biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Rocaille Ornament Design
Alexis Peyrotte, French, 1699–1769, 1749-61
Etching on laid paper
Bound print

Fourth plate from a series of six designs for rococo ornament by Peyrotte. Possibly a section from a frieze featuring shell, palmette and gadrooning motifs, with acanthus leaf fronds, c-and s-scrolls, fleurons, and strapwork with branches with leaves and fruit. The plate is trimmed and pasted onto the album page. It is signed, and numbered.
Façade d'un Bâtiment de l'Ordre Dorique, Elévé sur une terrasse
Jean-François de Neufforge, Flemish, 1714–1791, 1768
Engraving on paper
Print

Façade of a building of a Doric order, decorated with figurative statues at the roof. There is a scale bar of 12 toises (1 toise was equal to about 3.799 square meters) at the bottom of the page. The plate is signed and numbered.
Design for a Pendant Trophy
Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808, 1772–77
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for a chinoiserie pendant trophy, from a series of six prints. The trophy features a ribbon tied in a bow with flowers and sprigs, wrapped around musical instruments, including a harp and a horn. The plate is signed.
Sidewall
Nancy McClelland, Inc., 1920
Block-printed paper

A highly stylized tulip design in alternating squares. One square consists of blue tulips and leaves on white field; the same design with color arrangement reversed is in opposite square. Printed for Nancy McClelland of New York City.
Hard-a-Port
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, ca. 1900
Charcoal on off-white paper
Drawing

Horizontal view of the deck of a vessel with men in oilskins, in the foreground, looking across a stormy sea to a foundering vessel.
Scenes of Comedy and Ballet
Jean Berain, the elder, French, 1640-1711, 1711
Engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Sheet with two plates printed on it. The top plate depicts a comic scene, with musicians dressed in Commedia dell'arte and fancy costume, playing guitars and tambourine. The bottom plate depicts a staged scene of older peasant women, exoticized men with dogs, and a well-dressed man walking toward a gate with a woman. The plates are not signed.
Fragments
, 16th–17th century
silk, metallic thread Technique: double cloth

Fragments of blue, red and silver conventionalized floral and palm motifs in a field of pointed disks separated by bands of Kufic inscriptions.
Hygeia, after an Antique Statue in Giustiniani Collection, Rome
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, ca. 1820
Pen and ink, brush and bistre wash, traces of graphite on laid paper
Drawing

Woman seated upon rock, raises her right hand with device. Coiling snake sits in her lap while her left hand holds its head.
The New Theatre in Amsterdam
, 1787
Engraving on paper
Print

Horizontal rectangle. In front of the theatre is a sqaure which is bordered at the frontside by a canal and a street. People are crossing to the theatre by carriages and by walking. Caption: "DE NIEUWE SCHOUWBURG, VAN VOOREN, IN 1786 / P. Conradi en V. v. d. Plaats excud. 1787."
Designs for Friezes
Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820, 1777-1778
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Four designs for friezes decorated with ornament motifs including a radiating orb, mascaron, winged putti, frolicking nude women, snakes, ewers, birds, and rosettes. The plate is signed and numbered.
Fragment
, late 16th century
silk Technique: cut and uncut supplementary warp pile (velvet)

Fragment of blue cut and uncut velvet on tan silk ground. Design of tiny flowering branches. Alternate horizontal rows pointing right and left.
Frontispiece: Relatione di Alfonso Isachi intorno l'origine, solennita`, traslatione, et miracoli della Madonna di Reggio (Alfonso Isachi's account of the origin, solemnity, translatione[?], and miracles of the Madonna of Reggio)
Giovanni Luigi Valesio, Italian, ca. 1583 - 1633, 1619
Engraving on paper
Print

Title page with inscription on central tablet, flanked by vase-topped columns and figures. Two ecclesiastical robed elders with scepters at right and left, and above them two haloed men, who each look up at a cherub. A scene of Mary and Christ as a child above the tablet, under a Latin phrase. Below, a coat of arms and the date.
Designs for Three Pedestals
Jean-Charles Delafosse, French, 1734 – 1789, 1770–80
Pen and black ink, brush and watercolor on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Left: Tall shaft decorated with two rams heads, drafted in garlands, below a portrait plaque containing a profile of a woman facing left, base baring central relief of putti. 
Center: two winged putti flank a talla antique-style urn from which arises a bust of Bacchus, the base bears an eagle in relief. 
Right: Above base two sphinxes flank medallion relief depicting three figures and billowing smoke, surmounted by trophy of birds, a quiver of arrows and pumes at top.
Cheminée en Attique
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1745
Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper
Print

Design for a fireplace with a small overmantel mirror and a large painting depicting Perseus rescuing Andromeda. The plate is numbered.
Stage Design: Palace Entrance with Arch
Giovanni Antonio Galliari, 1718 - 1783, ca. 1750
Pen and brown ink; brush and brown wash; black chalk on laid paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle showing a flagstaff pedestal in the middle of a palace square. Behind, stairs leading to an archway flanked by equestrian sculptures.
Helmet Designs
D. Antoine Pierretz, French, active 1647, 1648
Etching on laid paper
Print

Designs for four ornamental helmets featuring feathers, dragons, fantastic creatures, scrolling leaves, and acanthus leaves. The plate is numbered.
Design for a Sofa
Jean-Charles Delafosse, French, 1734 – 1789, 1862
Etching on paper
Print

Design for an upholstered sofa with a carved frame featuring festoons of flowers, quiver of arrows, flaming torch, rosettes, scrolling leaves, and fluting. The plate is signed with the printmaker, publisher, and original designer, and numbered.
Bedroom Furniture
Angelo Mezzetti, Italian, ca. 1810
Pen and black ink; brush and watercolor, black chalk on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Sheet showing a series of related furniture designs. Top row, at left, a bed shown from the front; a bed-table, with a burning torch in front, center; and a chair at right. Bottom row: a low case with two door wings, each with a wreath in front. Base lines and scale at bottom.
Sidewall
, 1750
Leather, silvered, varnished, and painted

Two ribbons of vining floral motif, the left one with blue flowers, the right with pink flowers. All-over embossed background.
Ornamental Design
Johann Ladenspelder, German, 1515 - ca. 1580, ca. 1550
Engraving on paper
Print

Vertical rectangle showing a dense grotesque scene with figures with fantastic anthropomorphic figures, flora and fauna.
A Group of Putti
, 1650-1700
Black crayon, white heightening, brush and gray wash on rough brown paper
Drawing

Two putti kneel at left and turned toward left, upon an elevation of the soil. Two more stand behind it. At right a child, recumbent.
Trimming
, 18th century
silk Technique: woven

Red and tan trimming fragment showing a central band ornamented with touching rings and placed between red stripes.
Cardinal Flower
Samuel Colman, American, 1832–1920, ca. 1880
Brush and watercolor, pen and brown ink, graphite on cream paper
Drawing

Stem and red flowers in watercolors, left. Pen and graphite studies of flowers. Sketch of design for vase, lower right. Verso: studies of climatis, leaves and yellow fern, and peas.
Clef en console et tête
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Two designs for keystones over curved doors. The top keystone is in the form of a scrolling bracket with acanthus leaf, and with bound leaf garland and ribbon over the arch. The lower keystone features a mascaron and has a basket of flowers over the arch. The plate is signed.
Autres Corniches à l'usage des Chambres à coucher et les Cabinets
Jean-François de Neufforge, Flemish, 1714–1791, 1768
Engraving on paper
Print

Designs for cornices and frames decorated with ornament motifs including rosettes, lamb tongue, palm leaf, bead and bar course, ribbon twist, garland, lozenge, wave pattern, and acanthus leaves. The plate is signed and numbered.
Design for Mantlepiece, from "Cheminées a la Modern"
Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682, ca. 1660
Etching on paper
Print

The overmantle shows gaines with half-figures of women holding a garland, which is suspended from the beak of an eagle, and flanking a circular landscape. Two children crouch beside a mask on a pedestal over the opening.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk Technique: uncut supplementary pile in plain weave foundation (velvet)

Pattern of small stylized leaf forms within horizontal zigzag rows. Pattern in pinkish tan on dull yellow ground.
Cloudy Sky over a Wooded Coast
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1856–1881
Graphite and white gouache on tan wove paper
drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of brightly-lit clouds at sunset or sunrise above a loosely rendered and heavily wooded coastline, visible at left. The ocean's flat, wide horizon stretches across the composition to the right, while mixed puffy and wispy clouds are highlighted in white gouache above.
Stage Design, Interior of Prison
Luigi Ricci, Italian, 1823 - 1896, early 19th century
Graphite, brush and sepia wash on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Interior of prison with large vaulted ceiling.
Medallion Portraot of Joseph-Marie Vien
Dominique Vivant Denon, French, 1747 - 1825, ca. 1788
Etching on paper
Print

Within a circular medallion, a middle-aged man's head seen in left profile, wearing a wig. Portrait of Joseph-Marie Vien.
Design for the Emrboidery of a Man's Waistcoat
, ca. 1785
Brush and gouache on paper
Drawing

A small island with a tower in the foreground. Two girls seated at right, a boy walking towards them at left. Small trees in the middle-distance. At horizon, on mainland, a house with a tower at left.
Petite Bibliothèque volante [et] Petite Bibliothèque en forme d'encoignure
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Designs for two small, enclosed bookcases decorated with ornament motifs including guilloche, lamb tongue, carved floral reliefs, rosettes, and scrolls. The plate is signed.
Fragment
Favre Petitpierre, France, 1802–1818, ca. 1800
cotton Technique: printed by engraved copper plate on plain weave

Framed pictures on a background of an oak tree.
Three vignettes within rectangular frames with allegorical scenes. Background formed by the broadly spreading branches of an oak tree from which the rectangular frames appear to hang like pictures.
Drawing
, 16th century
Pen, ink, brush, bistre. Paper

Horizontal rectangle. Six women in fancy dress, one behind the other, holding each others hands. Above an arcade formed by garlands.
Textile
, 1800–1830
linen Technique: hand woven plain weave with supplementary weft patterning

Section of toweling in undyed linen. Two plain cloth selvedges. Raw edge at top and narrow hand hem at bottom.
Box
, 1880–90
Carboard, printed paper

(A) Plain rectangular box. (B) Match-box type cover with lithograph of little girl on one side; on three others imprint: "Chocolate Tablets, Manufactured by Stephn F. Whitman & Son, Philadelphia."
A Tower Near a Ruined Wall at the Water's Edge
Antoni Waterloo, 1618–1677, ca. 1650
Etching on paper
Print

A tower stands at the water's edge by a ruined wall, behind which is a cottage. Two figures in a skiff, center foreground; one in another skiff, left foreground. Sailboats, right distance.
Drawing
Johann Melchior Füssli, Swiss, 1677–1736, before 1731
Brush and gray wash, pen and brown ink on cream laid paper

Vertical rectangle. Nearly the entire frame is shown, having letters and figures inscribed. The latter are crossed out with pencil. The lines have been incised.
Study of clouds, Rome, Italy
Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909, 1893–1894
Brush and watercolor, gouache, graphite on paper
Drawing

Sketch of clouds with silhouette of a building in the background.
Peep-show, Vue d'Une Des Maison de Plaisance et d'Une Partie du Comte de Burlington du Côté de la Tamise
, ca. 1750
Engraving in ink with washes of watercolor on paper, mounted on scrapbook page
Print

Peep-show print
Chased Silver Medallion
Hans Holbein the Younger, 1497/98 – 1543, 1532–43
Pen and brown ink, brown wash Support: white laid paper
Drawing

Square. Within a rondel, male grotesque, head, seen frontally, cheeks inflated, and flowing hair, and encircled by an intertwining vine meander. Verso: part of a figure sketch (another part on -3).
Wood engraving. Vignette.
, 1800–1830
Engraving and etching

Two laurel boughs stick through a lyre.
Dessin de Lambris d'une chambre a coucher avec lit en niche
Nicolas Pineau, French, 1684-1754, ca. 1727
Engraving on white laid paper
Print

Vertical rectangle. A corner in a bedroom, showing, at right, half of the bed in a niche. Bed with a canopy. Niche decorated with a medallion depicting a bust. At right, a small corner commode with a clock.
Shawl
, late 18th century
silk Technique: twill tapestry weave

Small scarf or shawl of white silk with narrow border stitched on all edges. Border has stylized floral motifs in brown, blue, rose, yellow, and white. Field has a cone motif in blue and rose in one corner.
Sample
Manchester Print Works, American, 1855–60
wool Technique: printed on tabby weave

Small sample white wool, their tabby weave, printed in brown and green; rose pattern, dotted ground. Incomplete design.
Bands
, 18th century
metallic Technique: machine lace

"a,b" are machine metallic lace and "c,d" are metallic trimmings
Study of Heavenly Figures
Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909, ca. 1895
Brush and violet watercolor, graphite on cream laid paper
Drawing

Four figures seated in clouds, the one at left with a halo.
Fragment
, 19th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace, provincial style

Circular scroll with leaf terminal, no mesh, occasional connections.
Tureen and cover
, 1775–78
pewter

A. Oval, shaped tureen with cartouches on sides, and scrolled handles; B. cover, shaped and domed, with oval urn finial. Touch: angel and C P S /74, in oval, three times.
Design for a Playing Card: King of Clubs
, 1825–1850
Graphite, brush and watercolor, silver on paper
Playing Card

King Henry IV is shown obliquely, sitting in an armchair holding the mace.
L’Eté
François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1748 - 1797, 1788
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Design for a narrow vertical panel representing summer, featuring arabesque motifs, nude female figures, putti, squirrels, merman, mermaid, fountains, scrolling leaves, snakes, shells, birds, wheat, fruit, a clock, and a vase. The panel is framed by ribbon and stick and egg moldings. The plate is signed, numbered, titled, and dated.
Textile
, early 18th century
silk Technique: damask weave

Woven silk damask showing yellow and white pattern of flowering plants.
Textile
, late 17th–early 18th century
silk, metallic yarns Technique: damask weave with supplementary weft patterning (brocaded)

Fragment of russet damask weave silk brocaded in silver with yellow and white silk, showing floral design in the ‘bizarre' style.
Border
, ca. 1850
cotton Technique: discharge printed on a calendered plain weave

Short length of a calendered red fabric patterned with stylized acanthus scrolls in a lighter shade of red. Discharge printing process leaves a white pattern of a scrolling ribbon with leaves and flowers on the border and butah (paisley) shapes in the field.
Three Women Washing
Bartolomeo Pinelli, Italian, 1781–1835, 1800–25
Graphite on paper
Drawing

A) The women stand behind a basin. B) Reverse, vertically: A woman is walking towards left, supporting with her right hand the flat tub with the animal's head which she carries upon her head.
Design for a Mass-Operational House Designed by Hector Guimard, Scale Table
Hector Guimard, French, 1867–1942, October 1920
Black ink printed on white paper
Drawing

Design for a mass-operational house by Guimard, showing the scale of construction directions.
Fragments
, 16th–17th century
silk Technique: velvet

Panel of green silk velvet on yellow ground, cut and uncut pile, in a pattern of a floral spray.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk, metallic Technique: supplementary warp forming cut and uncut pile in plain weave foundation (vevet) with supplementary wefts

Scrolling floral forms in green velvet on gold faced with metallic gold.
Fragment
, 19th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace (late Valenciennes ground)

Narrow border of Valenciennes lace worked in grillé and cloth stitch in design of bees and rings.
Border
, late 18th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace, Brussels style

Border with Droschel ground (hexagonal mesh) ornamented by minute floral sprays and small-scale cartouche forms along one side.
Sampler
Mary Wood, 1782
wool, silk. Technique: embroidery in cross stitch and eye stitch.

Sampler embroidered in silk in black, blues, golds and pinks on a natural linen ground. Bands of alphabets and numerals in cross stitch and eyelet stitch, the Lord's Prayer, a verse, and at the bottom, a portrait of King George III in dense cross stitch.  A floral vine border with fanciful birds.
Psyche Bringing Venus a Goblet of Water from the Fountain of Youth
Merry-Joseph Blondel, French, 1781–1853; active Paris, France 1802–1851, ca. 1820
Block printed on handmade paper
Scenic

One scene from the twelve which illustrate the story of Cupid and Psyche. This scene, containing three panels, shows a kneeling Psyche offering a goblet to a seated Venus. Cupid, leaning on his bow, stands on a pedestal in the background. The figures are within an Empire-style interior, with marble-tiled walls, columns, fountains, coffered ceiling and parquet floor. The entire scene is printed in grisaille, or shades of gray.
The Library in the Apartment of Count Lanckoronski in Vienna, Riemergasse 8
Rudolf von Alt, Austrian, 1812 – 1905, 1881
Brush and watercolor, gouache, graphite on white wove paper
Drawing

The library of Count Lanckoronski reveals the scholarly interests of a wealthy nobleman.  The walls are lined with leatherbound volumes, antique sculptures, porcelains, silver objects, and hunting trophies.  The floor is covered by a Persian rug. Tufted armchairs in the Regency style are upholstered in dark green leather.  A large library table is covered with a patterned cloth; piles of books are placed on top.  A brass chandelier is hung, centered, above the table.
DESCRIPTION DES FÊTES DONNÉES PAR LA VILLE DE STRASBOURG Pour la Convalescence du Roi : à l’arrivée et pendant le séjour de Sa Majesté en cette Ville.
Johann Martin Weis, French, 1711 - 1751, 1745
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Seventeenth page (recto) of the engraved text describing the festivities framed in a rocaille border, with the three fleurs-de-lys in a cartouche at the top, roundels with the French royal cypher of interlaced L's on sides of the border and the city of Strasbourg's coat of arms in a cartouche on the bottom.  Eighteenth page (verso) of the engraved text framed in a rocaille border, with the French royal coat of arms above framed by wings and topped with a crown, two military trophies on the sides of the border and the city of Strasbourg's coat of arms in a cartouche on the bottom.
Design for China Cabinet of Mahogany in Elevation and Plan
A.N. Davenport Co., 1900–05
Graphite and yellow color pencil on thin cream paper
Drawing

Elevation: rectangular tri-partite front with glass door and 3 shelves raised on 4 straight tapering legs.  Plan: semi-circular cabinet top with flattened central front with details indicated in yellow color pencil.
Border
, 1835–60
Block-printed and flocked on machine-made paper

Rope twist or cable molding. Printed in blue flock and overprinted with lighter shades of blue and black. On pink ground.

H# 36
Study for "Koshari–or Indian Fun-maker"
Eugene Higgins, American, 1874–1958, 1921
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Figure with a headress turned towards the right, bending forward, with right leg and right arm raised in a dance.
Plate in Nouveaux Livre de Paysages (New Book of Landscapes)
Daniel Marot, French, active in the Netherlands and England, 1661–1752, ca. 1700
Etching and engraving on white laid paper
Print

At the left, there is a large building decorated with niches filled with statues, and amphorae. Surrounding the building is a manmade lake with swans. Trees can be seen throughout, including a large tree on the left. Female figures gesture at the building.
Bowl and lid
, 18th century
Earthenware

Bulbous two-handled footed bowl. Bowl is white with row of pearls on foot in blue, blue handles, and pearls under rim. Lid's finial is six-footed curled element second element on top in blue, yellow, and red.
The Snodgrass Farmhouse, Chickamauga
Harry Fenn, American, 1845–1911, 1887
Pen and ink, with white gouache, on paper
Drawing

View of a log cabin surrounded by a split rail fence.
Brighton Palace
, 1838
Letterpress, etching and aquatint, brush and watercolor on white wove paper mounted on heavy cream board, lines ruled in color and gold paint
Bound print

Interior of large ballroom with several pink and yellow chandeliers in shape of upturned blossoms. Drapes are blue on right; wall coverings are red with gold foliage; decorative green pagodas stand at each window on right and flank fireplace on left. Dozens of men and women are gathered seated and standing along the walls as an orchestra plays.
Sidewall - sample
, 1906–08
Machine-printed

All-over dense foliage design. Intermittent red leaves among predominant green and yellow leaves. Printed on tan ground.
Knife with Porcelain Handle (One of a Pair)
Chantilly Porcelain Manufactory, French, active ca. 1725 - ca. 1789, ca. 1740
soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, steel, silver
knife

Sabre-shaped blade with drop bolster. Plain silver ferrule with horizontal band. Pistol-shaped white porcelain handle, octagonal in section. Floral design in green, blue and brown-red. Silver button cap at the top of the handle.
The Annunciation, from The Little Passion Series
Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528, ca. 1509
Woodcut on paper
Print

The Virgin kneels at right, her hands clasped before her. She turns her head toward the angel who appears at left. God the Father is seen in a ray of light, upper left. Monogram of Dürer, upper right.
The Nailing to the Cross, from The Little Passion Series
Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528, ca. 1509–1511
Woodcut on paper
Print

In the foreground, Christ is being nailed to the cross. Soldiers to left and right, lamenting figures in the background. Monogram of Dürer, lower left.
Sidewall
, 1840–70
Block-printed and flocked

Dark rust-colored flocked stripes, increasing and decreasing in width to simulate fluted column, alternating with narrow beige stripes, overprinted with floral scrolling motif. Large band of flocked area running along one side.
Sketchbook Page: Sketches of Flowers
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, 1874
Graphite on paper
Sketchbook folio

Sketches of flower, from above, in profile, and on stem.
Two of Spades
E. Le Tellier, French, active late 19th century, late 19th century
Lithograph on paper
Playing card

Two of Spades playing card from a pack of transformation playing cards. Two male figures depicted in outline vertically, engaged in a sword fight. Two symmetrical black spades appear at center top and bottom.
Plate
, late 19th century
porcelain, overglaze decoration

Shaped edge with two bands of etched gold: between them, gold lattice with white and orange dots, and turquoise dots in spaces.
Band
, late 17th–early 18th century
linen Technique: bobbin made continuous tape with bars added

Border with a serpentine floral pattern containing birds and pierced hearts, outlined in relief.
Sampler
, late 17th century
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in running, double running, herringbone, stem, back, eyelet, cross, knot and satin stitches with detached looping on plain weave foundation

Bands of multicolor pattern. Peacock and deer at top.