biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Textile
, 1750–1800
cotton Technique: block printed (two reds and deep purple) with yellow and blue applied by brush on plain weave

Fine meandering vertical floral line on a deep purple background.
Design for the Entrance Hall, Royal Pavilion, Brighton
Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859, 1819–20
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Design for the Royal Pavilion, Brighton. Elevation of a wall, with a mantelpiece in the center, flanked by two doorways. Over the mantelpiece are painted circular and upright panels containing dragons. Columns with lotus-shaped capitals ornament the sides of the doorways, and a carved entablature above them. Carved cornice above.
Frieze
, 1906–1907
Machine-printed paper

Realistically rendered grape vines, with leaves, bearing both red and purple grapes, on background shading from dark to light green.
Unfinished Sketch, Possibly Cliffs
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, 1885–1902
Graphite on cream wove paper
Sketchbook folio

Rectangular border with small sketches, possibly cliff, in top center.
Pleated fan
, late 19th century
Printed, hand-colored, and gilded paper leaf, carved and gilded ivory sticks

Pleated fan. Printed and hand-colored paper leaf showing a Roman warrior saying farewell to his family before a castle; gilt decoration at edges. Carved and gilded ivory sticks showing chinoiserie scene.
Bonnet veil
, late 19th century
silk Technique: machine made bobbin lace

Semi-circular piece with a floral border and a scalloped edge. Field is dotted and straight upper edge has a narrow border attached to it. A thicker black thread outlines all motifs.
Ewer
, 1850–1900
glass, silver

Straight-sided body flares slightly to shoulder, tapered neck, raised spout, high loop handle; silver spool stem and domed stepped base with beaded outer border; sides of body cut with vertical panels alternately plain and notched; silver base filled with wax.
Frieze
Carey Bros. W.P. Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded 1882, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Highly stylized square flowers arranged in alternating step-down triangles of seven and three blossoms. The triangles repeat horizontal atop a striped and beaded edge that borders the bottom of the panel. A Moresque border follows the top of the pyramids, and is filled with a cross-hatch pattern. This design is printed in shades of brown, dark red and beige on a tan background.
Standing figure of the Archangel Gabriel
, ca. 1700
Graphite on paper
Drawing

The Archangel Gabriel, seen frontally, his gaze directed to the upper left, and holding a banner standard in his right hand, while gesturing toward the ground with his left. Drawing squared off in graphite for enlargement.
Ceiling paper
Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

On taupe ground, circular and floral treillage containing motif of four tulip-like flowers growing from a wreath. Printed in red.
Sidewall
Ericson & Weiss, 1855–1900
Block-printed

Printed in grisaille and beige on gray ground, widely spaced, isolated, large sprigs alternating with small flower sprigs.
Ceiling paper
, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Complex pattern of acanthus scrolls and floral swags, forming quatrefoils and ogival shapes. Printed in red, green, and white on tan/green ground.
Sidewall
York Wall Paper Company, 1895, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Stylized individual tulips with large leaves. Background has vermiculation. Ground is green. Printed in pink mica, gold mica, green mica, and brown. 
Printed in selvedge: "Y. W. P. Co"
Bag
, early 19th century
silk, metallic threads Technique: crochet

Small ladies' purse worked in crochet with a design of birds on a basket of flowers, with flower and leaf borders, on a blue ground.
Allegory of Fame
, ca. 1799
Pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Probable Allegory of Fame with spoils of war.
Design for a Sepulchral Crest or Timepiece
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Design for a Sepulchral Crest or Timepiece.
Cupidons Volants
Emile Wattier, French, 1800 - 1868, ca. 1825–1855
LIthograph in brown ink on white paper
Print

Three putti play about a sheaf, all in the air, and with ribbons.
Plan et Elevation d'un Retable d'autel Orné d'un Pilastre Ionique [et] Plan et Elevation d'un Retable d'autel Orné d'un pilastre Toscan
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, 1774
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Divided elevation and plan of an altarpiece. The left side features ornament motifs including meander, acanthus leaf, rosette, fluting, drapery, and scrolls. There is a cross at top. The right side features ornament motifs including a praying child angel, wave pattern, a lit urn, drapery with mascaron, egg and dart, garland, piastre, rosette, and fluting. There is a cross at top. The plate is signed.
Bands
, 17th century
silk on linen; trimmed with linen lace Technique: embroidered

Cover is made up of old pieces; three strips of embroidered linen (animals and angular designs on red ground); two strips of needle lace with border of bobbin lace on two sides and on others, silk fringe in red and white.
Two Panels of Ornament Design
Charles Errard, French, c. 1601 - 1689, 1664-1689
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Two vertical panels of ornament design. The left panel depicts a winged figure with trumpets on a pedestal supported by scrolling acanthus leaves. The right panel has all-over scrolling acanthus leaves, interrupted by a swan and a round portrait medallion. The plate is numbered but not signed.
Goblet
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1785
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper
Drawing

A mask is at the shaft. Two mermaids are shown in profile with their backs at the cup, like handles. The left one has the arms lowered, the right one has them crossed before the breast. A row of leaves is around the lowest part of the cup. A festoon hangs behind the necks of the figures. Colored background.
Design for an over door
Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786, ca. 1730
Graphite, pen and sepia ink, brush and gray watercolor on cardboard
Drawing

Only the curved cresting; below, moulding with ovolo design. Center: laurel medallion with head of sun at the edges, branches of laurel. The outline of the lower part sketched in graphite.
Chandelier
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1830
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Chandelier with two branches springing from a calyx, hung with festoons. Around the stem is a snake.
Doorway Design
D. Antoine Pierretz, French, active 1647, 1647
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for an exterior doorway with an arched tympanum featuring a roundel, spears with flags, eagles, and arms and armor on a base decorated with festoons of laurel leaves, repeating leaf patterns, and flaming torches. The doors are left blank, but the frame is decorated with geometric patterns, s-scrolls, festoons of fleurons, and shells. Surrounding the doorway, the façade is rusticated, with a keystone decorated by a mask with a basket of flowers on its head. The cornice includes gadrooning molding. The plate is numbered.
A Street Scene in Madrid, from Series "Sketches in Madrid"
Constantin Guys, French, 1802 – 1892, ca. 1856
Pen and brown ink, brush and blue, pink, brown wash on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. A male officer in dress uniform at left with a Spanish noblewoman and her lady-in-waiting. The noblewoman is wearing a black lace mantilla. All figures viewed from back. Additional groups of figures in the background, steps from a terrace lead to a garden.
Buildings in Calamar, Colombia
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, May 1853
Graphite, white gouache, and oxidized white gouache on gray laid paper
Drawing

Landscape and architecture sketch showing a view of buildings--likely homes--in the town of Calamar along the Magdalena River in Colombia. Shown obliquely at center, the buildings have tall, gabled roofs made out of thatched straw and are surrounded by a rustic post fence. A tall tree rises behind them among other vegetation. Mist or low-lying clouds are visible in the background at left and right.
Design for a Pendant
, late 18th century
Pen and black ink, brush and gray, green, red watercolor on light green paper
Drawing

Jewelry design for a pendant. On top is a knotted ribbon with a red diamond in the center, below a frame in the shape of an escutcheon with a lattice composed of five red and five gray bands. Four red diamonds are at the outside of the frame. Hanging from a green ribbon.
Ornamental Vase Design
Edme Bouchardon, French, 1698–1762, 1737-1749
Etching on laid paper
Print

Vase with two handles. The upper half of the body has diagonal fluting, which extends to, and within, the handles. The bottom half of the body of the vase has a basket weave pattern, and a goat's head knob. The foot of the vase is tall and narrow, with vertical fluting. The vase is elevated on a plain, squared socle. The print is lettered but is missing the numbering found in earlier editions.
Mt. Katahdin from Katahdin Lake, Maine
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, probably 1876–1881
Oil and pencil on paperboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of Mt. Katahdin from the eastern shore of Katahdin Lake. The light blue, rippling surface of the lake comprises the foreground and extends through the middle distance until it encounters various island and the heavily wooded opposite shore. The lower slope of Turner Mountain ascends out of frame at right. In the background, Mt. Katahdin and its associated ridge are crowned and partly enshrouded in a low-lying bank of puffy clouds that dominate the sky.
Design for Brooch with Female Head
, 16th century
Pen, brush and sepia on paper
Drawing

A female head is framed above by a fan and at the sides by rinceaux. Suspended below is a gem or pearl.
Female Monkey with hand mirror
Christophe Huet, French, 1695 – 1759, 1860–90
Gouache over graphite
Drawing

A female monkey gazes into her hand mirror.
Design for a Cartouche
François Nicolas Martinet, French, 1731– ca. 1800, 1760
Etching on paper
Print

Design for a cartouche featuring ecclesiastical (religious) objects and motifs, including tablets, a cross, eagle, books, winged putti masks (mascarons), candelabrum, lion, festoons of flowers, shells, vases of flowers, caps, vestments, ewer, chalice, incense burner (thurible), scrolling leaves, c-scrolls, and scrolling acanthus leaves. The plate is signed and dated.
Sidewall - fragment
, 1810
Block-printed and stencilled

Horizontal rectangle. Lozenge-shaped framework of conventional leaf-forms and scrolls, enclosing red eight-pointed rosette. Margin on right end.
Stage Design, Royal Palace in Classical Style
Angelo Toselli, ca. 1765? – 1826, early 19th century
Pen and brown ink over black chalk on wove paper, laid down
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Group of antique buildings with columns and porticoes.
Thun, Switzerland
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, August 20, 1868
Graphite on tan wove paper; verso: graphite
drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of the city of Thun, Switzerland, with views of an active chimney and two watch towers oppositely oriented along the lower margin. At center, city buildings are perched on a hill overlooking other structures. The outline of a mountain ridge is visible in the background.

Verso: Architectural sketch of a tall building in Thun, Switzerland with one window in the upper left portion of its facade, and a steeply sloping roof with an elaborate cornice.
Elévation de la Salle à manger du côté des Goulottes.
Emmanuel Héré de Corny, French, 1705–1763, 1753
Engraving
Bound print

Elevation and plan of the dining room. The plan indicates spaces dedicated for billiards, a summer dining room, and a winter dining room, as well as a garden outside. At the bottom of the plate is a scale bar of "20 Toises de France."
A Carriage and Three Riders
Constantin Guys, French, 1802 – 1892, ca. 1858
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and black wash, blue watercolor on wove paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. A gentleman driving a two-wheeled dog cart with a groom. A gentleman on horseback at his left and two on his right. All male figures wearing high silk hats and seen in three quarter back view.
Sampler
, 19th century
silk embroidery, linen foundation Technique: counted satin and drawnwork stitches on plain weave

Sampler is divided into twenty-one compartments, each showing a number of patterns and several different stitches.
Two Designs for Chairs
Jean-Charles Delafosse, French, 1734 – 1789, 1849–66
Etching on paper
Print

Two designs for upholstered chairs with ornately sculpted frames featuring flowers, foliate branches, scrolling leaves, and cabriole legs. The plate is signed with the printmaker, publisher, and original designer, and numbered.
Design for Ceiling Ornament
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1745
Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper
Print

View of a quarter of a vaulted ceiling, the border decorated with elaborate cartouches, presumably for paintings. Largest cartouche at lower left corner, topped by a bird and palms.
Border
, early 19th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace, Mechlin style

Bud sprays sprinkled in field above border of detached leaves and flower ornaments.
Studies of five ears, noses and a mouth
, mid-16th century
Red crayon on light brown paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle; A) Top row: studies of three left ears, the central one being unfinished. Central row, at left: study of the upper left part of a right ear; at right, study of a right ear. Bottom row: at left, study of a man's nose viewed from the front; at right, a study of the lower part of the nose and mouth of a man, turned toward right, shown in profile.
LA SALLE DES FESTINS
Adam Perelle, French, 1638 – 1695, 1671–1703
Etching on laid paper
Print

View of a large water display in the gardens at Versailles. Featuring a large island in the center, accessible by a small bridge, framed by a basin with fountains and jets of water from sculpted groups. Other smaller circular basins with sculpted groups and jets of water around the central island. The whole is framed by trellis walls, planted trees and groves beyond. Figures (courtiers) and gardeners throughout the grounds. The plate is titled.
Battle Harbour Hill overlooking Lewis Bay, Canada
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 7, 1859
Graphite on light brown wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing an elevated view of Lewis Bay from a hill beside Battle Harbour in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The nearby rocky, rugged terrain comprises the foreground and features a small freshwater pond at lower left. Lewis Bay itself stretches across the middle distance with an iceberg or small island visible at center. In the background, the mountains on the opposite shore of the bay form a rolling, serrated horizon. Layers of mixed clouds mingle in the sky above.
Landscape
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1879
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of landscape with trees.
Clouds over the Hudson River Valley, Hudson, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 1860
Graphite on white wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of a cloudy sky over a rolling landscape. In the lower portion of the composition, two gently sloping hills in the middle distance overlap one another at center right. A structure is visible atop the hill at right. In the background at left, a rugged mountain ridge and a sharp peak are visible just above the sloping terrain at left. Above, numerous puffy clouds hang in the sky and extend into the distance.
PLAN GÉOMETRAL D’UNE DÉCORATION DU FEU D’ARTIFICE PROJETE POUR NIMPHEMBOURG
François de Cuvilliés the younger, German, 1731 - 1777, 1771
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

An architectural plan for a firework display planned for the Palace of Nymphenburg in Munich, featuring steps, terraces, and fountains. A verse in Latin lettered below. The coat of arms flanked by female figures and animals in the upper center. The plate is titled, numbered, signed, and dated.
Stage Design, Palace Court
, early 19th century
Brush and bistre and sepia wash on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. View into court surrounded by columns, passing through archway.
Cotopaxi and Cayambe from Quito, Ecuador
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, June 24, 1857
Graphite on tan wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing two views of Cayambe and an erupting Cotopaxi from Quito, Ecuador. At center, one panoramic view includes Cayambe at far left, viewed beyond the neighborhood of Guapulo and the interceding rugged terrain. Separately rendered at upper left, the volcano Cotopaxi is shown erupting as it sends its smoke across the sky along the upper portion of the composition.
Sidewall
, ca. 1700
Leather, stamped, painted, silvered

Very abraded and flattened surface, unable to ascertain design. Portions of sticker applied to front remain in two places.
Galerie métallique des grands hommes français (Great Men of France)
François Augustin Caunnois, French, 1787 - 1859, 1823
Cast bronze
Medal

Bust of Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé (1621 -1686).
Flower pot
, late 18th century
Glazed earthenware (creamware) with overglaze decoration

Semi-ovoid, flat bottom with ring base, pierced at centre - greenish black bands and curving band of sprigged decoration in red.
Sketches of Sailing Craft
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1881–82
Graphite on gray-green paper
Drawing

Horizontal view of three rectangle, enclosing a single schooner, and two pairs of yawls; also containing two other sketches of sailing craft.
Title Page
Pietro Metastasio, Italian, 1698 – 1782, 1755
Etching on laid paper
Print

Title page for the sixth of ten volumes of poetry by Metastasio. The title, address and date are lettered within an ornamental border, featuring c-scrolls, shell, acanthus leaf, and palm leaf ornament, fleurons, gadrooning, garlands of flowers, cartouches, and a central military trophy.
FEUX, PELLES, ET PINCETTES
Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820, 1805
Etching on paper
Print

Designs for three andirons, two fireplace tongs, and two fireplace shovels with Empire style motifs, including female figures, griffins, sphynx, winged putti, butterfly, snail, smoking cannon ball, stars, flaming torch, and fleurons. The plate is titled, signed, and numbered.
Female Nude
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, June 1858
Black crayon and white chalk on light green wove paper
Drawing

Standing nude female figure shown from right rear. Study of feet, at upper right.
Design for Ceiling Ornament
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1740
Engraving on white laid paper
Bound print

Decoration intended for execution in stuccowork, showing a quarter of a ceiling with its corner element, right, and a central rosette. Upper left (presumed central ceiling motif) a large symmetrical design with central medallion oval, delicate frame consisting of acathus leaves, small leaves, arabesques, and C scrolls. Below, at right angle, two cartouches with scenes, a fire-breathing dragon, a boy holding a standard, a corner cartouche with scene of four small boys playing a card game, a large image of helos flanked by fantastical fire-breathing dragons. Sections are connected by dotted lines, presumably as a guide for the stuccodor.
Fragment
, 1788–1795
cotton Technique: printed by engraved copper plate on plain weave

Textile printed in red on white showing one repeat of the design 
Fragment with red printed on white showing a group of figures including Pierrot in front of ruined architecture. Floral garlands hang overhead.
Sampler
Ann Thornton, American, 1798
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross stitch on plain weave foundation

Several bands of alphabets and numerals separated by geometric and floral cross borders, with a verse and inscription: 
God give me grace i ask no more
Contentment is a constant store 
Ann Thornton Aged nine Years Anno Domini 1798

In the lower half, a landscape showing trees growing out of mounds with animals, birds, insects, and baskets of flowers. With an angular strawberry vine border.
Two Floral Tailpieces or Fleurons
Jean-Jacques Bachelier, French, 1724 - 1806, 1762
Etching on laid paper
Print

Fourth plate from the second series of tailpieces and fleurons originally designed for the 1755-1759 four-volume edition of the Fables de La Fontaine. Two fleurons or tailpieces, one above the other, made of flowers, leaves and branches. The plate is numbered and signed.
Alcove with Scylla Cutting Her Father Nisus' Hair
Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682, 1658–1703
Etching on laid paper
Print

An alcove with a bed in the center. A figure lying in the bed, another standing next to the bed, with a group of soldiers sleeping on the floor (Scylla cutting her sleeping father, Nissus' hair). The canopy of the bed is in the shape of a tent with draped textiles. The walls of the alcove are grandly decorated with fluted pilasters, statues in niches, festoons of leaves, and ornately carved paneling and moldings. A description of the scene is lettered below.
Design for a Candelabrum
, 1791
Pen and ink, brush and wash, on paper
Drawing

Two busts of Egyptian women serve as handles of a case from which three twisted cords emerge. Two are curved laterally and hold acanthus spirals which support two sockets. The central one rises straight and carries a socket. The sockets are split at the top edges; fires rise from them. Pearl chains connect the vegetable motifs. Framing lines. Margins.
Portrait of Maria Margherita Durini (1718-1755)
Jac. Mecorus, ca. 1760
Engraving on paper
Print

Knee-length portrait in three-quarter view to right. A woman wearing a hat and an ovecoat, holding a book in her right hand, stands before a table, with a crucifix and hourglass, at right. In upper right corner, drapery.
Project for the Interior of a Room
, 1750–1775
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Elevation of a room with three doorways, each with a canopy. Between these, candelabras. Panel of strapwork and more candles above.
Mountainous Landscape
, 1675–1700
Black chalk, pen and ink, brush and bistre on paper
Drawing

A rock rises where two valleys meet. A temple stands on a rocky outcrop at right. A town visible in the distance at left.
Buckle
, 19th century
Steel, yellow rose-cut pyrites

Buckle with frame in design of flowers and twisted lines in cut steel with yellow rose-cut pyrites; prings and fastener of steel.
La générosité et la reconnoissance (Generosity and Gratitude)
, early 19th century
Engraved and hand-colored paper leaf, turned wood handle
Handscreen

Obverse: hand-colored engraving of a man giving gold coins to three women in front of a bust of Napoleon, surrounded by a scrolling framework, fleur-de-lys, and the coat of arms of Napoleon. Reverse: text on the relative merits of generosity and gratitude.
Acanthus Leaf Frieze Design
Alexis Peyrotte, French, 1699–1769, 1749–61
Etching on laid paper
Bound print

Third plate from a series of twelve designs for rococo ornament by Peyrotte. A detail from an acanthus leaf frieze ornamented with rococo motifs, shells, c-scrolls, fleurons, branches with leaves and flowers. The plate is trimmed and pasted onto the album page. It is signed and numbered.
optical toy
, ca. 1780

Game of light
Designs for Rocaille Scrolls
Georg Leopold Hertel, German, active ca. 1780, mid- 18th century
Etching on off-white paper
Print

Sheet filled with variations on rocaille scrolls. The plate is signed and numbered.
Button
, 19th century
Brass, gold plated

Button showing shield with coat of arms (Six cocks and two bars) with greyhound supporters standing on a ribbon; above, a crown. On reverse, "A paumier & G Daguy paris"; brass shank.

Component -c is on card H