biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Motifs from the Tempio Malatestiano, Rimini
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1810–20
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over traces of black chalk on white laid paper
Sketchbook folio

At upper left, column with figures in niches supported by pair of elephants; at upper right center putto, garlands, and basket- weave motif; at lower right, winged putto holding shield.
Eight Ornamental Frame Designs
, 18th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

Plate with rectangular frame repeated eight times across the page. The frame is decorated with ornament motifs including garland, ribbon, and roses.
L’Eté
Pierre-Philippe Choffard, French, 1730–1809, 1769–75
Etching on paper
Print

Headpiece for an edition of Les Saisons, Poëme by Charles-François Saint-Lambert. The headpiece represents the season of summer. A roundel in the center illustrating a young man cutting grasses with a scythe with buildings in the background. The roundel or medallion is framed by an overlapping frieze with zodiac signs (Virgo, Leo, and Cancer), trees, wheat, grasses, foliage, leaves, flowers, a bird feeding chicks, a sickle, and a snake. The plate is titled and signed.
Tile
, late 18th–early 19th century
Earthenware, glazed and high fire decorated

Man walking toward right, carrying baskets with vegetables on back and in left hand, and a basket with fish in right hand.
Names of the Main Parts of Which an Organ Buffet is Composed
Michelinot, French, active 18th c., 1770
Engravin on paper
Print

Names of the Main Parts of Which an Organ Buffet is Composed
Study of a Young Woman
, ca. 1880
Brush and black ink, graphite on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Study of a young woman sitting upon a sofa and holding an open book toward the spectator. Fragments of graphite sketches beside.
Fragment
, 1750–1800
silk Technique: plain compound satin weave

Incomplete design of ship on waves with large scale leaves and fruit and flowers.
Wooded Island, Lake Millinocket, Maine
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, September - October 1878
Graphite on white wove paper
drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of a heavily wooded island on Lake Millinocket in Maine. Viewed from a nearby shore or the surface of the lake itself, the trees on the island form a dense mass of vegetation that comprises the center of the composition in the middle distance. At left and right, the distant opposite shoreline--also heavily wooded--is visible beyond the island. Surface of lake comprises foreground.
A Trattoria in the Woods
Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786, 1760–1770
Pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Figures and animals on a road within a wooded landscape. At right, an inn with mountains in the background.
Three Designs for Daybed Frames
André-Jacob Roubo, French, 1739–1791, 1849–66
Etching on paper
Print

Three designs for daybed frames sculpted with ornament featuring rosettes, flowers, festoons of flowers, scrolling leaves, birds, acanthus leaves, wave pattern, vase, and a roundel with a profile portrait. The plate is signed with the printmaker, publisher, and original designer, and numbered.
Design for a Painted Oblong Ceiling
Andrea Pazzi, Italian, active 18th century, 1700–25
Pen and ink, brush and gray watercolor, black crayon on paper
Drawing

Horizontal format design for a painted oblong ceiling. Inscribed into an oblong frame is a view into a cupola from below. It has a hexagonal opening on top, and is supported by six supports consisting of pilasters and columns. They stand at the front of a gallery and are connected by parapets. In the bays above and below the cupola the sky is shown.
A Goat in Pandi, Colombia
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 1853
Graphite on white wove paper
Drawing

Field study showing a view of a goat climbing on a boulder in Pandi, Colombia. A wooden fence is shown beside the boulder at right. In the background, a wooded hillside with a tall tree is visible.
Frame or Cartouche Design
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1778
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for a cartouche or framing device featuring festoons of flowers, leaves, acanthus leaf clasps, flowers, reeds, leaves, and laurel leaves and ribbon molding. The plate is numbered and signed.
Fireplace (Chimney Piece and Mantel) Designs
Jean Mansart de Jouy, French, 1705 - 1783, mid- 18th–late 18th century
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Designs for a chimney piece (fireplace, overmantel mirror and painting above) illustrated as a detailed wall elevation with two different options in the design (split in half). The designs feature rococo and ‘chinoiserie' (European interpretation of a Chinese ornamental style) ornament and motifs including c-scrolls, feathers, palmettes, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), fleurons, cartouches, shells, a dragon, flowers, and fluting. The narrow panel on the left side of the overmantel mirror features a three-candled wall sconce and a ‘chinoiserie' seated musician on a wall bracket. The fireplace features two different options for ornately decorated backplates. The square landscape painting above is framed in two different cartouche style options with ornate clasps. The wall detail to the left, includes paneling (boiserie) with moulded frames and ornate details, and bookshelves. The paneling option to the right features moulding with ornate corner flourishes. The plate is numbered and signed, with a scale below.
Wallpaper Design
, 1840–60
Brush and gouache, graphite on white paper
Drawing

A dado is shown at the bottom. On top are a frieze with rinceaux with great petals, a gilt leaf, and other moldings of an entablature, and a small part of the decoration of the ceiling. The panel is decorated with obliquely dispersed rows consisting of petals and leaf boughs. Different designs and colorings are suggested for those at left and at right. A third alternative suggestion provides for rows of petals alternating with the first described rows, above at right.
Juno, plate from a suite of 6 ornamental designs with the Judgement of Paris
Adriaen Collaert, Flemish, ca. 1560 – 1618, ca. 1690
Engraving on laid paper
Print

A contestant for Paris' apple, Juno carries a scepter and is accompanied by a peacock, her identifying attribute. The figure is set within a medallion on a dark field (sur fond noir) decorated with intricate grotesques.
Ironwork Designs
Jean Tijou, French, active 1689 - 1712, 1693
Etching on laid paper
Print

Ironwork grille (screen), andirons, and ornament designs decorated with fleurs-de-lys, flaming vases, angel torsos, festoons, masks (mascarons), fleurons, foliate scrolls, and festoons of leaves (rinceaux). The plate is signed and numbered.
Ribbon fragment
, 19th century
silk Technique: woven with raised pile

Two faces of a ribbon (yellow and orange) passing over a blue bar.
Band fragment
, 3rd–5th century
Warp; S-spun linen. Wefts; Z-spun linen, Z-spun wool. Technique: woven slit tapestry with supplementary weft wrapping

At top a figure of a man in a short tunic. At bottom, a lion in an ovate medallion.
SERVANTE DE CABARET
Christophe Huet, French, 1695 – 1759, mid- 18th century
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

A plate from a series of singerie scenes after Huet. A female monkey dressed in in a dress leans over filling a bottle from a tap in a round barrel, outside a building within a landscape. She looks back towards a male monkey who is crouched on the ground, looking up her dress. The plate is titled, signed, and numbered.
Arabesque Ornament Designs
Claude Gillot, French, 1673–1722, 1749–61
Etching on laid paper
Print

Fourth plate from a series of bifurcated arabesque/ grotesque panel designs with a different design on the left and right side of the plate. The ornament features fleurons, foliage, rinceaux, scrolling leaves, cartouches, architectural details, ribbons, steps, herms, masks, vases of flowers, canopies, incense burners, birds, figures, a lion, drapery, rosettes, wings, and diaper patterns. The plate is numbered and signed.
Staircase and Iron Balustrade Design
Moreau, French, active 18th century, 1761-1762
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Side view of a staircase and pierced ballaustrade design. The plate is not signed.
Fragment
, 16th century
silk Technique: cut supplementary warp pile (velvet)

Two fragments of green cut velvet on a cream-colored ground. Small-scale symmetrical design of scrolling ribbons enclosing formal floral motif.
Unfinished design for a Waistcoat
, 1780-1790
Pencil and various gouaches on paper
Drawing

Unfinished design for the embroidery of the left bottom corner of a man's waistcoat. Lilac edges, those at the bottom and at the left side of the pocket being shown. Leaves lie on the inner side of the edge of the waistcoat. a bunch of flowers, which includes a fantastically colored rose, is suspecnded from the bottom of the pocket. Flower and leaf boughs fill the remaining space of the field.
Corniches d'appartement
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Designs for cornices for an apartment, decorated with ornament motifs including lamb tongue, egg and dart, fluting, a mascaron with scrolling acanthus leaves, and ribbon twist. The profiles of the cornices are set in the center. The plate is signed.
A Ballet Dancer, Mademoiselle Leclerc
Louis Carrogis, called Carmontelle, France, 1717 – 1806, ca. 1766
Graphite, pen and brown ink, brush and brown, pink, and gray watercolor on white paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. The actress Mademoiselle Leclerc dressed in a ballet costume, seen frontally, her head turned to the left. Framing line and stripe.
Fountain
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1790
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white lined paper, lined
Drawing

A niche with pilasters framed a statue (Flora?) who stand upon a pedestal. Below, water flows from a mask, and two conch shells held by mermen. A basin supported by two dolphin collects the water.
The Drunken Couple
Cornelis Dusart, Netherlandish, 1660–1704, 1685
Etching on laid paper
Print

Before an inn, a couple revel, tankard and flask in hand. Other figures picnic in the background.
Elevaon de l’Hostel de Liancour du costé qui regarde le Jardin
Jean Marot, French, 1619 - 1679, ca.1635–ca.1660
Etching on laid paper
Print

An architectural exterior elevation of a Hôtel particulier (grand house) with a floor plan and scale below. The façade features a grand portico entrance with three arches, a balcony above with balustrade and statues in niches, windows, and finials. The plate is titled and signed.
One of a Pair of Candlesticks
Richard Hodd & Son, London, England, active. 1872 – ca. 1880, 1878
silver
candlestick

(a) Square base with bead molding and anthemion motifs on corners. Urn-shaped candleholder with four repoussé figures of Victory with palm leaf and laurel wreath above flower swags. (b) removable bobêche.
Chimneypiece Design
N. Bruchon, French, active 18th century, 1775–87
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Design for a chimneypiece with an overmantel mirror and panel with neoclassical ornament. The mantel features fluting on the sides and a snake frieze above. The overmantel mirror is framed with tapered columns on the sides with interlaced olive-leaf branches and rosettes. Above, a square panel depicting a vase of flowers framed by a lamb's tooth pattern, a ribbon above, and a bow and arrows below. Below the design, two plan details of the chimneypiece, with a scale below. The plate is signed and numbered.
Rugged Mountains in Mexico
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, December 21, 1884
Graphite on off-white wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of rugged mountains in northern or central Mexico. Viewed across a vast, flat plain that comprises the foreground and middle distance, a serrated range of dark, sharp mountains stretches across the background. Another taller and similarly rugged range is visible along the horizon at left. 

Verso: Landscape and figure sketches showing a view of rolling terrain and two figures in Mexico. In the middle distance, a gently arching hill descends from center to center right and is covered in small vegetation. A building is visible at far right while a sharp mountain peak is visible in the background at center right. In the upper left corner, two sketches of individuals hauling large baskets of corn on their back are included.
Tungurahua, Ecuador
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July–August 1857
Graphite on brown wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing an isolated view of the volcano known as Tungurahua in Ecuador. Situated at center left, the mountain's conical, snow-capped peak is shown with several ridges throughout.
Design for Frieze or Relief with Various Allegories
, 17th century
Red chalk, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Design for frieze or relief with various allegories.
Two Mantel Clock Case Designs
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, 1738
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Two profile views of mantel clock case designs previously illustrated within the series in frontal views. The left view is plate 2 (1921-6-376-2) from the series framed by a landscape of trees, rockery, leaves, clouds and topped with an eagle, holding a snake, lightening bolt, horn in his talons. The side view illustrates the paneling featured on the side of the clock. The design on the right is for plate 5 (1921-6-376-5), illustrating the side (profile) view depicting a base supported by a lion, with the side decorated by a scrolling feather / leaf and cornucopia of fruit and flowers. The top is decorated with two putti within a large shell. The side panels feature stars and running patterns. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
Ornamental Motif
, 1825–1830
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Baluster form with a socket on top, hung with swag and calix.
Project for a tureen with papal coat of arms. Intended to be executed in silver.
, 1700–1725
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and sepia, greywater color on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Standing upon what seems to be a plate. On top of the lid a group of two angels with the tiara and the keys. Below is a dark stripe as a base.
Band fragment
, 14th century
silk. metallic, linen Technique: compound weft twill with inner warps

Blue star on metallic background. Two selvedges present.
Title Page
Alexis Peyrotte, French, 1699–1769, 1738–49
Etching on paper
Print

Title page for a series of ornamental cartouches and vignettes with rococo and chinoiserie style motifs. The title and dedication are lettered in the center of a shell-like cartouche with flowers, scrolling leaves and branches surrounding it. In the foreground a coat of arms featuring stars and a crown framed by a rocaille cartouche and a lion to the left. The plate is numbered and signed with the publisher's address below.
Elevaon du dedans de la Cour ou sont les remises des Carosses de l’Hostel du Comand. du Gert. proche la porte de Richelieu (Upper Plate) / Elevation de l’entrée de l’Hostel du Comandeur du Gert A Paris proche la porte de Richelieu (Lower Plate)
Jean Marot, French, 1619 - 1679, ca.1635–ca.1660
Etching on laid paper
Print

Two plates printed on a single sheet. The upper plate is an architectural exterior elevation and part sectional view of the stables for an hôtel particulier (grand house), with arches, dormer windows, and an arched door. The lower plate is an architectural exterior elevation of a hôtel particulier (grand house) with the main entrance portico, door, overdoor sculpted decoration, columns or pilasters, and vase finials, windows, and balustrade. Both plates include scales and are titled and signed.
Trees near the Königssee, Germany
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 9, 1868
Graphite on tan laid paper; verso: graphite and white gouache
drawing

Botanical sketches showing a view of two trees near the Königssee in Bavaria, Germany. One tree, with a divided trunk is shown in the foreground at center right and has long, horizontal branches stretching out to the left. At center, the trunk of another tree in the middle distance is faintly rendered.

Verso: Landscape sketch showing a view of water falling over rocks into a pool on the shoreline of the Königssee in Bavaria, Germany. Stones are visible in the water in foreground, with a steep slope at right.
Designs for the Letter B
Jean Baptiste Piauger, French, active 1760s, 1767
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

A plate of six designs for the letter ‘B' from a series of decorative letters, published in Pouget's ‘Dictionnaire des chifres […]'. The plate features six ornamental inhabited letter designs, two per row for the letter ‘B', featuring putti, nude female figures bathing, donkeys, a windmill, birds, and clouds, with rococo ornament, such as fleurons, acanthus leaves, c-scrolls, s-scrolls, and friezes. The plate is numbered.
Four Floating Icebergs, Canada
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 16, 1859
Graphite on light brown wove paper
Drawing

Seascape sketch showing four distinct views of icebergs off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Arranged into two stacked rows, the icebergs possess a range of forms: a long base with a round peak at upper left, a bulbous, pointed shape at upper right, a rounded spire on a wide base at lower left, and a flat, plateau-like shape at lower right.
Petite Maison de Campagne par Mr. Gisors Architecte
Jean-Charles Krafft, French, 1764 - 1833, 1812
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

An architectural print illustrating two small country houses with three exterior elevations, two section views of the interiors, and six floor plans. The houses feature neoclassical motifs, columns, friezes, entablatures, and decorative paneling. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
Candlestick Design
Jean François Forty, active 1775 – 1790, 1775–94
Etching on paper
Print

Design for a candlestick decorated with fluting, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), fleurons, flowers, laurel leaves, festoon of flowers, and a profile female portrait. The plate is titled and numbered.
Chandelier d'autel
Pierre Germain, French, 1703 - 1783, 1748
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for a candlestick for an altar decorated with ornament motifs including piastre, brackets, leaves, scallop shell, and scrolls. The plate is signed and numbered.
Study of a Female Figure (Victory)
Raimundo de Madrazo, Spanish, 1841–1920, 
Graphite, black chalk, and red chalk on paper
Drawing

Study of a female figure (Victory) for the painting The Return of Christopher Columbus to the Spanish Court, currently owned by the Italian Charities of America.
Tlingit (Indigenous Alaskan) Mask
Raimundo de Madrazo, Spanish, 1841–1920, 
Drawing

Indigenous Alaska (Tlingit) mask brought to Spain by  Alejandro Malaspina in 1791, and held at the Museo de América, Madrid, inventory no. 13909
Doily
Deerfield Society of Blue and White Needlework, Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA, 1896–1926, ca. 1896
linen Technique: herringbone, stem, satin, and roumanian stitches on plain weave

Plant forms with three exotic blossoms within a notched circle in two shades of blue on a white background. The initial "D" appears within a wheel-like shape in the center.
Fragment
, 19th century
Technique: bobbin lace made in Lille style but without heavy outlining thread

Lille-style but no heavy outline. Birds on branches.
Vase with arabesque decoration
Jean-Robert Ango, French, active in Rome 1759 –1770, d. 1773, ca. 1759–70
Red chalk on paper
Drawing

Vase with handles and a long neck with arabesque decoration
Sample
Orinoka Mills, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, ca. 1910

brown/red warp with white and gold color wefts making pattern of flowers and swags
Textile
Jean-Baptiste Huët, French, 1745–1811, ca. 1788
cotton Technique: printed by engraved copper plate on plain weave

Two fragments printed in red on cream ground showing designs known as the "Four Quarters of the Globe." Fragment 'a' shows the full breadth of the allegorical figure "Afrique". Fragment 'b' shows part of "L'Asie".
Border
, late 19th century
linen Technique: Brussels-style bobbin lace

Duchesse-style lace in pattern of open flowers with leaves.
Bordered fragment
, 17th century
silk Technique: plain weave with supplementary wefts

Polychrome large flowers and bird with border on white.
Study of Wild Plants
Walter Clark, American, 1848–1917, November 1884
Graphite on paper
Album page

A group of two thistles and big-leaved plants with grass. Verso: in opposite direction, at top, a rough sketch for a landscape painting.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk Technique: combination of two structures; satin plus twill

Decorated bands forming cartouches which frame a crowned double eagle. Polychrome.
Portrait of Clemens Crabbeels, Bishop of Sylva
, ca. 1700-1730
Engraving on paper
Print

Within an oval frame is the bust portrait of a cleric, wearing a beretta and heavy cape. Below, his escutcheon and motto, and inscription.
Via crucis - Station XII, The Crucifixion
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Italian, 1727 – 1804, ca. 1749
Etching on cream laid paper
Print

Only state
Sampler
, 1774
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered on plain weave

Ornamental border enclosing detached motifs including Adam and Eve, a shepherd and shepherdess, bird in a cage, baskets of flowers, lobster, etc.
Drawing
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1815
Pen and brown ink, traces of black chalk on laid paper ink.

Vertical Rectangle. Shown from the front standing and holding in her right hand the snake, in her left hand a looking glass, to which her head is turned.
Grotesque with Deities. Plate 04 “Juno,” 2nd state
René Boyvin, French, 1525 - 1625, ca. 1540
Black ink on white paper
Print

Vertical rectangle. Grotesque panel with Juno as central figure standing on a cloud. Around in a grotesque design, - balustrades, draperies, figures, masques, winged animals , ect.
Design for Stained Glass in Music Room in Miss Caldwell's House, Newport, R. I.
John La Farge, American, 1835–1910, 1870–80
Graphite and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Unfinished project of rectangular panels in geometric patterns. Four panels completed.
Fragment
, late 18th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace

Fragment of Valenciennes lace has isolated stems with flowers, buds and leaves. Round mesh.
Fragment
, 10th century
silk and gold thread on cotton ground Technique: split-stitch embroidery on warp-faced plain weave

Fragmented and incomplete depictions of a two lions in profile view, in light green, light blue, cream, brown, and gold.
Collar
, 17th century
linen Technique: needle lace

Collar of Plat Point de Venise worked in large-scale design of flowers and leaves. Narrow edge of needle lace.
Frieze with a vase flanked by male and female Tritons
Hans Sebald Beham, German, 1500–1550, ca. 1544
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Horizontal rectangle. A vase in the center of the composition, between a male and a female satyr, who blow horns. The bodies of the satyrs terminate in ornamental branches.
Die
, 1883–1918
Engraved steel

Obverse, engraved design for a watch-back of a scrolled and floriated band. Reverse, design for a watch-back of engraved scrolls and filled petal-forms.
La Chasseuse
Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772, ca. 1730
Etching on paper
Print

Goncourt 245. Dacier - Vuaflart.
Cup and Saucer, from a Napoleon III Table Service (Tasse et soucoupe, Service à Chiffre Doré de l'Empereur Napoléon III)
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756, 1857–1858
hard paste porcelain, gold
cup and saucer

Cup shallow, with flaring sides and circular handle with knobs. Saucer flat, with curved edges.
Coverlet fragment
, 19th century
wool, cotton Technique: plain compound weave (overshot)

Fragment showing traditional design of combinations of various triangles and diamonds, slightly curving, in bands of rust red and two shades of blue wool on undyed cotton ground. Reversible.
Fragment
, 18th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace, continuous tape with bars added

Fragment is made up of two scraps sewed together; pattern shows tape ornament held by an occasional bride and ''wheat grain''.