biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
View of the Castel Sant'Angelo, Claude's Villa, and St. Peter's, Rome, Italy, Part Two
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, March 18, 1869
Graphite on gray-green wove paper
Drawing

1917-4-594-b: Landscape sketch showing the first part of a panor...;     1917-4-594-c: Landscape sketch showing the first part of a panor...
Fountain Design
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, ca. 1900
Photomechanical print
Bound print

Fountain design in the form of a cartouche with a relief of Pan and Syrinx carved at the bottom. The rondel is framed by grotesque putti who hold aloft vases that pour out water. The plate is signed and numbered.
Design for Cartouche with Central Vignette
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1745
Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper
Print

Design for a cartouche with an upper and lower compartment. The upper compartment contains a scene of a child, a man, and a woman around a fire in front of Roman ruins. The cartouche is comprised of ornament motifs including rinceaux, scrolls, lion mascaron, music trophies, and urns. The plate is signed and numbered.
Lit à la Chinoise
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1779-90
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Design for a bed (front view) with a crown canopy (baldachin) projecting from the wall, with a large panel, and held by bed posts along the side of the bed. The headboard and footboard are the same height with acorn and feather finials. The bed linen is striped and decorated on the side with a diaper floral pattern and tassels. The canopy is topped with feather finials, and decorated with scrolling leaves (rinceaux), flowers, bells, and beads. The bed curtains are tied back with crescent moons. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
Insects
, 18th century
Rice paper
Drawing

Detailed representation in color of four butterflies, a grasshopper, caterpillar, and a beetle.
Flambeaux
Pierre Germain, French, 1703 - 1783, 1748
Etching on laid paper
Print

Contour drawings for designs for four candlesticks. The plate is signed and numbered.
Mount
, early 19th century
Gilt bronze

Ram's head with acanthus leaves. Two holes for mounting.
Developpement et Décoration de Lambris pour un Cabinet avec un renfoncement occupée par un Canapé, Sopha ou Lit de repos
Jean-François de Neufforge, Flemish, 1714–1791, 1768
Engraving on paper
Print

Design and plans for paneling for a room with a sofa placed in a niche, above which hangs a large tapestry or painting of a rustic landscape with figures fishing. The surrounding panels are decorated with ornament motifs including egg and dart, scrolls, wave pattern, suspended garland, palms, and reliefs inspired from antiquity. The plate is signed and numbered.
Niagara Falls from the Northeast, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1856
Graphite on gray-green wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a distant view of Niagara Falls, as seen from northeast, on the surface of the Niagara River. The river's waters extend from the foreground into the background at center. At right, the heavily wooded bank on the Canadian side of the river is shown covered in deciduous trees. In the distance at left, the American Falls are visible beside Goat Island, while at center, Terrapin Tower and Horseshoe Falls are shown.
View of a Doorway
, 1750–1800
Graphite, pen and black ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

An arched doorway with a prominent keystone surrounded by rusticated stone. Engaged Doric columns on either side. Above, two figures sit on a pediment, flanking a coat-of-arms.
Sidewall
, 1820–30
Block-printed on handmade paper

Vertical rectangle. Staggered repeat of large whorls of foliage, or wreath, with pink leaf-forms at center.
Interior Wall Elevation with a Console Table
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1779-84
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

A design for an interior wall featuring ornately painted panels, doors, a console table in the center and a platform below with cushions, decorated with ‘turquerie' (Turkish style) motifs. The panels feature baskets of fruit, flowers, festoons of pearls and flowers, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), crescent moons, tassels, draped textiles, and a globe. The frieze above is decorated with a repeating pattern of crescent moons and festoons of fruit. The plate is signed.
Title Page
Claude Gillot, French, 1673–1722, 1749–61
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Title page from a series of bifurcated grotesque ornament panel designs, intended to be used with a mirror to illustrate a full-page effect. The title is lettered in the center within an architectural frame, a roundel above on a lintel flanked by incense burners, supported by four atlases (sculpted male statues as columns) with a base below. Framed by a canopy, a male figure seated above with a swan, with grotesque ornament featuring birds, fleurons, rinceaux, c-scrolls, s-scrolls, drapery, strapwork, scrolling acanthus leaves, vases of flowers, and festoons of flowers. The publishers' address is lettered below.
Title Page
Hans Collaert the Elder, Flemish, ca. 1530 - 1581, 1582
Engraving on paper
Print

Title page featuring two pendants in the form of sea monsters hanging from bow knots. Riding on their backs are Apollo and Venus, respectively. Above: Pars Altera. The title is lettered below within a cartouche framed by griffins and a male figure holding a trident, possibly Poseidon. The plate is signed, dated, and numbered.
Armchair
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1780–90
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Chair in three-quarter view, with a tall rectangular back, square seat, short straight arms, and gently tapering legs on ball feet. The only ornamentation is the backward C-curves on the arms, entablature-like vertical striations on the seat, and balls at the end of the legs.
Design for Window Case and Part of a Colonnade
Filippo Marchionni, Italian, 1732–1805, 1740–70
Charcoal, pen and ink, brush and gray watercolor on laid paper
Drawing

Surbased pediment with a cherub above the window frame; below, a one-story structure, with a balustrade above the entablature, supported by embedded columns. Executed are: an intercolumnation containing an opening, framed by rustic work; the larger part of the one at right, containing a window. Two persons are in the opening; pavement in front.
Sketches, Maples
Samuel Colman, American, 1832–1920, September 1917
Graphite, blue crayon, pen and ink on paper; Verso: Pen and brown and black ink
Drawing

View from a tree edged hill top across a valley at hills. Inscribed in graphite, above: "Old maple trees. Brandon Sept…(?) 1917". On verso, in opposite direction: two trees; caption inscribed in ink over graphite: "Sugar maples at Brandon, Vt".
Perspective Designs for Two Palace Facades
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1792
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

Several elevations of three-story buildings with colonnades. Two line inscription at top; arithmetical figuring upper left and right. Pasted on paper backing.
Elevation for a Rusticated Gateway with Tuscan Columns
, ca. 1575
Pen and ink, brush and wash on paper, lined
Drawing

Engaged rustic columns with Tuscan capitals projecting from an archway. Above, an undecorated entablature and triangular pediment with three vertical projections.
Two Trophy Designs
Jacques Ignace de Latouche, French, 1694 – 1781, ca. 1750
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Two ornamental trophy designs. The top includes a dragon, rake, scythe, festoon of flowers, and a bundle of wheat. The bottom includes, a shield, helmet, spears, sword, horn, and scrolling leaves. The plate is signed and numbered.
Rain Storm
Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858, 1797-1858
Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
Print

Hiroshige depicts a dark and stormy scene filled with action. Two farmers, one carrying a hoe and the other an umbrella, run downhill while three other men run in the opposite direction. Two of the men are carrying a third passenger, protected beneath a tan cloth. The other man is leading the way. The striking silhouettes of the bamboo forest show the sharpness of the wind as the rain is pouring down.
Side Chapel, with Figures of Charity, the Virgin, and Saints
, ca. 1750
Pen and gray ink, gray, pink wash, white gouche on white laid paper
Drawing

A canopy is shown as the frame of a painting over an altar in the center.  Laterally are pilasters, the left one showing a candle bracket. An escutcheon is held by two angels in the left bay; "Love" with four children is shown in the right bay.  Curtains are in either bay.  The Immaculate Conception is shown in the conch, revered by angels and two small saints.
Border
, early 17th century
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in stem, outline, coral, chain, satin, buttonhole, herringbone and detached chain stitches on plain weave foundation Label: Linen embroidered with silk in stem, outline, coral, chain, satin, buttonhole, herringbone and detached chain stitches

Off-white linen band embroidered in off-white, yellow and beige silks, with needle lace edging on three sides. A design of addorsed centaurs with spears and sheilds shooting arrows at dragons standing on scrolling vines, is repeated along the length of the band.
Designs for Gun Parts and Ornament
Thobie Tourneur, Le Thuraine, French, active ca. 1630 – ca. 1690, 1660
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Designs for gun parts (flintlock, trigger, butt, and ornament) decorated with grotesque ornaments, mascarons (masks), fantastical animals, figures, sphynx, hippocampus (horse with fish tail), fruit, drapery, banners, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), rosettes, flowers, and fleurons. The plate is numbered.
Designs for Embroidered or Woven Floral Motifs of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf," Finished and Unfinished
Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1805–1815
Incised lines, brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper pasted on paper
Drawing

Top row: two plants, upside down, and a pointed ovoid, incised lines, two bell flower boughs, finished. Bottom row: a blossom and a row of flower sprays obliquely shown over a row of leaves and scallops, incised lines.
Design for the Embroidery of Wearing Apparel of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1775–1785
Graphite, brush and gouache on paper
Drawing

Flower boughs of four different designs are disposed in staggered horizontal rows. They are connected vertically by rising waves composed of garlands, leaf boughs, and pearl chains. Three horizontal rows are shown.
Sampler
Susanna Meck, American, 1827
cotton embroidery on linen ground Technique: embroidered in cross stitch on plain weave foundation

Sampler embroidered in red, black and blue on a white ground, with the alphabet and inscription Susanna Meck 1827 at the top, and many small detached motifs including animals, birds, urns of flowers, stars, etc. filling the field. With five sets of initials at the bottom: IFM  MM SM  LM CM
Two Vase Designs
Charles Normand, French, 1765 – 1840, 1787–95
Etching on laid paper
Print

Two numbered plates each with a design for a vase featuring Neoclassical and Empire style motifs including mythological creatures, masks, herms, putti, swans, butterflies, fruit and flowers, scrolling acanthus leaves and foliage, fleurons, festoons of flowers and fruit, gadrooning, cornucopia, rosettes, and a herm.
Plans du Cazin de Terlinden appartenant à Me la douariere de Meulenaer, à Sgravensel, par J.J. le Queue
Jean-Charles Krafft, French, 1764 - 1833, 1812
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Two architectural floorplans and three details for mechanical furniture. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
Ornament Designs
Nicolas-Jean-Baptiste Poilly, de, French, 1707 – 1780, mid- 18th century
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Individual designs for rococo ornament featuring acanthus leaves, cartouches, c-scrolls, shell, palm leaves, wings, plumes, gadrooning, and floral motifs. The plate is signed and numbered.
Design for a Cabinet
, 1775
Pen and ink, brush and grey washes on paper
Drawing

Front elevation, left, and side elevations, right, of a cabinet in two sections. Above, a cupboard with glass doors and two drawers below.
A Mantel and Overmantel Mirror Design
Jean-François-Antoine Boulanger, French?, active mid 18th century, 1755–76
Etching on laid paper
Print

A design for a mantel and overmantel mirror surmounted by a carved panel with two putti and two lidded pear-shaped vases decorated with rococo ornament, rinceaux, shell, ribbons, flowers, fluting, cartouches, c-scrolls, s-scrolls, festoons of laurel leaves, and fleurons. The mantel also features a candelabra on each side with three candles. The plate is numbered and signed.
Elevation of a Dome, Design for a Mask, and Caricature
Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786, 1725–50
Graphite, brush and gray watercolor on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Elevation of dome at left. An entablature and a segment of an arch are at the bottom. Three mountains and a star stand upon the lower spirals of the volutes, which are obliquely dispersed beside the window of the tambour. A mound and a vane with a wing are on top. At top right, profile of a man with an enormous nose. At center right, foliated mask with opened mouth. The sheet had been previously used for architectural sketching. The left side of a door case, another one bottom right in opposite direction, and a zigzag line are recognizable.
Standing Clock or Barometer Mount Designs
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1785-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Two designs for standing clocks or barometer. The design at top has a round face framed with bead course and draped with leaves. The base is lined with rosettes and there are pinecone finials on either side. The design at the bottom of the plate has a round face framed with lamb tongue ornamentation. It is topped by crossed branches, and has on its base fasces, plumed helmets, and a pull drawer. It has four spherical feet. The plate is signed and numbered.
Cartouche with Quiver and Lion
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1738
Etching and engraving on paper
Bound print

Asymmetrical upright rocaille cartouche topped with a quiver, a lion at lower left. Armorial trophies and vegetation decorate the sides of the ornamental frame. Within cartouche, seascape scene with rocky islands; buildings visible on the shore.
Sketchbook Page, Folio 57: Study after Porta di Saragossa in Bologna; Verso, Architectural Details
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1811–14
Pen and brown ink , brush and brown wash over traces of graphite on cream laid paper
Drawing

Stream crossed by bridge; in distance, wall of city shown obliquely; gate in right middle distance. Wooded hill range with buildings form background; inscription: Porta Saragossa Bologna. On verso: top row, bottom parts of designs in -1379. "10" inscribed beside column.  Bottom row: top part of column and entablature; figures 1to 4. Entablature. Base of fluted column.
Vase
, mid–late 18th century
Glazed porcelain

Bottle-form: globular, with straight slender neck, short foot. Coated from white rim to foot with monochrome oxblood color glaze of pear skin texture.
Design for the Embroidery of the Lower Front Part of an Overskirt of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, ca. 1785
Graphite, brush and gouache, oxidized white on paper
Drawing

A frill is shown along the left hem. Ovoidal rings form a chain inside which is intertwined with a waved bough garland. One slope of the chain is directed into the wedge and surrounds the top of a tall plant rising from a bottom rosette. Flower garlands start from another rosette in the corner between two segments of the skirt. Plants with naturalistic and fantastic flowers are suggested in the remaining spaces. The lower one is entirely shown. It contains three feathery leaves added to two slips of paper which cover the original motif, an urn. Written bottom left: "po 1129 / S. R."
Furniture Designs
, ca. 1800
Pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Page with furniture designs. At bottom, two chairs and a couch. Above, a bed and dresser. At top, two chairs, two tables and a couch.
Calices
Pierre Germain, French, 1703 - 1783, 1748
Etching on laid paper
Print

Three fulle designs, and two partial designs, for chalices with variations on the handles. The plate is signed and numbered.
Stage Design, Oriental Gardens
, early 19th century
Pen and sepia ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Garden pavilion with palm trees and domed building in background.
Clouds at Sea
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1860–1880
Oil and graphite on brown paperboard
Drawing

Seascape and atmosphere sketch showing a view of an immense, billowing cloud in the distance over a flat and dark purple sea. Situated at center, the cloud is touched on its left with the golden-pink light of the setting or rising sun. Other wispy clouds are rendered in shades of red and purple, as the sky is, otherwise, a dark shade of blue.
A Pastoral Landscape
Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786, 1760–1780
Black chalk, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Rocky countryside with a rider and cows walking on a road towards an arch.
On the Road to Ain al-Fijah, Syria
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, May 4, 1868
Graphite on gray-green wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing the dramatic, precipitous mountains near the Syrian village of Ain al-Fijah. A rough, rocky ridge at left descends across the composition, meeting the opposite valley face at right. Scene characterized by rugged nature of terrain.

Verso: Loose landscape sketch showing a rock wall in the sharp mountains near the Syrian village of Ain al-Fijah. Rocks in foreground climb up slope to meet a vertical, rocky cliff face in the middle distance.
Sampler
, 1793
silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: running (pattern darning) and eyelet stitches on plain weave

Seven darning crosses, four darning corners, twenty-six darning patches.
James McNeill Whistler
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1881
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Sketches of a male figure leaning on a railing.
Sampler
, 17th century
silk and metallic thread embroidery, linen foundation Technique: embroidery

Random spot sampler, detached motifs embroidered with colored silks and metallic thread in interlacing and geometric designs.
Floral Ornament Design
Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772, 1738–49
Etching on laid paper
Bound print

Fifth plate from a series of twelve designs for rococo ornament by Huquier. The design incorporates chinoiserie elements and is made up of flowers, c-scrolls, acanthus leaf fronds, branches with leaves, flowers, and fruit and a batwing pattern. The plate is trimmed and pasted onto the album page. It is signed, and numbered.
Copy of Competition Design by Vanvitelli for the Facade of S. Giovanni in Laterano
Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian, 1700 – 1773, 1763, after a drawing of 1732
Pen and black ink, brush and grey wash over graphite on laid paper
Drawing

Steps lead to a colonnade. A loggia is in the upper story, closed by a wall with a window in its rear part. Many columns, pilasters and statues are used as decorations. A crouching figure holds a key in the right corner of the dado of the upper story.
Design for a Decorative Vase
Unknown, 1750–1800
Brush and brown wash, pen and brown ink on paper, mounted on cardboard
Drawing

An amphora, seen diagonally.  Around the body and the neck an ivy branch.  At the end of the handles a satyr mask.  The background tinted light brown; the shadow is indicated.  On the back written in pencil: "con matteo nosselli 12."
Project for an altar
, 1700–1750
Pencil, brush, pen, sepia and grey water color on paper
Drawing

Vertical composition of an altar with three steps. The mensa and the inner sections of the dado and the base of the retable are curved.  On top of the frame of the picture is a crown, serving like a pin for the laurel branches springing from the upper part of the frame. At the bottom the plan is visible. There is an aedicula scheme with embedded columns supporting the entabulature and triangular pediment.
Girl with Swan
Walter Shirlaw, American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909, 1875–80
Charcoal, white chalk on paper
Drawing

A girl sits upon the inside rim of a basin with one foot in the water. She gestures to a swan. A sketch of the figure in an alternate position appears below.
Design for a Fountain in a Pavilion
Carlo Francesco Barabino, Italian, 1768 – 1835, 1785–90
Brush and brown, gray, and black wash, graphite on white laid paper, laid down
Drawing

The elevation is shown. Groups of four Corinthian columns carry arches. Ovoidal niches are in the wedges, containing busts. Above is a dome, with a statue of a woman on top. The upper bsain of the fountain is supported by four Atlantes. Two persons are shown at right.
Minchiate (Tarot) Playing Card
, 17th century
Stencil-colored woodblock print
Playing card

1909-22-1-1/35: Partial set of Italian Minchiate playing cards50;     1909-22-1-24: Part of a set of Italian Minchiate playing cards.50
Fragment
, 17th century
silk, metallic thread Technique: supplementary warp in plain weave foundation (velvet), uncut and voided

Close pattern of palmettes with confronted lions and birds.
Venus (Design for a Wall Painting)
Walter Shirlaw, American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909, 1875–80
Charcoal and oil paint, surrounded by gold on grey paper
Drawing

A circular medallion. Venus is shown in profile seated upon clouds and holding a bowl on the rim of which a dove sits. Another dove flies beside the head of the goddess.
Figures
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1881
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Seven sketches of male and female figures.
Seated Child Supporting a Medallion
, 1550–1600
Red chalk on brown rough paper
Drawing

The child is shown somewhat from below. The right arm is not shown, the left one is raised as the support, the right edge of the medallion is outlined.
Posey holder
, mid-19th century
Silver

Five solid panels 9with engraved design) for handle; five open-work panels, each showing a simple upright flower, for bouquet. Chain with ring for finger.
Stage Design, Seaport
Pietro Narducci, Italian, active 1809 - 1841, after 1828
Pen and bistre ink, brush and sepia wash on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Seaport with many figures in foreground, boats approaching shore in background, building at left.
Study for the landscape, “Moods to Music,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1893–1895
Graphite and ink on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of a landscape; Center, sketch of a repeating decorative pattern.
The Death of Germanicus
Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682, 1650–80
Etching on laid paper
Print

A man lying in a bed in an alcove surrounded by soldiers. The alcove is flanked by doors with ornately carved paneling and molding featuring vases and leaves. Above the bed, two female figures supporting a roundel portrait with hanging textiles, above a frieze of scrolling leaves along the cornice. A scale below the scene along with the publisher's address.
Design for Spandral Decoration
Ciro Ferri, Italian, 1634 - 1689, ca. 1825
Brush and sepia wash, pen and brown ink, graphie, white gouache on paper; verso: pen and brown ink, black chalk on paper
Drawing

Recto:  top left and right, center left:  spandrels showing Abraham raising or brandishing the knife and Isaac kneeling.  The representation at top right which showed the coming of the angel and the head of the ram was obliterated by over painting with sepia.  Bottom center, right:  An indistinct nude figure in a spandrel.  Bottom center, left, in opposite directions:  Noah holding a small ark from which a dove flies.  Bottom center:  the scale.

Verso:  a standing man in classical armor talks to what seems to be an angel.  The man is shown twice: the other figure, in the three poses.
Furniture mount
, late 18th–early 19th century
Gilt bronze

Mount Olympus; Juno and Jupiter in clouds.
Study of a Tree
, 18th century
Black chalk, pen and ink, brush and bistre on paper
Drawing

Detailed study of a tree lies on a diagonal axis across the paper, the trunk at left and branches at right.