biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Doors and Paneling (Broiseries) Design
Jean Mondon, French, fl. 1736 – 1745, 1749
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for a set of interior double doors decorated and flanked by rococo style boiseries (paneling) with an overdoor painting of winged putti sitting in a landscape next to a vase of flowers. The paneling features shells, flowers, cartouches, fleurons, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), rosettes, c-scrolls, and trophies with arrows and quivers of arrows on the doors. The plate is numbered and signed.
LE BASSIN DE FLORE
Adam Perelle, French, 1638 – 1695, 1675–1703
Etching on laid paper
Print

View of a large circular basin with a fountain made up of sculptural groups featuring the figure of Flora surrounded by putti and baskets of flowers representing Spring. The basin edge is lined with flowers, and the whole is framed within a bosquet (grove) with paths leading outwards. Figures (courtiers), a horse drawn carriage with the royal coat of arms, horseman, and gardeners throughout the grounds. The plate is titled with a description.
A Man with a Basket of Vegetables
Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808, 1759-76
Etching on laid paper
Bound print

A chinoiserie-style print from a series of allegorical representations of the twelve months of the year, depicting October. A male figure stands in the middle of a landscape, leaning against a railing with a basket of vegetables on his head. There is a trellised pergola, supporting a vase with flowers to his right. Tall coconut trees stand in the background. The plate is numbered and signed.
Border
, 16th–17th century
linen Technique: grid of laid cords with needle lace, reticella style

Strip of reticella insertion and border, made separately and stitched together. Insertion design has zigzag lines setting off triangular areas which have rosettes.
Pleated fan
, mid-18th century
Oil paint on paper leaf, carved and pierced ivory sticks

Pleated fan with painted paper leaf. Obverse mount shows a couple - the woman is seated, and the man stands under an arbor by a fountain with two bathing cupids. One cupid is shooting an arrow at the couple. In cartouches at either end are two cupids in monochrome. The reverse has a central monogram with cupids in cartouches at either end. Sticks are elaborately carved with openwork (à jour), painted and gilded. The center shows a naval battle, and on either side trophies and soldiers storming two towers with a cannon.
Project for a Ceiling
, ca. 1800
Graphite, pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Portion of a ceiling, showing a hemisphere divided into bands of ornament. Outer band shows figural friezes. Above this, panels with arabesques and sphinxes. Two medallions, the right one showing a standing figure.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk Technique: 4&1 satin damask

Plants within lozenge formation in olive green .
Mixed Sketches with Figures
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, January 1868 - May 1869
Oil on paperboard
Drawing

Mixed sketches showing several partial and complete figures as well as two separate scenes. Along the upper margin, twenty-tree partial and complete figures are shown sitting and standing, typically from an elevated perspective. Several sketches of cloth headwear are strewn throughout. In the upper left corner, a figure is shown bending over in shallow water while a row boat floats nearby. At center right, the facade of a building is shown reflected in water before it. Brownish ground is visible throughout.
Textile
, late 17th–early 18th century
silk, paper Technique: silk threads glued on parchment or paper using wax

Mock embroidery. Painted faces and members on silk. Known workshops: Tlariana Elmo (Naples). Prints were used as a model.
Band
, 17th century
cotton Technique: two complementary integrated structures, plain weave plus plain weave

Red and white narrow woven band in a stylized design with confronted lions at a fountain and a castle.
Project for a Holy Sepulcher
, late 17th century
Red crayon, pen and ink, brush and sepia on paper
Drawing

Below in the center is the sarcophagus, surrounded at the back by foliage. At the corners of the front are soldiers upon the soil. In the foreground are three angels kneeling with candles on each side. Above, a carriage with the monstrance drawn by an eagle, wolf, quadrupeds with three heads and a dog. A glory of angels and two groups of angels surround it. Framed by a curtain and trees.
Designs for Screens
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1780-1789
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Designs for screens decorated with ornament motifs including urns, pinecones, busts, acanthus leaves, fluting, garland, scrolls, and birds. The plate is signed and numbered.
Monument of King Louis XVI of France
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1795
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

A variation of 1938-88-1302. The lower part of the structure is also circular. The doorcase at the front has an entablature supported by consoles. It is at the same height as an entablature of the panels and the lateral doors. Above is a frieze with tablets above the doors and festoons above the panels.
Fragment
, 10th–12th century
linen Technique: plain cloth embroidered and appliquéd

Cream-colored linen plain cloth ground with light tan appliqué of linen plain cloth in design of rings enclosing circles within a lozenge shape. Broad border of lozenges enclosing quatrefoils. Triangular fragment.
Harbor Scene
, 1775–1800
Pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

In the foreground, land with a tree and seated figures. Behind, ships in a harbor. Above, figural study.
Design for a Tureen
Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799–1868, 1825–1835
Pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

The vessel is banded with a grapevine meader. The finial is in the form of a crouching lion, and coiled snakes form the handles. The base rests on paw feet and is encircled with a similar grapevine meander band. Lower right (in red ink): "No. 40."
MARS OU LA GUERRE
Jean Démosthène Dugourc, French, 1749–1825, 1782
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

An allegorical arabesque panel design representing war and Mars, the Roman god of War featuring spears, banners, arrows, shields, swords, quiver of arrows, axes, putti wearing armor, a medallion with figures, hybrid beasts with winged lion bodies and male human heads, scrolling leaves, foliate branches, and ribbons. The plate is titled, signed, and numbered.
Title Page, Before Lettering
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, 1749-1761
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Title page before lettering. The empty text space is set within an architectural frame. The pediment is topped with sphinxes and a pinecone finial, and has at its peak an empty cartouche over which a lion emerges from a niche. Herms on either side support the text plate. The plate is signed. The lettered version of this plate is 1921-6-216-2.
Hills at Sunset
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1860–1880
Oil on off-white paperboard
drawing

Landscape sketch showing a partially wooded hill with a large, grassy slope facing the viewer, beneath a sunset sky with wispy clouds that catch the pink light of the setting sun. Scene might take place near artist's property in Hudson, New York.
Fisherman from Gaëta, Italy
Charles Joseph Hullmandel, British, 1789–1850, 1800–1825
Pen and Chinese ink, brush and brown watercolor on paper, mounted
Drawing

A man stands in a rowing boat holding ropes with hands and mouth. The sailboats are shown in the background. Caption: "Manière de pêcher a l'hameçon, a Gaëtte."
A Street in a Town
Eugène Edouard Soulès, French, 1811–1876, 1811–1876
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Leading into the background to the foot of a hill, upon which a medieval castle is standing. Framing lines.
Sidewall
, ca. 1700
Leather, stamped, silvered, painted

Diapered field of varnished silver, green foliage, red and blue flowers. Silver field.
Card case
, 18th century
silk, metallic thread, pearl button Technique: embroidered

Silk-covered case ornamented with small flowers and the initials "C.B." in silks and metallic-thread embroidery. Fastens with pearl button and loop. Green silk lining.
Views near Cape St. John and Gull Island, Canada
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 4, 1859
Graphite and white gouache on brown wove paper
Drawing

Seascape sketches showing two views off the coasts of Cape St. John and Gull Island in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. In the upper portion, an immense iceberg with a craggy top and sheer, vertical edges is shown beside another smaller and more jagged iceberg at right. In the lower portion, billowing and brightly-illuminated cumulous clouds brilliantly fill the sky above above the steep and round Gull Island. Their light is luminously reflected on the rippling ocean water below.
Two Designs for Trophies
Roubiliac, French, active 18th century, 18th century
Crayon manner etching in red ink on laid paper
Print

First plate from a series of designs for ornament prints of designs for small trophies. Only the first and second plates are known from this series. Two small trophies one above the other on the plate. The upper trophy is a bundle of musical instruments, a bagpipe, tambourine, flute with clouds behind and foliate branches with flowers and a feathered hat. The lower trophy is a bundle hanging from a loop by a tied ribbon. The bundle includes a lyre, a horn, a flaming torch, foliate branches and flowers and a laurel wreath or crown. The plate is numbered and signed with a publishers' address.
Moonrise over the Alps, Bavaria
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 1868
Oil and graphite on paperboard
Drawing

Landscape study showing a view of the moon beginning to crest the ridge of a jagged mountain the Bavarian alps. The immediate foreground shows the floor of a narrow mountain valley enshrouded in darkness, with a small house situated in a clearing at left. In the middle distance, a steep wooded slope ascends out of the frame at upper left and frames the view of the distant, rugged peak. Behind the mountain, the nearly-visible moon emits a yellow halo that illuminates nearby clouds and renders the sky a shade of greenish-blue.
Design for a Table Clock
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1775
Pen and black ink, brush and wash, graphite on white laid paper
Drawing

Two fluted pilasters flank circular dial. Above, a pediment consisting of a covered urn on top, a garland of laurel leaves, and a shell in the recessed section of the pediment. A trophy decorated with leaves and a bow, in lower panel. Partial view of covered urns on either side of base, cushioned feet.
Hilltops with Boulders, Palestine or Syria (Israel or Jordan)
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, February 1868
Graphite on white wove paper
Drawing

Landscape studies showing four details of rocks and boulders atop desert hills and embankments in the wilderness near the present-day border of Israel and Jordan (regions in the Ottoman Empire then known as Palestine and Syria, respectively). In upper half of composition, two views of rugged bluffs with boulders are shown. Below, two sketches of rocks and cliffsides are visbile. 

Verso: Landscape sketch of a ravine with several shaded washes, crowned by a series of boulders, visible along upper margin. A sketch of a camel's open mouth and tongue is visible at lower right.
Section of an Apse
, 1800–1815
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Ionic columns flank the wall panel showing a frame for a painting. An altar mensa stands at its bottom. Balconies connect the columns with the lateral wall panels. Coffered dome with a high lectern.
Print
, 1822

Plate 16
Stage Design, Interior of Temple
Carlo Ferrari, Italian, 1813 - 1871, 19th century
Brush and bistre wash on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Interior of temple with cinerary urns and tombs attached to wall. Torch burning at right.
Small-Leaved Tree near Jorje, Ecuador
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, June 1857
Graphite on gray-green wove paper
Drawing

Botanical sketch of a tree with small leaves and many separate boughs. At its base, the tree has numerous distinct trunks, in addition vines or tendrils affixed to it. Boughs bifurcate as they approach the upper portion of the composition.
Jar
, 12th–13th century
Glass

squat ovoid body witha short conical neck and straight-walled mouth.  On circular foot.  Iridescent glass, pale green
Design for the Elevations of Sepulchral Monuments, Funeral Decorations for Louis XVI
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1793
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

Most or all designs intended for one of kings, Louis XVI of France. Top row left: a sepulchral chamber with a triangular pediment and with a pyramid rising on top, standing upon a platform. Right: a sarcophagus standing on top of a sepulchral chamber. Bottom row, right: a cinerary urn stands upon a pedestal with several sections upon a platform of the usual design. Above this design was roughly sketched a similar one, lines of the platform cutting along the urn. Left: columns probably intended as candlesticks stand in the front corners of a platform upon which an oblong pedestal stands. Two figures crouch upon it, behind whom a circular pediment rises carrying a cushion with crown and sceptre. The column at right is drawn over the designs at right. Colored background, top row right.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk Technique: 4&1 satin damask

'S' curves in rectangular arrangement frame rosettes. In red and yellow.
Te igitur et Evangile
Pierre Germain, French, 1703 - 1783, 1748
Etching on laid paper
Print

Designs for two frames with Latin prayers within. The plate is signed and numbered.
Illustration for Hamlet: Hamlet and Guildenstern (III,2)
Eugène Delacroix, French, 1798 - 1863, 1835
Lithograph on paper
Print

Hamlet and Guildenstern (III,2)
Man Skating
Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808, 1773
Etching on laid paper
Print

Plate from a series of chinoiserie prints depicting figures in landscapes. A man skating on a river or body of frozen water within a garden landscape with a tree to his left and a wooden pergola-type structure and fence to his right. The plate is numbered, signed, and dated.
Watch chain
, mid-19th century
Hair, gold

Chain of three strands made of human hair (brown) twisted together; gold mountings at either end and in center; hook at one end, clasp at the other.
Madonna and child
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, ca. 1800
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Madonna and Child in an arched niche with clouds below.
Design for a Side Table with a Floral Bouquet
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for a side table with a rounded tabletop and a bouquet of flowers at its base. The table is decorated with curved, scroll-headed legs, an egg and dart band, floral garland, and rosettes. The plate is signed.
Entryway and Exterior Elevation of the Length of the Room on the Place de la Bastille
Jean François Blondel, French, 1681–1756, 1751
Engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Entryway and exterior elevation of the length of the temporary structure erected on the Place de la Bastille for the celebrations in honor of the marriage of Louis Dauphin and Maria Teresa of Spain given on February 23-26, 1745. On the balcony of the entryway are statues of putti playing musical instruments and with theatrical masks; there are also Watteau-esque figures at the balcony. The staffage depicted at the elevation view, indicates the great height of the structure.
Study for the Right Leg of a Seated Woman
, early 18th century
Red crayon on brown paper
Drawing

Frontal depiction of a leg from just above the knee to the foot; verso: head of a bearded man.
Textile
, 1850–1900
cotton Technique: plain weave

Gingham in blue, brown and white with lines of pink in the border. Hemmed, laundered and stiffly starched.
Portrait of Martin Luther (1483-1546)
Martin Luther, German, 1483 - 1564, ca. 1725-1750
Engraving on paper
Print

Bust-length portrait in frontal view. Luther is wearing a hat and a coat with a fur collar. The portrait is in an oval frame composed of palm leaves and tied with ribbons. It stands on a small inscribed pedestal.
Henry II
Wedgwood, English, established 1759, 1767–1780
Unglazed stoneware ("black basalt")
Medallion

Oval, with molded border. Head in profile to right with crown, Henry II (1133-1189). Slot at top for suspension.
Tile
, 17th century
Glazed, slip-decorated earthenware (cuenca technique)

Red earthenware with white slip.  Geometric interlaced pattern, forming two diagonally placed eight-petal rosettes in black, with yellow center.  In opposite corners elongated green petals, part of larger rosette, extending over four tiles.
Figure
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, n.d.
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Loose outline of a figure.
Frieze
, ca. 1895
Machine-printed on embossed paper

Slightly more than one repeat of design composed of two alternating bouquetsof nasturtiums with forget-me-nots. Printed on metallic gold ground.
Ornamenti di fregi e fogliami
Stefano della Bella, Italian, 1610–1664, ca. 1648
Etching on paper
Print

Plate 15
Study: The left hand of a man with a stick
, 17th century
Black crayon on brown paper
Drawing

Vetical composition of a man's left hand holding a stick. On the back:
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 stripe and a garland rise at left. A row of flowers at right.
Religious Trophy Design
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1778
Etching on laid paper
Print

Religious trophy incorporating Christian iconography and liturgical objects, book with a lamb lying on it, candlestick, cup, sun rays, incense burner, festoon of leaves, and foliate branches. The plate is numbered.
Iztaccihuatl, Mexico
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1883–1884
Graphite and oxidized white gouache on light green wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of the volcano known as Iztaccihuatl, near Mexico City, Mexico. In the foreground at right, a single cow grazes in a flat field that extends into the middle distance, where it encounters rugged hills. Dominating the scene in the background at center is the volcano Iztaccihuatl. It's numerous rugged, sharp peaks are blanketed in fields of snow, here articulated in oxidized black gouache, which appears black.

Verso: Sketches from Mexico showing three views of rugged mountains. At upper right, a serrated mountain range is viewed across flat terrain, while lines frame the scene at left and below. At center left, a dark, barren mountain with two sharp peaks is visible. And at lower right, an extremely loose sketch of two rugged mountains is included.
Seascape with Fishing Trawler, Cullercoats, England
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1881–82
Charcoal on paper
Drawing

Horizontal view of a heavy sea with a cloudy sky; a fishing trawler, pointed toward the left, emits heavy smoke from its stack.  Bare margin acorss bottom of sheet.
LE COLIN MAILLARD / LE JEU DU VOLANT.
Jacques Bacheley, French, 1712 – 1781, mid- 18th century
etching on paper
Print

Plate from a series of twelve scenes of children playing, framed within decorative rococo borders, two per plate, side-by-side. The left-hand scene shows a group of three girls, with one blindfolded, the background is blank. The right-hand scene shows two boys playing with a shuttlecock, within a landscape with a building in the background. The figures stand on elements of the cartouche. The titles are lettered below each cartouche and the plate is numbered.
Pedestal
Frankenthal Porcelain Factory, German, active mid- to late 18th century, late 18th century
hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
pedestal

Quadrangular, with ogee sides on low square plinth. White, with gold linear decorations and four panels containing sprays of flowers in overglaze enamels.
Two console tables
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Designs for two console tables.
Two sketches for coat of arms of Pope Benedict XIV
Filippo Marchionni, Italian, 1732–1805, 1740–58
Pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Angels support the escutcheons, the keys and the crown.
Plan du second Estage de l’Hostel de Monsieur Tubeuf
Jean Marot, French, 1619 - 1679, ca.1635–ca.1660
Etching on laid paper
Print

Plan for the second floor of a Parisian townhouse. A scale below. The plate is titled and signed.
Design for an Embroidered or Woven Horizontal Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1805–1815
Brush and white gouache, graphite on glazed tracing paper pasted on paper
Drawing

Plants of two different designs alternate over scroll rinceaux and a waved row of beads and a curved stripe. Slightly more than one and one-half repeats are shown.
Children Building a House of Cards
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 playing together, two standing at a table, building a house of cards from a set of playing cards. A third child, shown from the back, looks towards the others while holding a stick. The children stand in a landscape with reeds, trees, foliage, rocks and a roofed garden arbor in the background, the scene is framed by branches, foliage, rocks and wooden boards.
Pendant Design
Hans Collaert the Elder, Flemish, ca. 1530 - 1581, 1582
Engraving on paper
Print

A pendant in the form of a sea monster perched on a strapwork base is suspended from a bow knot. The base is composed of faceted gems, a mask and flowers, and is hung with three drop pearls. Riding on the monster's back is a nude woman seated on a shell, and an older man with an oar. The plate is numbered.
Sidewall
Jean-Baptiste Fay, French, active 1765 – 1790s, 1788
Block printed on handmade paper

Vertical rectangle featuring an arabesque design. At bottom, two griffons on a base with drapery in pink greens and beige; beneath a vase of flowers with birds on the handles. In center, a diamond-shaped medallion with classical subject on black background, framed with laurel bands and foliage garlands of roses and scrolls of foliage interspersed.
Designs for Helmets and Crowns
Nicolas Guérard, French, ca.1648–1719, ca. 1715
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Sheet illustrating various heraldic military helmets and crowns, each one accompanied by a description. The plate is numbered.
Designs for Five Mausoleums
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1795
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

Top row, left: the left side of the elevation of the central part is shown. The colonnades begin at the central portico in the first floor. They stand upon a dado in front of which are the stairways. There are also doorways in the basement. A colonnade connects the upper parts of the porticoes which are projecting considerably. Top row, right: the elevation of a portico flanked by a stairway and of a colonnade. Center: an elevation. The first design showed the central building rising over an enormous colonnade and flanked by steeples. Pyramids flanked by pythons were drawn over the lateral parts of the colonnade and colonnades were added in their dados. Bottom row, at left: section of a portico with measurements at right: the elevation of a portico and of the colonnade as in the top design. Accounts.
Design for a Candelabrum
Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, Italian, 1762 - 1844, ca. 1830
Pen and sepia ink over graphite on wove paper.
Drawing

Above the base a medallion with two heads. The center of the shaft is square, at the corners of which appear two heads with cowls. An oil lamp at top.
Gold Medal from the 1867 World's Fair in Paris
, 1867
brass (alloy), gold
Medal

Medal from the 1867 International Exposition of Paris. Obverse shows the laureate head of Emperor Napoleon III. Reverse shows the exposition encircled by French city arms.