biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Sketch for a Wallpaper
, ca. 1820
Graphite, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Two cygnets hold a cloth in their bills. Four chains, a festoon of flowers, two ribbons with tassels hang in front of the cloth which shows framing borders at the bottom. Colored background.
Stage Design, Portico with Staircase
, early 19th century
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Renaissance style portico with stairs, richly decorated.
Partie des Ornées de la Carte Chronologique du Roy faite en 1733 [Part of the Ornamentation of the 1733 Chronology (Old Testament) for the King], pl. 35 in Oeuvre de Juste Aurele Meissonnier
Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750, 1748
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Elaborate ornamental design comprised of three separate cartouches, decorated with garlands of fruits and flowers. At upper right, cartouche containing inscription: SIXIEME LIVRE/Des Oeuvres de J.A. Messonnier/Gravé par Huquier.
Stage Design: Columned Hall with Sculpture and Inscriptions Relating to the Aenead
Ludovico Ottavio Burnacini, Italian, 1636–1707, late 17th century
Pen and black ink, brush and wash on wove paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle showing large room elaborately decorated with sculptures and ornaments in Roman style opening into a vast hall with aisles at either side separated by walls made of columns. Walls ecorated with niches between columns containing sculptures of ancient heroes.  Devices in Italian on cartouches on cornice.  (Battle of Aneas and Turnus, King of the Rutilians - foreground; participants in Trojan War--background).
Design for a Wall Fountain
, late 19th century
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper
Drawing

A basin decorated with festoons collects water flowing from the mouth of a greenman mask. Above, a pediment composed of a shell and scrolls.
Lit à la Duchesse
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1789
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Design for a bed, split down the middle of the plate to show the bed frame construction (left) and the bed furnished (right). The bed is covered in a textile with arabesques, and the frame is carved with ornament motifs including fluting, rosettes, and pinecones. The bed has above it a canopy with striped drapery and tassels, as well as an ostrich feather and a wreath. The plate is signed and numbered.
Fragment
, mid-18th century
silk, metallic thread Technique: compound cloth with supplementary weft

Peach and metallic silver fabric in a design of a large-scale central spray of roses flanked by scalloped ribbon serpentines meeting in the center. Large roses in high relief. Metallic brocading in several kinds of gold thread.
Handkerchiefs
, ca. 1840
cotton Technique: printed by engraved plate on plain weave Label: cotton printed by engraved plate

Panel of printed cotton with four boys' handkerchiefs which were never cut into individual squares. The fabric was hemmed, embroidered with initials and used as a man's handkerchief. The upper left square contains a scene of children at work and play. The upper right square features two giraffes surrounded by other animals, including a lion, a tiger, an armadillo, and a gazelle. The lower left square shows horses and various horse-drawn carriages, and the lower right a variety of sailing ships. All printed in black on a white ground, with red borders.
Band
, 17th century
silk on linen Technique: embroidered, edging of needlepoint.

Band of white linen with one embroidered border in design of scrolls and acorns on angular stem, edging of needlepoint.
The Holy Family
Claude Mellan, French, 1598 - 1688, 1635
Engraving on white paper
Print

Mary and Child in center; Joseph kneeling at right, holding a piece of cloth. In left background, a donkey among ruins. A tombstone with inscription and coat-of-arms of Bishop Charles de Beaumanoir at left foreground. Inscribed, lower right: "Romae sup. pm. 1635"; lower center: "Claude Mellan Gall. et pinx. et sculp. cum privilegio Regis".
Plan du Rez de Chaussée de la Salle de Lopéra de S.A.S.E. de Baviere, Batie dans le fossé qui Sépare la Résidence de L’arcenal
François de Cuvilliés the younger, German, 1731 - 1777, 1770
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

A ground floor plan for an opera house with a description and scale lettered below. The plate is titled, numbered, dated, and signed.
Title Page
Pierre Lepautre, French, 1652–1716, 1686–1716
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Title page from a series of designs of portes-cochères (doors), newly made for various French royal houses. The title is lettered above a set of double doors, on a banner held up by two flying putti. The double-doors are set within an arch, framed by pilasters. The lunette or tympanum features the French royal coat of arms surrounded by arms and armor. The lintel is fluted with a central corbel decorated with an acanthus leaf ornament. The doors are decorated with two carved panels, the upper panels feature a roundel of the king's cypher (crowned interlaced L's), and the lower panels each have carved military trophies featuring arms and armor (shields, swords, quivers of arrows, hung from ribbons). A scale below the design. The plate is signed and numbered.
Portrait of Sarah E. Richards
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1841
Graphite and white chalk on brown wove paper
Drawing

Bust portrait with the body turned toward left, the head facing frontally.
Sidewall
M.H. Birge & Sons Co., 1834, 1920
Block-printed paper, embossed, hand-rubbed oil finish

Imitation leather. Large scale geometric design of interlacing circular bands. The bands are covered with small designs, suggestive in places of ornate nail head studding. All of design is embossed and the entire paper is antiqued by hand. Printed from woodblocks in oil paint. On reverse side is written: "8666EE".
Elevation d'un Pavillon de 14 toises de face du còté du jardin
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Elevation of a pavilion with a rotunda. The arches of the rotunda are draped with garland and interspersed with Corinthian columns; above, the rotunda is pierced with rondels, in between which are freestanding statues and wave pattern carved below. The pavilion is stated to be 14 toises; 1 toise is the equivalent of about 3.799 square meters. The plate is signed.
Two Copper Gutters, from a 16th-Century Castle, Blois, France
Whitney Warren Jr., American, 1864–1943, June 1888
Graphite, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Left, the brackets of two gutters are shown; upper decorated with a rosette and a leaf, lower decorated with the top part of a lily. Shown in profile with the closed ends of the pipes.
Cloudy Sky, Mexico
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, February–April 1889
Graphite on off-white wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Atmosphere and landscape sketch showing a view of a cloudy sky over flat terrain in Mexico. Dark, indistinct terrain extends from the foreground to the background, where a flat and loosely rendered mountain is visible at right. Hazy, thin, and variously illuminate clouds inhabit the sky above while, near the horizon, a dotted semicircle indicates the glow of the low sun. 

Verso: Landscape sketch showing a view of the Mexican stratovolcano called Pico de Orizaba (also known as Citlaltépetl) capped in storm clouds. In the middle distance at lower left, the top of wooded hill is visible. At center, the snow-covered and extremely rugged mountainside of Pico de Orizaba dominates the composition. Billowing storm clouds crown the mountain's unseen peak and appear to pour rain or snow on the right slope.
Design for a Pendant
, late 18th century
Black crayon on paper
Drawing

Design for a jewelry pendant. The scheme is Y-shaped. Composed of blossoms and leaves, the latter forming the main stem of the pendant in a form similar to curling ribbons. On each of the upper parts is a knot, on the lower part are three knots.
Decoration of a Frieze
Filippo Marchionni, Italian, 1732–1805, ca. 1770
Black crayon, pen and sepia ink, brush and gray watercolor on laid paper
Drawing

In the center, two angels are supporting a tiara, behind them are crossed keys. Beside two panels, each to be decorated alike. On top a frieze with rinceaux. Two crossed festoons are supported above by an escutcheon, and at the sides by volutes having on top a cherub. Below is a bunch of leaves and fruits, with a flying bird.
Tile
Michael Edkins, English, 1734 - 1811, ca. 1760
Tin-enameled earthenware, underglaze manganese, overglaze white slip decoration

Square tile. Grayish white ground centered with manganese figures in the Chinese style, of a woman and boy holding parasol, both figures standing on a low mound. Bordered with crude floral ornament in overglaze white. Example of "bianco sopra bianco" technique.
Head of a Cow, Étretat
Samuel Colman, American, 1832–1920, 1874
Brush and watercolor, gouache, graphite on rough brown-grey paper
Drawing

Head and neck of a standing cow or ox. The head turned toward the viewer. Verso: Three details of a head of a cow, in graphite.
Study for the left maenad, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1895–1898
White, yellow, brown, rose pastel crayon on grey paper
Drawing

Female figure posed with bent knee and arms raised across torso. Shown as in the poroject, only part of the right hand is executed.
Design for an Urn
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1780–1790
Graphite, pen and black ink, brush and gray wash on paper
Drawing

Wide footed urn decorated with spiraling gadrooning, masks and festoons.
Bag
, early 19th century
cotton, glass and ceramic beads Technique: embroidered beadwork

Colored glass beads strung and stitched to cotton foundation, with a design of cornucopias of flowers, with twined-rope borders. Bound with ribbon at the top.
Steep Hillside, Jamaica
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 1865
Brush and oil, graphite on paperboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view looking upward at a wooded hillside, pyramidal in shape. Foliage on slope a mix of green and brown, evidencing drought that was afflicting Jamaica at the time. At left, a smoldering fire scars the landscape--likely evidence of land clearing efforts or the charcoal production industry.
Design for a Book Cover
Alice Cordelia Morse, American, 1863–1961, ca. 1896–1903
Brush and gouache, gold paint on paper
Drawing

On dark gray ground, green swirling vines, blue flowers; at center gold empty box. Verso has a small graphite sketch.
Chambranle à Balustres.
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1775-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Elevation of a doorframe design. Either side has a fluted baluster with a Corinthian capital, and a band of guilloche along the top. Below the elevation is a scale bar of four French feet ("4 Pieds"). The profile of the baluster is on the right of the plate, and a cross section of the top shelf is above the elevation. The plate is signed and numbered, although the lettering of the plate is not evident in the crease of the album.
Embroidery sample
, 1775–1805
silk thread and chenille on a silk ground, paper Technique: embroidered on cut voided supplementary warp pile in a compound ground (velvet)

Multicolored embroidery in a floral design on a ground of black velvet with blue and green stripes.
Henry IV
Favre Petitpierre, France, 1802–1818, ca. 1805
cotton Technique: printed by engraved copper plate on plain weave
Textile

Two scenes of courtiers and the King. In purple which has faded to brown.
Three Coats of Arms
Jean-Raymond de Petity, French, 1724 – 1780, 1766
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

A plate illustrating three labelled coats of arms. Above, the arms of the city of Paris, and below, arms of Marie-Charles-Louis d'Albert, 5th duc de Luynes, duc de Chevreuse (1717-1771) and Armand-Jérôme Bignon (1711-1772).
Drawing
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, Early 19th Century
Pen and brown ink (iron gall ink)

Top: one half of the ceiling, three panels of an end and halves of the three central panels are shown. The decorations consist in elaborated mouldings except for the central panel in geometrical subdivisions and rosettes. Bottom: one half of a ceiling is shown. The central oblong panel is surrounded by four hexagons. The figural decoration for one of these is shown, as are the ornamental motifs for the other small panels.
Printed Textile Design
Louis-Albert DuBois, Swiss, 1752–1818, ca. 1801
Gouache, graphite, ruled border in pen and black Support: white laid paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle; chinoiserie flowers on thin angular vines, sheaf of wheat at right.
Sketch for a Window or Ceiling
Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909, ca. 1895
Graphite on cream wove paper
Drawing

A modified quatrefoil, with the Virgin above, center; a large group of figures, right; Mother and Child, lower center; clergy, left.
The Virgin with the Starry Crown
Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528, 1508
Engraving on laid paper
Print

The Virgin stands on a crescent, wearing a crown of stars. She holds the Child in her left arm and presents fruit to Him.
Borders
, late 17th century
linen Technique: needle lace

Borders of needle lace, Gros Point de Venise, in large floral pattern connected by brides picotées and outlined by cordonnet.
Sketch of Angel Kneeling Before a Cross
Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909, ca. 1895
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Sketch of angel kneeling at left before a radiant cross. Below, a geometrical border.
Fragment
, late 18th century
linen Technique: needle lace

Alençon-style fragment with minute powdered floral design. Ground of brides tortillées.
Bobbin Lace 5
, late 18th century
cotton Technique: bobbin lace
Fragment

Fragment of Valenciennes lace has a symmetrical design of scrolling flowering branches and palmettes with scalloped border. Round mesh.
Lace panel
, mid-18th century
linen, Technique: bobbin lace, discontinuous tape

Design showing two angels bearing monstrance; two angles bearing sacred monegram and scrolling leaf frame on which birds perch.
The Battle of Lowoschutz in Bohemia
Carington Bowles, British, 1724 - 1793, ca. 1670-1770
Engraving on paper
Print

Troops are massed in battle in the background. In the foreground, two cannons, wounded, and dead.
Drawing
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 
Pencil. Pen, ink. Sepia wash. Paper

Dante and Virgil stand at right, the former addresses himself to Francesca who answers him. She and Paolo embrace each other and they are swayed by the wind as are many other couples in the rear. Others are tormented, in the left distance.
Textile
, mid- 17th–mid- 18th century
silk Technique: plain weave with discontinuous supplementary weft floats (brocaded)

Woven silk textile with repeating pattern of a bird sitting in a flowering tree, under which sits two rabbits. Brown and yellow ground with coral-colored flowers and green leaves.
Drawing
, 1780-1790
Pencil. Pastel with wash.

Horizontal rectangle. Top: a flower garland shows a flower vase in its festoon-like parts. Bottom: a garland consists of three waves of flower rinceaux. A fruit and flower basket is suspended from the rising wave.
Pleated fan
, 1760s
Painted vellum leaf, carved and painted ivory sticks

Fan with a painted leaf. Obverse has a scene in a cartouche of a woman with flask in supplication to warrior. Reverse is plain. Ivory sticks carved à jour with Rococo-style curves and painted chinoiserie figures.
Figure
, 17th century
silk, metal Technique: embroidery on satin weave

Embroidered figure of saint wearing robe and holding a staff and a book; placed on green satin ground, with embroidered flowers.
Basket
, ca. 1750
Enamel, coooper

Cygl, pierced sides; white field decorated on inside with stipple and floral designs on outside with stipple designs, in color.
Drawing
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1780-1790
Pen and brush with black ink on cream laid paper

Thetis kneeling at the edge of the river holds the boy by his right ankle. The river god looks on. Two maidens stand beside Thetis, two more kneel, leaning upon jars.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk, linen Technique: woven

Strip of brocatelle in green, yellow and white.
Three Studies of a Hand and Arm
Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909, ca. 1895
Graphite on tracing paper
Drawing

Top, right hand and wrist with palm downwards. Center, hand and wrist with palm upwards. Bottom, hand same as center, and arm. Verso: right hand, palm downwards, in blue crayon.
Fragment
, early 19th century
silk Technique: compound weave with discontinuous supplementary weft (brocaded)

Small floral sprays in red. Rose and green on a cream colored ground.
Portait of a Woman
, before 1908
Aquatint on paper, heightened with colour
drawing

Oval. Head and shoulders of a woman in profile, looking right, with high coiffure.
The Life and Death of Achilles
J. Alexander Janssens, Flemish, died 1739, ca. 1722
Etching on paper
Print

The skin of a stag is suspended from spears, forming a part of a trophy of arms. The title in English and Latin, and "Sold by E. Cooper at ye three / pigeons in Bedford street" are written on the skin.
Venus Complains to Jupiter
Master of the Die, Italian or German, 1530 - 1560, mid-16th century
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Among clouds, Jupiter sits at center, with an eagle before him, Hermes at left with winged helmet and staff. Venus arrives from right on a chariot, preceded by doves. Behind them, to the left, Venus converses with Hermes. Hermes in a hilly landscape at lower left. Below, a narrative inscription.
Dyer's record book
Old Pacific Print Works, Lawrence, MA, USA, 1884
paper, cotton

Notebook with handwritten formulas for dyestuffs to be used for printing textiles.  Book contains 138 samples of cotton printed textiles.  Label on cover reads:  "LAWNS JAN. / 84".
Habillements de ceux du SOUTCHOVENE à la Chine
Antoine Watteau, French, 1684–1721, 1731
Etching on laid paper
Bound print

Chinoiserie scene of a group of figures (two women, a man, and a child) in exoticized Chinese dress sitting around a table in a garden. The plate is signed.
Fragment
Oberkampf & Cie., Jouy-en-Josas, France, 1759–1815, ca. 1770
linen warp, cotton weft Technique: plain weave foundation. Mordants for the four madder colors, black, lavender and two reds were block-printed. Yellow and blue were painted on by hand.

Curving vine with red and blue flowers with buds and seed pods on a black picotage background.
Les quatre saisons
François Boucher, French, 1703–1770, ca. 1754–86
Album

An album of allegorical plates representing the four seasons featuring putti (children) within landscapes, with verses lettered below.
Three Floral Tailpieces or Fleurons
Jean-Jacques Bachelier, French, 1724 - 1806, 1760
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Fourth plate from a series of six tailpieces and fleurons originally designed for the 1755-1759 four-volume edition of the Fables de La Fontaine.  Three fleurons one above the other in the center of the plate, made up of flowers and leaves. The middle motif has flowers and leaves wrapped around a bow. The lower motif has flowers and leaves wrapped around an arrow. The plate is numbered and signed.
Tablecloth
Unknown, ca. 1907
linen ground, cotton border, silk embroidery Technique: embroidered on plain weave, crocheted border

Round Art & Crafts-style brown tablecloth has an embroidered floral design in green, orange and pale yellow. Crocheted border in the same color as the tablecloth. Likely purchased as an embroidery kit.
Design for Serving Table with "S"-shaped Drawer Pulls
A.N. Davenport Co., 1900–05
Graphite on thin cream paper
Drawing

Rectangular body with 2 drawers with simple "S"-shaped pulls, raised on 4 straight tapering legs; conforming lower shelf attaches half way up from floor level; backsplash.
Album of Lighthouse and Altarpiece Designs
A. Le Canu, French, active 1746 – 1768, 1760–75
Album

Album of Neoclassical designs for lighthouses and altarpieces from different series of prints designed by A. Le Canu. The plates are numbered, titled, and sometimes signed. Forming part of a larger group of series of designs by Jean-Charles Delafosse (1734-89).
Urn
Olérys-Laugier Factory, France, founded 1738, ca. 1750
Tin-glazed earthenware

One of pair. Floral swag and posy decoration, cartouches with mythical scenes of figures and animals in landscapes. Bearded mascaron with faux bail handle in mouth in sculptural relief on sides. Creamy glaze.
Rolling Armchair
Springmeyer Brothers, 1863 - 1867, 1860–67
Mahogany, laminated ash, oak and other woods
chair

Armchair with shaped openwork back, curved in plan; serpentine arms join back to scrolled front of seat; cabriole front legs, curved and splayed rear legs, all fitted with castors. Seat upholstered in green and cream colored fabric.
Interior in the House of Lord Chamberlain O'Neill, Strandraede, Copenhagen
Christian Olavius Zeuthen, Danish, 1812 - 1890, 1844
Pen and brush and black ink, watercolor, graphite on paper
Drawing

Sitting room in subdued tones of gray, plaster-work ceiling, a metal chandelier suspended from center.  At left, a sofa and three chairs form a conversation group around a pedestal table.  One woman sits on sofa, another stands to her left and leans on an armchair.  A group of portraits hang behind sofa.  A tall metal stove and fire screen at rear center.  Desk and chair in front of windows at right which are draped with red-and-white-stripped textile.  Parital view of room through open door at rear, left.
staircase model
, mid–late 18th century
walnut, mahogany

Two-level staircase model.
staircase model
, mid–late 19th century
walnut

Half-circular staircase model with circular base.
Album of Interior Wall Elevations
Jean Mansart de Jouy, French, 1705 - 1783, 1750–75
Album

An album bound with four architectural prints depicting interior wall elevations for rooms in the Châteaux de Brunoy in France, designed by Jean Mansart de Jouy for Jean Pâris de Monmartel, marquis de Brunoy. The designs feature paneling (boiseries), console tables, chimney pieces, wall niches, wall sconces, a sofa, sculptures, a vase (or ewer), overmantel and overdoor paintings decorated with rococo ornament and motifs. The plates are titled, numbered, and signed.
No. 132
Professor Josef Storck, Austria, 1830 - 1902, 1870
Mouth-blown crystal, facet-cut and polished
Champagne flute

Mouth-blown crystal champagne flute, facet-cut and polished (without engraving).
Sidewall
, ca. 1870
Block-printed paper

Iris and white floral spray erupt from a stylized foliage shape with red shield shape.
Sidewall
, ca. 1800
Block-printed on joined sheets

Small-scale brick pattern in grisaille with a recessed central panel. Each brick measures 3x6 cm.
Valances
Wetter Freres, France, 1802, late 18th century
cotton Technique: block printed on plain weave

Two shaped  valances made of the same fabric. The width differs on each of them but the height is the same. The pattern is a polychrome design of fruits and flowers on a white background. The valances are interlined, lined with linen plain weave and bound with woven green silk tape. The original glaze is on the fabric.
Patchwork cover
, ca. 1910
silk, cotton Technique: chromolithography printed on 7 & 1 satin, stitching

Patchwork cover made of cigarette souvenir squares printed with different types of flowers as well as two squares containing the mottos: "Always laugh when you can," and "Discontent is the want of self-reliance." Backed with pink cotton fabric.
Sidewall - fragment
, 1840–70
Block-printed

Small orange flower sprigs between vertical lace stripes, on newspaper support. Pasted and/or scotch-taped to cardboard mount.
Ceiling paper
, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, ungrounded

Three small circular motifs, designed to appear like embroidery or cross-stitch, alternate. Printed in green and yellow on a tan honey-comb pattern ground.