biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Lit en Chaire à prêcher vue de face
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1780-1789
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Design for a bed with a canopy and decorated with drapery, urns, and platters placed on busts. The title of the bed refers to the shape of the canopy top, in the manner of a minbar, or Islamic pulpit. The plate is signed and numbered.
Ceiling Design with Apollo
Domenico Antonio Vaccaro, Italian, 1678–1745, ca. 1780
Pen and brown ink on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Group of mythological figures in clouds, composition contained within vase-shaped framing lines. At top, the figure of Apollo on a cloud with bow and arrow. A reclining female figure below shields herself from his arrow with drapery. Other figures and cherubim throughout.
Male Torso From a Plaster Cast
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1840
Graphite, white and black chalk on brown wove paper
Drawing

Male torso, without legs, arms, or head, on a square base. Seen from behind. Light source upper right. Sheet of paper on floor, lower left.
Cheminée du dessein du Sr. Pineau
Nicolas Pineau, French, 1684-1754, 1700-1742
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Chimneypiece design with over-mantle mirror. The mirror is framed at the top with fluting, flower, scroll, and winged herm ornamentation. Above the mirror is carving featuring a satyr-mascaron inset in a scallop above c- and s-scrolls with garlands of flowers. The plate is numbered but not signed.
Sidewall
, 1890–1900
Flocked paper

Deep red wool flock covering entire surface without design.
Interior Wall Elevation with a Sofa
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1777–79
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

A design for an interior wall featuring ornately painted wall panels with a sofa in a niche. The panels include flowers, festoons of flowers, flaming torches, bows, quivers of arrows, hearts, fleurons, pearls, scrolling acanthus leaves, birds, a harp, clouds, and caduceus. The sofa is upholstered with a textile featuring festoons of flowers along the edges. The plate is numbered.
Strapwork Design with Landscape
, early 17th century
Charcoal, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Strapwork with harpies and cornucopia frame a landscape with a house on a hill.
Elevation of a church
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1777
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

The main part of the facade is the portico, consisting of two columns and two pillars, with a triangular pediment above the entablature. It is accessible by steps. In the center of the wall is the door case with an entablature supported by consoles. Cornices are in the same height in the lateral panels. Abobe the entablature is an oblong relief. The lateral parts are projecting. The panels and the entablature are framed by a band. Inside is a niche with a statue. Laterally, above the attic are two superstructures in the shape of belvederes with vanes on top. In the center is a dome with a lantern and a cross on top.
Study for a fresco for the hall of the Senate, Genova: The relics of St. John Baptist are brought to Genova
Francesco Solimena, Italian, 1657–1747, ca. 1715
Brush and gray wash, pen and ink, over graphite on paper.
Drawing

At right the dock with ships.  At left, a procession headed by the archbishop and the doge. In the foreground left, people around a fountain; right: captives are driven away and good unloaded.  The bearers of the bier are still under a canopy on the ship in the center.
Bank Note Design
Walter Shirlaw, American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909, ca. 1895
Brush and grey and white gouache, black crayon, red pastel on brown paper (separate strip below)
Drawing

A winged woman is in the center over a protractor, beside which a man sits at left writing in a book. A girl is shown at right in profile turned toward right and reading ina book.
Design for a Pendant Trophy
René Charpentier, French, 1680 - 1723, 1738–61
Etching on laid paper
Print

Within a double-lined frame, a design for an ornamental pendant trophy from a series of twelve plates. The trophy includes winged putti, foliate branches, flowers, textiles palm leaves, a portrait, a vase, clouds, handcuffs on a chain, a peacock, and bolt of lightning hanging from a tied ribbon. The plate is signed and numbered.
Mount Mansfield, Vermont
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, September 7, 1866
Graphite, black and white crayon on grey paper
Drawing

Stream, lower left. Ridge and trees, lower right. Mountain beyond, center.
Design for a Wall Mural
, ca. 1800
Brush and wash, pen and black ink on paper
Drawing

Possibly design of a patron dedication for a wall mural.  At center a black frame where portrait would sit.  Above, Jesus and God (?) hold a crown at the top of the frame.  Two winged angels look up at Jesus.  At bottom, winged angel with a helmet looks up at frame while holding a thurbile burning incense.
Semi-circular Council Chamber Dedicated to Nature with Alternate Suggestions
Unknown, 1795–97
Pen and gray ink, graphite, gray, rose wash
Drawing

Statue of Nature stands behind a burning brazier.  Behind, a niche simulating the interior of a tent, with an oculus in the center of the roof.  Below, seats arranged in five rows in amphitheatrical form.  Various inscriptions on base of statue and on ornamentation.
Figure
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1877
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of a female figure.; Detail of head and shoulders.
Designs for Ceiling Decorations with Figural Sketch and Anecdote
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Various rough designs for ceiling decoration, including lattice, vegetal, and rosette motifs. At left, a figural sketch with inscription below.
Fringe
, 19th century
silk Technique: woven

White skirt threads arranged in bunches with heading outlined in silk cord forming scallops at the top.
Plate from Omnia Conando Docilis Solertia Vincit (A Docile Disposition will Conquers all Difficulty)
Paul Birckenhultz, German, 1561 - 1639, Ca. 1600
Engraving, blackwork on laid paper
Print

Vertical rectangle showing a vase with grotesque drop-ring handles containing a symmetrical arrangement of flowers. The body of the vase and the base upon which it stands are decorated with  strapwork design printed in blackwork. At the base sit two nude children.
Bamboo Sketch, Jamaica
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, May–September 1865
Graphite on gray-green wove paper
Drawing

Botanical sketch showing a view from Jamaica of bamboo stalks, at left, and an overgrown, vine-covered tree at right. At left, three bamboo branches arch downward with thin leaves on their tips. At right, a lush and heavily shaded tree is shown covered with hanging vines.
Valley of the Wolfgangsee, St. Gilgen, Austria
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, August 8, 1868
Graphite on tan wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Loose landscape sketch showing a view of the wide, fertile valley surrounding the town of St. Gilgen, Austria, and the nearby lake known as the Wolfgangsee. The town's buildings are visible along the shore at right. Valley is encircled by sharp, alpine mountain ranges. In the lower left corner and oppositely oriented, a sketch of the front of a house or shed is visible. 

Verso: Landscape and architecture sketches around St. Gilgen, Austria, showing, in the upper half, a view of a village with a prominent church on the shores of the lake known as the Wolfgangsee, surrounded by serrated mountains. In the lower half and oppositely oriented, an oblique view of that church is shown with a figure sketch of a man driving a hay cart, viewed from behind.
Bacchanalia with a Goat
Raymond Lafage, French, 1656–1684, ca. 1680
Engraving on paper
Print

In the center, around a goat, are grouped satyrs, bacchantes and cupids. A cupid feeding the goat. Next to him kneeling woman embraced by a satyr. Mountains in background.
A Group of Trees, Catskill, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 1844 and November 1844
Graphite on off-white wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Botanical sketch showing a group of trees in Catskill, New York. Situated in the foreground at lower left, three trees with lush canopies intertwine. An evergreen grows from lower center while the trunks of two deciduous trees interweave at lower left. At center and center left, the canopies of all three trees combines into a vibrating mass of vegetation. 

Atmosphere and landscape sketch showing a view of billowing clouds at sunset above a ridge in Catskill, New York. At center, several groups of puffy and billowing clouds dramatically fill the sky above a rolling and heavily wooded range of hills. Clouds darker near horizon, likely representing vivid sunset colors.
Panel Designs of Grotesque Ornamentation
Jean Berain, the elder, French, 1640-1711, 1711
Engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Three corresponding, vertical panels of grotesque ornamentation. The panel at left features a classically draped woman on a pedestal supported by anguipèdes. At top is a medallion of a cupid surrounded by laurel branches. The center panel has a winged figure under a baldachin, a medallion with a mythological scene, and sphinxes. The panel at right features Poseidon/Neptune with a trident over a fountain with snails and dolphins. The plate is lettered but not signed.
Design in Second Livre de Tableaux de Ornemens et Rocailles (Second Book of Ornaments and Rocailles)
Jacques de Lajoüe, French, 1687–1761, 1687–1761
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Fantastic architectural tree-filled landscape framed by garlands, C-curves, shells, foliage, and water fountains. On right, fountains and small dragon, nude female figure.
Rampes d'Escaliers
Jean Mariette, French, 1660–1742, 
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Three ornamental stair railing designs stacked vertically. The designs feature open metalwork, with scrolling bands and leaves. The plate is numbered but not signed.
Designs for a Plinth with a Portrait Bust, Candlestick, and Console Tables
Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820, 1777–78
Etching in red ink on paper
Print

Designs for two console tables, a candlestick and a plinth with a female portrait bust decorated with scrolling leaves (rinceaux), foliate scrolls, a foliate frieze, flowers, putto, and fluting. The plate is numbered.
Design for an Ornament Panel
Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750, ca. 1728
Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, black chalk on paper
Drawing

A palace atrium in rocaille architecture is obliquely shown.  An elaborate urn stands upon a pedestal in its center.  Some standing women are slightly indicated.
Reverse: A small part of an ornament in graphite.
Shawl
, ca. 1865
wool Technique: jacquard woven 2/2 twill with continuous and discontinuous supplementary weft patterning Label: jacquard woven wool 2/2 twill with continuous and discontinuous supplementary weft patterning

Shawl with a red center and a multicolored cone and lotus border design. Fringed on two ends. Long sides have a narrow green border.
Design for a Rocaille Apse
Jeremias Wachsmuth, German, 1684–1771, mid- 18th century
Engraving on white laid paper
Print

Design for a rocaille, multi-level apse decorated with religious statues. The plate is signed and numbered.
Sofa
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1800
Pen and ink, brush and gray wash on blued-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Elevation of a boat-shaped sofa with a woven base, standing on a stepped platform. On either side is a column decorated with lion mask, supporting a vase with floral sprays. Two cushions on the sofa, each with a bow. At center, a figural vase with floral sprays sits under drapery .
Clouds over a Rolling Landscape, Mexico
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1892–93
Graphite on beige wove paper
drawing

Atmosphere and landscape sketch showing a loosely rendered view of a cloudy sky over a hilly, rolling landscape in Mexico. At upper center, a patch of intense blue sky pierces the thick, billowing clouds that otherwise fill the sky, above undulating terrain that stretches across the lower margin. At center right, a loosely rendered detail of a building on a hill is included.
Sunset at Hudson, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1860–65
Brush and oil, graphite on paperboard
Drawing

Landscape and architecture sketch of the sunset over the town of Hudson, New York. Darkened structrues extend from foreground to middle distance, with steeple at left. At right, several windows of two buildings reflect the red light of the sunset. Above, the raking light of the descending sun illuminates clouds in bright red-orange, while sky beyond a gradient from orange to blue.
Chafing dish
, ca. 1650
Repousséd cooper, turned wood

On three feet, which extend above brim of circular basin. Gadrooned design in repoussé in bottom of basin. Handle turned.
Musical instrument
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1877
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of a balalaika with detail of the triangular wooden body and strings.
Les Solitaires de Normandie
, ca. 1788
Engraved, hand-colored and painted paper leaf, turned wood handle
Handscreen

Handscreen with paper leaf and turned wood handle. Obverse: oval medallion with a hand-colored engraving showing five figures in a forested landscape, surrounded by a framework of hand painted motifs. Reverse: dialogue from the comic opera "Les Solitaires de Normandie."
Niagara Falls, View from Goat Island, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, March 19, 1856
Graphite on tan wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a winter view of Horseshoe Falls from the north side of Goat Island. In the foreground at center and left, the cliff edge of Goat Island and several of its cedar trees are visible, covered in snow. In the middle distance, the immense curve of Horseshoe Falls bends from left to right, with the Terrapin Tower visible on its edge at left. The falls produce a tall column of mist at center. In the background, houses and other buildings are visible atop the elevated Canadian bank of the Niagara River.
Fragment
, 18th century
silk, pineapple fiber, tempera Technique: painted on compound gauze weave

Ivory ground with brilliant polychrome tempera design. Large central urn with dwarf blossoming tree, flanked on either side by large bird and plant group. Small birds and insects flying through air.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk, linen and metallic thread Technique: plain compound satin weave Label: Silk, linen, and metallic thread plain compound satin weave

Symmetrical arabesques and a pomegranate motif filled with a checked diaper pattern. ln dark yellow and mauve.
Cloudy Sky over Mountains, Jamaica
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, May–September 1865
Brush and oil, graphite on paperboard; verso: graphite
Drawing

Landscape and atmosphere sketch showing view of tumultuous sunset sky above a mountain range in Jamaica. Clouds rendered in grey and pink. Vibrant, bright blue sky shines through at right and upper left.

Verso: Architectural sketch showing elevation of a monument with a temple facade.
Garden Designs
Jean Berain, the elder, French, 1640-1711, 1711
Engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Two designs for ornamental gardens with scroll and vegetal motifs and topiary. The plate is numbered with a backward "4" but not signed.
Paulus Aemelius
, 1783
Stipple engraving in brown ink on paper
Print

Paulus Aemelius instructs his children. A classical interior with three adults and four children. One child holds up a bird café.
Stage Design, Details of Indian Temples
Romolo Achille Liverani, Italian, 1809 - 1872, early 19th century
Pen and sepia ink, brush and wash, graphite on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Architectural details of Indian temples (pagode).
Embroidery sample
, late 18th–early 19th century
silk, metallic wire, net, glass, paper Technique: embroidered and appliqué on taffeta

Floral design embroidered with purple and white silk, purple and clear glass, and net appliqué on background of light green taffeta.
Galerie métallique des grands hommes français (Great Men of France)
François Augustin Caunnois, French, 1787 - 1859, 1817
Cast bronze
Medal

Bust of François Eudes de Mézeray (1610 - 1683).
Ornamental Vase Design
Edme Bouchardon, French, 1698–1762, 1737
Etching on laid paper
Print

A rotund vase with an overturned lip. A goat skin spills out the top of the vase at the center. The body of the vase has excised fluting on the top half; below are vegetal decorative tendrils. There is a knob on each side of the vase in the form of torches. The vase is elevated upon a tall, corniced plinth. The plate is lettered and numbered.
Design for Gile, pattern 1757 of the Fabrique de St. Ruf
Mademoiselle Favel, ca. 1785
Brush and gouache on laid paper
Drawing

Rectangular corner. Lilac edges; six buttonholes are shown. A vew of a garden with a fountin is shown at the bottom; a rose bush grows high up, at left. A trellis railing of a garden, with vases standing upon it, decorates the pocket. Leaf boughs grow from the rising edge. Top of a blossom and of a leaf growing from a lilac edge.  Verso: blotter of a black crayon sketch of a lady's dress.
Design for an Embroidered or Woven Horizontal Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1805–1815
Brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper
Drawing

A row of six plants consisting of a calyx and three seeds is shown over a scalloped border with a row of seeds along inside.
Title Page of the Second Volume of Gessner's Collected Literary Works
Salomon Gessner, Swiss, 1730 - 1788, 1778
Etching on paper
Print

Tablet decorated with a garland and a trophy of pastoral emblems. First two lines of the text: "SALOMON GESSNERS/SCHRIFFTEN". Paper margins. On verso: "Chiffre B v(or u) Cl."
Designs for Two Vertical Panels
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1738–45
Engraving on off-white laid paper
Bound print

Folio 5, plate 4 of series 6. Within rectangular framing lines, two rocaille designs for upright decorative panels. Panel at left: ornamental cartouche with scrollwork and putti figures. Above, a group of figures upon a cloud, including a woman and two putti. At top, scrollwork topped by a bird, an owl, and two dragons. Panel at right: scrollwork designs featuring a mask and putti figures. At top, a figural scene depicting a putto hunting a stag in a forest.
Drawing
Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786, 1750–86
Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash on paper

Partial cartouche with military symbols and elements, a crown and a laurel wreath.
Embroidery sample
, late 18th–early 19th century
silk Technique: embroidered on taffeta

Multicolored silk embroidery in a floral design on a black ground.
Hades; Persephone in the Underworld (Offering to Proserpine)
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, ca. 1820
Pen and black ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on paper
Drawing

Proserpina, Pluto and Sleep are shown at right seated upon a platform, with the Fates standing behind them. Proserpina extends a branch toward a girls lead to her by Death, a bearded man with a bat upon his head and his name "VS" upon his right sleeve. A man supporting a dead woman comes from left; a boy clings to him. Others come to perform sacrifices. The setting is the hall of the Underworld, lighted by lamps. Other parts of the Underworld with a wheel of torture are shown in the background.
Cartouche Design
Nicolas-Jean-Baptiste Poilly, de, French, 1707 – 1780, mid- 18th century
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Design for a rococo cartouche featuring acanthus leaves, c-scrolls, shell, palm leaves, plumes, flowers, foliate branches, and topped with a smaller cartouche. The plate is numbered and signed.
Sword hilt
, 18th century
Wood, metal

Scabbard with metal and wood decoration; foliage motifs
Salesman's sample
, 1775–1805
silk, net, glass, silver wire, paper Technique: embroidered and appliqued on plain weave

Floral pattern embroidered in white silk, silver wire, clear glass and net applique on a light blue ground.
Button
, 19th century
pearl shell, copper and glass

circular buttons with a central brilliant of white glass set in engraved leaves of seaweed type and milled edge.

On card 29
Mathilde et Malek Adhel
Favre Petitpierre, France, 1802–1818, ca. 1820
cotton Technique: printed on plain weave
Textile

Four vignettes depicting scenes from the second Crusade story of "Mathilde et Malek Adhel." Printed in red on white ground.
Table cover
, 18th century
linen, silk Technique: cross stitch embroidery

Oblong table cover of hand-woven linen of sheer open weave, embroidered in brown and white silk in cross stitch. Allover pattern arranged in squares of highly stylized floral or lily pattern; wide border of stylized vine. Edging of narrow brown and white silk lace. Linen is seamed at the center.
Floral field and border
, 1780–1815
White on glazed paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Two repeats composed of spear-shaped leaves and berries on knobby branches. At left, a vertical border with an interlocking zig-zag repeat with balls in the interstices.
Angel with Two Children in Her Arms
Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian, active England, 1727–1815, 1764
Engraving in brown ink on white paper
Print

An angel flying over a landscape, sleeping cattle at right, with ships beyond; sleeping man at left, with farms beyond. Man has a small child in each arm.
Tassel
, 18th century
silk, copper wire, parchment, wooden core

Skirt of red silk (wrapped on wire) supporting ornaments resembling flowers with leaves. Two collars, one projecting and one flat, of red silk on parchment bands. Head is vase-shaped and covered with red silk threads. Loop of red silk cord.
Fragment
, late 18th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace

Fragment of Valenciennes lace has tiny powdered branches with flowers and buds. Round mesh.
Picture
Michel-Marie Carquillat, French, 1803–1884, late 19th century
silk Technique: jacquard woven

Portrait of Adolphe Thiers (French, 1871-1873), president of the French Republic, 1872.
Nude
Childe Hassam, American, 1859–1935, 1918
Lithograph on paper
Print

Three-quarter female nude seen from the back, turned slightly to the right. Her elbows point out, and hands at her neck. Verso: print of harbor scene, with an "X" through the composition.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk, linen Technique: 8-harness satin plus 1\4 twill

Simple symmetrical pomegranate repeat in a leafy framework. Two single cord selvages.
sundial compass
, late 18th–early 19th century
wood, paper, brass, steel, glass

Two rectangular pieces of wood, hinged with wire and connected by string, which serves as sundial indicator. Printed and hand-colored paper pasted on top and inside, with list of cities and their latitudes, and the sundial. Sunk compass in center.
Curtain panels
, 19th century
cotton Technique: printed and glazed

Pair of curtain panels in a glazed chintz. White ground is printed in an allover detached design of rose buds and blue foliage, probably faded from green. Small star-shaped design on the background. Border has a design of densely grouped roses and foliage.
Fringe
, 17th century
silk Technique: woven

Fringe in gray and white with a plain-woven heading. Skirt of gray and white threads.
sauce boat
, 1775–1790
creamware

Formed like a conch shell on a domed foot of irregular outline. Handle composed of two crossed strips, with thumb rest in the form of a leaf. Raised diamond border at both foot and rim.
The Assumption of the Virgin, from the Life of the Virgin series
Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528, 1510
Woodcut on laid paper
Print

Vertical rectangle. Above, the Virgin attended by Christ and God the Father. Below, a group beside the empty tomb.
Sleeve band
, 18th–19th century
cotton, silk Technique: cut and drawn work with satin and cross stitch embroidery on plain weave

Rectangular panel with small stylized buds alternating with S-shapes in blue, green and black on a predominantly orange embroidered ground. Unfinished.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk Technique: cut pile velvet in plain weave foundation

Diagonal floral sprays in staggered rows in deep violet.