biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Border
, 16th century
linen, metallic thread Technique: needle lace, interlacing

Border fragment has open rounded tabs with long points extending from the edge. Tabs are attached to narrow band with a geometric pattern of diamond-shapes and squares.
Ornament
, possibly 5th century
Gold

Pre-Columbian pendant.
Textile
, 18th–19th century
cotton Technique: printed and glazed

Fragment showing an incomplete repeat of a fruit basket and flowers. Background in light brown and pattern in shades of brown, yellow and green.
Case from Traveling Cutlery Set
, ca. 1730
sharkskin, silver, wood
case

1985-103-139-a/c: Two curved, pointed tines. Square neck, waisted in...;     1985-103-139-a: Sharkskin case for two implements. Plain silver mo...;     1985-103-139-b: Knife with steel blade with straight lower edge, u...;     1985-103-139-c: Fork with two curved, pointed tines. Square neck, ...
Tankard
Florence E. Barlow, English, 1873–1909, 1884
Molded, glazed and incised stoneware

Three handled stoneware tankard with glazed and incised ornament in shades of blue and olive enframe three ovals.  Within each oval a blue flamingo is modeled in relief against a stippled ground, light buff, each flamingo stands in brown grass.
Sidewall - sample
, 1906–08
Machine-printed

Floral stripe design. Motif of two roses plus buds on narrow stripe. Alternating with a wider stripe. Printed in green on green spotted background.
Collar
, 1670–85
linen, metal-wrapped silk Technique: bobbin lace, Brussels style

Man's collar of Brussels-style lace in a pattern of stylized floral and foliated forms in a large scale symmetrical arrangement and connected by brides.
Border
, 1835–60
Block-printed paper

Architectural border with inset panels containing floral bouquets. Printed in grisaille.
Ceiling Paper
, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Overall interlacing circular motifs over dot pattern of liquid mica. Yellow, brown, and liquid mice on a cream ground.  Pattern number 497.
Study of landscape
William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900, ca. 1855
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Sketch of landscape with trees.
Winter from the Series, The Four Seasons
Abraham Bosse, French, 1602–1676, 1635
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Scene of the interior of a house. At left a group of women are making fritters over an open fire. At center a table is being set. At right beyond a bed frame, a woman stands before a mirror. Image enclosed in engraved frame
Dado
, 1830–50
Block-printed

Imitation wood wainscoting, showing two alternating inset panels: one large and one small, against gray ground.
Drawing
, late 19th century
Brush and gouache, graphite on cream paper, mounted on cream paper

Red and orange flowers with white highlights on green vines on black ground.
Darning sampler
, 1852
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in running (pattern darning) and cross stitches on plain weave foundation

Nine darning squares with initials and date in the center.  One square simulates knitting.
Collar and cuffs
, ca. 1840
linen Technique: cutwork, needle filling stitches, embroidery

Collar and cuffs worked with wide borders of Hedebo embroidery in a repeat pattern of open filling stitches resembling reticella.
Catching geese
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, ca. 1595
Black ink on paper
Print

Horizontal rectangle. Using decoys to capture geese. The decoys are worn on the head, while the hunter immerses himself in the water, leaving only the bird-shaped headgear on the surface. Bearing a substance which attracts the birds, the alight and are caught by hand. One hunter walks from the water, right, wearing his decoy hat and carrying two birds. At lower left: "Ioan. Stradanus invent."; left center: "Corn. Galle Sculp."; lower right: "Phls. Galle excud." Below: "ANSERUM AGRESTE GENUS..."
Textile
, 18th century
silk Technique: 5-harness satin damask

Green damask patterned by a straight repeat of exotic flowers on a very fine curving vine.
Textile
, 18th century
linen Technique: block printed on plain weave Label: block printed on linen

Hand-woven linen with block-printed images in black and dull red-orange.  Design shows two horsemen, confronted, one with spear, one with staff. Above each man an inscription in Russian (inversed, mirror writing).  Fragment is pieced across.
Fording the Sakawa River (Odawara), in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)
Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858, ca. 1834
Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
Print

Center, travelers fording the Sakawa River, in the middle of which is a litter. Right, rice fields and mountains at the foot of a castle. Lower left, two coolies on bank. Sharp outliine of distant hills.
Border
, 16th century
linen, silk Technique: embroidered

Section of a border in dark blue, light blue and rose in a design of three oblong frames with highly stylized animals and birds. Fourth frame shows a fountain or stylized tree. Minute geometric designs in narrow edge border.
Planter
Mintons, ca. 1880
Glazed earthenware ("majolica")

Round cachepot, sides tapered toward base. Base and upper edge molded with browm-glazed bamboo motifs. Base with four feet; lip molding at sides to form handle, with bamboo moldings connecting lip and base. Outer body glazed deep blue, molded with raised foliage in green and with flowers in white. Interior and underside of base glazed bright pink-mauve.
Fox Hunters in the Chase
, 1850–1875
Silhouette of white paper, cut out, on black paper mount
Silhouette

Fox hunters in the chase.
Napkins
, late 19th century
linen Technique: damask

Damask napkins to match tablecloth with Louise Carnegie monogram in the center.
Sidewall
, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Large-scale foliate medallions, each containing a bouquet of chrysanthemums (?) The medallions are printed on stripes, and are connected to other medallions by foliate scrolls. Printed on a striped background pattern.
Micro-mosaic
, 1800–1825
Gold sheet and wire, glass mosaics
Necklace

Gold necklace composed of ten ovals connected with an upper and lower gold chain. Each oval is outlined in blue with an inner image of Italian architecture. Necklace is part of a set.
Sidewall
M.H. Birge & Sons Co., 1834, 1900–1920
Machine-printed on paper

Large colorful bird perched in a tree. The bird is looking into a basket containing flowers and wheat. There is fruit sitting around the base of the tree. Printed in red, blue and tan on a black ground.
Temple of Apollo in Corinth, Greece
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, April 25-27, 1869
Brush and oil on off-white paperboard
Drawing

Architecture and landscape sketch showing a loosely rendered view of the Temple of Apollo in Corinth, Greece. Situated on a rise in the terrain in the middle distance, the temple is viewed from the side, with one colonnade--viewed lengthwise at left--seemingly collapsed into one column. Loosely rendered columns at right are hastily crossed-out. In the background, a mountain range colored pink and purple is visible beneath an open, light blue sky. Green and brown terrain comprise the middle distance.
Panel with the Letter "T" from the "Newes ABC Büechlein"
Lukas Kilian, German, 1579 – 1637, 1627
Engraving on off-white laid paper
Print

A stylishly clothed boy measuring a bale of cloth ("tuch") with the help of an unclothed one.
Vüe du pavillon de Bagatelle, sis sur le bord de la seine, attenant le Bois de Boulogne Bati par Belanger, en 54 jours. Année 1778
Jean-Charles Krafft, French, 1764 - 1833, 1812
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

An architectural print illustrating a garden pavilion with two elevations and two floor plans, featuring columns, friezes, sculptures in niches, and a domed roof. The plate is titled, signed, and numbered.
Canoes on a Lake
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1897
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Sketch of canoes on a lake with trees in the distance.
Fragment
, late 19th century
silk Technique: woven with raised pile

Fragment with a design of light blue stripes on a black velvet ground.
Design for a fireplace
, 1760
Pen and Chinese ink, brush and washes of purple and light brownish watercolors
Drawing

A console mirror stands between folding doors.
Sheet of a Drawing Book: Two Pitchers and Bowl
Giuseppe Valadier, Italian, 1762–1839, 1625–75
Black chalk, pen and black ink on paper
Drawing

The three vessels form a group.  A pitcher with a handle, composed of two snakes, stands in front and partially covers the others.  Both pitchers face left. The bowl is low. Parts of the design are lightly sketched.
Print
Antoine-Alexandre-Joseph Cardon, Belgian, 1739 - 1822, 1800
Stipple engraving on paper

A bust length young woman, facing one quarter left, head turned frontally. She wears a garland of grapes and wheat in her hair.
Mountain Range across a Plain
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, April or May 1868
Graphite on gray-green wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a distant mountain range across a flat plain, with loosely-rendered foliage in the immediate foreground.
LE CHASTEAU DE ST. CLOUD
Adam Perelle, French, 1638 – 1695, 1680–1703
Etching on laid paper
Print

View of the chateau of St. Cloud with a water feature in the foreground framed by statues on plinths personifying the four seasons, elements, and parts of the world. Swans in the water, and many figures in the gardens. Trees in the background and framing the scene. Potted plants and topiary. The plate is titled with a short description of the water feature and the sculptures. The plate is signed.
Fragment
, 17th–18th century
silk, linen Technique: plain weave with supplementary warps forming float patterns

Fragment with vertical stripes.
Winnipesaukee Lake, Chocorua in Distance
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, September 1, 1856
Graphite on grey paper
Drawing

Meadow in foreground. Lake beyond, with islands and Mount Chocorua in distance. Looking northwest from the Weirs, over Lake Winnipesaukee.
Ornamental Frame Design
, 18th century
Etching on paper
Print

Design for an architectural frame with ornament motifs including scrolls, scallop shells, ribbon, scrolling acanthus leaves, and floral garland.
Sketch for Portrait of the Youngest Daughter of William Astor
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1879
Graphite on cream wove paper
Drawing

Girl seated, turned slightly left, her head facing frontally. Her hands in her lap and a few flowers, repeated at lower right. Verso: Mt. Lafayette, N.H., center, with ridges around. Notes below, including: Franconia Range from Littleton.
Vestige des Termes de l’Empereur Diocletian a Rome
Gabriel Perelle, French, 1604–1677, late 17th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

View of the ruins of the baths of Diocletian in Rome. The ruins to the right feature multiple levels of arches with foliate branches growing. Figures in the foreground with a tree framing the scene on the left. Buildings in the background. The plate is titled and signed.
Frontispiece or dedicatory page
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1785
Etching on paperaper
Print

Vertical composition of a woman in classical attire, pointing to a medallion with the head of a man, while looking over her shoulder at Cronus on the left. Cronus holds an hour glass and a book. A youth stands at the right with his left arm stretch upward and holding a laurel wreath in his right hand. The bottom margin reads 'F. Giani. in. del. 1785" over an erased signature with the same date: "G. M. inc."
Grotesque Design
, early 17th century
Charcoal, pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Strapwork with animals and harpies frame a center square panel. At top, a cherub and floral swag.
Poetry, from a Series of Seated Muses
, 1750–1780
Pen and bistre on paper, mounted
Drawing

She carries the writing pen in her right hand, and supports with the left hand, the lyre, which stands beside her. Lying beside her are, at left, a flute and a clarinet, at right, books. Franked by ink lines.
Le Feu
Jean Démosthène Dugourc, French, 1749–1825, 1782
Etching on paper
Bound print

Plate 3 of a series of 6 numbered plates. Symmetrically-designed panel with grotesques. At center, two humanoid figures support with their outstretched hands a platter upon which a woman stands at left and a man stands at right. At lower left and right, two monkeys occupy circular cartouches; another pair of monkeys stands above the forms. Ornamental decorations include festoons of flowers, lamps, and borders.
Skyphos (Drinking Cup)
, 6th century BC
Terracotta

Tapering cylindrical form with two horizontal handles at rim, circular foot. Black and terracotta colored decoration consists of female figure dressed in chiton, running toward right with wreath in hand, and a nude youth seated on rock, facing right, staff in hand. Under the handles, symmetrical ornaments based on the palmette.
Sketches around the Königssee, Bavaria, and Vöcklabruck, Austria
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July - August 1868
Graphite on gray-green wove paper; verso: graphite and white gouache
Drawing

Mixed sketches showing buildings around the town of Vöcklabruck, Austria, and, most prominently, a view of the southern end of the Königssee. Precipitous mountainsides plunge into the lakes waters, while St. Bartholomew's Church is faintly visible on the shoreline at bottom right. At left, three architecture sketches are shown--the outline of an A-frame building, a more detailed frontal view of an A-frame building, and at upper left, a large rectangular building with tall, square towers flanking its sides. At upper center, the top of a chimney is shown beside a Gothic church with a gate tower and pyramidal steeple. Finally, at upper right, a woman wearing a dress and a wide-brim hat is included.

Verso: Landscape sketch showing a view of the mountain known as the Teufelshörner (or "Devil's Horns") looming over the Königssee. A slice of the lake itself is visible along the lower margin, beside a heavily wooded shoreline. At left, the prominence known as Salet Alp is visible. In the middle distance, two towering mountainsides descend towards each other at center to create a sharp "V" through which the jagged and snow-covered Teufelshörner is visible. Light clouds are suspended around the mountain's sharp peak and allow subtle sun rays to burst through.
MAVZOLÉÉ
Jean Berain, the elder, French, 1640-1711, 1711
Engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Mausoleum under a baldachin for the funeral ceremony of Marie Louise d'Orleans, Queen of Spain, held in Notre Dame in Paris. At lower left are three figures talking and gesturing toward the mausoleum. The plate is signed.
Study of Two Men and Skirt Drapery for Mrs. Sheppard Gandy
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1859
Black crayon, red crayon, white chalk on blue wove paper
Drawing

Upper left, a man seated at a table with his back to the viewer. Lower right, a man walking away, with a pitcher in his right hand. Lower left, drapery study of a skirt. Verso: Portrait study of Mrs. Sheppard Gandy, seated.
Two Pendants
, 1825–50
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Ribbons formed into bow knots. At center, a round faceted gem. Below hands a tear-drop gem.
Rainbow over the Farm, Hudson, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 1866
Graphite on tan wove paper; verso: graphite
drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of a rainbow arching over the rolling terrain of Church's property, known at the time as the Farm. Possibly showing a southward view, this composition features what is likely Church's first studio on the property in the foreground at right. Trees and other vegetation are visible at the base of this hill, while other rolling prominences stretch across the middle distance. At left, the lower portion of a rainbow's arch is shown amid a diverse sky filled with puffy and hazy clouds. The Hudson River is likely shown in the background at right.

Verso: Botanical sketch showing two isolated views of twisting, leafless tree branches, severed from their trunks. They are situated one on top of the other at center.
Mt. Lafayette, Mt. Franconia from Whitefield Road to Jefferson
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, September 25, 1855
Graphite on pale green paper
Drawing

Fence, right, with farm beyond. Ridges, with mountains beyond.
Niagara from the American Side, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, possibly August 1858
Brush and oil paint, graphite over albumen silver print mounted on white paperboard
Drawing

Landscape photograph/sketch showing a view of Niagara Falls from the American side, in New York. In this work, the artist sketched in graphite and oil paint onto a photograph known as an albumen silver print. The view includes a treetop at lower right and a cliffside with vegetation in the foreground at left. Beyond it, the American Falls lead to Goat Island, which then leads to the curving Horseshoe Falls, which extends horizontally across the composition in the middle distance. In the background, dark gray and white clouds hang above the heavily wooded bank of the Niagara River. The artist has whited out the treetop at lower right, painted the rich blue-green hue of the river's water onto the falls at center, and articulated the distant sky and riverbank in oil. At center right, an immense plume of mist kicked up by the falls is visible. Graphite guiding or perspectival lines intersect at center.

Verso: Mixed landscape sketches showing, at left, an extremely loosely rendered view of the American Falls, while, oppositely oriented at upper right, a framed scene of a castle on a hill in a mountainous landscape at sunset is included.
Cadran à Vent de Me le Duc de Mortemart en 1724 (Design for a Barometer for the Duc of Mortemart in 1724), plate 98, in Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (Works by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier)
Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750, 1748
Etching and engraving on white laid paper
Print

Barometer at center topped with female figure with raised right arm, clouds around her.  Barometer's inscription: NORD; EST; OUEST; SUD. Below three nude figures, one pours liquid contents of amphora into rocaille formation below sitting on platform. Left, wall; right, window.
PLAN ET ELEVATION DU BALDAQUIN DU VAL DE GRACE
Jules Hardouin Mansart, French, 1646–1708, mid- 18th century
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Design for a baldachin with undulating columns and an altar with sculpted figures of the infant Christ between Mary and Joseph. Above the group is a banner that reads GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO.
Worsham-Rockefeller House
, ca. 1880
Glazed earthenware
Wall tiles

Four tiles comprising a square portion of a larger composition in Persian style. This unit centered with a quatrefoil design enclosed by four semicircular stems and decorated corners, details reserved in white. Underglaze colors: burnt sienna, green, two shades of blue, on white ground.
Harlequin
, 18th century
Carved and painted wood, glass and woven cloth
Puppet

Set of Commedia dell'arte marionettes, each with facial masks and costume of stock character. Harlequin shown with bearded mask and rosy cheeks and nose. Multicolored patchwork costume.
Fountain and Garden Designs
Giovanni Paolo Gaspari, 1714 – 1775, 1770
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Two plates printed on a single sheet. The upper plate illustrates a garden with steps, fountains, sculpted figures, trees, columns balustrades, vases, potted plants, and a colonnade. The lower plate illustrates an elevation and plan for a fountain garden gate featuring sculpted figures, columns, rustication, vase finials, and festoons. The plates are titled, signed, numbered, and dated.
Sunset over Mountains
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1860–80
Graphite on gray wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of a cloud-filled sunset sky over a rugged mountain ridge-likely the Catskills viewed from the artist's property near Hudson, New York. The rough, undulating contour of the mountain range stretches horizontally across the composition and features a tall, rounded peak at center. A mixture of variously lit, wispy and puffy clouds intermingle in the sky above. 

Verso: Fragment of a landscape sketch that is the leftmost portion of a larger view, showing a bank of billowing clouds variously whose tops are brightly illuminated.
Le Vampire
, ca. 1820
cotton Technique: printed on plain weave
Textile

Four vignettes with figures in Elizabethan costume. Scenes are from an opera, popular in the 19th century, known as Le Vampire. In one of the vignettes is a tablet with these words imprinted upon it.
Saint Jerome
Giulio Carpione, Italian, 1613 - 1678, ca. 1650
Etching on paper
Print

St. Jerome is shown kneeling in a landscape, seen frontally, extending his right arm down in a gesture of supplication. He is attended by seaphs.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk Technique: 4&1 satin damask

Lions and plants forming a grid in yellow and red. Fragment very worn.
Playing card
, ca. 1855
Red and black ink, paper

At top: P 1 C; below central image: 2
The Spirit of Science
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, 1595 or before
Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink on laid paper
Drawing

Recto: Sts. Peter and John appear before the High Council. Peter stands at center within a colonnaded space, his figure framed by an archway beyond. John stands behind him, to the left. Their accusers stand opposite. Other figures observe, some seated on benches at right.
Verso: Dutch inscription.
Alcove with a Bed
Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682, ca. 1650
Etching on laid paper
Print

An alcove with a canopy bed in the center topped with feather finials. The alcove is framed by paneling and moldings featuring mascarons (masks), rosettes, leaves, fleurons, vases of flowers, fish scale pattern, festoons of leaves, caryatids, and flying putti holding a cartouche.
Button
, 1801–50
Brass, gold-plated

1931-59-107: Convex button ornamented with shield with heraldic...
Pair of pendant fruit mounts
, ca. 1780
Gilt bronze

Swags of fruit, flowers, and foliage.
Theatre des Varietés in Paris
, 1790–1795
Engraving on paper
Print

Horizontal rectangle. From the same publication as -1392. Shown from the boulevard. Signatures and name of the publication as in -1392. The number is 77: "VUE DU THEATRE DES VARIETES SURE LE BOULEVARD"
Plan des Entressoles du Pavillon Royal au bout du Canal de Commercy.
Emmanuel Héré de Corny, French, 1705–1763, 1753
Engraving
Bound print

Plan of the mezzanine of the Royal pavilion with a lettered legend identifying the rooms. At the bottom of the plate is a scale bar of "10 Toises."
Elevation du Château d’eau de Villaserf
Michel Lebouteux, French, 1648 – 17.., 1683–1691
Etching on laid paper
Print

Elevation of the water chateau of Vilaserf. View of fountain and basin with an architectural feature decorated with a central arched niche, rockwork, rocaille, statues, sculptural groups, herms, roundels, dolphins, vases, and balustrades. Jets of water in the foreground with swans in the water. The plate is titled and signed.
Sallon de treillage du petit bois de Sceaux
Nicolas Langlois, French, 1640 - 1703, 1658–1703
Etching on laid paper
Print

Two plates printed side-by-side on a single sheet. Both proofs are before lettering with their titles inscribed in ink below each image, within the plates. Left plate: A trellis arched gate with oval finials in the center of the image, flanked by hedges of tall trees. A fountain with a shooting jet visible through the gate. Figures stand, sit, and walk around the garden space. Right plate: A trellis gate topped with a triangular arch with oval finials on plinths. The sides of the gate are decorated with friezes and pilaster columns. Through the gate, a path of arched hedges of tall trees, with other trees visible beyond the gate. Figures stand, sit on benches, and walk around the space.
Jardinière
, ca. 1800–25
Enameled and gilt tôle

Oval, with shaped edge and simple handles. Black field, decorated in colors and gilding with Chinese figures, slightly raised.