biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Side chair
, ca. 1840
Mahogany veneered oak and ash (frame), solid mahogany (legs, arms, and back), brass (coasters)

Straight-sided front legs, set square, curving outward toward voluted foot; lotus leaf carved on knee, with volute in side of knee. Back legs square in section, curving outward from centre. Plain veneered seat rail semicircular on back straight on sides, slightly bowed in front. Back, with ogive cresting, descends in curve to join seat rail, terminating in slightly scrolled lotus leaf carved above front leg; fiddle-shaped splat in back, with pierced hand-grip hole above. Slip seat upholstered with red silk damask, edged with brocaded trimming in red and yellow.
Fireplace Wall Elevation
Jean Mariette, French, 1660–1742, ca. 1660–1772
Engraving on paper
Print

Fireplace wall elevation.
Am Armored Woman on Horseback
Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863, 1820–1850
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Riding through the country. Seen from the front. Her hair is blowing toward right, her overcoat toward left. Her left hand points to the right, her right supports the sword placed across the neck of the horse. Framing graphite line, except at left. Parts of outline are deeply impressed.
Design for a Pendant Trophy
René Charpentier, French, 1680 - 1723, 1738–61
Etching on laid paper
Print

Within a double-lined frame, a design for an ornamental pendant trophy from a series of twelve plates. The trophy features burning candles, a book, ewers, footed bowl, intertwined with vine leaves, grapes, ribbons, and ropes with tassels hanging from a tied ribbon. The plate is signed and numbered.
Wallpaper Design
, 1840–60
Brush and gouache, graphite on white paper
Drawing

A dado is shown at the bottom. On top is a frieze with rosettes connecting garland motifs and an entablature. The panel is decorated alternately with vertical rows of palmette motifs and of bunches of leaf boughs. Alternatively suggested are a half white and half dark coloring of the motifs, below, a white coloring of the bunches, a dark coloring of the palmettes, above.
Remus Drives Away and Kills the Robbers of the Herds; Santuary for the Fugitives on the Campidoglio, Two Studies after Carracci
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1821–22
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk on white heavy wove paper
Sketchbook folio

Upper drawing, figure clad in animal skin with club upraised (probably Remus), at left, standing over slain man; he is about to strike nude man herding ox. Goat, cows, and oxen seen in background. Other figures moving towards right from left. Lower drawing, two men, seen in half-figure; (one looks over shoulder, with outstretched right arm) move across stream, toward temple at middle ground. More figures at right. Hilly landscape setting.
Diferents Desseins de Moitie de Balcons
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1745
Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper
Print

Designs for metal balconey grates. The plate is signed and numbered.
Miser's purse
, early–mid-19th century
cotton Technique: crochet

White crocheted miser's purse with ivory rings and fringed ends.
Coffre à Bijoux, pot à pâte
Pierre Germain, French, 1703 - 1783, 1748
Etching on laid paper
Print

Designs for two jewel boxes. The top one is decorated with ornament motifs including a branch finial, ribbon and fluting; the lower box is decorated with shells, ribbon twist, garland, and rinceaux. The plate is signed and numbered.
Woman
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1882–1883
Ink on laid paper
Drawing

Three sketches of a female figure reading within an interior room.
Horseshoe Falls on the Niagara River, Canada
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1856 or 1858
Graphite and white gouache on light brown wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of Horseshoe Falls on the Niagara River, as seen from a lowered perspective on the Canadian side. The enormous curving form of the falls extends from the foreground at right to the middle distance at center, as voluminous ribbons of water cascade over its edge and send up clouds of mist upon impact. The white, frothing water is visible along the lower margin, while nearby rocks are shown in the lower right corner.
Fragment
, 18th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace

Fragment of Brussels-type bobbin lace with a carnation design in a star-shaped mesh.
Ornamental Vase Design
François Boucher, French, 1703–1770, ca. 1738
Etching in red ink on cream laid paper
Bound print

Vase in the form of a perfume burner, with curving fluted forms, placed on a pedestal. Two climbing putti decorate the lid. At the sides are busts of winged female figures. At the front, a shell-like form and coral. Smoke clouds in the background. At the base of the vase, leafy branches. The plate is printed in red ink (sanguine). The plate is signed and numbered.
Insects
, 18th century
Rice paper
Drawing

Detailed representation in color of five butterflies and four insects one winged insect and three beetles.
Fragment
, 1850–60
cotton Technique: printed on plain weave

Piece of printed, glazed chintz with blue and brown flowers and green leaves on dark brown ground.
Bowl on a Stand
, 1775–1800
Graphite, pen and black ink, brush and gray wash on paper
Drawing

Vase on an animal leg stand. The body of the vase is decorated with gadrooning and a frieze of classical nudes.
A Cross in Normandy
Charles Nicolas Ransonnette, French, 1793 - 1877, ca. 1840
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

A cross in Normandy.
Tureen with Terrapin Lid
Samuel Kirk & Son, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 1815 - 1979, 1880–90
silver
tureen

Tureen with repoussé and chased flowers covering the surface. The body depicts foliage on a granulated ground. The matching lid has a terrapin turtle finial. The interior is plainly lined with Rococo handles matching exterior handles.
Tombeau de Mr. le Duc de Longueville aux Celestins
François Anguier, French, 1604–1669, 1661-1700
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Two views of the funeral monument for the Duc Henri de Longueville designed by the sculptor François Anguier. The monument is constructed of an obelisk carved with trophies, and a flaming heart at the tip. At the base of the obelisk are four sculpted figures (the virtues) and bas-reliefs of battle. At the bottom of the print is a scale bar.
Woman
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1892
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Recto: Sketch of a female figure; Verso: Sketch of a round object.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk Technique: 6&1 satin plus 1\6 twill

Star motif in green and gold. Selvage at one side.
Staircase and Iron Balustrade Design
Moreau, French, active 18th century, 1761
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Side view of staircase and pierced ballustrade design. The plate is signed.
A Standing Man
Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian, 1700 – 1773, 1700–1773
Black crayon on paper
Drawing

A standing man in a brimmed hat, viewed from behind.
Clement de Jonghe, Printseller
Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, Dutch, 1606–1669, 1651
Etching on laid paper
Print

Three-quarter length portrait of a man, seated, facing the spectator, the head shown full-face. He wears a cape, broad-rimmed hat, and gloves. Arched top.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk Technique: appliqué and embroidery

Appliqué of arabesques and flowering forms in yellow silk and red velvet on a white figured silk ground. Couching of colored cords added.
Insects
, 18th century
Rice paper
Drawing

Detailed representations in color of five butterflies and three insects, a wasp and two beetles.
Competition Design for La Fenice, Venice: Longitudinal Section
D. Cerato, Italian, 1788
Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, watercolor, graphite on cream laid paper
Drawing

Longitudinal cross-section of a theater (in shades of rose and gray), showing an auditorium composed of five tiers of boxes (34 boxes on each tier) and the stage. Arched entryway at left.
Design for a Bracelet
George E Germer, 1868 – 1936, 1910–1920
Graphite, brush and white gouache, brush and yellow, brown watercolor on cardboard
Projects for braclets

Bordering lines as 1939-84-20. Fasces.
Cabin with Two Children
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1862
Graphite on wove paper, laid down
Drawing

Vertical view of a portion of a log cabin, in front of which stand two children, and, to the right, a woman.
Design for Fountain in Niche
Edme Bouchardon, French, 1698–1762, ca. 1735
Red chalk on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Fountain consisting of a pedestal of two dolphins and a mask which support the basin in which water flows.  A shell rises from behind the basin obliquely to the entablature of the niche forming an opening in the wall at the top.
Design for Crèche (Nativity Scene)
, ca. 1770
Pen and ink, brush and sepia wash on white paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle.  Architectural ruins, open to the sky, used as setting for the Nativity group, seen near center, middleground.  Rays of light rise from the figure of the Child.  Shepherd kneels in foreground.  Woman with bundle on her head, at right.
Fragment
, 16th century
silk Technique: cut and uncut supplementary warp pile (velvet) on satin ground

Fragment of dark red cut and uncut velvet on red satin ground. Very little pattern shows; only a portion of a floral design.
Map sampler
Elizabeth Milner, English, 1797
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: stem, chain, and satin stitches on plain weave

Map of England and Wales with surrounding waters on which are ships with sailors.
Sketch for Title Page of “Comic Fables, Out of The World”
Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924, ca. 1877
Graphite on paper
Ephemera

Various animals, camel, elephant, monkeys, frog, kangaroo, lizard and birds. Center, profile of figure with beard, glasses, and hat, surprised. Man in so much shock, drops umbrella and labelled book. Center background to center, line of turtles wearing billboard signs.
Project for an Escutcheon
Leonardo Scaglia, French, active Italy, 1640 – 1650, 1625–1650
Pen and ink, brush and bistre on paper
Drawing

Design for an oval escutcheon with hanging tassel.
Floral and Fruit Ornament Designs
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1778
Etching on laid paper
Print

Six ornament designs with floral and fruit arrangements, including foliate branches, flowers, fruit, a basket and vase of fruit and flowers. The plate is numbered and signed.
International Tea Party
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, ca. 1867
Graphite, brush and black, gray wash on paper
Drawing

Horizontal view of four figures. Asian man and woman at right wearing long kimono and hold teacups; the male figure also holds a fan. Western male and female figure at left, the woman wears a long robe printed with five-pointed stars, her white shirt collar showing at top; the man viewed from the back with long hair and beard and striped trousers, his feet raised high into the air. Low table with bowl in foreground; decorative dragon at center in background.
Four Herms, Studies after the Carracci
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1821–22
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk on white heavy wove paper
Sketchbook folio

All four drawings of herms flanked by putti and supporting bracket; lower left drawing of herm flanked by male and female satyr, and two female herms.
View of Venice, Italy
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1881
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of a gondola in Venice.
Water color; Two peasants dancing to the music of bagpipe and horn
Saverio della Gatta, Italian, 1777 - 1829, 1827
Pen and black ink and water colors on wove paper.
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Two male peasants dance in front of a cask (butt), upon which a man sits, a boy stands. A man blows a bagpipe, another a recorder. Two women stand; a third sits looking on at right. Mountainous country with a town at right. Framing lines. Signature: "Gatta 1827."
Design for a Square
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Design for a Square.
Sampler
, 19th century
cotton Technique: darning and drawnwork stitches on net

Ground filled with samples of embroidery in darning and drawnwork stitches.
Sample
, late 19th century
cotton Technique: printed on plain weave

Woven cotton textile printed in brown and red on white ground showing dog heads with protruding tongues.
Design for a Comb
, early 19th century
Pen and sepia ink, brush and gray watercolor on paper
Drawing

Jewelry design for a hair comb. The cresting has the form of a pentagon with a long triangular shape. On top is a star. In the panel are rinceaux springing from a chalice contianing five round diamonds. Nine tines, as in 1938-88-772.
Textile
, 500–600
linen warp, wool weft Technique: plain weave with discontinuous weft (slit tapestry)

Fragment of woven Coptic medallion showing the hind quarter of a lion, two spiders or crabs, and abstracted floral border.
Study of a Sheepdog
, 1625–1650
Black chalk, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper, lined
Drawing

Dog shown seated, facing right.
Sketches of Tree Tops, Río Magdalena, Colombia
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, May 1853
Graphite on gray-green laid paper
Drawing

Botanical sketches along the Magdalena River, Colombia, showing views of five trees and other mixed vegetation. Two trees with many boughs visible in upper register, with tree views of trees and other foliage below.
Four Sketches for Fountains
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Left row: above, the water springs from a basin which is supported by birds, from whose mouths water pours. Below is a sketch in greater scale of the birds and the basin. Above at right, the upper part of a pedestal with two standing, female figures raising a calyx of a kind from which water springs. At right, the same group stands in the center of a basin. Water pours from the pedestal and springs from a circle of indistinct figures.
Vase After the Antique
Aubert Henri Joseph A. Parent, French, 1753–1835, 1789-1792
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Vase with goat head handles. The vase is decorated with egg-and-dart, bound laurel leaf, and acanthus leaf ornamentation, and a garland of flowers. The vase is elevated on a plinth, which features a mascaron, a garland, an inscription (D. M. / [Greek letters]), and a reclining skeleton. To the left of the pedestal is a vase with a scene of a caped man absconding with a woman; to the right of the pedestal is a lyre and an overturned tripod. The objects are set within foliage. Although the printed descriptions provide locations for Parent's study of antiquities, the compositional arrangement is imagined. The plate is signed and numbered.
Arabesque Design
Michel, French, active 18th century, 1780-1784
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Arabesque design with sphinxes on either side of a portrait medallion with a garland draped over it. The arabesque has elements including torches, pearls, acanthus leaves, reeds, grapes, and ivy. The plate is signed but not numbered.
Textile
, 13th century
Embroidery using silk thread on linen plain weave.

Vertical stripes of small shapes in brown silk.
Designs for Firearms Ornament
Gilles Demarteau, Flemish, 1722 – 1776, ca. 1743
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Designs for firearms ornament featuring four cartouches with scenes relating to hunting and war alongside ornamental cartouches, vignettes with two men on a see-saw and fountain with a dog and a bird, alongside other ornamental details. The designs feature scrolls, leaves, shells, fronds, flowers and sprigs. The plate is signed.
Border
, 18th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace, Mechlin style

Design of serpentine band of open work and two sprays, in alternate directions, growing out from the serpentine band.
Brisé fan
, mid-19th century
Carved and pierced ivory, metal, silk ribbon

Brisé fan. Ivory sticks finely carved in designs of landscapes with human figures, birds, and flowers with initials "A.G." in medallion; rows of small metal discs.
Belt
, late 19th–early 20th century
glass beads, metal fasteners

Long, narrow beaded belt with a design of opposing triangles in black, blue, and white, with red beads on long edges. Fastened with cone-shaped metal buttons.
Metalwork Design
Babin, French, ca. 1750, ca. 1780
Etching on paper
Print

Design for ironwork/ metalwork - a griffin supporting a blank coat of arms. The plate is numbered and signed.
Design for a Waistcoat
, before 1906
Black crayon and various gouache colors on paper
Drawing

Design for the embroidered border of a man's waistcoat. A vetch bough and a flower bough over a leaf are shown beside a row of feathery leaves growing from a moulding.
Fragment
, 19th century
silk Technique: plain weave with supplementary weft

Tan fragment with two cone-shaped floral forms perched over leafy stems. Brocaded in white, green and black.
Rugged Mountain Landscape, Mexico
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, February 19, 1890
Graphite on off-white wove paper
drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of a rugged, snow-capped mountain in Mexico, possibly the volcano Iztaccihuatl viewed from near Ozumba or Cuautla. In the middle distance, a low and darkened ridge of hills stretches across the landscape at center. Rising in the background, the undulating contour of the mountain's rugged is prominently visible, and appears snow-covered.
Wooded Islands on a Lake
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, possibly 1856
Graphite on gray-green wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of a wooded islands in lake, possibly in Maine, with rolling mountains in the background. The water's surface extends from the foreground to the middle distance, where it encounters the opposite shoreline, as well as three prominently wooded islands at left, center left, and far right. In the background, overlapping mountain ridges are visible, with a sharp peak in the distance at left.
Miser's purse
, early 19th century
silk, metal Technique: knotted netting with beads

Netted purse of dark brown silk with a dark green zigzag band on each side,  meeting an area of dark green silk on either side.  The green silk is decorated and outlined with cut steel beads in a zigzag pattern.  Two small steel rings control closing; cut-out steel drops at each end.
Border
, 1800–1825
Block-printed on handmade paper

Border containing anthemions, acanthus, dentils, bead and reel and wrapped cable motifs. Printed in brown, grey and ochre.

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Bowl
George E. Ohr, American, 1857–1918, 1893–1909
Painted and glazed earthenware

Buff-colored clay body, thrown. Free-formed body, variously crumpled and folded with slightly ruffled rim; low flat foot. Variegated rose and pink glaze with dark brown splotches covering exterior. Glaze has a certain white opaqueness with various burst bubbles on surface, thick at base. Interior is glazed a light yellow-green with mottled green specks. Kiln stilt marks on interior of bowl, near bottom.
Frieze
Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Large bunches of red grapes are hanging from grape vines. The background shades from off-white to tan at the bottom.
Cap streamers
, ca. 1730
linen Technique: bobbin lace, Brussels style

Brussels-style lace in a design that consists of asymmetric, dense pattern of floral and foliated forms containing in undulating ovals, connected by narrow serpentine bands and floral clusters.
Sardine Box with Sardine Finial and Tray
James Deakin & Sons, English, founded 1866, ca. 1870
copper, silver, glass
sardine box

Rectangular sardine box comprising rectangular cut glass box (a) imitating cut crystal; stepped lid (b) with stamped decoration and knop in form of two crossed sardines; rectangular tray (c) having gallery with Japonesque decoration, and four scrolling feet at the corners.
"J. Hynam's Royal Patent Congreves & Safety Fire Boxes"
, ca. 1850
Plated tin
Matchsafe

Rectangular, snuff box style container, featuring raised decoration of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, their names inscribed above each respectively, royal coat-of-arms between them, inscribed above all "J.Hynam's Royal Patent Congreves," inscribed below "& Safety Fire Boxes, 5 & 7 Princes Sq. Wilson St., Finsbury London." Lid hinged on back, long side. Striker on same side.
Waistcoat fronts
, ca. 1760
silk, metal wire, sequins, paste jewels Technique: embroidery using satin, stem and knot stitches on 7&1 satin weave

Left and right fronts of a gentleman's waistcoat with no collar, shaped lower edge and pocket flaps, embroidered in fourteen colors of silk with sequins and paste jewels on an ivory silk ground. Overall tiny floral sprig, floral border at center front, and design of sailing ships and swagged garlands at lower edge.
Simple directions in needlework and cutting out; intended for the use of the National Female Schools of Ireland. To which are added specimens of work executed by the pupils of the National Model Female School
, 1835
paper
Sewing instruction book

Eighty-four pages of text, followed by specimens of plain sewing.
Portrait of Peter Stevens, from the Icones Principum Virorum
Lucas Vorsterman, Flemish, 1595 - 1675, 1650-1660
Etching on paper in black ink
Print

A half-length portrait of peter Stevens in three-quarter view turned to right. The sitter is bare-headed and his suit has a wide pleated collar. His coat is thrown over his right sholder and arm and his right hand resting on his hip.
Plate 17, from Livre de bijouterie (Book of Designs for Goldsmiths and Jewelers)
Léonard Thiry, Flemish, 1550, ca. 1570
Engraving on paper
Print

Designs for pendants with strapwork and masks. The right pendant shows harpies; the center pendant shows a reclining pair of putti; the left pendant shows a horned figure and has a tassel at bottom.
Bonne-Double Bierre
Paulot and Carré, 1825–35
Block printed on handmade paper
Advertisement

Two figures, sitting on benches, playing cards on a barrel, to the left sits a full basket, to the right sits a black jug releasing smoke.
Head cloth (kain kepala)
, early 19th century
cotton Technique: wax resist dyeing (batik) on plain weave

Square textile (may be a head cloth or 'kain kepala') with symmetrical "mirong" motif (wings of Garuda, mount of Vishnu) on ground covered with crayfish, birds, etc. In beige with blue crackle on dark blue ground. Narrow border on four sides: plain cloth selvedges on two and the other two are handhemmed.
Textile
, 1830s
cotton Technique: roller printed on cotton plain weave; printed by a machine with 7 rollers using both relief and engraved surfaces; glazed surface.

Urns of flowers with Chinese landscape scenes on the urns, in seven colors.
Ivy motif
, mid 18th - early 19th century
Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu), and silk threads (itoire)
Katagami

Overlapping ivy creates a web-like structure. Light and dark zones appear to illustrate the motif.
Textile
, late 18th century
silk, metallic thread Technique: plain compound satin

Part of a chasuble with a design of a central palmette, flowers and foliage in shades of red, blue, green on a silver background. Some leaves in gold. Piece has gold lace trimming.
Cornish Sea Coast and Perpendicular Cliffs
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, after 1878
Graphite on cream wove paper
Sketchbook folio

Rough ocean in foreground occupies bottom third of composition; cliffs on left.
Sidewall - fragment
, 1840–60
Machine-printed

In thinly applied colors, white scroll work, deep pink flowers with maroon shading, green foliage with brown-black veining, blue flowers on tan ground.
Sea Lapping on Beach
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, late 19th century
Graphite on light cream-colored heavy textured paper, mounted
Album page

Calm sea with waves lapping on shore.
Border
, mid-18th century
linen Technique: needle lace

Border of Point d'Argentan with a central design of floral blossoms with branching sprays.