biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Brisé fan
, ca. 1830
Carved and pierced horn sticks, mother-of-pearl guards with steel piqués, silk ribbon

Brisé fan. Blonde horn sticks with scalloped ends, pierced in lace-like manner with designs of scallops, feathers and gilded rosettes. Mother-of-pearl guards decorated with steel piqués. Steel rivet. White silk connecting ribbon.
Overlooking El Arabah, Part Two
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, February 20, 1868
Graphite and white gouache on gray wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view overlooking the Wadi Arabah in Jordan from an elevated point. A caravan travels along a trail that curves around two hillsides and descends away from the foreground. Hills in foreground give way to flat plain in middle distance. In the background, the Mountains of Edom (a region also known as Mount Seir) rise along the horizon and are capped in snow.

Verso: Landscape sketch of a columnar rock formation in the El Yemen Valley, shaded in great detail. Viewed obliquely, this column form is broken midway up, and shows possible sign of being hewn. A steep mountainside rises around the pillar, with various boulders and rocks in the foreground. Other rock pinnacles are visible in the middle distance at right.
Textile
, ca. 1885
silk Technique: compound satin weave

White silk with a grosgrain ground with design of large-scale roses in satin weave with outlines and details in the floats of extra white silk weft. Both selvages.
Sidewall
, 1890–1900
Machine-printed

An assymetrical leaf design with thin dashes of gold for highlights. The coloring is very delicate. Printed in ivory and gold on gray field.
Two projects for an altar mensa
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1740–1758
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Above is a variation of 1938-88-1365, with a different design of the ledge and of the tabernacle. Below is the scale. Below: the left half is shown. The top is supported by a pilaster strip with a cherub as a capital and by two lateral volutes. The sarcophagus is angular and has on top a cross above palm branches. Colored background.
Hunting Scene with a Dog and Birds
Charles Dagomer, French, active 1750 – d.1766, 1755–76
Etching and engraving (crayon manner) in red ink on paper
Print

Hunting scene in a landscape with a dog caught in a trap. Trees and foliage surrounding him and a river or pond to the right with ducks and swans swimming and flying. The plate is signed.
The Virgin and Child
Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863, 1820–1850
Graphite, impressed lines on paper
Drawing

The Virgin walks toward the left, carrying the Child in her left arm.
Trophée de Musique
Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820, 1775–76
Etching and engraving (crayon manner) in red ink on laid paper
Print

A design for an ornamental musical trophy. A vignette with a group of musical instruments within clouds with a small figure on horseback above. The instruments include a harp, drums, horns, flutes, guitar, musette, tambourine, violin, and a book of music. The plate is titled and signed.
La Justice
Pierre-Gabriel Berthault, French, 1737–1831, ca. 1758
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Design of a rocaille frame with scrolls, flowers, and attributes of justice, including swords, scales, and an all-seeing eye. The plate is signed and numbered.
Study for a woman holding a child, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1895–1898
Brown pastel crayon on tracing paper
Drawing

A female figure holding a child. The older girl too is shown as a nude.
Goat Island and Terrapin Tower, Niagara River, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, October 1856
Graphite on tan wove paper; verso: graphite and black ink
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of Goat Island and the Terrapin Tower atop Horseshoe Falls, likely viewed from the American side of the Niagara River, on the north side of the American Falls. At center, the abundant vegetation of Goat Island and its sheer cliff are visible. Beyond it, the Terrapin Tower is shown atop the northern edge of Horseshoe Falls. 

Verso: Mixed indistinct sketches on the front of a postal letter, showing two inlaid circles at center and a form resembling a vase at left.
Dinner Knife with Earthenware Handle
, possibly 18th century
earthenware, steel, silver
knife

Straight steel blade with earthenware handle of yellow arabesque framed reserves enclosing pink flowers on a blue ground, all on white ground.
Architectural Fantasy with Fountain
Jean-Charles Delafosse, French, 1734 – 1789, 1770
Pen and black ink ,brush and wash on white laid paper
Drawing

A central fountain with nude female figural sculpture decorating base spouting water into a pool below.
Fragment
, 4th–5th century
Warp; S-spun Z-twist linen. Weft; S-spun linen, S-spun wools Technique: slit tapestry woven with supplementary wrapping

Irregular medallion showing horse-like animal within wide border.
Design for a Sepulchral Monument
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746-1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, red ink on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

Steps, leading up to a platform, are bordered laterally by pairs of figures lying or leaning against some object, and by bowls with fires, standing upon four legs. In the center rises a high pedestal with a relief in its front panel and with figures standing upon the entablature. A sarcophagus is on top from which an obelisk rises, having a medallion portrait at the front and a knob as a point. Slightly colored background. Some lines are drawn over an unfinished sketch of a plan.
A Woman with a Parasol
Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808, 1759
Etching on laid paper
Bound print

A chinoiserie-style print from a series of allegorical representations of the twelve months of the year. A female figure stands in a landscape, framed by trees, plants, leaves and rocks. She leans against a wooden post, with a basket beside her, holding a parasol and a long stick with a hanging basket. The plate is numbered and signed.
Near San Francisco, Mexico
Thomas Moran, American, b. Britain, 1837–1926, March 1, 1883
Brush and watercolor, white gouache, graphite on tan paper
Drawing

Horizontal view of a cart road leading straight back over rocky rise of ground to a wagon at crest in rear ground.  In left foreground are a stream and low bushes, followed by trees.  Mission church silhouetted against two bare mountains in left rear ground.
Palm Trees, Jamaica
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, June 1865
Oil and graphite on brown paperboard
Drawing

Landscape and botanical sketch showing three palm trees growing on a steep hillside in Jamaica. At right, the coarse, scaly trunks of two palm trees are shown situated on a hilltop with mixed vegetation growing at their bases. The fronds of these trees are minimally shown at upper right, largely cut out of the frame. At left, the top of another palm tree with a lush crown of fronds is shown in meticulous detail. The base of its trunk is out of view, as it grows from a lower point on the hillside. Its many individually rendered leaves and fronds bend softly in the breeze. Ferns grow from the crevices of each tree's scaly trunk. Behind, the clear, open sky is rendered as a gradient from gray-green at the horizon to light blue, above.
Frieze
, ca. 1890
Machine-printed

Chain of alternating bunches of roses and cornflowers.
Sketch for Coat of Arms
Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786, mid- 18th century
Pen and ink on laid paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. At right, the dexter half with two-headed eagle; at left, the sinister half, per fesse three crosses and three mounts. Helmet of a count with wings and star above. Verso: three slight sketches, seemingly architectural.
Bough pot
, 18th century
Molded and glazed earthenware with polychrome enamel

Flat back. Bowed front with horizontal rib. Pierced sunken top with scalloped edges. Decorated with flowers, insects and geometric figures in green, red, yellow and manganese purple on a white tin ground.
Fragment
, 18th century
tempera on silk Technique: printed and painted on compound satin weave

White moire ground wiith vertical stripes in white, green and peach. Over the white stripes is a design of a flower-filled urn, table and vase with scattered floral sprays in red, pink, green, yellow, grey and black.
Design for a Coronet
, 1830–40
Pen and ink, brush and gray, green, olive watercolor on wove paper
Drawing

Jewelry design for a coronet (small crown). In the center, a big palmette from which rinceaux are springing. Green and white diamonds are contrasted.
Project for the exposition of the Host
, 1725–1775
Pencil, pen, ink and gray watercolor wash on paper
Drawing

A stand is erected beneath the low arch, connecting two pilasters. The upper part of the intercolumnar space has a curtain as a background. The bottom of the stand is formed by an altar mensa or a kind of table. The upper part is formed by six concentric and convex ledges upon which candlesticks are displayed. A bracket in the top center shows a cup-like vessel standing before a glory of rays and between candle brackets with nine candles each. The scale "Scala di Palmi 20 Romani" is written in black ink at the bottom.
Sampler
, 18th century
cotton Technique: drawnwork, chain, buttonhole, back and satin stitches on plain weave

Thirty-six drawnwork patterns and one stripe ornamented with flowers on curving stem.
Belle de Jour
Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin, French, 1721–1786, 1757–68
Etching on paper
Print

A floral bouquet of Morning Glory, three intertwined sprigs with flowers and leaves. The plate is titled and titled.
Girl Picking Apple Blossoms
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1879
Brush and oil paint on canvas
Painting

Horizontal view of a woman in a dark dress, standing at center under a gloriously blooming apple tree and lowering a branch to possibly break off or to smell in the foreground, as a grassy meadow slopes upward to a further blossoming tree, with rail fence, bushes and buildings in background.
El Yemen Valley, Part One
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, February 20–March 2, 1868
Graphite on gray-green wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing the first portion of a panoramic view of the canyon known to the artist as the "Valley of El Yemen," located at the intersection of the Nahal Hatira and Nahal Yemin in the Makhteshim-Ein Yahav Nature Reserve in present-day Israel. This description refers to the entire view, comprising three leaves with 1917-4-500-b and -c. In the foreground at left, piles of stones lay at the foot of a sheer, rocky cliff that curves into the middle distance. Its slope descends to a stream at lower center that snakes through the base of the canyon. At right, a rugged hillside stepped with three sheer cliffs frames a view of a barren mountainside in the middle distance at center. Rising abruptly from the base of the canyon, this mountain has two, striated cliffs that run horizontally along the mountainside. It rises to flat top that allows an extensive view of the summits and mountainsides in the background that form a rolling horizon. At upper left, two isolated outlines of mountains and cliffs are included.
Designs for Two Vertical Panels
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1738–45
Engraving on off-white laid paper
Bound print

Folio 4, plate 3 of series 6. Within rectangular framing lines, two rocaille designs for upright decorative panels. Panel at left: at bottom, two dragons separated by scrollwork, a mask above. Above, a large ornamental cartouche filled with a landscape scene with architectural ruins. At top, a putto figure plays the drums. Panel at right: decorative ornamental scheme composes bottom of design with a ram's head above topped with an urn filled with flowers. Above, two putti figures holding staffs, a set of bagpipes between them and armorial trophies above. At top, two masks turned towards the center.
Border Design with Cross-Section
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1785-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Border design with bands of molding and its cross section at the right. From top to bottom, the molding ornamentation consists of: acanthus leaves, ribbon and stick, planar, bead course, carved roses, and bead and leaf course. The plate is signed and numbered.
Design for a Sepulcher Monument for a Couple
, ca. 1810
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and bistre wash on paper
Drawing

A pylon rises from a base. The central part shows an inscription. An entablature and pediment are roughly sketched. Festoons surround the top of the pylon. Effigies of a young couple is shown lying upon their bed. A candelabrum stands beside their heads. An elderly man in a toga is seated beside their feet.
Study for "Titian Showing the Entombment to Charles V and Pope Clement VII"
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1872
Graphite and white chalk on light brown wove paper
Drawing

Man with short beard and mustache, seated in a chair, head turned toward the right. Additional sketch of head, upper right. Additional studies of hands, lower right and upper left.
Earrings
, ca. 1850
Coral, gold

Links of pink coral joined with gold rivets; fruit carved in coral and mounted on gold stems.
Sketch for a Reliquary
, 1750–1775
Chalk, pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Two female figures standing upon a pedestal, only partly shown, support an escutcheon with the receptacle. On top a broken pediment, with the Dove of the Holy Spirit in a glory of rays. Sitting between the figures, a boy holds a crozier and mitre.
Log Cabin, Catskill, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July and September 1844
Graphite on off-white wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Architecture and landscape sketch showing a view of a log cabin enveloped by trees in or near Catskill, New York. Situated at center, the cabin is shown frontally from a slightly oblique angle. Its roof is steeply gabled, and a covered window and door are visible. Tall evergreen trees surround the building while bushes partially obscure the view of its facade. 

Verso: Botanical sketch showing two views of tree trunks and roots in Catskill, New York. Two pairs of the same trees are sketched at center and at right. The leftmost tree twists upward in an S-curve, while the right one appears to be a stump with thin branches. In both sketches, their twisting roots are visible below the trunks.
Cup and Trembleuse Saucer
Saint-Cloud Porcelain Manufactory, French, active by 1693 - 1766, ca. 1730
soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel
cup and saucer

Cup circular, without handle; tall, with raised ribbing two- thirds of the way up its side. Saucer has curved sides, raised circular rim at centre with four breaks, and radiating raised ribs half way towards edges. Decorated with blue conventional pattern of foliage and scrolls about edges.
Ornamental Vase Design
Louis Doré, French, active 18th century, 1750-1800
Etching on laid paper
Print

Lidded vase design with a tiered finial and indication of a fish scale pattern on the lid. There are three pairs of curving, sinuous handles that marge from the base of the vase and connect at the shoulder of the vase in pairs. The plate is signed and numbered.
Rocaille Ornament Designs
Franz Xaver Habermann, German, 1721 – 1796, mid- 18th century
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Rocaille ornament design motifs featuring scrolls, rinceaux, branches, garlands, dripping verdue. The plate is signed and numbered.
Selene sees the sleeping Endymion
, 1760–1790
Black crayon, white heightening on grey/blue rough paper
Drawing

Male youth reclines against logs, his dog rests in front of him biting its left hind leg. A slightly sketched goddess sits above on a cloud, watching him.
Design for an Earring
, early 19th century
Pen and black ink, brush and gray, olive watercolor on paper
Drawing

Jewelry design for an earring. Ring with a large and small slope. On the front (at left), a double row of seven diamonds connected by scrolls, shaped like the outline of a palmette.
The Costume Dealer, Illustration of the Play "Nicht mehr als sachs Schuesseln" by Fredrich Wilhelm Grossman in "Königl: Grosbrit [anische] Genealogischer Kalender auf das 1782 Jahr Lauenberg bey J.G. Berenberg"
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, German, 1726 - 1801, 1781
Line and stipple engraving with etching on paper
Print

The elderly man is shown costumes by another one.
Design for a Fountain
, ca. 1650
graphite, pen and ink, brush and bistre on paper
Drawing

A panel between two corbels with sea creatures and waves.
Ornamental Trophy Design
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1759–80
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Ornament design of a hanging trophy framed by ribbons and sprigs of flowers and leaves. The trophy hangs from a ribbon and includes a watering can, wheat, flowers, rake, shovel, sickle, and a scythe.
Ground Plan and Elevations of Theater Boxes, Probably for the Teatro del Versaro (later Morlacchi), Perugia, Italy
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1778
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Vertical format. Ground plan of theater and four sections showing boxes and decoration of side walls.
Coffeepot with "Hausmaler" Decor
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present, 1725–1735
hard paste porcelain, gold
coffeepot

Pear-shaped, on rounded flaring circular foot, scrolled handle, simple triangular spout, domed cover with round finial. Solid gilding on foot, handle, spout, edge of mouth and cover, and finial. Engraved gilt chinoiserie decoration of figures, birds and trees, with scrollwork. Cover attached with siver-gilt mounting.
Chiminée decorée de glaces (Fireplace Decorated with Mirrors), in Livre de décoration de lambris (Book of Panelling Decoration)
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1695–1768
Engraving and etching on white laid paper
Print

Fireplace with andirons in Rococo motif, shaped like flames. On left, pedestal supports candelabrum decorated with putti; on right, pedestal supports candelabrum with rocaille motif; behind each are mirrors, left: A; right: B. At center, a mirror framed with rocaille and leaf motifs; at top a mask and image of classical figure with hand on globe in landscape.
Design for a Knife Handle Showing Faith
Willem du Tielt, Flemish, active 1610 – 1653, 1600–1625
Engraving and etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Faith is shown in an ovoid, holding a cross and a book; medallion as in 1946-33-1 at top. Ornament as in 1946-33-1.
Fragments
, 18th century
silk Technique: printed on satin weave

Ivory ground with a border design printed in green, red, pink, purple, orange and blue. Arches of feathery foliage and small round blossoms, berries and buds.
Design for a Framed Print
, 1780-1790
Pen and ink, brush and sepia wash, graphite on paper
Drawing

A molded frame before a tablet was evidently intended as the inner frame for something printed (but the proportions are not those of a book). The Tablet is topped by a girl with a lily spray seated before rays and a trophy of colors. She is accompanied by two children, one of whom busies himself with a garland. Another garland is suspended by a festoon. Seven medals are shown in the center of the frieze of the entablature. The central one shows the legend: "LUD. XV D.G.F. Rex." The second at left shows a Fredericus. Pairs of burning hearts, crowned monogram L and triglyphs decorate the frieze laterally. Flower garlands are suspended from the sides of the lablet.
Allegories of Sculpture, Architecture and Music
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, ca. 1813
Pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Top left, a woman sculpts a bust of Minerva. At right, a woman measures with a compass. Below, a seated woman plays a lyre.
Title Page
Emmanuel Héré de Corny, French, 1705–1763, 1753
Engraving
Bound print

Title set within an architectural frame.
Sampler
Miss Charlotte Louise Rasche, 1821
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in darning stitches

In the center, C.G.C.L.R 1821 and a floral wreath, surrounded by darning crosses in stitches useful in mending damask. Narrow border with floral sprays in the corners.
Stage Design: Window of a Pavilion
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1675 - 1690
Pen and bistre on paper
Drawing

A right side. The window is at right, seen in foreshortening. A curtain hangs in its opening, the one wing of which is laid upon the gaine supporting the entablature. Upon its lower spiral stands a flower pot. Framing line except at left.
Design for Doors for a Porte Cochère
Louis Crépy, French, 1680?–1760, 1680-1718
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Elevation of a set of arched double doors for a porte-cochère decorated with ornament motifs including shells and rinceaux.
Medallion
, 5th–6th century
Warp:Tightly Z-plyed linen, Weft: S-twist linen, S-twist wool, Z-twist weft wrapping Technique: slit tapestry woven with supplementary weft wrapping. Warp: S-spun two ply Z-twist linen Weft: S-spun linen, S-spun wool

Multicolored roundel depicting two lions and a bird flanking a tree on a red ground.  The roundel has a purple and blue geometric outer border, and a multicolored inner border with organic motifs.
Design for Painted Decoration of a Wall, with Alternative Suggestions
, 1835–50
Brush and gouache, graphite on paper
Drawing

A dado is shown at the bottom, an entablature on top. White flower boughs form lozenges with curved outlines in which dark leaf boughs form other lozenges. In these are petals for which alternative suggestions were made. The leaves are shaped like palm tops, above; they have tri-dented tops below. A garland made of sunflowers frames the top.
Trophées de Bacchus
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1775-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Three trophy designs. The trophy on the left has a rod wound with roses, ivy leaves and grapes; there is also a wine vessel with a satyr's head, and a staff. The central trophy has an arrow and two kissing doves. The trophy on the right has a thyrsus, wine bowl, and flowers. The plate is signed and numbered, but the lettering at the top is obscured by the fold.
Cartouche with Lion
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1738
Etching and engraving on paper
Bound print

Asymmetrical oblong rocaille cartouche with a lion at lower left and a boar at top. Military weapons (ax, mace) surround the ornamental frame. Within cartouche, a landscape scene depicting a building on the edge of a cliff near a valley; aqueduct at lower right.
Band
, 13th century
Embroidery using silk threads on plain weave linen.

Embroidered band of scroll-work in brown and blue.
Stage design: Temple of Eternity
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1796-1801
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

Interior of temple, very wide and lofty showing circular domed contruction in middle of background; decorated with statues.
Snuffbox Design
Pierre Moreau, French, 1722 – 1798, 1771
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Within a double-lined frame, a design for an oval snuffbox, with a view of the lid from above, in the upper center and a view of the side, in the lower center. A central oval scene of putti in a landscape with goats on the lid, framed by a garland of flowers and ribbons. The side of the lid features a central cartouche with a bird framed by shell and gadroon motifs, bands, fleurons, acanthus leaves, flowers, ribbons, and laurel leaves. A scale in the lower center. The plate is signed, and numbered.
The Judgment of Solomon
, 1750–1775
Brush and watercolor on paper, mounted
Print

Solomon, on a throne, stops the soldier who is about to cut a live baby in half, at left. The real mother of the baby tries to protect the child, where as the other, at right, points at him. The dead child lies at the foot of the throne. Two spectators on either side. In landscape with buildings in background. Bottom: "a Paris chez Charpentier rue S. Jacques au Coq". "Jugement se Salomon"; "Avec Privilege du Roi".