biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Portrait of Cornelia Frangipani (d. 1581)
I.P.S., 1600-1615
Engraving on paper
Print

Portrait bust of an old bearded man in frontal view. His head tilted slightly forward and to right. He wears a closed coat with a small collar.
Two Ornament Designs
Nicolas Pierre Loir, French, 1624 - 1679, ca.1660–1713
Etching on paper
Print

Two plates of ornament designs printed on a single sheet, one above the other. The upper plate features a vase of flowers, fruit and foliate branches on a plinth flanked by female torsos morphing into scrolling leaves, a festoon of flowers, mask (mascaron), ribbons, foliate scrolls, and scrolling leaves (rinceaux). The lower plate features a roundel profile portrait, flanked by winged women morphing into scrolling leaves, festoon of leaves, a mask (mascaron), shell, cartouche of a female figure, and scrolling leaves (rinceaux). The plates are signed and numbered.
Wallpaper Design
, 1840–60
Brush and gouache, graphite on white paper
Drawing

A dado is shown at the bottom. On top are a frieze with two intertwined waved garlands of different designs and an entablature. The panel is decorated with stylized trees, the colors of which alternate between green and white, on a lilac background.
Stage Design, Antique Buildings
Romolo Achille Liverani, Italian, 1809 - 1872, early 19th century
Pen and sepia ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Street between walls lined with antique buildings partly in ruins. Greek letters on stone at bottom right.
Ruins of the Eshtemoa Synagogue at as-Samu, Palestine
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, February 17, 1868
Graphite, brush and white gouache on gray-green wove paper
Drawing

Landscape and architecture sketch showing a view of the ruins of the Eshtemoa Synagogue near the town of as-Samu in Palestine. In the foreground at right, an ancient wall stands intact, carved with pillars with ornate capitals. A figure with a cap sits and sketches on the lower steps of the structure, likely Church's travel companion to Petra, D. Stuart Dodge. A Bedouin guide with a rifle sits among other fallen stones at center left. Across a middle distance strewn with rocks and ruins, the town of as-Samu is prominently visible along the horizon at center left. Various stones and rocks throughout are highlighted with white gouache.
Interior Alcove
Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682, ca. 1651
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for the wall of an interior alcove with a lower balustrade, central opening and two doorway openings on either side. The doors are framed with a repeat pattern, with a central ornamental panel above decorated with a cartouche featuring a shell, garland of laurel leaves and gadrooning below. The central opening includes corbels on either side featuring angels holding a festoon of laurel leaves across. Above a cartouche with a male mask with cornucopia of fruit. Above, a frieze of leaves runs across with paneling above decorated with ornament featuring leaves, flowers, fleurs-de-lys and a central eagle.
Cutlery Designs
Pietro Belli, Italian, 1780–1828, 1815–30
Graphite, pen, brush, ink
Drawing

Shown upright in a row from left:  A two-forked spoon.  A dresser, showing a monogram GF in a laurel wreath.  A dresser, showing a fish in a wreath and surrounded by rinceaux.  A spoon, shown from the inside, showing circular bands with a chain and with palmette motifs, respectively, moldings, and a rosette in the center.  A soupspoon shown sidewise with the spout.  A knife.
Trophy Design
P. Moithey, French, active 18th century, mid- 18th–late 18th century
Etching in red ink on laid paper
Print

A design for an ecclesiastical hanging trophy printed in red ink, incorporating ewers, a crucifix, thurible, an open book, a monstrance, and other religious objects and imagery, with intertwined ribbons and foliate branches.
Border
, 1860
Block-printed and flocked

Blue quatrefoils in gold framework against a burgundy flock ground.
Study for the Sala di Apollo, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1804–05
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, black chalk on white laid paper
Drawing

At top left in ink, one section of an octagonal ceiling; below in black chalk, one half of octagonal ceiling shown in plan. At top right in ink, an elevation of what may be same room.
Design for Ceiling Decoration
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, black chalk on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Design for Ceiling Decoration.
Tea Caddy Spoon
, 1855
silver
caddy spoon

Tea scoop with bell-form, shovel-like bowl with shaped, flat flanged border; bowl and border engraved with flower and wriggle work; tapering handle with slightly down-curved, shaped terminal engraved with partial flower and scrolls.
Title Page
Bellay, French, active from 1734, ca.1734–37
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Title page for a series of ornament prints with arabesque motifs. The title is lettered in the center, framed by a rococo cartouche frame featuring fleurons, c-scrolls, rinceaux, birds, leaves, rosettes, terminal figures, birds, feathers, acanthus leaves, and a smaller pear-shaped cartouche in the lower center. The plate is signed.
Spindle
, 1100–1400
wood shaft, ceramic whorl, paint, cotton yarn

Spindle with slender wooden shaft tapered to ends. One end broken. Other end split with yarn caught through it. Cylindrical black pottery whorl in center, incised and painted red and white. Traces of black, red and white paint on shaft. Small amount of brown cotton yarn on shaft.
Sidewall
, ca. 1765
Block-printed on handmade paper

Serpentine vine from which grow small floral sprays and larger flowers and leaves; white diapering on ground. Irregular vertical portion.
Abingdon
David Law, British, 1831 - 1901, ca. 1880
Etching on paper
Print

Landscape at night; a river or inlet in foreground, to the right, houses built out on wharf boats; to the left, the bank, with plants, a fate and boat. In the background, more houses on the water. A cloudy sky and full moon. Below, the publisher's name and location, plate number (25) and right, the title and artist's name (in pencil).
Elevation of the Fonsechi Chapel in San Lorenzo
Alessandro Specchi, Italian, 1668 - 1792, ca. 1660
Engraving, brush and wash on paper
Print

Elevation of the Fonsechi Chapel in San Lorenzo.
Design for a Tureen
Giuseppe Gagliardi, Italian, 1697 – 1749, 18th century
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Elevation of a bowl with scrolling feet. In the center, a putto with a garland, in a cartouche. Finial in the form of a putto.
Studies of Women, Kneeling Figure, and Figures on Horseback
Pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Studies of women, kneeling figure, and figures on horseback.
Title Page
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1780-1796
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Designs for the profiles and faces of two carraige chairs decorated with ornament motifs including scrolls, crowned cartouches, birds, garland, and floral bouquet. The plate is signed and numbered.
Costé de la Cheminée d’un Cabinet garni de glaces tableaux et ornems. avec paneaux a la Chinse. du dessein du Sr. Blondel
Jacques-François Blondel, French, 1705–1774, 1725–40
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Design for an interior wall elevation featuring a chimney piece with a mirror above, paneling and a set of double doors to the left. The paneling is decorated with chinoiserie (in the Chinese style) and grotesque motifs with rosettes, fleurons, rinceaux, beading, scrolling leaves, masks, dragons, webbing, putti, terminal figures, and herms. The cornice level, over mirror and overdoor panels are highly decorative with ornament and figures. The two panels flanking the chimney piece feature central brackets with lidded vases displayed. There is a scale along the left side of the design. The plate is titled, signed, and numbered. The decoration is similar to another plate in this album - 1921-6-353-17.
Study for "Genius," "The Arts," Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, ca. 1895
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Study for a pair of outspread wings. The paper is squared for transferring the image.
Chain
, 1840–60
Hair

Chain composed of links made of human hair (three links of brown hair alternating with three of white).
Botanical Sketches, Jamaica
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 1865
Graphite on gray wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Botanical sketches showing views of four different plants in Jamaica. At left, a palm-like plant with a long stem is visible, with a thin tree beside it at center. At right, the moss-covered trunk of a tree is shown next to a detail of a small plant with a narrow stem and long leaves. 

Verso: Landscape sketch of a sunset with billowing clouds. Clouds visible at left with the sun at upper right, all hastily and sketchily rendered.
Fragment
, 1850–1900
silk Technique: woven

Pattern of bows and strings of pearls making lozenges containing urns or baskets of flowers.
Buildings and a Cascade near Martigny, Switzerland
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, August 24, 1868
Graphite on light brown wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Architecture and landscape sketch showing a view of two buildings and a waterfall in or near Martigny, Switzerland. At upper center, a view of the Château de la Bâtiaz, with its tall, central, cylindrical stone tower surrounded by a lower wall, is shown perched atop a rugged prominence. A loose sketch of a small house built into a rocky cliffside situated at center, and distinguished from the other sketches by two horizontal dividing lines above and below it. At lower center and oppositely oriented, a small waterfall is loosely sketched.

Verso: Landscape sketch showing a detailed view of a rugged mountain summit in the alps around Sion, Switzerland. The mountain dominates the view at center, with its sharp, craggy peaks rising into the sky. The lower slopes of the mountain are covered in trees, while in the background, another range of rugged mountains with sharp peaks is visible.
Overdoor Design Set Within a Vault
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 left plate is a design for an overdoor set within a recessed vault. Above the entryway is a carved cartouche with a lion head; two putti on either side hold up a crown above the head of the lion. Above the archway is a carved trophy with flags and a plumed helmet. The right plate is a design for a rectangular door with an oval rondel above depicting a putti and doves. Around the doorframe are decorative motifs such as garlands, scrolling acanthus leaves, shells, lion masks, and a Satyr-head term. To the right of the door is a view through a portico. Both plates are signed and numbered.
Vase of Flowers
Charles Bance, French, active 1793 - 1823, ca. 1810
Stipple engraving on paper
Print

Basket containing roses, jonquils and other floweres.
Titlepage, "The Farmhouse and Landscape Series"
Abraham Bloemaert, Dutch, 1566 – 1651, 1614
Etching on paper
Print

Titlepage with cartouche flanked by dolphins at center, with a farmer and peasant woman seated above. Farm implements and a horse and cow surround. A poem attributed to G. Rykius, the artists' names and the date appear on the cartouche.
Sepulcher in Egyptian Style with Caryatids and a Lion
Louis-Jean Desprez, French, active Sweden, 1743–1804, ca. 1779–84
Pen and black ink; brush and brown, gray, blue-gray wash; traces of graphite Support: off-white paper Support: Off-white paper
Drawing

A drawing of a tomb with a sarcophagus placed before a niche with a shallow arched ceiling.  The headstone of the sarcophagius is flanked by 2 caryatids and bears hieroglyphic inscriptions and burning lamp.  A dead body is outstretched on bed of sarcophagus, which rests on four supports surrounding a recumbent lion.
Children Playing Piggyback
Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808, 1759
Etching on laid paper
Print

Print from a series of fourteen chinoiserie vignettes, depicting children playing a variety of games in different landscapes. One child carries another on his back while a third stands to their left, with his arms out towards them. The scene is framed by trees, reeds, foliage, plants rocks and stone stairs The print is signed and dated.
Mt. Jefferson from near Whitefield
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, September 25, 1855
Graphite on pale green paper
Drawing

Fence and pasture, foreground, river, left. Wooded ridges and mountains beyond.
IIE. SUITE DE VASES
Jacques-Philippe de Beauvais, French, 1739 – 1781, 1760-1764
Etching on laid paper
Print

Bowl shaped vase with upturned handles elevated on a column. The vase is decorated with repeating leaf ornamentation on its lower belly. The column has a profile portrait medallion of a man in its center; a garland of bound laurel leaves is draped below it. There is a weathered plaque in front of the column on which is carved the series title and dedication. The column has a wider base with cracks and vegetation. The plate is titled and signed.
Design for a Print with Twenty Theatrical Costumes Worn in Paris Performances
Victor Vincent Adam, French, 1801 – 1866, ca. 1845
Graphite, brush and watercolor on light brown paper
Drawing

The figures are copied from prints. The theaters are named above the figures. Top row: second: "théatre français (Odeon) / Milon role d'etienne d'Alizi / dans Le Tribun de Palerme - Opera / Comique / Mme. Rossi role de Zamba / dans Le Code Noir - Opera / Massol role / d'Abayal dans / Don Sebastien - Opera Comique / Mme Darrier role de Catherine / dans Lambert Seninel - Second: "théatre français / Crecy role de Crommel dans le Comb de Bristol. Second row: "Théatre des Varietés / Alice Ozy role de Carlotta / dans "La Nuit aux Soufflers" - Théatre de l'Ambigu Comique Mélingue role de / Louis de Thuringe dans / Le Miracle des Roses - Théatre des Varietés / Miss Frood role de / Colombine dans Arlequin / pantomime Anglaise - Théatre de l'Opera Comique / grand role de / Riginald d'Houdev-ville / Comdeur de l'Ordre de Malte / dans le Roi d'Quetot - Mlle. Marquet en / Sultane dans le Peri (Ballet). Third row: Théatre de l'Opera Comique / Audran role de Salisbury / dans le Puits d'Amout - Théatre Français / Mlle. Denain role / d'Hélène dans le / Fils de Cromwel - Théatre des Varietés / Homel role d'Arlequin dans Arlequin (pantomime anglaise) - Théatre de l'Opera Comique / Mme. Potier role de / Jenny dans La Dame / Blanche - Théatre de l'Opera Comique / Mme. Rossi role de / Carlo Broschi dans la / part du Diable. Bottom row: Théatre des Folies Dramatiques / Mlle. Roussel, role de / Psyche dans la pièce / de ce nom - Théatre de l'Opera Comique / Chollete role d'Edouard dans le Puits Théatre de l'Opera Comique / Grand role du Comte / dans Lambert Semnel - Opera / Mme. Stolg role / d'Odette dans / Charles IV".
Three Boats with Fishermen Setting Out a Net
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1881–82
Charcoal on paper
Drawing

Horizontal view of the ocean with two boats full of fishermen, completing the setting-out of a net, and a single fisherman in a third boat.
Berline de Parade à 7 Glaces
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1775-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Design for a carriage, with the side and back panels and windows depicted. The carriage is decorated with coats of arms and carved with ornament motifs including garland, bead course, fluting, piastre, mascaron, laurel wreath, urns, helmets, scrolls, bound leaf, and trophy. The plate is signed and numbered.
Frieze
Jacquemart & Bénard, France, 1810–20
Block-printed on handmade paper

Horizontal portion of frieze printed on four joined sheets of paper, giving two units of a repeating design. Upon the center of a simulated scroll, partly unrolled, is an artisan cupid making arrows, in brown. Between the scrolls a quiver loaded with arrows, and green olive branches are above and below. Along the top and the bottom are simulated architectural moldings in brown and green.
Designs for Sword Handles, Pommels, and Dagger Hilts
Antoine Jacquard, French, active ca. 1616 – d. 1652, ca. 1615
Blackwork and engraving on laid paper
Print

Vertical rectangle showing a variety of designs for sword handles, dagger hilts and pommels ornamented with grotesque figures and scrolls.
Locket
, mid-19th century
Gold, opaque enamel, rose diamonds

Locekt in two parts joined by a loop at the top.  On the face is an oval painting of Hebe with an eagle, encircled by rose diamonds and set in a gold frame.  On the back is a deisgn in gold filigree and inside is a removable section of gold with a glass cover.
Necessaire
, mid-18th century
Shagreen, silver plate

a: necessaire
b: insert plate
c: velvet interior lid
d: mechanical handle
e: ivory memo pad
f/g: silver container and lid
h: small spoon
i: large spoon
j/k: glass pounce jar and lid
l/m: ink glass jar and lid
n: mother of pearl knife
o: mini spatula
p/q: fountain pen nibs
Design for an Earring
, late 18th century
Pen and black ink, brush and gray watercolor on light green paper
Drawing

Jewelry design for an earring, a disk above and three drops below. Design scheme similar to 1938-88-834, the knot being formed by two parallel ribbons. Bevelled corners.
The Virgin with the Child, an Angel, and a Seated Girl
Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863, 1800–1825
Graphite, brush and brown ink on paper
Drawing

The Virgin, turned toward right, kneels upon her left knee. The Infant stands beside her as if craving protection. An angel, standing beside, at right; at left sits a girl with a book in her right hand. Framing line.
Cheminée à la Moderne
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for a fireplace with an overmantel mirror. The fireplace is decorated with ornament motifs including crossed branches, Greek key, fluting, rosettes, and garland. The plate is signed.
Design for a Tomb
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1795
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

A variation of -1291 upper row left, without the upper part of the pedestal. The escutcheon is supported by two putti carrying trumpets; the left one is sitting, the right kneeling. In the center above is a bottle, shaped like urn with neck and rim, upon which sits a helmet. The woman at left carries a sword. The upper part of the architectural setting is not shown.
Ornament Designs
Jean Bérain, the elder, French, 1640 – 1711, ca.1670–ca.1700
Etching on laid paper
Print

A plate with three ornament designs featuring grotesques and arabesques motifs, and to the right, a male bust in profile and in the lower center, half of a foot. The ornament designs feature terminal figures, a female herm, birds, fruit, fleurs-de-lys, fleurons, acanthus leaves, scrolling foliage, rosettes, and c-scrolls. The plate is signed and numbered.
Cope hood
, 16th century
silk and metallic embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in couching stitches in silk and metallic yarns on plain weave foundation Label: linen embroidered in silk and metallic yarns

Shield-shaped cope hood showing the Madonna and Child standing on a crescent within an oval, flanked by two angels on each side. The figures are embroidered in polychrome silks, while the entire background is filled with gold metallic yarns laid with couching stitches.
House in Orizaba, Mexico
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, January 21, 1893
Graphite on beige wove paper
drawing

Architecture and landscape sketch showing a view of a house in Orizaba, Mexico and the mountains the surround the city. In the foreground at center, a small rectangular house is viewed obliquely as two possible figures are loosely sketched in front of it. Fragments of other buildings are included at left. In the middle distance at right, a tall, square belltower is situated on the summit of a nearby steep hill. In the background, the mountains surrounding Orizaba are blanketed in low clouds. The three peaks at center left are likely the mountains known as Tres Cruces.
Sample
, early 20th century
silk Technique: knotted hairpin lace

Lace fragment in a radiating linear design attached to narrow silk border.
Flambeau de toilette
Pierre Germain, French, 1703 - 1783, 1748
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for a candelstick decorated with ornament motifs including garland, bound leaf, rinceaux, fluting, and scalloping. The plate is signed and numbered.
Jerkin
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1880
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Sketch of a jerkin and silk damask shirt with a floral pattern.
Man
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1884
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of a male figure wearing a brimmed hat and long cloak.
Hearst School for Girls: The Elevation of the Main Building
Whitney Warren Jr., American, 1864–1943, 1899–1900
Graphite, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Further development in the design of the building, showing walls before the lateral aisles (see -335; -336).
Portrait miniature
, 1790–1800
Watercolor on cut sheet of ivory, cut gold frame, blown cut clear and blue glass, braided hair

Miniature, oval-shaped, in gold frame, showing painted portrait of young man wearing blue coat with red collar and lace jobot. Back shows cracked blue glass with smaller inner oval set within smaller gold frame containing braided human hair.
Vue des trumeaux du même Cabinet; Vue des trumeaux du même Cabinet, 3rd Plate
Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750, 1742–48
Engraving on white laid paper
Print

Detail of Count Bielinski's cabinet (1921-6-212-45). Elevation showing a reflecting pier mirror with a wall-mounted console table below. To the left, a scene of steps, tall pillars, a large urn and leafy trees is seen through the window. To the right, a tall boiserie panel decorated at the center with a winged angel blowing a horn.
Trimming
, 19th century
White and colored silk in uncut velvet weave.

Two crowned banners with armorial devices in blue, red, yellow, green, and brown on white.
Talbot's Battery
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1862
Graphite on cream wove paper
Drawing

Horizontal view of an artillery column, with sketches of details along upper margin of sheet.
Plate 9 from Cahier d ornements et frises dessinés (Book of Ornaments and Friezes)
Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820, 1777
Engraving on paper
Print

Page divided horizontally into two friezes, each with an arabesques. At upper center, an illegible tablet. At lower center, a vase with frieze of figures, hung with festoons.
Title Page
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, ca. 1900
Photomechanical print
Bound print

Page printed with  designs for pedestals, with the title page of the series printed on the front of one. The plate is numbered but not signed.
Woman Praying, Study for "Communion of the Sick"
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1845
Graphite on green wove paper
Drawing

Woman kneeling, facing right, hands clasped. Partial sketches of small children walking, below, and crawling, at right. Verso: Small children, and limbs and heads, sketched in various attitudes.
Ornamental Lock Designs
Jean Mariette, French, 1660–1742, c. 1737
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Eleven lock designs, richly ornamented with rosettes, s- and c-scrolls, scrolling acanthus leaves, and beading. The plate is not signed or numbered.
Mount
, 1830
bronze

furniture mount
Design for a Chimneypiece
, 1780–1800
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Laterally are pilasters with huge brackets as capitals. They show panels with garlands hanging in the upper parts. The inner frame is projecting in its upper part; rosettes are those inside. In the center above it is an ovoidal medallion, from which festoons hang in the lateral panels. Above are the cornices of an entablature. At right is the elevation shown in profile. Shadow, coloring, plans, scale as ion 1938-88-8218. Framing line and stripe.