biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Goyu: Motono-ga-hara and Motozaka Pass (Goyu, Motono-ga-hara Motozaka goe) from the Series 53 Stations of the Tokaido
Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858, 1797-1858
Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
Print

A landscape view of nature and trees with a quiet body of water amongst the various elements. In the foreground are people standing and watching two children fish. In the middle ground are small houses with straw roofs. Mount Fuji is peaking out from behind a mountain and is topped with a fresh new layer of snow.
Proportional study of a church façade
, ca. 1750–75
Pen and ink with ink wash
Drawing

An exercise in architectural proportions, following the work of Vitruvius with Baroque adjustments
Design for a Necklace
Giovanni Sebastiano Meyandi, Italian, active 1762 - 1794, ca. 1765
Pen and black ink, brush and gray watercolor, graphite on paper
Drawing

Jewelry design for a necklace; irregular sheet. At left, a design for a necklace, the chain made up of scrolling leaves and blooming flowers. From a large flower at upper left is a knotted ribbon, from which hangs a cross made up of round gems bordered by leaves with a blossom in the center. At lower right, possible alternative suggestion for the pendant or a brooch design made up of a branch with blooming flowers. Similar to 1938-88-6212, with some sketches of minor additions.
City View
Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858, 1797-1858
Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
Print

In the foreground are two samurai getting a beautiful woman's attention. A young man is a few yards away who is hawking some wares hoping for passersby to buy some souvenirs. Two matching women are going towards along the path towards the entrance of a building. This birds-eye view shows the dense architectural structure of the city.
Firescreen
, 1825–30
Block-printed paper

Horizontal rectangle, depicting the cortile of an Italian villa, with an organ grinder and a monkey. High wall and gate in background, and generalized landscape setting, printed on blue ground.
Fragment
, 18th century
linen Technique: sprang

Pattern of upright bars with projecting diagonals that meet to form lozenge shapes worked in twisted threads. The mesh is hexagonal and has two sizes.
Ceiling Design
Nicolas Pierre Loir, French, 1624 - 1679, ca.1660–1713
Etching on paper
Print

Design for a square or rectangular ceiling with a detailed view of one end. The center is blank and framed by two different moldings (leaves and gadrooning). The border is decorated by ornament framed by moldings featuring winged putti, vase, foliate scrolls, rosettes, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), ribbons, and festoons of leaves. The plate is signed and numbered.
Pair of Cuff LInks
, mid-19th century
Shell, gold
cuff links

Shell cameos showing women's heads (white on brown) surrounded by gold in rope design and mounted on gold plates joined by gold links.
Decorative door boss and nail
, 16th–17th century
Wrought iron

Square type, pierced and embossed with wrought lines. Quadrant leaf design based on old examples. Round nail head on square shank.
Decorative panel
, 1850–60
Block-printed and hand painted on a combed background

Vertical rectangle. Simulation of elaborately carved wood frame, oval, brought to the rectangle by simulated surface of graining. Enclosed in the frame is a painted representation of foliage and a mocking bird.
Innocent Revenge
Christian Josi, Dutch, ca. 1765 - 1828, 1796
Stipple engraving on paper
Print

Children at play. Two little girls tickle the nost of a sleeping boy with a shaft of wheat. Garden setting in the background.
Bracelet
, mid-19th century
Gold, turquoise, pearls

Hinged bracelet with clasp; ornament of gold scrolls with spray of turquoise and pearsl and pendant chains with vase-shaped drops.
Towel cover
, 1813
cotton on linen Technique: withdrawn element with darned motifs

Towel cover with cross borders in geometric and floral designs, peacocks and plants worked in cross stitch. At the bottom a band of drawnwork showing a lozenge shape with plants on either side embroidered in darning and overcasting stitches. The towel is ornamented with four applied bands with warp fringes. Warp fringe at bottom.
St. Cecilia
Jan Sadeler, the Elder, ca. 1550 – 1600, ca. 1580
Engraving on paper
Print

The saint is seated before a music-desk, singing; she is accompanied at the organ by an angel. A yong man enters the room in the left rear. Over it is an inscription tablet: "PRECATIO D. CAECILIAE/PRO VIRGINITATE CON-/SERVANDA ORANTIS." Signed bottom right: "Ioan. Sadler sculp. et excud./ M. de Cos figurauit." Bottom margin: a poem, beginning: "VIRGO, fida Dei sponsa; ending: "At Diuum excipiat locus. D.R.LD."
Eagle's Nest and Dog's Head
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, probably 1856
Graphite on gray-green wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Mixed sketches showing, at left, the face and snout of a dog in right profile, and at right, an eagle's nest perched atop a columnar tree trunk who branches have largely broken off. The head of an eaglet peeks out of the nest.

Verso: Loose atmosphere sketch showing, at right, the puffy, layered forms of a billowing cumulus cloud. Seemingly unfinished.
Title Page
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, ca. 1780
Etching and hand colored in watercolor on paper
Print

Title page and design for a decorative monogram featuring flowers, leaves, wheat, and topped with a crown of flowers. The plate is titled, numbered, signed, and hand colored.
Square
, late 19th century
cotton Technique: plain weave; Z/Z twist

Yarn-dyed woven pattern of small white and orange checks; probably Indian
Side chair
, late 19th century
Walnut with walnut veneer on poplar seat rail

Slip seat. Plain cabroile legs ending in club feet; rounded back, vase-shaped splat.  Seat-rail, shaped, and back are veneered.  Legs joined by stretchers, the front one of turned baluster form.
Stage Design: Vaulted Hall of a Palace
Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, Italian, 1696–1756, ca. 1740
Pen and brown ink, gray, brown, and green wash on paper, laid down
Drawing

View inside long hall seen over an angle from right to left, decorated with twisted columns supporting arches, big vases between columns.
Fragment
, 14th century
silk, gilded animal membrane around linen core Technique: 4&1 satin and plain weave (lampas)

Medallions holding addorsed hares in gold on dark blue.
Textile
, 14th–15th century
linen Technique: block printed on plain weave

Fragment of printed linen with twining lizards forming a leaf-like form, which is surrounded by vine-like forms. In gold on an undyed ground.
Design for an Iron Banister
Gabriel Bonthomme, France, active ca. 1775, 1777
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Design for an iron banister with decorative motifs a wave pattern at the handrail and a cental oval comprised of bound leaves above which is a helmet and flags. The plate is numbered but not signed.
Handscreen
, 18th century
Painted paper leaf, turned wood handle

Handscreen with hand-painted paper leaf and turned wood handle. Obverse: rustic interior scene showing  a bearded man with a pot on his head emerging from a large cooking vessel before a group of men; two women observe from the window. Reverse: paper painted with flowers, with three applied engravings with French text.
Ornamental Vase Design
Maurice Jacques, French, ca. 1712–1784, 1760-1775
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Vase design with two flat strap handles that curl around at the neck of the vase. The body of the vase features deep fluting with dotted detail down the inset length. There is a garland of bound laurel leaves draped across the body of the vase. The vase has a low foot with a stylized leaf design. The vase is raised on a low plinth and is surrounded the branches of flowers. The plate is signed and numbered.
Caricatures
Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786, ca. 1725–75
Graphite, pen, brush and sepia ink on laid paper
Drawing

A man, standing, with a large nose, hat and sword; six other sketches with heads as caricatures.
Vase
, 1736–95
Glazed porcelain

A pale green porcelain vase depicting an outdoor scene including two walking figures.
Saint Jerome
Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian, active England, 1727–1815, ca. 1760–1770
Engraving in brown ink on white paper
Print

Saint Jerome standing in front of a large boulder, wrapped in a cloth. He has a stone in his hand, and looks at a a book to the left.
Puracé from Popayán, Colombia and Landscape Study, Ecuador
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, August 10, 27 1853
Graphite on white wove paper
Drawing

Landscape study showing two views of mountainous terrain in Colombia and Ecuador. Composition divided horizontally by a line at middle. Above, the distant, snow-capped peak of Purace emerges from behind other mountain peaks, as viewed from the Colombian city of Popoyan. Below, a view looking down on a series of sharp and rugged mountain ridges in Ecuador is visible.
Panneau simple
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for simple paneling. The plate is signed.
An Elderly Woman Scolding a Girl, Illustration of the Play "Nicht mehr als sachs Schuesseln" by Fredrich Wilhelm Grossman in "Königl: Grosbrit [anische] Genealogischer Kalender auf das 1782 Jahr Lauenberg bey J.G. Berenberg"
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, German, 1726 - 1801, 1781
Line and stipple engraving with etching on paper
Print

Another girl is listening.
Sidewall
, 1800–1815
Block printed on handmade paper

Full width. Against a field of vertical green stripes alternating with lines of dots, are trompe-l'oeil hanging framed pictures in two vertical lines, alternating circular and rectangular; the circular frames enclose landscapes with buildings, the rectangular frames show yards with gates.
Trimming
, 18th century
silk Technique: woven

Green trimming fragment in a checkerboard design.
Trimming
, 18th century
silk Technique: woven

Trimming fragment with a central red stripe between two yellow stripes.
Clock Case Designs
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, 1749-1761
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Page printed with two plates. The left plate features the elevation and side profile of a wall pendule, decorated with a vase, dragons, scrolls, cartouches, and lion head mascaron. The pendule on the right plate is for a table, elevated with claw-footed legs with fish scale pattern, and decorated with acanthus leaves, bat wings, scrolls, flowers, and an eagle at top. Both plates are signed and numbered.
Standing Laundress
Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian, 1700 – 1773, 1700–1773
Graphite on paper, lined
Drawing

A standing woman, facing right, holding a cloth high with both hands.
Apollonius meeting the Messenger of the Brahmans [above]; Apollonius Ridding the People of Ephesus of a Plague Demon [below]
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, ca. 1597
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on laid paper
Drawing

Recto, above: In a landscape, a radiant figure at left, carrying an anchor, greets a group of four men at right. One of the men, identified as Apollonius, steps forward. Framing line below, with explanatory inscription in Italian.  
Recto, below: In a city, a figure at left, identified as Apollonius, raises his hand giving instructions to a group of figures. At center is a theater, in which other figures throw stones at a figure on the ground—a beggar turning into a ferocious dog. An injured figure lies in the foreground.  
Verso, above: Two women recline in a landscape near a pond. Several swans, grouped in pairs, wander nearby. Framing line below, with explanatory inscription in Italian.  
Verso, below: Five figures in the foreground stand before and gesture towards a curving wall decorated with reliefs.
Title Page
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, late 18th century
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Title page for a series of vase designs. The title is lettered in the center framed within a cartouche decorated with beading, and scrolling leaves, with festoons of flowers and leaves, and a floral crown above. Vases with flowers, below on either side, decorated with neo-classical motifs, fluting, gadrooning, square and ring handles. The plate is signed with the publisher's address below.
A Valley
Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786, 1750–70
Pen and ink, brush and gray, black watercolor, bistre wash on paper
Drawing

A densely populated valley with streams, trees, villas, and farms.
Arabesque Design
Etienne de Lavallée, French, 1735 – 1802, 1788
Etching and aquatint on laid paper
Print

Vertical arabesque ornament design featuring festoons of leaves and flowers, birds, cornucopia, a vase fountain with mythological figures, the head of apollo, fleurons, vases, scrolling acanthus leaves and rosettes. The plate is signed and numbered.
Two Sketches of River Gods
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian, 1692 - 1770, ca. 1750
Crayon on paper
Drawing

A younger and older river god shown as counterparts leaning against jars.
Ornamented Chimneypiece Design
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, 1749-1761
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Page with two plates printed next to one another. The plates are divided, with variations on the shape and motifs of the fireplaces, mirrors, and paneling. The chimneypieces and panels of the plates are decorated with carved garlands, birds, scrolls, acanthus leaves, trophies, and vases. Both plates are signed and numbered.
Sidewall
, ca. 1700
Leather, stamped, painted, silvered

Field silver, varnished with yellow. Painted light blue, dark blue, red and green, with flowers and foliage and diapered framework.
silver field, varnished yellow, blue, dark blue, red, green
Three Border Designs
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1785-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Three bands of border designs, stacked horizontally on the page. The top border, with cross-section on the right, is comprised of a row of repeating motifs of conical forms and leaves, above a row of lancet leaves; the middle border, features stylized leaves interspersed with a conical feature; the bottom border, also with cross-section on the right, has egg-and-dart ornamentation at its top band. The plate is signed and numbered
Chalice cover
, late 17th–early 18th century
linen Technique: needle lace Label: Linen needle lace

Rectangle of linen needle lace with a lion-like animal in an oval central medallion. The surrounding field is filled with small-scale flowers and foliage. Scalloped edging of attached braid on four sides. Knotted tassels on three corners.
Drawing
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1835-1850
Pen and ink, brush and grey watercolor, graphite on paper

An aedicula standing upon a base between two candelabra. In front of it, above, a relief with two kneeling women, with an urn between them. Above, at right, is a piece of a sketch by Liverani, pasted on: the interior of a church.
Two Waistcoat Designs
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, late 18th century
Etching and engraving on paper, hand-colored in watercolor
Print

Designs for two embroidered men's waistcoats decorated with floral (flowers) and feather motifs. The design to the right has front skirts and both have pockets. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed. The plate is hand-colored in green, red, yellow, and blue watercolors.
Embroidery sample
, 1790–1800
silk, paper Technique: embroidered on cut supplementary warp cut pile (velvet)

Multicolored silk embroidery in a design of small-scale tulips and flower sprays on a dark green ground.
Designs for Bedroom Alcoves
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1790
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Upper row: the Ionic columns support an entablature and a dome in front of a niche of the wall. At right: a variation of the same motif, with the entire wall forming a niche which is decorated with a drapery. Lower row: at right a variation of the last motif, the niche being decorated with stems forming arches and being outside framed by panels. At left, two gaines support the entablature of the canopy. The wall is straight below the entablature, cured like a niche above it, and decorated with a drapery. On top of the canopy are festoons. All projects with curtains. Backgrounds as -1638.
Pot à Oille
Pierre Germain, French, 1703 - 1783, 1748
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for a soup tureen decorated with ornament motifs including a pomegranate finial, bound reed, fluting, rinceaux, scallops, and scrolls. The plate is signed and numbered.
Design for a Tripod Candlestick Base
Unknown, 1520–43
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over traves of black chalk, squared in black chalk on off-white squared paper, inlaid in cream paper
Drawing

Cropped image of a candelabrum with three legs topped with an unopened floral motif.
Rampant lion
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1882
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Above, Partial sketch of three decorative figures; Below: Sketch of a rampant lion.
Buttons
, 19th century
Silvered brass

Fleur-de-lis on stippled ground with words "Gardes Nationales de France" - a/: is mounted on bone and originally with gut; b/: has metal back and is shankless

Component -a is on card H
Design for Pendant with Laurel Branches
, 16th century
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

A small round diamond framed by two laurel branches, with a knot below and two half figures of winged women with volute legs. At bottom, two rosettes with a festoon. Above, a ring.
Oriental Scene
Jean Honoré Fragonard, French, 1732 - 1806, ca. 1770
Black crayon on paper
Drawing

Cattle at a watering place.  At right, stand an elderly man and a boy.  At left, kneels a man with a turban, and a child holds a Chinese cup. Jars and a cock are shown upon a horse, beside which a man stands.
Stage Design, The Erectheion on the Acropolis, Athens, Greece
Romolo Achille Liverani, Italian, 1809 - 1872, early 19th century
Pen and sepia ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Ancient Greek temple in ruins, the Erectheion on the Acropolis in Athens, Greece with six caryatids.
Men
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1883–1884
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Recto: A sketch of two male figures; Verso: A sketch of a female figure.
A "Santa Conversazione"
Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863, 1820–1850
Soft graphite on paper
Drawing

The Virgin and with the Child standing beside her, sits in an apse, on a throne upon a high base. Three angels are beside her, at left. Below, at right, stands what seems to be Saint Stephen. Beside him, seemingly rising from a lower level, a female saint and an apostle (Saint Peter?). More figures are indicated.
Studies of Squash or Pumpkin Blossoms
Sophia L. Crownfield, American, 1862–1929, early 20th century
Graphite, pen and ink on tracing paper laid down
Drawing

Horizontal sheet illustrating six studies of squash or pumpkin blossoms.
Study of Clematis Vine with Blue Berries
Sophia L. Crownfield, American, 1862–1929, early 20th century
Brush and watercolor on gray paper
Drawing

Vertical sheet depicting branches of clematis vines, with leaves in autumnal coloring, and blue berries.
Study for the Allegory of the Cortes of 1834
Raimundo de Madrazo, Spanish, 1841–1920, 1864
Graphite and ink on paper
Drawing

Study for the painting Allegory of the Cortes of 1834, made to decorate the palace of Queen Maria Cristina in Paris. The related oil sketch is at the Hispanic Society, New York, NY.
Wine glass
Louis Comfort Tiffany, American, 1848–1933, ca. 1900
Mouth-blown favrile glass

Flower-shaped cup with pink and mauve interiors shadowed on exteriors with milky white: fluted clear glass stems with milky white at top and bottom; domed foot with white rim and eight tapering pinwheel forms radiating from stem.
Vase
Louis Comfort Tiffany, American, 1848–1933, ca. 1900
Mold-blown Favrile glass

Round low body, with bulging midriff and flared lip in turquoise.
Textile
Merrimack Manufacturing Company, American, founded 1822, 1892–1893
cotton Technique: printed on plain weave

Commemorative textile with red, white and blue vertical stripes with scattered stars enclosing abbreviations of state names. A large medallion of Columbus discovering America alternates with the Status of Liberty. On the left side, small medallions of President George Washington alternate with a map of the Americas. On the right side, medallions of the Capitol Building alternate with a portrait of Columbus.
Design for a Cipher (Interlaced Letters)
Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin, French, 1721–1786, 1766
Etching on paper
Print

Design for a crowned letter C, comprised of flowers and foliage, interlaced with a smaller letter c, and more flowers and foliage. The plate is signed and numbered.
Textile fragment
, mid- 18th century
silk, metallic yarns Technique: complex woven with discontinuous supplementary weft patterning (brocaded)

Silk brocade fragment in burgundy and cream showing a serpentine line of c-curves with floral bouquets. Buds brocaded in silver.
Textile
, early 19th century
wool Technique: length of rep with warp-patterned stripes

Broad dark brown stripes alternating with groups of cream, tan, yellow, pink, blue, and brown pencil-stripes, with central geometrically decorated stripes in same colors, warp-patterned. Narrow bright blue selvages continuous with field. Double loom cord, top and bottom.
Drawing
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1780-1790
Pen and brush with black ink on cream laid paper

Cupid God of Love seated in car which is drawn and pushed by women and men, directed toward left. Others and cupids accompany it. Wooded landscape with a round temple in the left rear.
Pleated fan
, 1760–80
Glazed paper leaf painted with gouache, carved, incised, pierced and painted ivory sticks, glass stone at the rivet

Pleated fan. Black glazed paper leaf painted with gouache. Obverse: a Chinoiserie scene of figures in a garden; gilded swags. Reverse: black ground with 3 flower sprays. Sticks of carved, incised, pierced and painted ivory showing figures and scrolls. Glass stone at the rivet.
Fragment
, 17th century
linen Technique: needle lace

Fragment with a large elaborate flower and picot edges. Several petals and center in a diamond diaper design.
Fringe
, 17th century
silk Technique: woven

Green and tan fringe with a patterned heading and skirt threads arranged to form colored stripes.
Fragment
, late 18th century
linen Technique: needle lace

Fragment showing a design of delicate flowering branches and floral sprays.
Ring
, 19th century
Silver, enamel, blue stone

Closed, heavy rectangular box which slopes up to securely hold the cabuchon translucent blue gem is decorated with enamel on its inner  surface and four visible sides. Winged half-figures facing away from the mounted gem serve to fasten it to the ring. Detail includes two shield forms, and scrolls.
Fringe
, 1870–80
silk, glass and imitation pearl beads Technique: plain woven, beaded

Alternating strands of imitation pearl beads and white glass beads suspended from a narrow white silk band.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk, cotton Technique: plain weave plus plain weave

Detached circular flower motifs.
Keyhole escutcheon
, ca. 1680
Tin

Pierced and repoussé plate with foliage motifs and scrollwork.
Fragment
, 17th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace (continuous tape with Valenciennes round style net)

Fragment of continuous tape bobbin lace.
Urn
, ca. 1740
wood, carved

Rocaille vases, probably from the tops of gateposts. Traces of paint remain.
St. James's Palace from St. James's Street
Joseph Pennell, American, active England, 1857–1926, 1904
Etching on paper
Print

Horizontal rectangle. The towered entrance is seen darkly in the background, flanked at either side by houses. A few figures are int he street.
Landscape (Leaf from a Sketchbook)
Martha S. Day, 1859
Horizontal rectangle. Two men are seen seated under a clump of trees. Hay stacks in the left distance.
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Two men are seen seated under a clump of trees. Hay stacks in the left distance. Signed and dated (in pencil) on verso.
Fragment
, 1000
cotton, wool Technique: grouped warps

Coarse natural cotton with broad band divided top, center, and bottom with ribbed stripe. Large areas between with amorphous lozenges in black, blue and browns.