biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Chinese Gallery As It Was, Plate XV in Illustrations of Her Majesty's Palace at Brighton...Printed by T. Sutherland, Frederic Lewis, Robert Havel Jr., and M. Dubourg. Published by J. B. Nichols and Son, London, England, 1838.
John Nash, 1752 – 1835, 1820
Etching and aquatint, brush and watercolor, letterpress on white wove paper mounted on heavy tan board, ruled lines in color and gold paint
Bound print

A corridor, one hundred and sixty-two feet long, comprises the central promenade of the Brighton Pavilion. It is lighted by a large painted glass skylight which personifies Lin-Shin, the god of thunder. Chinese lanterns are hung from standards along the sides of the room. The walls are covered in peach linen, painted with a bamboo and bird design in blue. The carpet repeats the blue and peach decorative scheme. Large Chinese figures in costume are placed in niches flanking the chimneypiece. Along the walls, bamboo cabinets hung with pink silk panels; fretwork trellises delineating sections of the corridor; and Chinese porcelains complete the chinoiserie interior. A double staircase is seen at the end of the gallery; an identical staircase (not seen) is at the other end.
Plate 11, from Livre de bijouterie (Book of Designs for Goldsmiths and Jewelers)
Léonard Thiry, Flemish, 1550, ca. 1570
Engraving on paper
Print

Design for two pendants with strapwork.  At left, a circular shape flanked by putti with gems and pearls. At right, a vertical oval with pairs of ignudi.
Band
, 17th century
linen, silk Technique: plain weave embroidered with counted stitch: long-armed cross

Cream-colored band embroidered in red with the motto "Liberta" contained in a diagonal-shaped scroll. Stylized leaves and acorns appear in between scrolls..
Cherries and Butterflies
, ca. 1830
Brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Two cherries on a branch with three butterflies hovering about it.
Fleur de Lys
, 1900–15
embossed
Sidewall

Large-scale fleur-de-lys, with acanthus leaf detailing, alternating with smaller unadorned fleur-de-lys. Printed in tans and white on tan ground.
Design for a Painted Ceiling
Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859, 1815–22
Graphite, pen and black ink, and watercolor on laid paper
Drawing

Painted ceiling with a circular center containing a smaller circle with two figures in classical attire.  Octagonal shape outlines the larger circle, with four trophies at the upper and lower points.
study of wrist and left hand
Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923, ca. 1890
black crayon, white chalk on gray-green paper
Drawing

Woman's hand, palm upturned, rising from lower left.
Sidewall
Becker, Smith & Page, Inc., founded 1899, 1890–1920
Machine-printed paper

a) On blue-gray ground, cherubs and flowers amid white and beige clouds with pink roses and green foliage; b) duplicated on blue ground with light blue and white clouds.
Architectural Details
Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925, 1883
Graphite and white heightening on grey-brown paper
Drawing

Details from Caen, Bayeux and Mont. St.Michel. Sketches of mouldings, turrets, and door corner.
Border
, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

On white-gray ground, garlands of green leaves, red and white flowers, white sprays. Bands in green and red with white beaded border. Printed two borders across the width.
Sampler
Mary Cole, American, 1818
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, satin, surface satin, rococo, and stem stitches on plain weave foundation

A landscape at the bottom with a large house, trees, and animals. The ground is filled with scattered motifs, inside a curving rose vine border. At the center top a cartouche with the inscription, and a verse at center: 
No longer I follow a sound
No longer a dream I pursue
O happiness now to be found
Unattainable treasure Adieux
Toothbrush Case from Traveling Dressing Case
Thomas Whitehouse, British, active 1848-98, 1875
glass, silver
case

Largest box of set with a silver top.
William III
, 1881–1882
Block-printed paper
Decorative panel

Series of eight panels, each with British ruler, full length, in grisaille. William III, reigned 1689-1702.
Orphrey fragment
, 16th century
silk, metal thread Technique: appliqué

Fragment of an embroidered orphrey on red satin. Medallion in the center shows a saint carrying the cross.
Pair of Armchairs
John Henry Belter, American, b. Germany, 1804 – 1863, design: 1850; Crest decoration design: 1849
Laminated rosewood, cotton upholstery, metal
chairs

A) Upholstered, laminated rosewood back, topped by carved flowers-and-fruit garland.  Back frame formed of inverted U-shaped scroll at top and serpentine section at bottom.  Serpentine arms join back frame with scroll.  Upholstered spring seat on rosewood frame; serpentine seat front with carved flowers in center and at join of arms and forelegs.  Cabriole forelegs with carved acanthus leaf between small scrolls on foot; reverse curve back back legs; casters.  B) The same.
Textile
, 10th–13th century
silk Technique: plain compound weave

Vertical rows of medium-sized ogives bordered with broad continuous bands of Kufic lettering and enclosing confronted peacocks with tails spread to top of a Tree of Life between them. Winged sphinxes, addorsed regardant, in interspaces. Olive-green floss in cloth tie on golden tan fine cloth ground.
Sketchbook Page
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, 1875
Graphite on paper
Sketchbook folio

Sketch of female figure in a rocking chair.
Textile
, 1851–63
cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller and block printed; glazed

Elaborate arrangement of groudn printed by molette, in grey, with areas of white in which appear flower clusters in rose. Sweeping garlands of grey foliage frame white areas; other flower sprays and grey foliage printed over grey ground - glazed.
Seascape with Dramatic Clouds and Large Rock
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, 1890–1900
Pen and black ink on off-white wove paper
Sketchbook folio

Looking out towards choppy ocean, a large, stand-alone rock (or island?) sits at right. Sky is full of large, dark clouds. Miscellaneous pen in margin to right of image.
Landscape, Meiringen, Switzerland
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, September 3, 1867
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Sketch of a mountain pass.
Study for "A Florentine Picnic"
Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923, ca. 1871
Pastel crayon on paper
Drawing

A young male figure in costume, seated, facing left, his  head shown almost in profile. He plays a mandolin. At right, detail of hand holding the bow of the instrument.
Boy with a Moose
Arthur Henry Howard Heming, American, b. Canada, 1870–1940, 1900
Ink on paper
Print

Trial proof for illustration. Boy standing at the door of a log cabin in deep snow, stroking the head of a moose.
Ceiling paper
Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Round foliate medallion having a lacy effect contains a brown inner ring of acanthus scrolls with a blue outer ring. Each medallion is enclosed within a dotted circle. Printed on a tan ground.
Sampler
Isabella Campbell, Scottish, 1825
silk and wool embroidery on wool foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, stem, and satin stitches on plain weave foundation

Large building in center with flowers, animals, and large swan at bottom.  Text: "Hail, Night!  Thou gentle emblematic shade/ Of that tremendous period fix'd by God,/ When Drear forgetfulness shal veil the dead,/ And fame be lost beneath the green grass sod./ This ends the race of feeble man below;/ Nor pow'r, nor honour, frame nor youthful bloom,/ Can gain a respite from the dreadful blow./ Tis virtue only triumphs o'er the tomb."
The Sea Monster
Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528, ca. 1498
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Set in a rocky landscape with a castle overlooking a bluff, a sea monster is seen in the foreground carrying off a nude woman on his back. Off the shore, left middle distance, three nude women frolic in the water, while two men are seen on the bank nearby, one trying to chase after the monster.
Capitals from Abbey Church of St. Len D’Esserent, Oise
Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925, 1879–80
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Four sketches of stonework in outline.
Sidewall - sample
, 1906–07
Machine-printed paper

Roses with leaves having look of embroidery. Long loops and lines, rope-like, are attached to the roses and connect the motifs vertically. Polk dots fill the background. Printed in shades of green.
Sugar Bowl
, 1798
silver
sugar bowl

Silver sugar bowl and lid with foot. The body of the bowl squat and radially symmetrical. The lid of the bowl has an artichoke-shaped finial.
Sculpture on stand
, 1736–1795
Carved nephrite, carved rosewood

Green-white nephrite carving of a duck with head turned back on shoulder and holding floral stem in bill; lotus carvings around duck and waves beneath him. Stand has four feet.
POELE orné de colonnes doriques avec camés
Louis-Gustave Taraval, French, 1738 – 1794, ca. 1791
Etching on paper
Print

Design for a stove heater decorated with neoclassical motifs in the form of a pedestal with columns at the corners, with rosettes above, and leaf running patterns. An eagle with flames and lightning bolts in his talons in a central roundel framed by scrolling acanthus leaves, and fleurons in the corners. A plan view and scale below. The plate is signed.
Foot of vessel
, 1st–4th century
Glass

Dome-shaped, the center with impression of circular stem - small patches of iridescence. Green glass.
Vignette, Ornamental Frieze
Maximilian Joseph Limpach, Czech, active the 1st half of 18th century, ca. 1730
Engraving on paper
Print

Festoons and pitchers suspended from bucrania.
Sidewall
Grace Lincoln Temple, 1865–1953, 1890–93
Machine-printed on paper

Irregular piece, a full width in one place, giving an arabesque of leaf forms with clusters of roses.  Printed in yellow, pink and green "satin finish" colors (with chalk), and gold, on plain paper.
Petites Chiffonieres
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Designs for two small sets of drawers, decorated with ornament motifs including lamb tongue, acanthus leaves, wave pattern, and scallop shell. The plate is signed
Cardinal Pamphili Villa, Facade Decorated for a Visit of Pope Clement XIII
Paolo Posi, Italian, 1708 - 1776, 1758–69
Pen and black ink, brush and gray, pink wash, graphite on white laid paper
Drawing

Shown is the elevation of a two-story villa, laterally connected by gateways with five-story houses of the same height; their corners are shown; the gateways are decorated with draperies, burning candles and garlands. The ground floor of the villa projects laterally; allegorical figural representations of "Religion", or "Church" and "Faith" are shown; the attic shows the coat of arms of the Pope, the attributes of his office, and urns containing fires; the coach with the Pope approaches from right; at left is a troupe of soldiers; framing lines below. Figures, carriages, and horses in foreground.
Walking Beam Sidewheeler
, ca. 1840
Block printed paper on pasteboard support
Bandbox

Sides and top both covered with paper showing landscape with river, mansion, bridge and palm trees. A sidewheeler is shown in the water directly in front of the building. Blue field, with red, green and white.
Pemadumcook Pines, Maine
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, October 3, 1878
Graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite
drawing

Botanical sketches showing three isolated views of pine trees on or near the shore of Pemadumcook Lake in Maine. One tall tree with a narrow trunk and thin canopy is shown along the left margin, while two stacked trees are visible at right. The uppermost is small and triangular in shape, while the lower one has a billowing canopy and twisting branches.

Verso: Botanical sketches showing isolated views of pine trees on or near the shore of Pemadumcook Lake in Maine. At left, two trees are shown amongst stone and foliage at their bases. Three smaller sketches of pine trees are closely grouped at center. At right, another tree is shown with a hawk's nest perched in its lower boughs.
Cloudy Sky
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, possibly 1856
Graphite on gray-green wove paper
Drawing

Atmosphere sketch showing a view of layers of clouds in the sky. At center and right, three prominences of a long cumulus cloud are shown below and in front of a darker cloud. An indistinct pencil scratch is visible at center.
Wall Elevation with Statues in Niches
Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682, 1656–57
Etching on laid paper
Print

Sectional view of an interior wall with a plan view below. The wall features two statues in niches, fluted pilasters and three doorways or windows with views of a garden beyond. The walls are decorated with ornate paneling and carvings, with scrolling leaves, cartouches, putti, festoons of flowers, and leaf pattern moldings. A scale is framed in a cartouche in the lower center. The plate is signed and numbered.
Pleated fan
, 1884
Paper leaf printed by chromolithography, wood sticks

Pleated fan. Obverse has a bullfighting scene in the center with signatures of bullfighters to the right and left. Reverse has a tavern scene. Sticks are plain wood with varnish.
Snow-Capped Chimborazo from Guanujo, Ecuador
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, June 12, 1857
Graphite, brush and white gouache on tan wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of Chimborazo and neighboring mountains from the town of Guanujo, Ecuador. The grassy and rocky slope of the hill upon which the artist stands is visible in the foreground at lower left, gently descending towards center. Across a rolling valley that comprises the middle distance, the rugged foothills of Chimborazo ascend to the mountain's lofty, snow-capped peak at upper center, rendered in white gouache. Imposing mountain ridges flank Chimborazo at left and right.
Lit Militaire a la Duchesse vu par les pieds
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, late 18th century
Etching and engraving on blue paper
Print

Design for a bed (front view) with a crown canopy (baldachin) supported by the two headboard poles. The bed has a headboard with two bed posts. The bed skirt and canopy are ornamented with military trophies with arms and armor, flags, and a helmet. The canopy is topped with feather finials, and the bed curtains are drawn back and tied to the poles. The bed linen Is decorated with floral and leaf motifs. The bed posts have axe finials. A scale below. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
Design for an Iron Balcony
Gabriel Bonthomme, France, active ca. 1775, 1777
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Design for an iron balcony with decorative motifs including geometric meanders and rosettes. The plate is numbered but not signed.
Fragment
, 15th century
silk, metallic Technique: supplementary warp in plain weave foundation (velvet) with supplementary weft

Incomplete pomegranate motif in dark mauve and gold on irregularly shaped piece.
Cartouche with Cornucopia and Sun
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1738
Etching and engraving on paper
Bound print

Asymmetrical blank rocaille cartouche topped with a cornucopia and the face of the sun. At right, a winged putto beats drums. In the foreground, shields and armor.
Design for a Hall Wall
, ca. 1750-1775
pen and ink, brush and watercolor, black chalk on paper
drawing

A panel with an elaborated marble fountain is flanked by two doors, halves of which are shown. The overdoors show griffons flanking urns.
Drapery Study for Angel in "Mercy's Dream"
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1857
Graphite, white chalk on blue wove paper
Drawing

Study of the drapery of a figure below with waist, with right knee bent forward.
Design for Ornament: Apollo
Etienne Delaune, French, 1519 - 1583, ca. 1580
Engraving on off-white laid paper
Print

Oval ornament design featuring a central male figure in classical drapery with arms outstretched surrounded by foliate decorative elements and two cherubs playing the lyre.
Console tables
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1785–1790
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Two left sides. At leftL the support has a lion's foot, above which is a bunch of palm branches fastened by ribbons. On top is a mask. Two snakes, curved outward and seen in profile, are fastened to it, below by the same ribbons, above by slopes. Frame and top are an etablature with representations in medallions and with rinceaux in the frieze. At right, the support is a branch with two entwined snakes with birds' heads. They spport festoons. Frame and top form an entablature with architectural ornamentation springing from a row of small leaves. Usual background.
Wildcat Hunt
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, ca. 1599
Recto: pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink on laid paper
Drawing

Recto: Hunters appear on horseback and on foot, accompanied by hounds. They have trapped a wildcat in a tree and a hunter, at right, prepares to shoot the animal. In the background at left a young shepherd directs the hunters to the wildcat. 

Verso: Inscription in Dutch and Italian.
Figures Seated in a Landscape
Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863, 1820-1857
Pen and gray ink, brush and brown wash on paper
Drawing

Two figures seated back to back on a mound of pulled grass. A large tree in the background. Ink framing line.
Design for Ceiling with Triumph of Galatea
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, ca. 1800
Pen and brown and black ink, brush with watercolor over traces of graphite on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Drawn into plan of room. Center oval representation of pageant of Amphitrite framed in oblong frame and facing door. Curtains fastened to it and to edges of ceiling, like sides of tent, which forms arch below, containing crouching dragons beside candelabrum. Oblique hexagonal panels connect corners of ceiling of frame, containing candelabra.
Tsuba
Iwamoto Konkwan, Japanese, 1755 – 1801, 18th century
Shakudo (alloy of copper and gold), nanako (surface texture of tiny knobs), takazogan (relief inlay)

This iron and shakudo (copper and gold alloy) tsuba is oval in shape and has a kakunikumimi (high relief rim). The surface shows nanako (a punched pattern of dots) and is decorated with iroyo takabori  (high relief carving), and taka zogan (high relief inlay). The motif is a daishō (big -little) type scene with Ebisu, the god of fishermen and luck, with a sea bream. At the center is the nakago-ana, an opening through which the sword passes. Surrounding this is the seppadai, a flat oval area that is migaki (burnished).
Galerie métallique des grands hommes français (Great Men of France)
, 1818
Cast bronze
Medal

Bust Ennius-Quirinus Visconti (1751 - 1818).
Design for a Woven Fabric, Fragment
, 1815-1840
Green, white, yellow, beige, and read gouache on oily tracing paper, mounted
Drawing

Scroll of a bough with leaves.
Nouveaux desseins de Balcons
Pierre Edme Babel, French, 1720–1775, 1890–1910
Facsimile of the original etching (photomechanical or lithography)
Print

Three designs for wrought iron or metalwork balcony balustrades featuring scrolling leaves, c-scrolls, s-scrolls, festoons of flowers, foliate branches, birds, and a ship. The plate is titled, with a scale below. This is a late 19th-early 20th-century reproduction from a series first published between 1738-1743.
Panel Design of Grotesque Ornamentation
Jean Berain, the elder, French, 1640-1711, 1711
Engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Panel design filled with symmetrical, grotesque ornaments. At center is a man in a tall, conical hat seated on a throne. The composition is filled with winged figures, monkeys (singeries), lions, and dancing putti. The plate is signed and numbered.
Pot-à-Oille (Design for a Tureen with Handle for the Empress Josephine), plate 46, in Recueil de decorations intérieures (Collection of Interior Decorations)
Charles Percier, French, 1764–1838, 1812
Etching on cream wove paper
Print

Tureen on a stand decorated with garlands, cow heads, and vases, above which stands a footed tureen. Tureen ornamented with classical female figures holding cornucopia that embrace a ‘J'; handles on each side made of winged female figures. Finial made of a woman holding a vase alongside two children. Above, design of handles: two winged nude female figures with legs made of leaves support a medallion portrait of the empress with garlands.
Universal Wheel
, ca. 1780
Cut paper on wood frame
Lantern slide

Magic lantern slide, optical toy. On black field, pierced disk at center, surrounded by three large and nine smaller concentric circles. Large circles banded with radiating arcs curved alternately clockwise, counter clockwise, and clockwise; pink and white, green and orange and white.
Design for Two Panels of Ornament
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1745
Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper
Print

Design for two vertical panels of ornament. The left panel depicts a term of a woman within trelliswork; the right panel decpits putti holding flags and a baby Mercury at top center. The plate is signed and numbered.
Wall Elevation for an Antechamber or Salon
Louis-Gustave Taraval, French, 1738 – 1794, ca. 1785
Pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, black chalk on laid paper
Drawing

Sheet depicts a wall with three shallow niches. The middle niche is larger than the side niches.  In each niche, a pink sofa is placed under/against a framed green panel with tied-back pink curtain on either side.  In front of the pilasters separating the niches, stand statues of pairs of putti holding a candle, elevated on round bases.  Above, on the pilasters, portrait medallions are suspended.
Medallion
, 3rd–4th century
Warp: S-spun linen. Weft; S-spun linen, S-spun wool. Technique; slit tapestry with supplementary wrapping

Eight-pointed star containing jar and vine turned four different ways.
Fragment
, 1250–74
silk, gilded vellum on silk core Technique: plain weave with complementary wefts (taquete) Label: silk and metallic taquete

Central horizontal band of two rows of kufic inscription in mirror image vertically, flanked by bands of rosettes enclosing quatrefoils on one side, roses and stars enclosing quatrefoils on the other side. Incription in white on gold ground; rosettes in blue and gold on a ground of white and gold; stars in rose, blue, white and gold. Guard stripes of red and white.
Thetis Plunges Achilles in River Styx
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, ca. 1790
Pen and brown ink over traces of graphite on light blue paper
Drawing

Water flows from jar of god in narrow valley. Thetis holds kneeling Achilles by his right leg. She is accompanied by four girls, two of whom hold towel.
Ornament Design
Alexis Peyrotte, French, 1699–1769, 1740–49
Etching on laid paper
Print

A design for rococo ornament featuring scrolling leaves, rinceaux, flowers, feathers, a shell, foliate branches, garlands, and a bearded face. The plate is signed.
Interior Wall Elevation with a Bed
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1779-84
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

A design for an interior wall featuring ornately painted panels and a bed set into a niche, decorated with ‘turquerie' (Turkish style) motifs. The panels are decorated with flowers, scrolling leaves, cornucopia, pearls, leafy sprigs, crowns of flowers, crescent moons, and draped fabric. The frame of the bed (daybed) features crescent moons, scrolling leaves (rinceaux) and pearls with floral cushions and scalloped bedding with flowers, tassels, and festoons of pearls. A curtain with similar motifs is draped over the frame of the niche, topped with a bejeweled crescent moon and a turban (Turkish style) hat with feathers. Two large cushions on the floor flank the bed on either side. The frieze above is decorated with a repeating pattern of leaves, large pearls, and crescent moons. The plate is numbered.
Panneaux de Lambris aux côté d'une niche à buffet
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, 1774
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Elevation of a divided interior with paneling around a central niche, and motifs featuring laurel wreath, rosette guilloche, garland, bound leaf, lamb tongue, and rosette. The plate is signed.