biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
A Canopied Ceiling with Aurora in Central Panel
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1818–23
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over traces of graphite on cream laid paper
Drawing

Canopy scheme. Ovoid medallion showing rising of sun in center. Motif is surrounded by festoons. An otherwise undecorated white tent or one with stripes and other decorations, especially pairs of puttos facing the corners. Pairs of putti and altar shown in the corners on blue ground. Moldings outside.
Side view of the Second Carriage of Lord Castelmaine built in 1686 by Andrea Cornely after his own designs
Arnold van Westerhout, Flemish, 1651 – 1725, 1687–1700
Engraving on off-white laid paper
Print

Side view of an ornate baroque carriage.
Doily
, early 19th century
cotton, glass beads Technique: embroidery

Square white cotton textile made of two pieces stitched together with lace stitches. Fringed on all four sides. Flowers scattered over ground. Two ends trimmed with flowering vine design. Polychrome beads used.
Fountains and coffee houses
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1788–1789
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Left row: two fountains, the upper basins of which are supported by standing figures. Center row: a very roughly sketched top corner part of the background for a fountain. A fountain, with colossal basin before a semicircular colonnade on a high dado. Flights of stairs lead to the colonnade. Right one: plan and elevation of a wheel-shaped plan. Part of an elevation and plan of a café with octagonal plan.
Le Chateau de Vincennes du côté du Par (Vincennes Castle by Par)
Chez Daumont, active 18th century, 
Hand-colored etching on paper; verso: fabric adhered with thread
Bound print

Perspective view of Vincennes Castle, featuring two wings with towers connected by an arcade. The windows are cut out, with thread and colored fabric visible through the openings. In front of the palace, several carriages and groups of pedestrians roam the area. At center left, a group of men on horseback in blue coats and their hunting dogs chase a deer. Two trees, colored in with bright green, frame the scene. Printed along bottom margin: A Paris chez Daumont rue St. Martin

Verso: Patches of colored fabric, visibly attached with thread and mesh netting. Printed label (some text is obscured by fabric): Prospectus [---] Castelli [---] / REPRESENTANT / Le Chateau de Vincennes du côté du Par
Three Putti
François Boucher, French, 1703–1770, 1758–63
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Three flying putti. The one to the left, with his back turned, holds a large piece of fabric, the one in the back holds a crown of laurel leaves, while the one below holds feathers or palm leaves. The plate is signed and numbered.
Design for Ceiling Decoration
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1790
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper
Drawing

An acanthus rinceaux. Rising from a calix, with two spirals. The panel is outlined. Beside, at right, and above, at left, lines belonging to other sketches.
Study of Maple Grove, Greensboro, Vermont
Samuel Colman, American, 1832–1920, August 26, 1916
Pen and black ink, brush and gouache, graphite on paper
Drawing

A grove standing at a hillside. Framing ink lines.
Diana and Callisto
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1810–20
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk on white laid paper
Sketchbook folio

Diana sits on rock at center pointing right, across body of Callisto. Four bathing nymphs at lower left, and two others in background shadows.
Design for the Grand Staircase at the Royal Palace of Caserta, Italy
Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian, 1700 – 1773, 1751–56
Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, graphite on laid paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Section and half of the lowest flight of the stair shown in bird's eye view. The plan is an ovoid. Over the top flight are windows separated by groups of pilasters and columns. Over the entablature are windows in half-circles, at the bottom of a dome. Trophies of arms and girls' heads with festoons, respectively, decorate panels. Framing stripe. Verso, horizontally: The beginning of the right half is shown. Arched doorway corresponding to the ground and mezzanine floors. A loggia is in the floor. Pedestals before the wall panel are intended to carry statues. One order of the pilasters is shown in the top part, each bay containing a window of the third and fourth floors. A loggia is in the center, its framing architrave being built in a niche, the conch of which is visible over it. At bottom: two scales.
Botanical Sketch, Ecuador
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, May–August 1857
Graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Botanical sketch showing a magnified view of what appears to be a banana plant in Ecuador. Crux of the plant's boughs visible at center, with stems and leaves radiating in all directions. At upper center, a new leaf begins to unfurl itself. 

Verso: Botanical sketch from Ecuador showing views of five different plants, including vines, flowers, and leaves. The drawing is divided into six rectilinear sections, each hosting its own plant study, except for the bottom right section which has only an inscription.
Button
, 19th century
Brass

Convex button showing anchor with rope in oval on ridge ground. On reverse "Superieur France 16M".

Components -a/-d are on card F
Ring, Cane handles and Seal Designs
Pierre Moreau, French, 1722 – 1798, 1771
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Within a double-lined frame, in the upper plate two cane handle designs, ornamented with fluting, garlands of flowers, and laurel leaves, bands, ribbons, ‘rocaille' scrolls. The left cane handle is topped with a rosette and shell motifs and the right cane handle with a bird, flowers, and ‘rocaille' scrolls. Between the two cane handles, a design a ring, possibly with an intaglio engraving depicting figures within a landscape. Below the ring another cane handle decorated with ‘rocaille' scrolls, shell, flowers, birds, fleurons, cartouches, and scale motifs. Left of cane handle, a flat seal with a thin handle, with a hoop at the top, decorated with ‘rocaille' scrolls and gadrooning. Right of the cane handle, a seal fob decorated with a star, ribbon, ‘rocaille' scrolls and fleurons. The plate is numbered, signed, and dated.
Skewer with Cornucopia and Peacock Terminal
, 19th century
silver
skewer

Tapering blade or pin with terminal in relief cast with entwined double cornucopia topped by a peacock.
Vignette with a Blank Oval shield
Pierre-Philippe Choffard, French, 1730–1809, ca.1760–75
Etching on laid paper
Print

Vignette with a blank oval cartouche in the center surrounded by a piece of fabric, ruler, palette and paintbrushes, canvas, female bust, a portfolio, flowers, fluted column, fountain, set in a landscape with trees and clouds in the background. The plate is numbered.
Tiraz embroidery
, 908–32
Technique: embroidered

Tiraz
Floral and Foliate Ornament Design
Pierre-Philippe Choffard, French, 1730–1809, ca. 1764
Crayon manner in red ink on laid paper
Print

Floral and foliate rococo ornament design with flowers and scrolling leaves (rinceaux) on a base decorated with fluting and c-scrolls. Possibly a design for an andiron. The plate is signed.
Set of Ten Buttons
, 1775–80
Cut paper on silk set in copper with glass covers

The cut paper (decoupage) is over a woven blue silk that creates a more minutely detailed but similar effect to the ivory and foil buttons of the period.  These depict a goatherd couple with love altar and celebrating under trees.
Ornamental Design from "Nouvelle suite de cahiers chinois a l'usage des dessinateurs et des peintres" No.3, Inventes et dessines par Jean Pillement. Graves par Anne Allen.
Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808, after 1775
Etching with colored inks à la poupé on off-white laid paper
Print

Open air pavillion in surroundings of fantastic flora. Single figure carrying umbrella at center.
LA GRANDE FOIRE
Jacques Bacheley, French, 1712 – 1781, mid- 18th century
etching on paper
Print

First plate from a series of four children's scenes, framed within decorative rococo cartouches, with verses lettered below. A fair with lots of figures, acrobats, musicians, and games, in a town with buildings on either side of the street. The title is lettered below the cartouche, the plate is signed and numbered.
Title Page
Pierre Moreau, French, 1722 – 1798, 1771
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Title page for a series of prints with the title and address lettered within a neoclassical frame featuring rosettes in the corners, a vase in the upper center with flowers and festoons of flowers. Brackets on either side with egg-shaped vases featuring gadrooning and wave motifs, with a lion in front and leafy branches. The brackets feature s-scrolls, festoons of laurel leaves, and scale patterns. In the lower center, a group of objects de vertu - etuis, vases, gold boxes, perfume bottles - surrounded by clouds, flowers, and leaves. The plate is signed and dated.
Minchiate (Tarot) Playing Card
, 17th century
Stencil-colored woodblock print
Playing card

1909-22-1-1/35: Partial set of Italian Minchiate playing cards50;     1909-22-1-16: Part of a set of Italian Minchiate playing cards.50
Button
, 19th century
Brass, gold plated

Button showing shaped shield with coat of arms under a crown. On reverse, "Perfectionne Paris"

Component -a is on card H
Side and Front View of a Stagecoach
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1775-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Side and front view of a design for a stagecoach, decorated with carved garland, urns, beadcourse, ribbon twist with branches, ram heads, and mascaron. The plate is signed and numbered.
Houses Covered with Turf, Canada
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, June-July 1859
Graphite on light brown wove paper
drawing

Landscape and architecture sketch showing a view of turf-covered houses and nearby docks, likely witnessed along the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada. Clustered closely at center, the structures' linear forms intermingle and dance with one another. At left, a long, flat structure is shown built on silts with a doorway and ramp facing us, as an elevated walkway extends away from it to the right. Behind it at center, a smaller structure with a chimney and gabled roof is similarly paired with an elevated dock, which extends to the left. At far right, a tree's foliage--or some other kind of vegetation--is loosely rendered.
Designs for Mechanical Furniture: Cabinet and Desk
, ca. 1805
Pen and black ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

At top, two commodes, with plan and elevation for each and, for the left one, section as well. Below, a desk fitted with a fall-foot, for writing, and cabinets above. Scale for each piece.
Stage Design, Group of Ruined Buildings with Obelisks
, early 18th century
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash on laid paper; verso: pen and brown ink
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Ruins of antique buildings in center, right, and left, with two wide paths between leading toward the background. Figural sculpture on plinth in center, obelisks at left and right.
Title Page
Laget, French, active seventeenth century, 
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Title page or trade card announcing the wares of one M. Laget, Jeweler, on the Rue St. Louis at the Sign of the Golden Shell (à la Coquille d'Or). At center is a large shell with winged putti on either side, with the words printed across a banner.
Fragment
, 3rd–4th century
Warp; S-spun linen. Wefts; S-spun linen, S-spun wool. Technique: Slit tapestry with supplementary weft wrapping.

Seven lobed dark with leaf with small stem at the bottom.
Saint-Pierre and Petty Harbour, Canada
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, June 21, 1859
Graphite on light brown wove paper
drawing

Landscape sketch showing coastal views around Saint-Pierre and Petty Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Isolated from the rest of the composition by a curving line, a view of coastal cliffs along the island of Saint-Pierre is shown at upper center. A separate scene of ships anchored in the water near the town of Petty Harbour stretches across the composition in the middle. At left, a sloping and rugged coastline descends to the water's edge, where at least seven ships are anchored. Another indistinct sketch is included along the lower margin, possibly showing fog or a coastal landscape.
Design for an Organ
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1780-1790
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

A variation of -1355, the central compartment being framed above the arch. In front of its pipes are two scrolls with festoons and two birds drinking from a blossom. Colored wall.
Serpent Speaking to a Young Man
Marc Antonio Raimondi, Italian, 1483 – 1527, ca. 1505
Engraving on paper
Print

A seated yong man in side view, lower right; in front of him, a serpent. A female figure with a flute in center. At left, another young man facing left. In background, a river and a castle.
Button
, 19th century
Steel

1931-59-259: Slightly convex button ornamented in design of lin...
Plate
William Ridgway & Co., Staffordshire, England, 1830 - 1848, ca. 1843
porcelain or earthenware, vitreous enamel
plate

White plate with central transfer-printed decoration showing a town in a mountainous landscape, titled "Harper's Ferry from the Potomac Side".
Title Page and Ornament Design
Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820, 1777
Etching on laid paper
Print

Title page for a series of ornament designs featuring a large ornamental leaf motif with scrolling leaves, a rosette, and rinceaux. The plate is numbered and signed. The title of the series is lettered below.
Satyr in the Peasant's House
Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, German, 1712 - 1774, 1741
Etching on paper
Print

A Satyr overturns a stool by a fireplace. A peasant eats his meal with his wife and children near by. Inscribed bottom margin: "Dietrich 1739:.
Architecture Sketch, Visp, Switzerland
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, August 1868
Graphite and white gouache on light brown wove paper
Drawing

Landscape and architecture sketch showing a view of multi-storied buildings in the town of Visp, in Switzerland's Rhone Valley. In the middle distance, beyond a stream with a gravelly shore in the foreground, the facade of a three-storied, rectangular building is shown with multiple bay windows midway up. Other buildings are shown at left and right, while steep mountainsides are visible in the background at right.
Two Designs for Brooches in the "Byzantine" Style
Carlo Ansorge, German, active Rome, 1800–89, 1860–65
Pen and brown ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on white paper
Drawing

Middle drawing in image. At left: In the center are two circles, similar to -63-56 left, connected by a rectangle.  The arch framed by a pseudo-gothic form.  At right: A similar central motif; the circles containing red crosses upon blue are framed by an angularly entwined band.
Design a Chair Crest Rail
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1780–90
Pen and brown, red ink, brush and brown wash, on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

The chair crest is in the shape of a pediment, framed laterally and angularly by scrolls. Within the pediment are a rosette, rinceaux, and a bow-knot below.
Shawl
, 19th century
silk Technique embroidery in colored silks on white silk, polychrome fringe

Flowers and insects arranged in central and border ornaments. Shawl lined with silk and used as table cover.
Vase
, ca. 1820
Enameled tôle, gilt bronze

Square in plan, with flaring tops and rolled edges. Supported by four winged paws of gilt bronze, on square pedestal. Painted in colours, with classical landscapes and figures in costume of classical antiquity.
Bedcover
Sybil Carter Indian Mission and Lace Industry Association, ca. 1900
linen Technique: bobbin lace

Bedcover of bobbin lace in a design of curving stems with flowers and scrolling leaves with hexagonal réseau.
LE PAVILLON DE L’AURORE, A SCEAUX
Adam Perelle, French, 1638 – 1695, 1674–1683
Etching on laid paper
Print

View of a garden pavilion or building in the gardens at Sceaux. The building is in the far center with trees, fountains, parterre planting, and statues in the foreground framed by walls. Figures throughout with horseman and a horse drawn carriage in the foreground beyond the wall. Landscape with buildings in the background. The plate is titled below.
Two Sketches of Morges, Lake Geneva
Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925, 1883
Graphite and white heightening on brown paper
Drawing

Sketch of château, with inset, lower left, from a greater distance.
Sidewall
, 1850–60
Roller printed on machine-made paper

Vignettes of peasants on river bank and in village. Printed in browns, orange, and white on tan ground.
Sampler
, 18th century
linen, silk Technique: embroidered on plain weave

Sampler divided vertically into quadrants; three show embroidered silk bands and rectangles of geometric patterning; one shows bands of drawnwork.
The Ironsides Company
, ca. 1900
Celluloid, metal
Matchsafe

"Ironsides Company, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A." Made by Bastian Bros.
Portrait of W. M. Darling, New York
James Henry Moser, Canadian, 1854–1913, 1882
Brush and watercolor, graphite on paper
Drawing

Man sitting facing slightly left with legs crossed, and his left hand on his hip. Verso: unfinished face of a child, looking slightly left.
Pleated fan and case
Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853, ca. 1900
Silk leaf embroidered with steel sequins, tortoise shell sticks and bail

Pleated fan. Leaf of black organdy. Obverse: shaped steel sequins embroidered in all-over scroll and floral design. Guards and sticks of a dark reddish-brown tortoise shell.
Sidewall
Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Repeating motif of tulip on long stem with leaves. Tulip is surrounded by framework of gold tracery. Printed on a striped tan ground.
Rough Sea and Tall Cliffs
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, 1890–1900
Pen and black ink on off-white wove paper
Sketchbook folio

Rough waves croashing on rocks and cliffs, at left.
Band
, early 17th century
linen Technique: needle lace, reticella style

Lace band in which ships alternate with mythical sea creatures. With attached border of stylized heart-shaped forms, taken from design by Parasole of 1597.
Textile
, ca. 1860
wool Technique: block printed on plain weave

One of seven pages from a printed fabric sample book has a bright purple ground with horizontal garlands of plaid ribbon and bunches of pink roses and small orange flowers.
Porte St. Martin, Plate 63 from "Vues Pittoresques des Principaux Édifices de Paris"
Les Campion Frères, Paris, France, 1792
Engraving and brush and watercolors on paper
Print

A large stone arch with wagons, carriages, and figures in the street before it. Title, artists' and publisher's names below.
Sampler
, 17th century
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, eyelet, and double running stitches on a plain weave foundation

Bands of geometric pattern at left resembling mosaic tile work.  At right, spot motifs followed by alphabets and numerals.
Scenic Panel from 'Paysage Italien'
Zuber & Cie, Rixheim, Alsace, France, founded 1797, 1860–1900
block printed paper, canvas mount
scenic panel

A tall tree at center. At right is seen part of a circular classical temple with steps bordering on a small lake. Strips 5 and 6 of a set of 10. Printed in grisaille and brown.Lengths 5 and 6 adhered together as one scenic panel, from a set of 10.
Ceiling paper
, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

On light green-yellow ground, olive green vine treillage containing floral motifs in green and pink.
Border
, late 18th century
Technique: bobbin lace

Bobbin lace edge sample, scroll floral border; late 18th century Valenciennes
Portrait of a Woman
Philip Leslie Hale, American, 1865–1931, ca. 1900
Silverpoint on prepared paper
Drawing

Half-length figure of a woman turned toward the right, her head inclined over her right shoulder.
Shawl fragment
, mid- 19th century
wool Technique: embroidered on twill weave Label: wool embroidery on wool 2/2 twill weave

Shawl fragment embroidered in multicolored wool, divided into sections, and filled with elongated paisley motifs.
Cup and saucer
, ca. 1790
Porcelain

A white cup and saucer with a gilt lined rim on both. Each have a painted ship in black with gilt initials on the sails.
Border
, 1800–1820
Block-printed on handmade paper

Olive drab ground. Rigidly regular row of three small pink bud clusters alternating with large stylized tubrous white and gray flower with black stamen on "collar" of black leaves. Flowers linked by scalloped line. Narrow black and pink lines edging top, wider black bands at bottom enclosing band of light brown with continuous white diamond pattern.
Sail Boats, Mt. Fuji and Cranes
, late 19th century
Lacquered metal, gilding, silvering
Matchsafe

Rectangular, rounded corners, dark brown, lacquered metal body, featuring 2 gilded sail boats in lower right foreground, a gilded Mt. Fuji with silvered peak in upper left background, 2 gilded, flying cranes on upper right side of lid. Reverse features 2 gilded, flying cranes on body, single, gilded, flying crane on upper right of lid. Lid hinged on side and delineated from body by a continuous gold band that wraps from front to back. Striker on bottom.
Textile
, 19th century
cotton Technique: printed on plain weave

Small-scale allover pattern of flower sprigs with red flowers in alternate rows with blue and white flowers on a dark green ground. Flowers have yellow stems and leaves.
Border
, 1800–1810
Flocked and stencilled on handmade paper

Border of black and light blue composed of abstract trees separated pillars.
Textile
, 19th century
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered on plain weave Label: linen embroidered with silk

Rectangle of off-white linen embroidered in red silk in an allover pattern of interlocking diamonds containing eight-pointed stars. The background is embroidered in red; the design is reserved in the linen ground.
"Tinsel Picture": Napoleon in His Study
Napoleon Bonaparte, French, 1769 – 1821, ca. 1860
Hand-colored lithograph on paper, with applied, machine-cut, embossed gold paper, shredded mica and pailettes, brush and gouache on thick white wove paper
Print

Napoleon sitting on a green couch, reading; the young King of Rome asleep on his knee; book shelves, maps and a man writing behind him; the picture surrounded by dark brown margins with gold foil in the corners.
Fragment
, 16th–17th century
silk Technique: cut and uncut supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a plain weave foundation

Yellow-green cut and uncut velvet in stylized foliage and flower pattern against a dark yellow ground.
Darning sampler
, 1807
silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in running and cross stitches on plain weave foundation

Central square with duck and flowers in the middle; seven darning crosses and darned corner.
Vase
, 1885
Ivory , silver

a& b: Vase and top
c&d: Vase and top
Peacock
, 19th century
Woodblock on paper
Print

A peacock with lowered head stands atop high cliffs. Some Japanese characters.
Luncheon Fork from Rockledge Service
George Washington Maher, American, 1864–1926, 1911–12
silver
fork

Luncheon fork, part of flatware service designed in "Martelé" silver for "Rockledge Estate" in Winona, Minnesota. Four straight, elongated tines with curving squared off bowl. Narrow join, leading thick flat handle, with gently rounded sides, widening towards terminal. Obverse side decorated with lily motif within border, stemming from join of handle, continuing up handle with three sets of mirroring leaves on either side of central stem, terminating in mirroring lily blossoms encasing mongram 'EKG.' Terminal in form of segmented or flat arch, with slight upturn at tip. Reverse side of handle undecorated with plain textured hammered suface. Textured hammered surface visible throughout tines and handle.
Brooch with Pearls
House of Fabergé, 1842 - 1918, ca. 1890
gold, ruby, pearls
brooch

Circular, with stylized floral bouquet of pearls; ruby at center.