right hand upon a globe is supporting the legs of the Virgin upon which the Child sits. His body is turned toward her, his head seen frontally. The columns support a cover, with MARIA SS ORA PRO NOBIS inscribed in the front. The Dove of the Holy Spirit flies below the inscription. Behind the globe stands a vase with flowers and another vessel (incenser?). Framing line.
Soldier with a Cup
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1862
Graphite on wove paper, laid down
Drawing

Vertical sketch of a soldier with a cup, and graphite strokes at right side.
Pagoda of Zojoji Temple, Akabane (Zojoji-to, Akabane) From the Series One hundred views of Edo
Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858, 1857
Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
Print

Zojoji Temple was built by the founder of the Tokugawa dynasty, Ieyasu (1542-1616.) This five-storey pagoda was the main temple of the Pure Land School (jodo) of Buddhism in the Kanto Region. Opposite of this bright red building is a dark watchtower. Surrounded by clouds, this was the tallest watchtower of Edo. Today the pagoda is located in the heart of Tokyo. Hiroshige depicts the temple when it was surrounded by trees rather than tall buildings and skyscrapers.
Side and Rear View of a Stagecoach
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1775-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Side and rear view of a design for a stagecoach decorated with ornament motifs including bouquets of flowers and branches, and carved with scrolls, bead course, pine cones, fluting, and ribbon twist. The plate is signed and numbered.
Decorative Panel Designs
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1777–79
Etching on paper
Print

Design for two rectangular decorative panels featuring arabesque motifs including scrolling acanthus leaves (rinceaux), flowers, festoons of flowers, ribbons, basket, cornucopia, and fleurons. The plate is numbered.
Design for a Ceiling
, 18th century
Pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

A framed central panel showing a woman with angels on the clouds. Below this, a detailed frame with three angels, one of which holds a cross.
Ocean View
Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858, 1855
Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
Print

This is a landscape view on a valley is overlooking the ocean through a birds eye view. The hillside shows a little cemetery just above two people below coming in to pay their respects. Beyond the sea are ships sailing near the horizon. Hiroshige employs the ombre effect through the colors of blue, green and yellow.
Ewer
, 17th–18th century
Blown glass, applied blown glass decoration

Dark blue glass vessel with long flaring neck and stout globular body; one handle of applied glass and long upturned spout.
Parasite Vine and Palm Plant, Jamaica
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, June 1865
Graphite and gouache on gray-green wove paper
Drawing

Botanical sketch of tree trunk and lower boughs enveloped in the tendrils of a parasitic vine. Sketch of a palm plant is visible in the lower right.
Heurtoirs à une Branche
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1775-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Designs for two doorknockers showing their front and profile views, and their rosette plates on either side. The knocker on the left has a scroll at the hinge, three drooping flowers down the center, and an upturned acanthus lead with bead detailing at the bottom. The knocker on the right has a horned goat head at the hinge, and an acanthus lancet leaf at the base. The plate is signed and numbered.
Sampler
, mid-19th century
cotton, linen Technique: over-casting and satin stitches, appliqué, cutwork

A bird in "plush work" surrounded by a wreath and flowering branches; the border is cut in tabs, each ornamented with a flower motif.
Design for a sepulchral wall monument
Girolamo Rainaldi, 1570 - 1655, ca. 1600–30
Pen and brown ink with blue wash on vellum
Drawing

Two richly decorated base sections over a dado. Their decorations include lions rampant and fleur de lys. The main section has a triangular pediment and contains an inscription tablet under the portrait bust of a member of the clergy. Laterally are more inscription tablets. A broken pediment with an escutcheon in the center, on top corner.
Design for a Vase
Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, French, 1727 – 1801, 1764
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for a vase, decorated with two mermen on the sides, forming handles. Two dolphins in a frieze with a handle below. The foot of the vase is fluted and decorated with leaf ornament. The plate is signed and numbered.
Design for a Painted Panel
Jean-Guillaume Moitte, French, 1746–1810, 1763
Pen and Chinese ink, sepia on paper
Drawing

The candelabrum schemes have details with different alternative suggestions. This includes satyr children hold a fruit bowl; center: circular medallion with four figures, one being a child; top: winged female half-figure under a vase of flowers.
Design for a Fan: Capriccio with Roman Ruins and the Farnese Hercules
Giovanni Paolo Panini, Italian, 1691 - 1765, ca. 1750
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, graphite on cream laid paper, lined
Drawing

Semi-circular design corresponding to the shape of an open fan, illustrated with Roman ruins and statuary. Identifiable imagery includes the Farnese Hercules, the Pantheon and the lion fountain of the capital. At the top in pen and ink, a sketch for a border decoration.
Design for a Lip Spout Pitcher
, 1701–50
Graphite, pen and bistre on paper
Drawing

The handle is at right. At left below the spout at the shoulder is a swan, supporting a winged putto. A ribbon passes along the neck, under the wing, then above a cherub head, then to the handle.
Houses, Jamaica
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, May–September 1865
Graphite on dark gray-green wove paper
Drawing

Architectural sketch of a lone building in an unknown location in Jamaica. Building is bisected by a double staircase and covered passageway. Right portion of building one floor taller than left portion. Some trees and foliage visible behind the structure at right.
Design for a casino
, 1785
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on paper
Drawing

A concave central section with steps that lead up to a portico. The rear wall has three door openings  with reliefs above the doors and windows.
Design for a Ceiling with Balustrade
Giacomo Alboresi, 1632–1677, ca. 1685
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, black chalk on white laid paper
Drawing

View of a balustrade. At right, a corbel with cherub above an archway
Three Cupids, One with a Wreath of Flowers
Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian, active England, 1727–1815, 1779
Stipple engraving on paper
Print

Three cupids gambol in the clouds. One sits, center, holding the wreath of flowers over his head. Below, to the left, another is asleep, his quiver beside him. The third, right, has his bow in his left hand. Below, the artists' names.
Elevation of Pedestal and Bottom of a Crucifix
, ca. 1770
Black chalk, pen, ink, sepia wash on paper
Drawing

Pedestal in architectural forms, with brackets as capitals of pilasters. The Holy Trinity is sketched in the panel. A capital upsidedown serves as a base of the cross, over the foot of which a sphere is shown. A snake is wound around the bottom part with his head before the capital.
L'HYVER
, 18th century
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Vignette of attributes of winter, including a figure with a club, gardening tools, musical instruments, and a dog. The plate is not signed.
Interior Wall Elevation
François II de Poilly, French, 1666 – 1741, 1696–1740
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

An interior wall elevation with an alcove in the center containing a mirror and a sofa (lit a l'anglaise), flanked by paneling (boiseries) featuring oval panels, and doors with overdoor frames decorated with rococo motifs and ornament including, palmettes, feathers, cartouches, c-scrolls, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), s-scrolls, acanthus leaves, fleurons, masks, diaper and pearl patterns, and festoons of fleurons. The frieze of the entablature has a combination of strapwork, masks (mascarons), scrolling leaves (rinceaux), and plamettes motifs. A scale and plan view of the niche below.
Sampler
, 1806
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: wrapped bars and cross stitch on plain weave

At top, cross borders showing alphabets, numbers, floral and geometric designs and "A G F den 10 July" (Angefangen 10th July); below, scattered motifs including a wreath with "D S M CG G ANNO 1806," flowers, animals, people in a sleigh, and "F E G W den 23 AUGUS" (Fertig Guersen August 23rd).
Ornament
, ca. 1820
Block-printed on handmade paper

Figure of a cupid running toward the left, in a setting of greenery.
Design for an Altar
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, 1749-1761
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Design for an altar, above which is a painting of a Christian scene, likely of a martyr or of Christ on the way to the cross. Above the painting is a sculpted group of angels and a cartouche. At the top of the semi-circular frame are two winged putti holding up a radiating cross. The plate is signed and numbered, and a graphite inscription at the bottom of the page indicates that this design was part of a project for the altar of Saint-Jacques-de-la-Boucherie, which was demolished during the French Revolution.
Study of lake
Francis Hopkinson Smith, American, 1838–1915, ca. 1870
Charcoal, brush and gouache on paper
Drawing

Two sketches of a lake shore.
Palisade Cañon
Thomas Moran, American, b. Britain, 1837–1926, 1874
Wood engraving on off-white wove paper
Print

View of canyon, high cliffs on each side, snow-covered mountains in the background.
Cover
, 19th century
silk, metallic threads; cotton backing Technique: plain compound weave

Square panel composed of two horizontal fragments sewed together near the center. Each panel has an incomplete design facing in opposite directions. Ground gold (faded in one fragment) has a design of a conventionalized cypress tree in green, red, blue and white. Border woven at the same time as the body in three bands of small-scale flowers. Piped and faced with blue and white striped compound satin. Backed with red cotton herringbone twill.
Embroidery sample
, late 18th–early 19th century
silk embroidery on silk foundation, paper folder Technique: embroidered on compound weave

Embroidered sample for men's silk waistcoats, with a design of carnations on a horizontally striped brown ground.
Design for a Bedroom Alcove
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1790
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

The tripartite entrance into a tent which is supported by two posts. The frieze behind the roof which has the shape of a base, is decorated with a drapery. Above, in the center of the main opening, are cords and two tassels. Usual background.
Decorative Design
Walter Shirlaw, American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909, 1875–80
Graphite and red crayon, watercolor on paper
Drawing

Two children are shown upon an elevation. A seated one holds a jar from which water flows. A standing one waves something.
Pillar strip
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1780–1800
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

A rising olive rinceau, with five birds sitting on it, and two more flying nearby.
Design for clock
Lefebvre Manufactory, Tournai, 1800–1825
Pen and black ink, yellow, red watercolor, on cream laid paper
Drawing

Octagonal base, supported by tapered feet. Front panel shows a couple following Hymen to a circular temple. The dial is flanked by swans in profile. Cupid sits on top of the dial, petting a dog.
Study of Child for "Communion of the Sick"
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1845
Graphite, white chalk on cream wove paper
Drawing

In a sketched oval frame, a bust of a child looking up toward the right. Arms extend outside the oval.
Ornamental Vase Design
L.N. Percenet, French, born 1736, 1761-1762
Etching on laid paper
Print

Vase in the form of a pitcher. The handle of the vase is made of a swan, the head attaching to the rim of the vase. The neck of the vase has a pattern of leaves and there is a band of swastika meander at the belly. There is angular fluting at the base. The vase has a short foot, and is elevated on a stepped platform that extends to the edge of the image. the plate is signed and numbered.
Design for a Painted or Woven Fabric
, ca. 1770
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

All-over pattern of flowers, leaves, and seed pods, none of which can be identified specifically.
Design for an Embroidery
, 1775–1790
Pen and ink, brush and blue watercolor, brush and gouache, gold on Dutch paper
Drawing

A rising border is framed at right by two fold strips around which a ribbon is wound, at left, by the scalloped edge of the field. Two waved flower stems rise in the border. The field shows four dots and two leaves alternating in horizontal and vertical rows.
Woods with Pine Trees
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1862
Graphite on wove paper, laid down
Drawing

Vertical view of woods with pine trees.
Knob
, ca. 1795
brass
knob

Cast head with lead mouldings, circle of blue enamel along circumference
Fragment
, 16th century
silk, metallic foil around silk core Technique: woven

Bands with interlaced ornament forming ogives containing floral forms and cintamani balls.
Alpine Landscape (Bavaria, Switzerland, or Italy)
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, June–September 1868
Brush and oil, graphite on tan paperboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of an alpine landscape in the mountains of Bavaria, Switzerland, or Italy). In the foreground, a rushing river flows away from the viewer in the lower left corner, at the base of a steep and lightly wooded mountain slope at right. Similarly steep mountainsides, covered in conifer trees, overlap one another as they recede into the background, where one heavily wooded peak is visible beneath a warm, overcast sky.
Designs for Wallpaper and Textiles: Flowers
, 19th century
Brush and gouache on off white paper
Drawing

Cluster of flowers: purple and yellow pansies and smaller blue flowers with stems and foliage, with stems of grasses surrounding. Organized diagonally, top facing left.
Pillow cover
, 16th–17th century
silk on linen Technique: embroidered on plain weave

Embroidered cushion cover showing a diamond lattice with symmetrical flowering vine in red silk on linen.
Brisé fan
, 1720–29
Ivory sticks painted in oil and finished with Vernis Martin, tortoise shell overlay on guards, mother-of-pearl rivet, silk ribbon

Brisé fan of carved ivory painted in oils and finished with Vernis Martin; each face has a leaf and gorge area. On the front, the leaf shows an outdoor scene with figures and houses, at left a shop or bazaar; at center, a commedia dell'arte performance; at right figures dining with blue and white porcelain. The gorge is decorated with Chinese and European motifs supporting a central cartouche over the edge of which leans a lady in 18th C. dress, while behind her can be seen the head of a gallant. On the reverse, the leaf is painted with a landscape with mounted hunters and hounds pursuing a stag. The gorge shows a central cartouche with a scene of Chinese figures. The head end of the guards is overlaid with tortoise. The guards are decorated in the scheme of the gorge, each divided into four parts and containing alternately a head or group of figures, and porcelain. The rivet heads are mother-of-pearl buttons. The ribbon is green silk, painted on the obverse with a geometric design in gold, red and black, and on the reverse with a similar design in gold and green.
Lacquer box
, 19th century
Lacquered wood

1952-164-35: Five sections, with an elephant and three flying b...;     1952-164-36: Head of a monkey, with gold eyes.50;     1952-164-37-a,b: Figure of a street vendor, wearing a sambaso hat a...
Sidewall
Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Floral bouquets, with a daisy-like flower, printed on a striped background.
Sidewall - fragment
, 1795–1805
Block-printed on handmade paper

Rosettes linked by lines forming diamonds, which are filled with irregular honeycomb pattern. Black and white printed on a gray ground.
Border
, late 18th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace, Mechlin style

Border  with an open pattern of floral sprays emerging from stylized horn of plenty.
Geometric design for printed textile
Louis-Albert DuBois, Swiss, 1752–1818, 1800–1818
Brush and gouache, graphite on white wove paper
Drawing

Vertical rows of stylized flower heads alternating with vertical rows of inverted traingles, pink, blue, yellow and green pallets.
Coffee Service
Gorham Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, founded 1818, 1903
silver, gold, ivory
coffee service

Coffee service consisting of tray (a), creamer (b), coffee pot (c) and sugar bowl (d). Service features repoussé and chased with flowers and tendrils, all parts engraved with interlaced monogram ECM. Tray (a) is rectangular-shaped with cut out handles. Engraved on bottom: "Presented by the Attachés of the Sheriff's Office of New York County during years 1902-1903 to Edward C. Moen Under Sheriff." Creamer (b) with short body, curved handle, and tall neck forming open spout. Coffee pot (c) with tall neck, slender spot, and curved handle with ivory rings. Domed, hinged cover with finial. Sugar bowl (d) is squat bowl with scrolled foot and rim, curved handles.
Designs for Wallpaper and Textiles: Flowers
, 19th century
Brush and gouache, graphite on cream paper
Drawing

Cluster of blue flowers at bottom left, diagonal facing upward right. Same blue flowers appear oriented various ways, appear to be falling. All flowers have stems and foliage.
Border
, 1850
Machine-printed paper

Buff and brown beaded cartouches, contain bouquet of magenta roses and yellow flowers. Eight-point buff and brown stars are suspended between the cartouches. Black ground.