biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Study for "Penn's Treaty with the Indians"
Benjamin West, Benjamin West, American, 1738 - 1820, 1771–1772
Graphite, pen and ink on cream laid paper
Drawing

Sketch of William Penn, with arms extended, surrounded by a group of Quakers, Indians, and merchants.
Drawing
Leonardo Scaglia, French, active Italy, 1640 – 1650, 1650-1675
Pen, ink. Paper

Vertical rectangle. Directed toward right. The left arm is raised. His left hand holds an unidentified object. The candelabrum has the shape of a cornucopia.
Suite of Cavalry Officers: Standard-Bearer
Georg Philip Rugendas, German, 1666–1742, ca. 1730
Mezzotint engraving in dark brown ink on paper
Print

A mounted standard-bearer is seen frontally, his horse turned slightly to the left. In his right hand he holds the standard staff. In the background, mounted troops.
Textile
, late 18th century
cotton Technique: block printed on plain weave

Cream colored cotton, block-printed in design of flowers and delicate intertwining garlands of thin pointed leaves and stems. Blossoms show remains of Indian influence. Some appear to be carnations. Colors red, blue, sepia for stems, and violet. No selvages.
Fragment
, 17th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace (continuous tape with connections)

Fragment with a wavy, ribbon-like, floral design.
Elevation of the door wall of a salon
J. G. Garton, English, active in U.S.A., ca. 1900
Pencil and red crayon.
Drawing

A double door, surmounted by a rocaille overdoor, is flanked by blank panels (probably intended to be covered in fabric) in rocaille frames, in the manner of Nicolas Pineau.  Part of ceiling cove shown.
Snowy Landscape (Étude-Formes)
Leon Dabo, American, 1868–1960, ca. 1890
Blue crayon on paper
Drawing

Low hills covered in snow and pairs of tall trees. Two sailboats in distance.
Lock
, ca. 1775
Steel, fire-gilt bronze

Case of steel, with border of fire-gilt bronze on face, and bronze arms top and bottom.
Fragment
, 17th–18th century
silk Technique: 8-harness satin damask with warp-faced plain weave (damassé)

Yellow damassé with a symmetrical arrangement of palmettes and curling leaves.
Study for "Titian Showing
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1872
Graphite Support: Gray Wove Paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Man in a long coat holding a palette and brushes, looking to the right; his right arm out. Verso: horizontal rectangle. Two sketches of a right hand, upper left.
Fragment
, 16th century
silk Technique: 5-harness satin patterned with supplementary warp pile (voided velvet)

Concentric six-lobed floral medallion in red and blue-green velvet and ivory satin (voided velvet) on a speckled background of red velvet and ivory satin. The repeat is not complete, but each medallion may have had a pineapple-like appendage in blue-green velvet outlined in red velvet at top and bottom connecting it with teh staggered rows above and below.
Textile
, 17th century
silk, cotton, metallic thread Technique: two interconnected structures

Fragments of cream-colored cotton brocaded with green and gold metallic thread. Design shows pomegranate.
Fragments of a rank badge
, 15th–17th century
silk Technique: tapestry woven

Fragments of a rank badge showing white birds in front of polychrome clouds.
Textile
, 18th century
silk, metallic thread Technique: warp-faced plain weave patterned by continuous and discontinuous supplementary weft; embroidery

Continuous pattern of two crossed diagonals forming a diamond grid: one diagonal is a metallic scroll on ribbon; the other, a diagonal multicolor fine floral vine. The background is a small-scale horizontal herringbone pattern in cream on cream. Flowering vine filled out or embellished by embroidered flowering branches.
Designs for Ornament and Roundels
Pierre Bourdon, French, ca. 1656 – 1708 after, 1703
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

An ornament print featuring roundels (possibly designs for snuffboxes or watchcases), an etui (container), and bands with grotesque motifs (intertwining scrolling leaves, foliage, human, and animal forms), with mascarons (masks), cartouches, birds, flowers, animals, scrolling leaves, and fleurons. In the center there is a male figure seated at a table, holding a glass and smoking a long pipe. The smoke is in the form of ornamental scrolling leaves. A scroll, knife, and writing utensil on the table, with an ewer on the floor below. The plate is signed and numbered.
Bowl
Louis Comfort Tiffany, American, 1848–1933, ca. 1900
Favrile glass

Transparent ruby red with interior of slightly milky multicolor iridescence giving lavender and greenish-blue effect; spiral pattern; deep bowl; flaring rim.
Study for a Cartoon for Printed Cotton: Les Quatre Elements
Hartmann et Fils, Munster, France, 1810–20
Pen and black ink, brush and grey wash on cream laid paper
Drawing

First preliminary sketch (full-scale) for a textile, for a cartoon depicting the Four Elements. The design is composed of four vignettes; separated in pairs vertically. The vignettes show: upper left, Juno seated in a chariot drawn over the clouds by peacocks and ccompanied by amoretti (personifying Air); lower left, Vulvan forging armor (personifying Fire); center right: Saturn seated in a landscape holding a cornucopia and beside him a globe, quartered (personifying Earth); lower right (with partial repeat shown in upper right), Venus borne over the water on a shell drawn by dolphins, attended by amoretti (personifying Water).
Wall Decoration, Plate XII from Le loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano (Raphael's Loggia in the Vatican)
Giovanni Volpato, Italian, 1733 - 1803, 1772–1777
Brush and watercolor, gouache over etching on white wove paper
Print

Grotesque decoration.
Jar and lid
Louis Comfort Tiffany, American, 1848–1933, ca. 1900
Favrile glass

(a) Straight sided round jar of transparent pink glass with milky diaper pattern; stylized floral pattern in base; transparent flat foot. (b) Slightly convex brass lid with threaded design partially enameled in red, green, blue; projecting narrow lip.
Dining Room, Hôtel Guimard, Rue Mozart, Paris
Hector Guimard, French, 1867–1942, ca. 1910
Gelatin-silver print, toned
Photograph

Interior view of Hector Guimard's house at 22 rue Mozart.  A square table with four chairs is in the center of the room, with built-in china closet and sideboard. Paneling on the walls about half the height of the room and ornamental plasterwork above that and on ceiling. A window with Guimard-designed lace curtain is at left.
Dress trimming
, 19th century
silk

Dress trimming of white silk band with scallops of pink and green chenille and ornaments of colored floss silk threads with knots.
Purse
, early 19th century
silk, metal Technique: needle knotting (bebilla)

Small bag of cream silk net with elaborate applied design of flowers and leaves in lace stitches. Composed of four panels joined by loose stitches in silk and metal. Gold tassel at bottom, cords to close with gold tassels.
Woven portrait
Philippe de la Salle, French, 1723–1803, ca. 1771
silk Technique: 4&1 satin with discontinuous supplementary wefts bound on the front in plain weave by a supplementary warp

A woven portrait of the Comtesse de Provence is embroidered to the fabric that forms the frame. The frame is a wreath of multicolor flowers with a bow at the top.
Album of Rococo Ornament Designs
François-Thomas Mondon, French, 1709 – 1755, mid- 18th–late 18th century
Album

Album of Rococo ornament designs featuring trophies, ornament, and vignettes within garden landscapes from four series of prints designed by F.T. Mondon.
La Chasse de Diane
Dubey et Comp., ca. 1810
cotton Technique: printed by engraved copper plate on plain weave
Textile

Assorted scenes illustrating stories about the goddess Diana. In one, Acteon has just been turned into a stag, in another a wild boar ravages the fields of Calydon. In brown on white.
Sampler
, 17th century
wool embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered on plain weave

Rectangular sampler of highly stylized floral vine pattern bands, worked in brightly colored wools on a linen ground. One of the bands has two male figures.
Design for Cabinet "C," Plan and Elevation
A.N. Davenport Co., 1900–05
Graphite on thin cream paper
Drawing

Elevation (central and upper section of sheet): tri-partite glass front cabinet with 4 shelves and carved frieze; raised on 4 carved cabriole legs terminating in ball-and-claw feet; vase atop cabinet and several other vessels on shelves inside cabinet.
Plan (lower section of sheet): semi-lunar silhouette of cabinet with flattened central front.
Tea set
, 18th–mid-19th century
earthenware

teapot, spherical form

Lid is with teapot, numbered as a and b, lid is b
No. 2
Josef Lobmeyr Senior, Austrian, 1792 - 1855, ca. 1835
Mouth-blown crystal, faceted and relief-prismatic-cut and polished
Beer tumbler

Mouth-blown crystal beer tumbler, faceted and relief-prismatic-cut and polished.
Ceiling paper
Cresswell & Washburn Ltd, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1880 - 1900, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, textured

Quatrefoil motif composed of vining foliage with floral center, alternating with another quatrefoil motif composed of acanthus scrolls, also with floral center. Printed in white and gold mica on tan ground.
Matchsafe Depicting Train Ticket and View of Monte Carlo
, late 19th century
Silver, enamel
matchsafe

Rectangular box with hinged lid, enamel decoration on lid showing train ticket, Nice to Monte Carlo; on reverse, view of Monte Carlo perched above Mediterranean coast. Striker on front.
Textile
Schwartz-Huguenin, 1851–63
cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller and block printed; glazed

Ground an elaborate effect of foliage leaves in white with grey background and beining of leaves with areas of green-blue crossing the groudn; all this probably by molette. Pattern of large rose clusters and other garden flowers printed over ground; smaller clusters of wild flowers - glazed
The Cliff Dwellers of New York
Mary Nimmo Moran, American, 1842–1899, 1881
Etching and scotch stone tone in brown ink on paper
Print

View of rickety structures on rocks with tenement buildings in the background.
Border
, 1850–80
Block-printed on machine-made paper

Floral vine twist around a foliate rope. Pink and blue flowers. Printed, pink, blue, green and black on gray ground.

H#191
Plate in Nouveaux livres de peintures de salles et d’escaliers (New Books on Paintings for Rooms and Stairs)
Daniel Marot, French, active in the Netherlands and England, 1661–1752, ca. 1700
Etching and engraving on white laid paper
Print

Atrium-like structure with stairs leading below. Large fountain with satyrs and putti in an apsed space. Wall decorated with urns, portrait busts and scenes in relief. Figures on clouds float above.
Carceri Series, Plate VI
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720–1778, 1745
Etching
Print

Vertical Rectangle. Vaulted chamber, with multiple staircases seen in perspective. Smoke rises from a bridge in the center middle distance. upper right, Calcografia number 354.
Sampler
Anna Joaquina Aguirre y Guadalajara, 1860
glass beads and silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, long-armed cross, and overcasting sewing on beads, on plain weave foundation

Two alphabets and a signature in reverse. Opalescent beads.
Le départ pour la promenade, from La vie de château
Gihaut Frères, French, 1815 - 1871, 1832
Lithograph, brush and watercolor on paper
Print

Three men and a woman to depart on horseback, right. Three inhabitants of the chateau and two dogs, left, by the gate. Title and artists' names below.
Pendant and slide
, 19th century
Gold, brilliants

Two pieces of peasant jewelry of very thin gold stamped out in a design of flowers, leaves and scrolling stems and ornamented with brilliants.  A: the pendant, which is horizontal, and oval in shape with a loop at the top and a triangular piece attached by a link at the bottom.  One brilliant is missing.  B: the slide, roughly heart-shaped.  Both pieces are convex.
Decorative panel
Jules Desfossé, French, active 1851 - 1863, ca. 1840
Block-printed paper

Greek or Roman figures in medallion, alternating with vases in medallions. Figures and vases printed in terra cotta on black background. Medallions are surrounded by orange, blue and white strapwork. Printed on off-white ground.

H#583
Cap
, 18th century
cotton embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in knots, back stitch and underside quilting on plain weave foundation

Cap made of three pieces of fabric seamed together. Quilting done before the cap was sewn up. Cap was originally finished with lace.
Textile
, late 18th–early 19th century
cotton Technique: block printed

Fragment in purple, red, green and black on a yellow background. Stylized allover pattern of pansies.
Piety
Abraham Bloemaert, Dutch, 1566 – 1651, 1610
Brush and white gouache, and black chalk on gray laid paper
Drawing

A seated female figure a cloud bank, facting right, her gaze directed to upper left; in her left hand she hold the Palm of Martyrdom, and behind her, a cushion and what might be taken for a fragment of the wheel, the instrument of her martyrdom. Possibly darkened for transfer, verso.
Portrait of George Beets
Richard Dighton, British, 1795–1880, 1870–80
Pen and ink with watercolor
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. A man wearing face whiskers and a riding habit seen standing three-quarter length in left profile.
Sketchbook Page
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, 1875
Graphite on paper
Sketchbook folio

Sketch of a horse's head.
Fragment
, 19th century
silk, metallic thread Technique: 3-1 twill weave

Fragment with a cone or butah pattern in gold on a dark red ground.
Ceiling paper
, 1900–15
Embossed

White on white design, which consists of tracery and floral medallions.  THe raised area is printed in white mica.
Sampler
, 1816
silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in running (pattern darning) and cross stitches on plain weave foundation

Nine darning crosses, a darning corner, and a "tear" corner; crowned initials at upper left, at lower right crowned "oud 18" (18 years old).
Bowl
, 13th century
Glazed and lustered stonepaste

Flaring bowl with incurvative rim.  Greenish-white glaze, running in heavy drops on outside.  Painted with radiating blue bands on inside and outside, and blue band on rim.  Some of the component parts iridescent.
Scenic
Sadie Agnes Estelle Irvine, American, 1887–1970, ca. 1914
Molded earthenware

Scenic plaque Spanish moss with moon. Molded rectangular plaque with carved design of cypress trees covered with moss set against a moonlit sky, all within a carved border. Underglaze colors of blues, greens, blue-greens and pale yellow.
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Carey Bros. W.P. Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded 1882, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper
Frieze

Alternating large and small metallic gold medallions, each inset with large dark pink rose. Connected by metallic and floral scrolls. Top has green stripes and metallic scrolling motif. Bottom has scalloping floral pattern. Ground fades from dark green (bottom) to light green (top). Background of rosebuds and variating horizontal green stripes.
Printed in selvedge: Carey Bros. W. P. Mfg. Co 111 [Pattern Number:] 1136
White-Eyebrowed Longtail, Plate 2 from Birds of Western Africa
William Home Lizars, Scottish, 1788 - 1859, 1837
Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper
Print

Brid with a brown back, tail and wings, and a light underside, perched on a tree branch over a stream with reeds. Title and artists' names below.
Border
Jean-Baptiste Réveillon, French, 1725–1811, ca. 1825
Block-printed and flocked

Two pieces of same design, continuous flocked and printed floral garland with flocked green guilloche band on light gray satin ground. "a" has half a maker's stamp on recto at end of roll.
Christ in the Garden
Georg Pencz, German, 1500–1550, 1500–50
Engraving on cream laid paper
Print

Circular composition. Christ is seated at left, receiving a goblet presented by a man who stands with another man and a woman, to the right.
The Atlantic, Nude Study for "The Marriage of the Atlantic and Pacific," Mural in the Senate Chamber in the Wisconsin State Capitol, Madison, WI
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, 1915
Graphite on cream laid paper
Drawing

Nude male figure with beard standing, facing to the left. He wears a crown, and holds a staff in his left hand. His right hand is extended to meet a woman's hand at far left, placing a ring on her finger. Drawing squared for transfer.
Border
, late 18th century
linen Technique: needle lace with bobbin ground

Pattern of delicate floral sprays forming garlands.
Wine glass
, early 19th century
glass

Emerald green
Sampler
, 1748
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, four-sided, stem and satin stitches on plain weave foundation

Alphabet and numerals at top.  The symbols of the passion; then domestic animals and flowers.  In center, crowned initials and a date.  Squares of pattern in the lower corners and celebrating people at the bottom.
Study of Light and Clouds on Ocean
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, after 1878
Graphite on cream wove paper
Sketchbook folio

Flat sea in foreground, dark sky with light center.
Isometric View of Torra de Ottaggio
Jacques Callot, French, 1592–1635, 1610–35
Pen and brown ink on cream laid paper
Drawing

A walled village appears in the middle of a mountainous landscape. Smoke or fire is seen emerging from the castle and other buildings within the village. A box with text in Italian appears in the bottom center, below the picture. The text includes letters indicating places that correspond to letters dispersed throughout the composition.
Sidewall
Crossler and Wilt Wallpaper Co., 1890–95
Machine-printed

Single drop-repeating motif: a cluster of roses and other flowers enframed by scrollwork, leaves and small flowers and a diaper of lines and dots in gold. Printed in gold, pink and dark red on red ground.
Coca bag
, possibly 1200
wool Technique: Section A) complementary warps, plain weave; Section B) warp-faced plain weave

Small bag, woven in narrow stripes of red, dark green, and brown. Hand stitched at sides to form bag. Warp selvage for bag opening
Sampler
Isabell Morison, Scottish, 1771
silk and metal-wrapped silk embroidery on wool foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, satin, and stem stitches on plain weave foundation

Bands of pattern withing a curving floral border.  Large arrangement of trees at bottom.
Study of Trees
, 1650–1700
Red chalk on laid cream paper
Drawing

A large tree, surrounded by bushes, is depicted on the left. The presence of other trees is suggested in the background. The top corners of the sheet are chamfered.
Textile
, 18th century
cotton Technique: mordants for 2 reds; brown and black applied by pen and brush; madder dyed; blue applied over resist; yellow applied over blue for green; chintz on plain weave

Garlands and bunches of flowers. Fragment of a palampore.
A Member of Commodore Perry's Party, Western Woman on a Horse
Yoshitora Utagawa, Japanese, active 1850 - 1870, 1861
Woodcut on mulberry paper
Print

Woman in wester costume on a black horse. Inscription in Japanese, upper left. Censor seal: Aratame.
Sidewall
, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

On brown ground, curved treillage with some scalloped motifs in white, gold, blue, and white floral clusters.
Panel
, 17th century
linen, wool, wilk Technique: needlepoint; counted stitches

Needlepoint picture showing Christ as the Good Shepherd surrounded by his flock in a landscape. Flowers and a dog, chained to a tree fill the foreground. In the middle ground, a fruit tree in the right and a building on the left in front of a formal garden in the background. Birds and clouds in the sky.
Sidewall
Robert S. Hobbs & Co., Brooklyn, New York, 1900
Machine-printed

Floral pattern printed in pastel shades of blue, gray-green, orange-pink with metallic gold on cream ground
Band
, 16th–17th century
silk on linen Technique: embroidered

Band fragment showing a faded red geometric pattern on linen.
Sidewall
Hobbs, Benton & Heath, Hoboken, New Jersey, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Diaper pattern with shield-like shape at intersection. From this sprouts a floral bouquet. Printed in green, brown, white and metallic gold on tan ground.
Cup and Saucer with Monogram and Diamond Lattice Pattern
Carl Thieme Potschappel Porcelain Manufactory, German, established 1872, ca. 1901
hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
cup and saucer

Cylindrical cup with flaring rim and high scrolling handle. Diamond lattice pattern with flowers at crossing. Gilded rim. Matching saucer.
Fragment
, 12th–13th century
cotton Technique: resist-printed Label: resist printed cotton

Unbleached cotton with overall pattern in faded red. An overall lattice like effect is created as the petals of flower heads elongate and extend to create an interlaced framework. With smaller eight-petaled flowers in the interstices.
Portrait of a Young Woman
Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923, ca. 1885
Black crayon, white chalk, on buff paper
Drawing

Bust-length portrait of a young woman, her head turned sharply to the right. Her hair forms a knot at the nape of her neck.
Chintz
, 18th century
cotton Technique: mordants for 3 reds, 2 purples, and black applied by pen and brush; madder dyed; blue and yellow applied by brush; chintz on plain weave

Diamond lattice of columns and curving ribbons enclosing floral sprays. Indian adaptation of a European design for printed fabric.
Textile
, 1850–1900
cotton Technique: e-gasuri (warp and weft ikat) on plain weave

Narrow vertical panel with a design of a crane and tortoise in weft ikat alternating with a concentric stepped diamond shape in warp and weft ikat.
Stylized floral design for printed textile
Louis-Albert DuBois, Swiss, 1752–1818, 1800–1818
Brush and gouache, graphite on white wove paper
Drawing

Dense pattern of pink, blue and green stylized flowers on white ground.
Frieze
Standard Wall-Paper Company, Standard Wall-Paper Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1905–1915
Machine-printed ingrain paper, applied mica flakes

Flitter frieze with main design element of a large floral swag draping across the bottom half of paper. Smaller swags and floral arches above. Printed on light blue ground. Floral swag and other elements outlined in silver mica flakes.
Study of landscape, Baveno, Lake Maggiore, Italy
William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900, September 1857
Brush and watercolor, graphite on paper
Drawing

Sketch of a cabin in a forest.
Purse
, early 19th century
silk, metal Technique: beaded crochet

Rose crocheted silk with fine cut steel beads; steel ring and bars at top.
Walking and Morning Dress
Ackermann’s, London, England, 1819
Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper
Print

Fashion plate with a woman in a white dress and hat, and a pink stole, leaning against a pedestal, facing towards the left. Title and publisher's name below.
Sampler
Harriet Jane Coon, 19th century
silk and cotton embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, marking cross, eyelet, stem, and satin stitches on plain weave foundation

Bands of alphabets, the inscription Half Moon Saratoga County NY, and scattered motifs.
Sidewall - sample
, 1906–08
Machine-printed

Stylized blue floral stripe, printed in shades of blue on mottled blue ground.
Pitcher
George E. Ohr, American, 1857–1918, ca. 1893–1909
Glazed earthenware

Thrown red earthenware body with slumped, deeply folded sides, short spout, applied curved handle, and low foot. Exterior covered with variegated rose-colored glaze, with streaks of brilliant green glaze. Interior glazed in mottled dark green with areas of lusterless and high luster glaze. Underside partially glazed.
Vase
Rookwood Pottery, American, 1880 - 1967, ca. 1900
earthenware, glaze
Vase

Tall cylindrical vessel curving in at base to slightly undercut foot and curving in at top to indentation marking off thick, roundest, out-curving lip of wide mouth. Tiger-eye glaze [browns with iridescent gold streakings]. Bird and wave painted under glaze.
Purse
, late 17th century
metal thread on silk Technique: embroidered on satin foundation

Purse with symmetrical brown floral embroidery on the front and back.  Center back embroidery could be a family emblem.