biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Bras de Cheminée à l'Italienne
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for a two-arm candelabra decorated with ornament motifs including pinecones, gadrooning, acanthus leaves, garland, mascaron, lamb tongue, and a vase. The plate is signed.
Valley of El Yemen, Part Two, Palestine (Israel)
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, February 20, 1868
Graphite on gray wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing the second part of a panoramic view of the valleys of the Nahal Hatira and Nahal Yamin (known to Church as El Yemen Valley) in the present-day Makhteshim-Ein Yahav Nature Reserve in southern Israel. This description refers to the entire panoramic view, with 1917-4-173 as the first part. Craggy mountainsides at left and right frame a view of a deep canyon with steep walls that show eroded bands of rock strata throughout. One large prominence is visible at center, with a rolling mountain forming the horizon in the background.

Verso: Landscape sketch showing a detailed view of the floor of the Valley of El Yemen, located in present-day southern Israel. At center, a winding stream bed is flanked, at right, by a steep and barren slope with craggy, rocky cliffs at upper right.
Design for a Painted Porcelain Cooler for Wine Bottle and Glasses
Jacques-François Micaud, French, ca.1732–1811, 1765–75
Pen and brown ink, brush and watercolor on cream laid paper
Drawing

Drawing of a porcelain punch ball in elevation with a fluted rim containing blue and brown (gold toned) bands, with scattered floral clusters. Detail of handle at lower left.
Takata Riding Grounds (Takata-no-baba) From the Series One Hundred Famous views of Edo
Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858, 1857
Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
Print

In 1636 warrior aristocracy would practice their equestrian and archery skills in the north-wet part of Edo. In the middle are two horsemen riding opposite of each other along the riding grounds. The right side shows is a group of men aiming at the white round target. Half of the target is hidden behind the pine tree, which is also cropped.  A couple of arrows that missed the target remain on the ground below.
Design for the Cover of a Snuff Box
, 1760–1780
Pen, brush and Chinese ink on sepia paper
Drawing

Cupid seated beside Hermes, gives him what probably is a letter. The setting is a park. Framed by a moulding with festoons hanging from bow knots and rosettes.
Elevaon et profil du dedans de la cour de l’Hostel du Mareschal d’Aumont du dessein de l’Architecte Mansart
Jean Marot, French, 1619 - 1679, ca.1635–ca.1660
Etching on laid paper
Print

Architectural elevation of the exterior façade of a Parisian hôtel particulier (grand house) with sections illustrating the interiors, with chimneypieces and overdoor decorations. The façade features windows, pilasters, arches, and dormer windows, with a single potted tree to the right. A scale below. The plate is titled and signed.
Shoe
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1877
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of slippers with intricate embroidery and an upturned toe.
Blue Mountains and Gray Clouds, Jamaica
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, May–September 1865
Brush and oil, graphite on paperboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of successively taller ridges and slopes in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica. Illuminated areas of the landscape are rendered in hues of brown and green, while shaded areas take on a purple tint. Sky above mostly gray and cloudy with patch of blue at upper right.
Trimming
, 18th century
White and colored silk in uncut velvet weave.

Head and shoulders of soldier with gun shown against arms under crown; in red, yellow, and blue on white.
Sampler
Vashti Wellington, American, b. 1805, 1816
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross stitch on plain weave foundation

The field is divided in three sections: bands of alphabets and numerals at the top, a verse and inscription in the middle, and an incomplete basket of flowers at the bottom. With stylized floral and strawberry vine borders on four sides.
Button
, 19th century
Brass, tin

1931-59-171-a: Flat button showing ornament of two shields with h...
Beach with Four Fishing Boats, Cullercoats, England
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1881–82
Graphite on gray-green paper
Drawing

Horizontal view of a beach with four fishing boats drawn up, and groups of women with baskets looking across the water toward two fishing boats with sails.
Playing card
, ca. 1855
Red and black ink, paper

At top: N 3 N; below central image: 3
Design for an Earring
, ca. 1800
Pen and black ink, brush and gray watercolor, gold on paper
Drawing

Jewelry design for an earring. The same scheme as 1938-88-787, the frontal half consisting of alternating ovals with a disk in the center and oblongs, equally filled, the rear half being a chain of disks or pearls. Bevelled corners.
Autumn Landscape, Vermont
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1865–1882
Oil and graphite on paperboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of autumn foliage in a rural area of Vermont, possibly near Castleton. Rolling, grassy terrain comprises the foreground and features a grazing cow at lower center. Beyond the cow, in the middle distance at center, a small building is situated at the edge of the treeline, with a split rail fence adjacent to it. A dense grove of deciduous trees at center is characterized by their yellow, orange, red, and light green autumn tones. In the background, the slope of a heavily wooded mountain ascends out of frame at right, below a dark, overcast sky.
Drawing for an Oratory (Memorial Chapel)
Giacomo Quarenghi, Italian, 1744 - 1817, ca. 1820
Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, blue, pink and yellow watercolor on paper
Drawing

Section of a round building. A central, domed hall is surrounded by corridors.  Porticos are at left and at right.  From the latter, a staircase leads down to subterranean rooms.  A big sepulchral monument stands in the center.  Other monuments are in the main hall and the corridors.  Funerary urns stand in the niches in the basement.
Sidewall
W. Campbell & Co., 1890–1900
Machine-printed paper, ribbed

Patriotic paper with matching sidewall and frieze on light yellow-green ground. a) Frieze contains large American flag in center, surrounded by banderole, rope swags, eagle with pendent star medal. Also shown are an anchor and sword. A band of diamond trellis runs across bottom fourth of frieze. b) Sidewall contains small and medium size American flags, eagles with pendent star medal, rope swags and banderoles. Printed on ribbed paper.
Moon Rising over the Porcupine Islands, Bar Harbor, Maine
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, probably 1860
Oil on paperboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a nocturnal view of the full moon over Frenchman Bay and Bald Porcupine Island, viewed from the shore of Mt. Desert Island at Bar Harbor, Maine. In the foreground, the nearby wooded terrain of Mt. Desert is shown in shadow as it descends gently to the left. Across a stretch of water that brightly reflects the moon's light, Bald Porcupine Island is visible within Frenchman Bay. In the background, the distant coastline of the Schoodic Peninsula is visible. The bright orb of the full moon hangs in the sky above, casting a warm halo into the atmosphere around it. The sky is otherwise rendered in a shade of dark blue-green.
Wall Sconce Design
Jean François Forty, active 1775 – 1790, 1775–94
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Design for a two-light wall sconce in the form of a flaming torch hanging from a rosette by a chain, and incorporating scrolling leaves (rinceaux), foliate branches, fluting, gadrooning, bows, and flowers. The plate is signed and numbered.
Two Bench Designs
Jean-Charles Delafosse, French, 1734 – 1789, 1849–66
Etching on paper
Print

Two designs for upholstered benches with ornately sculpted frames featuring cartouches, acanthus leaves, fluting and gadrooning. The plate is signed with the printmaker, publisher, and original designer, and numbered.
Vase
Edward Lycett, American, born England, 1833 - 1909, 1902
porcelain
vase

Small ovoid vase with circular base, slender neck with outcurved lip, and two quadrant handles attached to shoulder of neck.  Banded decoration about shoulder of gilding and color, encrusted with random pattern of fused particles of glass in various colors.  Gilding on base, handles and lip.
Title Page
Johann Martin Weis, French, 1711 - 1751, 1745
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Title page for a festival book. The title is lettered within a rocaille border decorated with garlands of flowers, gadrooning, cartouches, and acanthus leaves with the royal coat of arms at the top, musical trophies at the sides, and the coat of arms for the city of Strasbourg, flanked by flags, drums at the bottom. The plate is signed.The plate has been scraped below the printer's name, bottom center. This was most likely the location of the binder's ticket before it was moved to the endleaf.
Fragment
, 18th century
silk Technique: cut supplementary warp pile in a satin foundation (velvet)

Vertically striped white satin and pale pink velvet.
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 scrolls, rinceaux, putti, claw feet, batwings. The plate is signed and numbered.
Two Frieze Designs
Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682, before 1666
Etching on laid paper
Print

Two frieze designs with putti, satyr, vase, profile portrait, festoons of fruit, grapes, jugs of wine, and scrolling leaves (rinceaux). The plate is numbered and signed.
Designs for an Interior Wall Elevation
Jean Mariette, French, 1660–1742, 1686–1740
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

A design for an interior wall elevation depicting different possible wall treatments and doors, each labelled, with a legend below. The designs feature paneling with a central rosette, shell motifs, small trophies, masks, sculpted repeating patterns for moldings, cornice with corbels and fluting, a cartouche, and shelf displaying three vases, doors with glass panels, mirrors, frames for paintings, and over mirror and over panel framing devices.  The plate includes a scale below and is signed and numbered.
Sidewall
, ca. 1700
Leather, stamped, silvered, painted

Diapered field of varnished silver, foliage and parrot in green and blue, red flowers.
Rome Taken from the Gauls
Armand-Charles Caraffe, 1762 – 1820, ca. 1810
Black crayon, pen and ink, brush and watercolors, white heightening on blue paper
Drawing

A Gaul is shown pulling the beard of an old Roman seated in front of the closed door of a house. Two old armored men step up to the platform one of them holding a lighted torch. A dead woman and a child lie in front of the platform. The Gauls come from the left.
Design for a Candlestick
, 1800
Pen and ink, brush and sepia wash, yellow and gray watercolor, graphite on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Design for a candlestick intended to be executed with white marble and gilded bronze. Above a base,  two foliated and fluted columns are connected by a square, with lion masks at the center.
Design for Painted Decoration of a Wall, with Alternate Suggestions
Unknown, Austrian, 1835–50
Brush and watercolor, graphite on white wove paper; incised lines
Drawing

A dado is at the bottom, an entablature on top. The lower part of the design suggests horizontal rows of petal discs, with petals and palmettes in the wedges, for the panel. The upper part suggests alternate and staggered rows of naturalized fleur-de-lis leaves.
Mt. Marino
Homer Dodge Martin, American, 1836 - 1897, October 16, 1860
Graphite on cream wove paper
Drawing

The edge of a lake is shown, surrounded by low hills and shrubbery.
The Tetons, Idaho
Thomas Moran, American, b. Britain, 1837–1926, 1879
Brush and watercolor, white gouache, graphite on thin gray paper
Drawing

Horizontal view across a flat river valley showing a mountain range in blue in the distance with a group of conifer trees suggested at right. The intermediate ranges are violet and blue and the water is green.
L'ORGANISTE AMBULANT
Christophe Huet, French, 1695 – 1759, 1743
Etching on laid paper
Bound print

Plate from a series of prints featuring monkeys acting as humans in various figural scenes. At left, a figure of a monkey in gentleman's costume (wearing feathered hat) riding another monkey walking on all fours. The seated monkey plays music on an organ attached to the walking monkey, whose mouth is connected to a pipe attached to the organ. Another monkey uses a bellows to blow air into the monkey's rear end to create the music.
Decorative Vase
, 1725–50
Red crayon on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. In the general shape of a pitcher. As foot serves a mole and branches. The body it ovoid and decorated with festoons. The snakes form a handle, below the spout. On the opposite side of the neck above is a head. Upon the cover are two dolphins.
Bandbox
Hannah Davis, 1784 – 1863, 1843
Block-printed paper, wood support

Covered with wallpaper of a blue field, with diagonal framework of scrolls in white enclosing squares decorated with roses in pink, white and green.
Sheet from a Sketchbook: The Triumph of Silenus; Sacrifice to Bacchus
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1800–1810
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, traces of graphite on cream laid paper
Drawing

Upper image. Silenus, supported by a Maenad, rides upon a donkey. He holds a bowl to his lips with his left hand and a pitcher in his right.  He is accompanied by young satyrs.  An elephant is shown in the rear. 
Lower image:  A priest sacrifices wine at right. A woman in flowing robes leads a goat with her right hand and offers a dish laden with fruit and grapes with her left. She is accompanied by two young satyrs carrying a large pitcher.  A temple and satyr herm are visible in the shadows.
Front Elevation, Sketch for Library Museum for J. Pierpont Morgan, Esq., New York
Whitney Warren Jr., American, 1864–1943, 1900
Graphite, color pencil on white tracing paper
Drawing

Front view of the elevation of a domed building with four columns flanking a central doorway. 
Scale: in graphite, lower right.
Wellmiche, Rhineland
Eugène Edouard Soulès, French, 1811–1876, 1828
Black crayon, brush and wash, brush and white gouache on brown paper
Drawing

The village is shown as it looks from the Rhine. The Castle of Thurnberg, called the Mouse, is shown above at right. Written below at left: "Wellmich et le chateau de Thurnberg (la Sourie) sur le Rhin".
tray
, ca. 1830
tin (?), paint, gold

A flat tray decorated with a military scene entitled: Francfort (Frankfurt). Gilt floral border.
Teapot
Alexander Field, English, 1750 – 1826, 1790
silver, wood
teapot

Body a rounded rectangle with repoussé spiral gadrooning ending at concave neck. Flaring concave gadrooned shoulder, with domed, gadrooned and hinged cover. Spout angular in section. Wood handle and finial.
Distant View of Saddle Back, Salisbury, Connecticut
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, October 1, 1857
Graphite on dark gray-green paper
Drawing

Lanscape sketch showing a view of a mountain known to Church as Saddle Back, near Salisbury, Connecticut. Seen at a distance, the rolling, layered forms of the mountain range descend slightly from right to left. The peak of Saddle Back is shown in the background at center right. In the middle distance, foothills gradually grow in height as they extend into the distance.
Landscape and Botanical Sketch from the Temple of the Sun, Quito, Ecuador
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, June 24, 1857
Graphite on tan wove paper
Drawing

Mixed landscape, botanical, and architectural sketches showing views of a mountain ridge, plants and flowers, and a ruin. Above, the outline of a gently sloping ridge is backdropped by billowing clouds. Below, five studies of a plant with yellow, bell-shaped flowers are visible, with a prominent, detailed flower at lower right. At center, an overgrown architectural ruin is visible.
Desseins D'Agraffes
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1745
Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper
Print

First state of designs for cane handles. See 1921-6-285-99.
The Old Friar, Near Eastport, Maine
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, August–September 1851
Graphite on tan wove paper
drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of a columnar rock formation known to Church as "The Old Friar" (now known as "Friar's Rock") on the coast of Maine near the town of Eastport. The foreground at left is covered with large boulders that lead up to the Old Friar itself, visible at center left. The cylindrical pinnacle has rugged sides and a flat top. A steep cliff stands beside the Old Friar at left. The middle distance is comprised of a body of water known as Cobscook Bay, while other islands and coastlines are visible in the distance. The wooded shore of Treat Island is shown in the background at center. At upper right, a separate sketch of a chicken in right profile is included.
Zouave
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1864
Black and white chalk on blue-green paper
Drawing

Vertical frontal view of a Zouave, with his hands on his hips, looking down and to the left.
Edge
, 18th century
Technique: bobbin lace (Valenciennes ground)

Valenciennes
Asakua Temple, No 99 from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Asakua Kinryuzan)
Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858, 1856
Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
Print

A winter view of Asakusa Kannon, the oldest Buddist temple in the city. The left side shows the Thunder Gate (Kaminarimon) and the famous huge lantern above. Shown in the distance is the Gate of the Two Kings, which was named after the deities on either side. The right side shows a five story pagoda. The scene is covered with snowflakes. The rooftops are evenly dusted with snow and the ground contains a pattern of small embossed dots. Asakusa remains a popular tourist destination today.
Clouds, Jamaica
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, May–September 1865
Graphite and white gouache on light brown wove paper
Drawing

Atmosphere sketch showing a view of billowing clouds over an indistinct landscape in Jamaica. At center, the cloud's puffy forms are highlighted in white gouache while below it, what appears to be the wooded shoreline of a body of water is visible.
Figures on a Sand Dune
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1895–96
Charcoal on paper
Drawing

Horizontal view shows crest of a sand dune, on which is a group of men, and above which project three masts of a schooner flying an inverted flag.
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. Within panels along edges, various seascapes with ships. At the corner, a winged male figure seizing a woman. At lower right, within the open space between framed panels, a farm scene with figures, a turkey, and a rooster. Domestic architecture in background at right. At left, within the open space between framed panels, a set of steps with terrace.
Bearded Man Tuning a Lute
, 1550–1575
Black crayon, pen and bistre on paper
Drawing

A bearded man with turban sits at the base of a tree. He holds a lute in his lap with two hands.
Button
, 19th century
Brass

1931-59-124: Convex button with shield.

On card 4550
Designs for Cups and Bottles
, ca. 1825
Graphite, pen and black ink, brush and gray and yellow watercolor on cream paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Designs for cups and bottles made of cut and gilded glass opal, hyalith. Upper row from left to right: shoulder, neck, and stopper of a bottle; two bottles; two cups for quills. Bottom row, center: an egg-cup.
Elévation du Portail de l'Eglise de St. Remy de Luneville
Emmanuel Héré de Corny, French, 1705–1763, 1753
Engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Elevation of the entryway to the Church of St. Remy in Lunéville decorated with religious sculpture. The title of the plate is printed within a decorative rocaille frame of flowers and fountains, above which is a scale bar of "20 Toises."
Blacksmith
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1883
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of male figures working in a blacksmith shop.
Design for Link of Bracelet
, 1800–1825
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor, sepia on paper
Drawing

In the center, a lozenge with the diamond. Scrolls which form two hearts in the direction of hte joints.
Girl Standing on a Swing
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1879
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Vertical view of a girl standing in a swing and leaning against the rope on her left side.
SUCRIERS DE SERVICE
Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820, 1805
Etching on paper
Print

Designs for two sugar bowls with Empire style motifs. The upper design features a cartouche with Apollo's head surrounded by sun rays, leaf motifs, foliate branches, ram heads, and a winged angel blowing a horn (victory) finial. The lower design is decorated with bees, butterflies, leaf motifs, and a beehive finial. The plate is titled, signed, and numbered.
Decorative panel
, 1850–60
Block-printed and hand painted on a combed background

Vertical rectangle. Simulation of elaborately carved wood frame, oval, brought to the rectangle by simulated surface of graining. Enclosed in the frame is a painted representation of foliage with two small goldfinches and a nest containing eggs.
Canoe with Three Men
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1897
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Oblique rear view of canoe, heading toward the left, paddled by two men, with a third men sitting in center; indications of turbulent current of a rapids, and of trees in background.
Matrimonial Chastity, Sala di Corneglia, Palazzo Cavina, Faenza
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1816
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on rolled paper
Drawing

Woman sits holding branch in right hand, dove sits upon her left shoulder. Inscribed in ink, on foot stool: PENELOP. Cupid leans upon her seat. Winged girl sits, left, upon ground. Inscribed below: CASITA MATRIMONIALE. Verso: pen sketch showing woman holding branch. Dove sits upon her palm. Winged child enters with two wreaths. Cupid stands at right. Inscription below: CASITA MATRIMONIALE.
Fragment
, possibly 5th–6th century
wool on linen foundation Technique: embroidery on plain weave

Within a frame of overlapping heart shapes are two birds on each side of a cup or chalice. Mounted onto another fabric.
Children Bowling
Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808, 1759
Etching on laid paper
Print

Print from a series of fourteen chinoiserie vignettes, depicting children playing a variety of games in different landscapes. Three children bowl together in the middle of a landscape within a vignette framed by trees, foliage, sprigs, rocks and flowers. One boy to the left, has just released a large ball towards four upright sticks, with two other children standing to the right, watching the game.
Porte Cochere avec Atigue, necessaire aux Sculpteurs et Menuisiers
A. Le Canu, French, active 1746 – 1768, 1760–90
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Design for a set of exterior double doors decorated with rococo ornament and motifs. The arched doors feature central vertical curvilinear panels (boiseries) divided into two parts with molding decorated with flowers, sprigs, rosettes, gadrooning, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), fleurons, shells, and rosettes. The door paneling includes central rosettes framed by flowers and leaves. The lower panels of the doors are decorated with geometric marquetry designs. There is a plan view of the doors below along with a scale. The plate is titled. Other copies of this plate with varying background shading are bound in this album - 1921-6-359-3 and 1921-359-7.