biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Frieze
Becker, Smith & Page, Inc., founded 1899, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Bouquets of blue flowers. The lower right stem leans down, forming the adjoining motif with the next bouquet. Mica-stripe pattern in background. Printed in blue, green , white mica on an off-white ground.
Frieze
Liberty Paper & Bag Co., 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Frieze featuring floral wreaths terminating in fleur-de-lis bundles that repeat horizontally across the panel. Wreaths are connected with swagged floral garlands. Top of panel is bordered by row of small, inverse fleur-de-lis in heart shaped borders. Bottom of panel is bordered by large, geometric tribal design. A matrix of square dots fills the space between the top and bottom borders. Designs are rendered to resemble a woven textile, and are printed in shades of brown on a tan background.
Ceiling paper
, 1895–1905
Machine-printed paper

a) two pieces hinged together: cream background with aqua and gray floral pattern, double border; b) ceiling paper with blue flowers and scrolls on cream ground.
Border
, mid-16th century
linen Technique: grid of withdrawn element work with needle lace, reticella style

Geometrically arranged design of abstract human and animal forms contained with square units and bordered on one side by a zigzag band and smaller geometric forms.
Orphrey
, 15th–16th century
linen, silk, metallic thread Technique: woven

Orphrey with a depiction of Christ rising from the tomb, in deep cream and silver.
Band
, 16th–17th century
linen Technique: grid of withdrawn element with needle lace, reticella style

Panel with a repeating scroll pattern.
Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Les Müres (Mulberries) from the Service des Objets de Dessert (Dessert Service)
Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849, 1819–20
Pen and brown, black ink, brush and brown, black wash, white gouache, red crayon, graphite on tan paper mounted on blue-gray paper
Drawing

Design for a painted porcelain plate, rondel. Enclosed yard of a farmhouse. At right, a figure of a woman holding a basket of berries in her right hand points with her left hand to a mulberry bush. In center, three children sit on the ground eating berries under the watchful eye of an elder woman. Behind them to the left, a man balances a tray of berry containers on his head. In the left foreground, a seated woman appears to be sifting sugar into a vessel, while a small child leans on her shoulder. In the distance is a grove of trees.
Sketches of Two Winged Putti and an Urn
Taddeo Zuccaro, Italian, 1529 - 1566, 1550–55
Black and white chalk on blue laid paper
Drawing

Sheet with two studies of putti. At top, a frontal view of a reclining, winged putti facing right. At bottom, a back view of a winged putti facing left. At their feet, a two handled urn is sketched.
Two Studies
Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863, ca. 1830
Pen and bistre ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Left: a figure seated on a sphere. Right: two figures standing beside a tripod. Enclosed in framing lines.
Two Figures in a Landscape
François Boucher, French, 1703–1770, after 1751
Etching on laid paper
Print

A pastoral scene with a young man and woman in a landscape with animals. The young woman sits, leaning against a mound, with her head in her hand and looking downwards. A straw hat and dog to the left with a group of sheep and a hanging basket of flowers to the right. A young boy, standing behind her, leaning against a tree, tries to tickle her face with a blade of grass. Trees and foliage surround them with the straw roof or canopy of a building or structure to the left. The plate is signed and numbered.
Trimmings
, 19th century
wool, silk, metallic thread Technique: embroidered

Dress trimmings consisting of embroidered bodice detail, collar and cuffs mounted on red felt. Tassels have woven and wrapped metallic thread over red silk base.
Button
, 1875–1914
stone

On card 17
Studies of Masts and Ornaments
Filippo Marchionni, Italian, 1732–1805, 1750–75
Pen and ink on laid paper
Drawing

Hoirzontal rectangle. Masts shown at one side, ornaments at the other. A calyx as a central motif between branch scrolls. In opposite directions, two crossed shepherds' staffs with a wreath. "a" is written above and there are two crossed branches with a stick with a lion mask. Leaves and part of a window frame are sketched in graphite.
Funeral Decorations for King Louis XVI of France
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1793
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

A variation of the sceheme of 1938-88-1301. The flames burn above roudn altars. There are more steps below the central part. The doorcase is laterally framed by pedestals, whose upper shorter parts are divided by mouldings from the lower ones. The front of the upper is decorated with a festoon. Upon them are sitting female allegories, and they support the pediment of a sarcophagus above the door. The round shaft of the upper pedestal rises without a base; it bears the inscription. On top is a variation of 1938-88-1309 with the right putto sitting upon the base.
Cartouche with Dolphins
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1738
Etching and engraving on paper
Bound print

Blank symmetrical upright rocaille cartouche with dolphins at left and right. Grape vines at top; rod with draped garland at bottom.
Pink, Red, Blue, and Black Bird on Branch with Blossoms and Butterflies
, ca. 1800–1830
Pen and ink, graphite on coated wove paper
Drawing

Pink, Red, Blue, and Black Bird on Branch with Blossoms and Butterflies
Panel
, 19th century
silk and metal-wrapped silk threads on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered on plain weave

Panel pieced from several fragments of embroidery. Design of curving stems, narrow straight leaves and small flowers. Bound with brown silk twill.
Decorated Capital Letter S
Jakob Frey, Swiss, active Italy, 1681 - 1752, ca. 1715
Paper
Print

Letter S before Science, a seated woman who is investigating the sky.  A snake and a crown lie under her right foot.  The tower of the Sapienza, the Roman University, is in the right distance.
Plan of an imaginary ancient seat of learning
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720–1778, 1750
Etching on white paper
Print

Vertical rectangle. Plan of a large circular structure with radiating crilces and pavilions. Description, upper left; key, upper right. Inscribed, lower left: "Giambattista Piranesi inventore scolpi." Plate 22 of the "Opere varie di architettura prospettive ---"

Focillon, vol.    II, P. 18, nO. 121 (22). Reprint
Fragment, pilaster
, ca. 1600
wood, carved

portion of pendant ornaments composed of furit, foliage and drapery
Mixed Sketches with a Church, Mexico
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1883–1884
Graphite on light green wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Mixed sketches from Mexico showing, at upper right, a detailed view of a church with a large belltower and four domes; at upper left, a view of two figures on flat terrain; and in the lower portion, a view of layered and rugged mountain ridges leading to a sharp peak at center left.

Verso: Mixed sketches from Mexico showing, at far left, a seated figure wearing a brimmed hat; at center and oriented to the right, a loose view of a figure carrying a large board or object on their back; and at right and oriented to the right, a loose, almost indistinct view of a church within a mountainous landscape.
Portrait of a Woman
William Merritt Chase, American, 1849–1916, 1890–1895
Monotype printed in brown ink on Japanese paper mounted on brown laid paper
Print

Portrait of a girl with long unbound hair looking left.
Fragment
, 17th century
cotton Technique: block printed on plain weave with mordant, immersion dyed

Stylized plant forms in brown and red.
Design for a Monochrome Wall Painting, Church of Corpus Domini, Bologna, Italy, St. Caterina Vigri Receives the Babe from the Virgin
Marc Antonio Franceschini, Italian, 1648 – 1729, 1687–94
Blach chalk, pen and ink, brush and gray-brown watercolor on paper
Drawing

Figure of Saint Caterina Vigri kneels on the steps of an altar at center holding the Christ child. The virgin Mary sits slightly above, on clouds, surrounded by angels and putti.
Vessels and Roundels with Attributes of Mercury, Pan, Love, and Diana
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, ca. 1778–1782
Engraving on paper
Print

Vessels and roundels with attributes of Mercury, Pan, Love, and Diana
Design for a Silver Platter
Caspar-Gottlieb Eisler, German, active 1707–1755, ca. 1750
Engraving on white laid paper
Print

Design for rocaille silver, serving dish.  Asymmetric in form with two, twisting handles. Ornamented with root vegetables set in looping, lettuce and shell-like border. The plate is signed and numbered.
Hymn to Adversity
Thomas Gray, British, 1716 – 1771, 1753
Letterpress and etching on laid paper
Bound print

Second page of the poem ‘Hymn to Adversity', numbered 27. The text is letterpress printed with an etched tailpiece below, illustrating a seated female figure within a rocky landscape, with trees and leaves.
Woman Studying
Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian, active England, 1727–1815, ca. 1760–1770
Engraving in brown ink on white paper
Print

Woman seated, half turned to the right. Her left hand to her forehead, her right pointing to a sentence in the book to her left. A shawl overhead.
Black Basalt Covered Urn
Wedgwood, English, established 1759, 1780–1800
stoneware ("black basalt")
urn

Ovoid, with high looped handles and small cylindrical neck. On square plinth (b) with relief palmette decoration, and ogee foot (d) with leaf-molded edge. Flat cylindrical cover (c) with relief palmette and guilloche decoration, and vase finial.
Map sampler
, 18th century
silk embroidery on wool foundation Technique: cross stitch on plain weave

A map of Wales with detached plants, a butterfly and a sphinx.
Food mold
, ca. 1830
Copper

Decorated on bottom with repoussé trophy composed of helmet of laurel; on sides, with repoussé hemicylinders.
Elevation of a Garden House
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Elevation of a Garden House.
Two Quarters of a Ceiling
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1740–68
Etching and engraving on paper
Bound print

Two quarters of a rocaille ceiling with alternate suggestions divided by a central rosette.
Border
, ca. 1850
Block-printed

Alternating scrolls and floral forms. Printed in pinks and greens on deep violet ground.
Clapboard Shack
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1863–64
Graphite, brush and white gouache on blue paper
Drawing

Horizontal view of a clapboard shack with an arbor over the doorway and a smaller shack visible behind, to the right.
Elévations et Profils de différens Lambris d'appui avec leurs bouts de Chambranle
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, 1774
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Elevations and profiles of panel designs. The panels are framed with ornament motifs including wave pattern, egg and dart, and simple molding; one panel design has at its center a rosette framed with egg and dart, and draped with ribboned garland. The plate is signed.
Design for a Sarcophagus
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1780
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

The lefft half is shown, with the left support shown from inside. Bathtub form with a carved gaine with a lion mask rising from the support. Colored background. Below are the points of a stroke in -1402 and upper parts of its background coloring.
Porte, dans le grand Appartement des Tuilleries
François Chauveau, French, 1613 – 1676, 1710
Etching on laid paper
Bound print

Eighteenth plate from a series of prints depicting the ornament and interiors of the King's apartment at the Royal palaces of the Louvre and the Tuileries, part of the Cabinet du Roi (King's Cabinet) series published by the Imprimerie Royale. The plate illustrates a double door from the Grand Apartment of the Tuileries Palace. The doors each have five ornamental panels and framed with egg and dart and wave running patterned borders. The panels feature heraldic devices, laurel leaf garlands, interlaced L's, fleurs-de-lys, crowns, Apollo's head, tools, a basket, acanthus leaves, foliage, fleurons, trophies, ribbons, and rosettes. The locks are highly decorative with similar ornament. The plate is titled, signed, and numbered
Fragment
, 16th–17th century
silk, metal foil applied to parchment core Technique: plain compound weave

Close design of hunters: striding man with a raised club, prowling lion, and a man on horseback with raised scimitar.
Streetscape
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 19th century
Crayon on paper
Drawing

View of a street scene. At left, a building with a cornice and awning. In the background, a flag flies from a small domed building.
Porte, dans le grand Appartement des Tuilleries
François Chauveau, French, 1613 – 1676, 1710
Etching on laid paper
Bound print

Sixteenth plate from a series of prints depicting the ornament and interiors of the King's apartment at the Royal palaces of the Louvre and the Tuileries, part of the Cabinet du Roi (King's Cabinet) series published by the Imprimerie Royale. The plate illustrates a double door from the Grand Apartment of the Tuileries Palace. The doors each have five ornamental panels and framed with egg and dart and wave running patterned borders. The panels feature heraldic devices, floral garlands, interlaced L's, fleurs-de-lys, crowns, Apollo's head with sun rays, shells, acanthus leaves, fleurons, military trophies, cornucopias, ribbons, and rosettes. The locks are highly decorative with similar ornament. The plate is titled, signed, and numbered.
Stormy Seascape
Pierre-Jacques Volaire, French, 1729 - Before 1802, 1775–1800
Pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

A ship tosses on a stormy, sublime sea. rocks in the foreground and middle distance. Another ship in the far distance.
Ornament Panel with Orpheus and the Judgment of Paris
Nicoletto da Modena, Italian, active 1500 – 1522, ca. 1507
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Vertical rectangle showing fully decorated sheet with many figures, including two nymphs with birds, a roundel showing the Judgment of Paris and another showing Apollo playing the violin.
Designs for a Living Room Interior
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Designs for a Living Room Interior.
Study for "Rocky Coast and Gulls"
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1869
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of a beach with rocks in the foreground and three figures in the distance. Houses line the coast along the horizon.
LA GÉOGRAPHIE
Clément Pierre Marillier, French, 1740 – 1808, 1759–80
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Allegorical vignette representing geography from a series of twelve (including title page). The title is lettered in the center on a large rock surrounded by trees and plants. In the foreground a putto sits on a globe holding calipers, measuring the distance between two islands. Around him are maps, portfolios, books, measuring devices, an armillary globe, compass, telescope, and a roundel portrait of Buache. Lettering below the vignette and the plate is signed.
Centerpiece for the Ambassador of the Maltese Order
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1769
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Aerial architectural view of a design for a centerpiece for the ambassador of the Maltese Order. An octagonal form at left with a square at center and ovals at top, left, bottom, and right. At right, three rectangular plans, the top and bottom plans matching, the plan at center with three square forms.
Plaque and pins [3]
, 1917
Patinated bronze, bronze

One patinated bronze triangular mounted plaque (-1a) in original case; three small triangular bronze pins (-1b/d). Each showing classical female figure in phrygian cap, holding sword above her head and striding before rising(?) sun and eagle in flight; inscribed "Victory (in banner above figure), Art, War, Relief"
Female Nude Study for "A Magdalen"
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1852
Graphite, white chalk, brown pastel crayon on green wove paper
Drawing

Female nude figure turned to the right with folded, raised hands. Lower part of the legs not shown.
Orphrey band
, 16th century
silk, metal wrapped linen Technique:combination of two structures; 471 satin plus 2/2 twill plus 3/1 twill

Sunburst with the monogram "IHS' on a checkerboard background with cherubs.  Partial selvage on right.
Fragment
, early 18th century
silk, metallic thread Technique: plain compound weave with supplementary weft

White ground with a design of landscape vignettes; one complete vignette is in the center. Vignettes have scenes of architectural structures, trees and blue skies with clouds. Each vignettes is surrounded by a decorative silver frame. Between vignettes are large-scale multicolored pendant flowers, foliage and fruit.
Samples
, ca. 1850
cotton, paper Technique: warp-dyed velvet

Six manufacturer's samples of velvets for men's waistcoats. Patterns are chiné and show small conventionalized floral patterns.
Ocean View
Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858, 1797-1858
Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
Print

This scene depicts a birds-eye view overlooking the ocean. Two pairs of people are enjoying the beautiful spring day. A couple of men are having a discussion and point towards the ships while two women assisted by canes are walking towards the shrine.
Teapot
Joseph A. Schirsand, ca. 1760
pewter
teapot

Pyriform body with vertical gadrooning and horizontal moldings. Curved spout, wide at bottom and narrow in upper part. Domed, hinged cover. Scrolled star handle with small spur.
Plafond d'appartement
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for the moulding of an apartment ceiling decorated with ornament motifs including lamb tongue, scrolling acanthus leaves, wreathes, bound leaf, and portrait medallions. The profile of the moulding is in the center. The plate is signed.
Croisées de Mansardes
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Two designs for casement windows in the Mansard style. The left window frame has a curved arch; the right one is peaked and decorated with lead garland and a fluted brace. The plate is signed.
Rural Scene with Cow, Figures, and House
Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863, 1820–1850
Pen and ink, brush and sepia wash, graphite on paper
Drawing

Rural scene. Cow at center with figures on either side. Sowing figure with child in foreground. House at right in background.
Receuil de Fontaines
François Boucher, French, 1703–1770, 1703–70
Print

Fountains. Portrait of Boucher plus two Suites, 1 - 7.
Vue perspective de la Chambre à coucher du Cit. V à Paris (Perspective View of the Bedroom of Cit. V in Paris), plate 13, in Recueil de décorations intérieures (Collection of Interior Decorations)
Charles Percier, French, 1764–1838, 1812
Etching, engraving on cream laid paper
Print

This image shows an interior of a bedroom.  The bed is draped and raised on a platform on the right side of the room opposite a large table with statue of a god in classical dress holding a wreath in his hand.
Design for the Letter I of a Pictoral Alphabet: Idolatry
Victor Vincent Adam, French, 1801 – 1866, ca. 1830
Graphite, pen and bistre ink, brush and ink wash, with white heightening on cream paper
Drawing

Letter above, flanked by intertwining rinceau. Worshippers in a temple of Isis.
Town gate
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1780–1790
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Arched doorway flanked by pairs of Doric columns supporting a projecting section of the entablature, and topped by an oval pedestal supporting an incompletely shown escutcheon and two female figures. Laterally project crenellated towers, the top sections of which are circular. Colored background.
Candelabrum as part of decoration
, ca. 1480–1500
Pen, ink, brush, brown watercolor, white heightening on red colored paper.
Drawing

1938-88-6980: Vertical rectangle. Cut along the outlines of the ...;     1938-88-6981: Vertical rectangle. Cut along the outlines of the ...
Design for a Ground Floor Window Case
, ca. 1750
Brush and bistre wash, black crayon, graphite on cream laid paper mounted to laid paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. The right half of a design for a window case is shown. The bottom sill is supported by a seated sphinx, shown in profile turned toward the left. A broken pediment is on top with a putto riding on a bird and lifting a crown.
Wild Goose in Flight
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1896–97
Charcoal, white chalk on gray paper
Drawing

Horizontal view of a wild goose in flight, with the first position of haead corrected with white crayon above the final position in which the head was drawn.
Kingston Harbor from Bellevue, Jamaica
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, August 1865
Graphite and white gouache on gray wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of the Palisadoes and the Kingston harbor from the town of Bellevue, Jamaica. In the foreground, rugged mountain ridges at left and right converge into valleys before flattening out to a plain at right. In the middle distance, the Kingston harbor is visible, protected by the tombolo of sand known as the Palisadoes, at left. Waves crash along its shores. Beyond, the Jamaica coastline extends to the horizon.
Wisdom – Sapience
Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian, active England, 1727–1815, 1787
Stipple engraving in brown ink on white paper
Print

Wisdom walks with a young boy, pointing left with one hand, holding his other. The boy holds up an open book to her as they walk, right to left. PLants and a circular temple on a plateau or acroplis, beyond.
Design for a Waistcoat
, 1780-1790
Various gouaches on paper
Drawing

Design for the embroidery of the left bottom part of a man's waistcoat. Lilac edges. The flap of the pocket is decorated with a bunch of flowers, the field with flower boughs. Most blossoms are in the scheme of carnations. Undulated leaf boughs are shown beside the edge of the waistcoat.
Fishermen in Oilskins, Cullercoats, England
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1881
Graphite, charcoal, white chalk on heavy beige wove paper
Drawing

View of a group of men in oilskins, at center middleground, standing on wet ground against wall of Tynemouth volunteer life brigade house and looking out to rough sea; faint indication of railing and sea beyond, at left.
The Gold-Weigher
Frédéric-Désiré Hillemacher, French, 1811 - 1886, 1847
Etching on tan paper
Print

An old man sits in semi-gloom at a table, weighing gold.
Part of a Rifted Mountain Range, Colombia or Ecuador
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1853 or 1857
Graphite, brush and oxidized white gouache on off-white wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing view of a mountain range in Colombia or Ecuador. The ridge extends across upper center of composition. Middle portion of range most clearly articulated, and grows more indefinite as it extends toward the left and right margins, where it becomes an outline. Central portions of mountains are highlighted in white gouache, which has since oxidized.
Gray Iceberg, Canada
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, June–July 1859
Oil and graphite on tan paperboard
Drawing

Seascape and landscape sketch showing a close view of an immense, gray iceberg in the waters off of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Dominating the composition at center, the berg seems at once cubic and pyramidal in shape, having two almost flat, cliff-like sides that meet at a nearly ninety degree angle, as well as a sharp, pointed peak. Likely colored grey because it is in shadow, the iceberg also has patches of luminous blue-green ice. In the background, a mountainous coastline forms a rolling horizon beneath an overcast sky, which the sun attempts to penetrate at upper center. The warm gray tones of the sky are reflected in the rippling water below.