biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Robe
, 19th century
silk, metallic Technique: plain weave with discontinuous wefts (tapestry or k'ossui) Label: silk and metallic tapestry (kesi)

Robe with rounded neckline, diagonal closure across right shoulder, slits at center front and back hem, and horseshoe-shaped sleeve cuffs.Twelve-symbol robe with ultramarine ground with deep wave border of diagonal stripes, clouds, gold dragons, and many other symbols all over. Blue and gold striped sleeves. Lined with pale blue silk damask.
Design for an Overdoor
Piat Joseph Sauvage, French, 1744 - 1818, 1785-1790
Pen and ink, brush and bistre wash on paper
drawing

Three girls around a shield with three lozenges; crown in glory of rays on top.
Stage Design, Interior of a Sepulchral Hall
Angelo Toselli, ca. 1765? – 1826, 1815–30
Brush and gray, black, and white wash, graphite on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Interior of huge hall with sarcophagi, decorated with a coffered barrel vault, seen towards the apse to which steps are leading up. The hall has a side nave upon a high structure and separated from the main nave by columns. A mausoleum stands in the main nave.
Petites Bibliotheques Ambulantes
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for two small movable bookcases to be mounted on a wall. The left bookcase is tall and narrow, and features ornament including fluting, bound lead, lamb tongue, and scrolling acanthus leaves. The right bookcase has side shelves and is decorated with wave pattern, lamb tongue, rosettes, garland, bead bands, and scrolling acanthus leaves. The plate is signed.
Sampler
Mary Ann Walton, American, 1818
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, tent and rococo stitches on plain weave foundation

Multiple bands of alphabets separated by narrow borders, with a wide floral border of carnations and tulips, embroidered in colored silks on a coarse natural linen ground.
Design for a Balustrade (Rail)
Gabriel Bonthomme, France, active ca. 1775, ca. 1775
Etching on paper
Print

Design for a wrought iron balcony rail (or section of a balustrade) featuring leaves, beads, and c-scrolls. The plate is signed.
Bandbox
, ca. 1845
Block-printed paper on pasteboard support

Blue field. On box, man and woman in costume of about 1835, confronted by two men in Hindu costume; brown, pink and white. Cover in same color, has two buildings with framework of daisies.
Doorplate fastener knobbed post
, ca. 1550–1700
Steel-plated wrought iron

Circular flat mount, pierced geometrically to form eight angular repeats. Nail heads are rounded, on square shanks.
Section of wall, Escalier de la cour ovale, Palace of Fontainebleau, France
Frederick Marschall, ca. 1885
Brush and watercolor, tempera on heavy paper
Drawing

Section of wall, lower half, revetments with panels of vari-colored marble; upper half, painted panel (detail), set within frame and flanked by caryatid figures in relief.
Architectural Sketches
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, August - September 1868
Graphite on gray wove paper
Drawing

Architectural sketches showing five detailed views of different buildings. Along the upper register, an arched colonnade, an oblique view of a pediment, and a cornice are shown. Below, at left, the apse of a church is rendered obliquely with its facade and belfry to the right.
Orfèvre Grossier, Ouvrages
J.R. Lucotte, French, 1733 – 1784, 1762
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Plate depicting designs for seven silver liturgical objects. The objects include a candlestick, incense boat, monstrance, cross, vase, and bucket or aspersorium. The objects are decorated with rococo motifs, and angels. The objects are numbered and lettered. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
Sheet from book of sketches
, 1625–50
Black chalk, pen and ink, brush and sepia wash on paper
Drawing

Top row: two drapery motifs; main row, at left: a seated and winged putto carries the left half of an escutcheon. At right: sketch of a different position of the putto. A flower vase and a bunch of fruits are sketched in the interval between the legs of the putti. Bottom row: a bird stands upon the shell of a snail crawling upon a leaf; a bunch of grapes; a leaf.
Candlestick
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1780
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

A stepped plinth supported by lions. Above this, three women in classical dress. At top, a column supports a flower basket. Four candelabra arms terminating in flowers branch out, two on each side. A fifth candle emerges from top.
Fragment
, 14th century
silk, metallic thread (beaten gold on vellum wrapped around linen core) Technique: 4&1 satin patterned with plain weave (lampas)

Horizontal rows of medallions edged with small incurving scallops, each containing an ornamental fountain with confronted phoenixes with spread wings and necks bent to drink on either side; small mask at top, bottom, and sides of each medallion. On a close-set ground of floral arabesques in rich gold on a deep electric blue ground. Yellow selvedge on each side; pattern reversible.
Sausage Nightmare
Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924, 1877
Printed in black ink on blue paper
Ephemera

Top, short story on the country sausage. Bottom; right, profile of sausage with glasses reading story, sitting on chair, rats climb up his back. Bottom, man sleeping in bed, foot of sausage on man's nose.
Woman's robe
, ca. 1860
silk Technique: supplementary warp pile (velvet) in satin ground

Robe of red voided velvet with yellow satin ground. Design of frets, peonies and butterflies. Sleeve bands of red voided velvet peony and butterfly design on blue satin ground. Edging on neck and sleeve edges of black satin. Lined in blue cotton.
Sandwich Mountains and Chocorua Pond
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, September 1854
Graphite and white crayon on brown paper
Drawing

Landscape from shore, with rocks and grass in foreground. Pond, low hills and mountains, beyond.
Keyhole escutcheon
, ca. 1800
Brass

Elliptical in shape, horizontal. Repoussé decoration of cable bands. Inner circle of laurel foliage.