biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Plate
, 17th century
Tin-glazed earthenware

Circular plate with wide rim; painted in underglaze blue on white with brick-red outer border; center has chinoiserie scene of bird, flowers; cavetto has diaper pattern with 5 floral reserves; outer rim has 5 floral sprays; back painted with 4 evenly-spaced squiggles.
Scarf sample
, mid-19th century
silk Technique: printed on plain weave

Quarter of a printed scarf with iris pattern in both the border and field. In magenta and black.
Lincrusta dessin
, 1875–85
Lincrusta dessin

In checkerboard fashion, rectangles of floral and fruit motif alternating with a plain rectangle, through which runs a diaper design. The surface is in its natural tan state and in relief. The entire surface is impressed with a wood grain motif.
Needle case
, ca. 1820
Label: painted cardboard covers, silk leaves lined with wool

Small folding needle case with cardboard covers; inside are four leaves of taffeta lined with wool for inserting needles. The front cover is painted with a garden scene with three young ladies and two gentlemen in dress of about 1820. On the back cover, a group of young ladies near a ruin give money to a beggar woman. The inside leaves are printed with scenes from a medieval tale.
Sketchbook Page
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, 1877–78
Graphite on laid paper
Sketchbook folio

Sketch of three different configurations of a bisected sphere, possibly fruit.
Ceiling paper
York Card & Paper Co., 1891, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Diaper pattern of large and small diamond shapes created by delicate vines. Large and small quatrefoil blossoms are contained within each diamond-shaped frame. Outlines of blossoms are rendered in tiny dots. Blossoms printed in beige, tan pink and green, vines printed in pale gray on tan ground.
State Carriage of George III
William Chambers, British, b. Sweden, 1726–1796, 1805
Black and various colored inks on white paper
Print

Horizontal rectangle. The carriage is drawn by eight horses. It is empty except for the driver.
Coverlet
, 1800–1850
wool, cotton Technique: double cloth

Blue and white coverlet with a central field of close-set horizontal and vertical repeats of flat, stylized groups of large-scale roses and leaves with rosettes in the interspaces. Bottom border with double-headed eagles alternating with Independence Hall; scattered stars of three-lobed leaves. Inscription at left end: "American Independence Declared July 4, 1776." Borders on both sides with spread eagle alternating with monkeys and double column.
Fontaine des Innocens, Plate 80 from "Vues Pittoresques des Principaux Édifices de Paris"
Les Campion Frères, Paris, France, 1792
Engraving and brush and watercolors on paper
Print

View of the Fountain of Innocents, from the street. Closed walls at the street level, before restoration; Carts and figures. Title, artists' and publisher's names below.
The Fishing Temple, Virginia Water
Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859, ca. 1825
Pen and brown ink on white wove paper
Drawing

A rapid elevation sketch of 1948-40-96A: A large pavilion in the Chinese style with open porch and three pagoda-like structures; trees to right and left.
Jardin d'Hiver
Jules Desfossé, French, active 1851 - 1863, 1853
Paper, applied ground color
Sidewall

This is the white fill paper for one of two versions of Jardin d'Hiver, filling the space between vine-covered pilasters; vase from Jardin d'armide hangs over top.
Porte St. Antoine, Plate 77 from "Vues Pittoresques des Principaux Édifices de Paris"
Les Campion Frères, Paris, France, 1792
Engraving and brush and watercolors on paper
Print

Large stone triple arch with buildings left and right and a straight boulevard beyond. Title, artists' and publisher's names below.
Fashion Plate from The Young Englishwoman
, 1874
Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper
Print

Left, girl in pink and black dress. Woman in blue and brown; another in green, violet, and black. Christmas tree on a table, right. Title and artists' names below. Description from magazine on verso.
Wall Elevation
Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859, 1815–22
Graphite, pen and green, black ink, brush and violet, green, yellow watercolors on wove paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Wall elevation with center door, valance above, coffered ceiling indicated at top.
Sunset Over Sailing Boats
Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925, 1891
Graphite, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Boats with brightly colored sails, in the foreground. Building along the shore shown in silhouette against the sunset sky.
Textile
, late 19th century
cotton Technique: printed on plain weave, glazed

Flowers in polychrome and elaborate scrollwork in tan and red on a green ground.
Fragment
, early 18th century
cotton Technique: block printed on plain weave

Fragment in red and black depicting a trio sonata with a woman wearing a high headdress seated at the harpsichord with two gentlemen playing recorders. Costumes are in the style of the late seventeenth century. A tree and flowers appear in the background. Figures are mainly in black outline with large areas reserved in white. Foliage is red and black with a background of fine picotage. On the right side, block mark appears across the harpsichord.
Sidewall
, 1815–30
Marbleized

Irregular marbleized design with white and orange veining on silver-gray. A good part of the design is a clouded, mottled orange-red.
Frieze
Carey Bros. W.P. Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded 1882, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

On beige ground, mosaic-like pattern in cream and light brown surrounding standing roses connected by green vines with leaves. Border below composed of single flowers connected by green vines.
Madonna and Child
Egisto Rossi, Italian, 1824 or 1825–1899, 1830–60
Pen and blue ink, graphite on cream paper, laid down
Drawing

Sketch of a half-length Madonna, facing left. She holds the Christ-child on her lap, with her gaze directed frontally. Angels' heads appear on either side.
Sampler
Mary Pearsey, English, 1842
wool embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross stitch on plain weave foundation

Alphabets and numerals followed by "then when Mary was come where Jesus was and saw him she fel down at his feeting saying unto him Lord if thou hadst been here my brother had not died when jesus therefore saw her weeping and the jews also weeping which came with her ? in the spirit and was troubled" followed by floral and religious motifs, lion and crown, then Mary Pearsey Aged 9 the year 1842.
Ceiling paper
Cresswell & Washburn Ltd, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1880 - 1900, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Floral sprigs attached to foliate scrolls, alternating larger and smaller. Printed in green, white mica, and metallic gold on pale green ground.
Border
Cresswell & Washburn Ltd, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1880 - 1900, 1905–1910
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Printed two borders across the width, frieze features horizontally repeating, delicately rendered floral sprays with symmetrical foliate scrollwork. The sprays run along the top and bottom edges of the panel, and mirror each other across a central divider of two thin lines with beaded borders and scalloped floral garlands. A small area of vertical lines extends from both the top and bottom edges of the panel. This design is rendered in shades of green and white on a beige background.
Bowl
, ca. 1810–15
Glass

Shallow oval bowl with shaped rim; fan cutting on rim, central oval medallion with four smaller ones surrounding, all cut with stars; 4 swags cut with vertical flutes hang below lip.
Cap streamer
, late 18th century
Technique: bobbin lace

Along with 1974-52-43, makes up a pair of bobbin lace lappets, floral vine; late 18th century Maline
Frieze
Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Large foliate medallions with small beaded wreaths, connected by floral swag and foliate scrolls. Beading on the bottom. Bead and reel on top. Background is a grid of teal and blue curved dashes and lines. Printed in teals, blues, brown gold, and white mica.
Printed in top selvedge: "S. A. Maxwell & Co. New York & Chicago" 
Printed in bottom selvedge: " Exclusive Design 3520"
Scenic Panel from 'Les Course de Chevaux'
Zuber & Cie, Rixheim, Alsace, France, founded 1797, 1837–38
block printed paper, canvas mount
scenic panel

An Italianate building, center background, with ladies and gentlemen at the windows. Foreground, at the top of a garden starcase, stands a man dressed as a clown gesturing to two women dressed as peasants. Printed in grisaille. Lengths 5 and 6 adhered together as one scenic panel, from a set of 32.
Design for a Sugar Bowl
Noritake, Japan and New York, New York, USA, 1880–1910
Brush and watercolor, gold gouache, graphite on cream paper
Drawing

Sugar bowl with lid or a cup and lid, cinched, decorated with long green leaves and pink peonies (flower) with a pointed gold handle; pointed finial on lid.
Frieze
Standard Wall-Paper Company, Standard Wall-Paper Company, Sandy Hill, New York, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, mica flakes

Flitter frieze with floral swag suspended by pink ribbon with bow, between architectural framework. Printed in burgundy, pink and tan. Motifs are outlined in gold mica flakes.
Ceiling paper
Carey Bros. W.P. Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded 1882, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

White mica moire on cream ground.
Window shade
, 1880–1900
Bamboo, silk fabric and thread, paint

Large-scale water lily as central motif. Greek key design along left edge.
Bedcover
, 19th century
wool, cotton Technique: wool plain weave (3 selvage to selvage widths sewn together); stitches – herringbone, double running

Cream wool plain weave embroidered with wool in shades of blue, red and lavender with some yellow. Central motif of stylized flowers around which stands birds and fantastic animals, and inscribed on three sides "Ny me presto, Ny me doy, Solo de mi dueña soy." Martina Peres." Ornamental bouquets grow out of small urns in the four corners and on the four sides, among them scattered birds, fish and a mermaid. Crowded border of flowers, birds, and antelopes. Mazahua-style of embroidery from central Mexico.
Tassel
, 17th century
linen, metal wire, metal sequins, wooden core Technique: braided and knotted

Knotted white linen tassel with human figures decorated with coiled metal wire and hammered metal sequins.
Micro-mosaic
, 1800–1825
Gold sheet and wire, glass mosaics
Earrings

A pair of gold earrings with a teardrop connected to one oval. Oval and teardrop shapes are outlined in blue with an inner image of Italian architecture. Earrings are part of a set.
Plate XIII from Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum
Julio Paschale, 1582
Woodcut on paper
Print

Wodoen machine for slicing wood into planks or beams, at which one man works pulling a rope connceted to a rod with a weighted pendulum to move the saws up or down. His foot turns a spoked wheel to move the wood up. Description in Latin on verso of 1949-152-211.
Chalice cover
, 1700–1750
silk, metallic thread Technique: embroidered on warp and weft twill weave

Golden yellow ground of warp twill with small symmetrical arabesque pattern in the same color in a weft twill. Arabesques are outlined and embellished with couched silver threads to form a continuous allover pattern. Small cross in the center of silver couched in black. Edged with narrow gold bobbin lace and lined in fine blue ribbed silk.
Daphne Encountered by Apollo
Giovanni Volpato, Italian, 1740 - 1803, ca. 1790–1800
Engraving on paper
Print

Within an oval engramement, Apollo, in the grab of a shepherd, encounters Daphne, seated under a tree. Landscape setting.
Food mold
, possibly 19th century
Copper, tin

Decorated in repoussé with the figure of a lobster.
Design for a Woven Fabric
, 1815–1830
Brush and gouache on oily tracing paper
Drawing

TWo motifs form a vertical row. Top: a scrollwork escutcheon and a bough with leaves and seeds. Bottom: fantastical plant over a scroll and pending peads.
Design for a Candelabra
Thomas Germain, French, 1673 – 1748, 1748
Etching on paper
Print

Design for an ornate candelabra flanked by two winged putti (children) at the base. The candelabra is decorated with flowers, scrolling leaves and acanthus leaves, c-scrolls, shell, and bark motifs with two seated figures above. A female holding a flame and another with feathers on their head.
Ornamental Vase Design
Jacques-Philippe de Beauvais, French, 1739 – 1781, 1760-1764
Etching on laid paper
Print

Oval vase with a narrow neck. The vase is decorated with a Roman profile portrait medallion at its center, as well as with fluting, garlands, laurel leaves, gadrooning, and two rosettes inset into coffered panels. The vase is elevated on a low, simple plinth. The plate is numbered, and the etched signature can be made out, Beauvais in, but appears to have been burnished out.
Theatre Italien, Paris
, 1790–1795
Engraving on paper
Print

Horizontal rectangle. No. 75 of the same publication as -1392. Shown obliquely from the left corner of the frontside with the houses of the flanking streets and houses and a hill visible at the end of the right street. The caption reads beside the signature and the name of the publication: "VUE DU THEATRE ITALIEN".
Button
, 19th century
Brass

Convex button showing coat of arms; two sheilds with heraldic devices surrounded by chains, lions supporters crown above and below, ribbon with "Porro unum est necessitarium". Brass back and shank. On reverse, "Firmin and Sons, 153 Strand London".

On card C
POELE dans le genre antique, avec quatre griffons aux quatre angles, propre à être isolé
Louis-Gustave Taraval, French, 1738 – 1794, ca. 1791
Etching and hand colored watercolor on paper
Print

Design for a stove heater decorated with neoclassical motifs in the form of a pedestal sculpted in relief with griffins in the corners, and a flaming snake handled vase on the center, with running pattern moldings of fluting, egg, leaves, and laurel leaves tied with ribbon. The plan view is included below the design. The plate is signed and hand colored in watercolor.
Study for Portrait of a Man
, 1860–1900
Red chalk on paper
Drawing

A bust portrait of a mn in 18th C. attire.  Shown in profile, turned left.
Samples
, ca. 1850
cotton, paper Technique: warp-dyed velvet

Five small manufacturer's samples of waistcoat velvets. All are done in chiné technique. Four have satin stripes.
Design for an Embroidered Vertical Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1775–1790
Graphite, brush and gouache on paper
Drawing

A border rises at left. A waved and rising blue ribbon and basket of flowers at right.
Stage Design, Group of Antique Buildings
Angelo Toselli, ca. 1765? – 1826, early 19th century
Pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Group of stairs, columns, and buildings in antique character.
Temple of Jupiter, Baalbek, Syria
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, May 6, 1868
Graphite and white gouache on gray-green paperboard; verso: graphite
Drawing

Landscape and architecture sketch shownig an elevated view of the Roman ruins of the Temple of Jupiter in Baalbek, Syria. Foreground is made up of rocky, rolling terrain that descends to the ruins and their environs in the middle distance. At center, a colonnade of six columns supports an elaborate entablature and remains as one of the most distinctive features of the temple complex, whose ruins surround the colonnade. In the background, across a barren expanse, the dry, rugged slopes of the Lebanese mountains comprise the background. 

Verso: Small sketch at center right showing two piles of ruins and fallen stones, set amongst vegetation.
Designs for Flowers: Rose Panachée, Rose of the Wood
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1778
Etching on laid paper
Print

Designs for flowers with their leaves, numbered with a legend below: rose panache, rose of the wood. The plate is numbered and signed.
Study of a Lion
, ca. 1815
Charcoal on paper
Drawing

The upper body of a lion, it's head on its paw.
Elevation of a Town Square Showing Facade of the Theater
Cesare Recanatini, Italian, 1823–1893, ca. 1860
Pen and ink, with sepia, blue, and gray washes on white paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Large three-storied building, designated "Hotel de la Poste" beside which is a small porticoed entrance to the "Grand Theatre."
Design for a Section of an Alcove and the Ceiling of a Bedroom
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1790
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Two gaines stand laterally in the opening of the alcove. The vaulted lower parts of the ceiling have an oblong, in the center, with an octagonal representation, and laterally oblongs with three inner triangles. The main ones are decorated with a circular medallion between two motifs. The decoration is executed only in the lower part of the ceiling. The straight part is divided into a central square and two oblongs on either side of which the outside ones have an inner octagonal frame.
Cheminée à la Moderne
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for a fireplace with an overmantel mirror. The fireplace is decorated with ornament motifs including a trophy at top with lyre, a wreath, ivy, and a shield, lamb tongue, bound leaf, rosettes, wave pattern, mascaron with drapery, fluting, and acanthus leaves. The plate is signed.
Design for a Vase
Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, French, 1727 – 1801, 1764
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for a lidded vase. The body of the vase is fluted with handles in the form of winged insects. The finial on the lid is in the form of an acorn. The plate is signed and numbered.
Title Page
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1745
Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper
Print

Title page with a cartouche in the upper center of the plate with the title printed within. Below is a scene of a statue of a warrior in a niche, surrounded by lions and attributes of war, and set in a landscape with palm trees and a horse on a mountain. The plate is signed and numbered.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk, cotton Technique: combination of two structures, plain weave plus plain weave

Detached leaf and stem motif in tan on grey.
Design for the Embroidery of a Lady's Dress of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1780–1790
Graphite, brush and gouache on paper
Drawing

Three bunches of flowers and a rose bough are connected by garlands. Ther vertically alternating repeats are in opposite directions. Written in ink: "tou ce qui est peint en blanc ou jaune / dans les petites guirlandes est pour / etre brodé pané or et argent / point de dorure dans les 3 / bouquets principeaux", top right. An account "248" top left, in opposite direction. Marked with two pencil crosses, bottom right.
La Veuë de l’Arc de Septimius Severe et du Capitole a Rome
Gabriel Perelle, French, 1604–1677, late 17th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

View of the Arch of Septimius Severus and the Capitolium (in Rome) visible in the background through the arches with steps and buildings on either side. Figures throughout. The triumphal arch consists of three arches, friezes, and columns. The plate is titled and signed.
L’ARCENAL
Adam Perelle, French, 1638 – 1695, 1684–1703
Etching on laid paper
Print

View of the Arsenal in Paris for the storage of gun powder and weapons. In the foreground there are barges and boats with a small island in the center and a bridge leading to the city. Buildings and a church to the left along the river. Figures and horses along the river and in the streets. The plate is titled with a description. Details are numbered with a legend below.
Galerie métallique des grands hommes français (Great Men of France)
Louis Michel Petit, French, 1790 - 1844, 1821
Cast bronze
Medal

Bust of Ponce Denis Écouchard Lebrun (1729 -1807), to the right.
Deux diferents desseins de Comodes
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1745
Etching, engraving on off-white laid paper
Print

Elevations of designs for two dressers with the plans of the marble dresser tops below. The dressers are decorated with ornament motifs including mascaron, scrolls, vines, rinceaux, claw feet, and dolphins. The plate is signed and numbered.
Dessus de Porte, dans le grand Appartement des Tuilleries.
François Chauveau, French, 1613 – 1676, 1710
Etching on laid paper
Bound print

Twenty-fourth 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 two overdoors from the Grand Apartment of the Tuileries Palace. Both overdoors are decorated with a frieze, and a broken pediment with a central lidded vase, ornamented with garlands of laurel leaves, rosettes, heraldic devices, grotesque motifs, foliage, herms, acanthus leaves, running patterns of laurel leaves and other foliage. Both lids are in the shape of a French royal crown. The plate is titled, signed, and numbered.
An escutcheon, with a dedication
Carlos Bini, 1750–75
pen and ink, brush and glack and gray watercolor, black chalk on paper.
Drawing

A stone tablet is in front of another, with stucco forms at edges. Above is a straight entablature, with stucco scrolls at left.  Above it lies a trophy of arms; others lie upon the lower scrolls. Written on tablet:
"AL EXMO SOR/ DN JOAQUIN DE FONSEUIELA/ TENTE GRAL EN LOS RES EXERCOS/ GOVERNADOR MILITAR/ Y POLITICO DE LA CUIDAD/ DE CADIZ."
Study of Seated Woman for "Titian Showing the Entombment to Charles V and Clement VII"
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1872
Graphite, white chalk on cream wove paper
Drawing

Woman seated on a small bench in left profile, her left hand near her shoulder. Head and arm repeated, upper left.
Church and Cabins, Belalp, Switzerland
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, August 28, 1868
Graphite on gray-green wove paper
Drawing

Landscape and architecture sketch showing a view of a church and cabins built on a steep alpine mountainside in the village of Belalp, Switzerland. At center, two rectangular, gabled cabins stand on uneven levels in front of a church with a small belltower topped with a cross. Further down the slope at left, the tops of two other cabins are visible. In the background, nearby sheer mountainsides are loosely rendered.
Hunting Trophy
Christophe Huet, French, 1695 – 1759, 1741
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Sixth plate from a series of six designs for hunting trophies. A hanging trophy featuring a dead deer and bird, and hunting equipment, including a rifle and powder flask hanging from knotted ribbons. A hawk sits on the stock of the rifle. The plate is signed and numbered.
Celebrating Couple, Sala di Recezione, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1812
Pen and dark gray ink, brush and color washes over black chalk ruled lines on beige wove paper
Drawing

Airborne couple: young man with garland and shouldered thyrsus holds hands with young woman. Ruled lines in black chalk suggest a rectangular molding.
Button
, 1854–58
Lead

Five-pointed star surrounded by the words "Ouviers Militaires d'Administration". In use during the years 1854-1858.

Component -b is on card i80
Component -c is on card J
Funeral Decorations for King Louis XVI of France
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1793
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

Below are steps, which in the upper half are flanked by the bases of two groups, either consisteing of a standing woman leaning her right hand upon fasces, and a putto beside her. The pedestal is high and elaborate. Its lower part has a panel with the inscription in the main part of central most projecting part. Above the entablature are rectangular blocks, upon which sit at the front two putti, carrying respectively mitre and crozier, at he sides one putto. Behind them rises a round pedestal with festoons, on top a variation of 1938-88-1396.