biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Border
, 1875–1906
Block-printed

Wallpaper roll.
Printed six across, leaf motifs separated by tassels. Printed in colors on orange ground.
Embroidered picture
, late 17th century
silk, metallic threads, sequins, linen (backing) Technique: embroidered using knot, split, satin, surface satin, and couching stitches on silk plain weave; plain weave linen backing

Small embroidered picture depicting the story of Judith and Holofernes, worked almost entirely in knot stitches on white silk using colored silks and metallic threads. Judith, holding a sword in one hand and the head of Holofernes in the other, is about to drop the head into a sack which her attendant holds out. The body of Holofernes is seen just behind her, inside a tent. In the background are an encampment of tents, the walls and towers of a settlement, and mountains. Judith is dressed in a mantle and pointed headdress. The attendant is dressed in simpler costume of buff skirt and blue overdress with a scarf and headdress. The faces are worked in knot stitch and only details of eyebrows, lips and hair are in satin stitch.
Border
, 17th century
linen Technique: needle lace (punto in aria)

Band of floral and foliated forms densely spaced and connected by brides. Modes: portes.
Teapot
Gorham Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, founded 1818, 1881
silver, ivory
teapot

Circular body decorated in flowers and other vegetation; squared, textured lid with conical knop.
Sketchbook Page: Self-Portrait
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, 1875
Graphite on paper
Sketchbook folio

Self-portrait of the artist in a jacket and bow tie; three-quarter view.
Band
, 18th–19th century
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in long-armed cross stitches on plain weave foundation Label: linen embroidered with silk in long-armed cross stitch

Linen band embroidered with red silk with a repeating alternation of two patterns. One is a mermaid and the other a bird and cornucopia, each flipped both vertically and horizontally. The bird and cornucopia portion of the design is taken from Vavassore's pattern book "Esemplario di Lavori," published in Venice in 1532.
Border
, 19th century
Technique: bobbin lace

Bobbin lace borders, floral scroll; 19th century Maline
General Ulysses S. Grant
, ca. 1890
Plated brass
Matchsafe

In the shape of Ulysses S. Grant's head in profile, with  4-star epaulet at shoulder, identical on reverse. Lid, hinged on side, flips opens at bottom when small button at neck is depressed. Striker on bottom of lid.
Vase
Rookwood Pottery, American, 1880 - 1967, 1909
stoneware
vase

White stoneware, thrown.  Cylindrical body, tapering upward, waisted below bulbous shoulder, truncated neck; no foot.  Decorated with Native American-inspired scene along a riverbank.  In foreground, design of two teepees among trees with figures doing various activities. In background, more teepees are seen across river.  Bottom third of body mottled dark green and brown.  Lower sky and river subtly shaded orange into pale yellow, upper sky shading into blue-green.  Figures, teepees and foliage in shades of brown and dark green.  Exterior: slip underglaze, transparent Vellum matte glaze; cracklature.  Interior and bottom: glaze, white.
La fils du fernier, from La vie de château
Gihaut Frères, French, 1815 - 1871, 1832
Lithograph, brush and watercolor on paper
Print

Two men and a woman in armchairs, listening to three men, center right, talking. Two in military uniform. Title and lithographer's name below.
Design for Doorway
Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859, 1815–22
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Elevation of a wall, with a doorway in the center, flanked on either side by pairs of columns with foliated shafts. Overdoor consists of a lunette of birds, enclosed in a wide decorative border. Candelabrum with fluted shafts entwined by serpents is beside the doorway. The walls have paintings of Chinese landscapes with figures in elaborate frames.
Design for China Decoration
Mary Morison Brownson, American, 1894
Gold, watercolor on paper. Red seal.
Drawing

Horizontal. Design for the decoration of a teapot, creamer, sugar bowl, cup, and saucer. Design in gold and blue on a white ground.
The Small Horse
Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528, 1505
Engraving on cream laid paper
Print

Within an archway a small horse stands in profile, facing left. Behind him stands a warrior, wearing a helmet with a butterfly motif, and winged sandals. His halberd rests on his right shoulder.
High Cliffs Overlooking Beach
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, after 1878
Graphite on cream wove paper
Sketchbook folio

The cliffs at left with rough shapes at bases that could be breaking waves.
Coca bag
, 18th century
wool Technique: plain woven with complimentary warp patterning

Warp stripes in red, purple, black and yellow are punctuated with three bands of warp patterning in white. Narrow side bands have a repeating diamond wave pattern. Central wide band has a complex geometric pattern with S shapes within diamonds. Bottom and top edges are finished in a narrow twined band.
Ceiling paper
Carey Bros. W.P. Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded 1882, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Quatrefoil motifs composed of floral swags and trellis work, connected by foliate scrolls. A floral sprig centered in each void. Printed on light green ground.
Ceiling paper
Janeway & Co. Inc., New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1848 - 1914, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Grid or trellis framework with a quatrefoil-like motif at the intersections. Printed in tan and browns on light tan spotted ground.
Border
, 18th–19th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace, Mechlin style

Scalloped border of carnation like flower with buds in diagonal rows above.
Design for Pendant with Half Figures
, 16th century
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor, sepia on paper
Drawing

An oval diamond is framed by an escutcheon. At the sides are female half figures with a volute as a leg from which a round diamond is pending. Above, the oval is a smaller square diamond is another escutcheon fastened around the edges of the main one. In the center above is the head of a bearded man with a volute around the forehead. On top the ring. Below is a shell fan and scrolls with a pending round diamond.
View of a Shrine
Katsushika Hokusai, 1760 – 1849, 1760-1849
Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
Print

A scene of a shrine, protected by a forest of trees and bushes, is lush and covered with green. The bright pink outline of a tree suggests that it might be springtime. Below the torii entrance are two people entering the spiritual place. On the left side of the page is a man potentially gardening or maintaining the landscape of the shrine.
Title Page from "Frises, feuillages ou tritons marins, à la romaine"
Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682, ca. 1640–1682
Etching on paper
Print

Title Page from "Frises, feuillages ou tritons marins, à la romaine"
Sketch: A woman seated before an antique sarcophagus
, 1800–1825
Pencil, pen and bistre on paper
Drawing

Vertical composition of a woman seated in front of a sarcophagus. She is shown in profile and turned to the right. A roughly sketched landscape is on the right, with glaring sunshine.
View in the Hudson Valley, Hudson, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1869–70
Brush and oil, graphite on paperboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view looking east from the artist's property near Hudson, New York. A green, rolling field with a grove of trees at left fills the foreground while overlapping hill ranges comprise the background. One prominent peak, possibly Mount Everett, rises in the background at center right. The dark, stormy clouds above unleash rain at left. The lower portion is unfinished, revealing the gray ground beneath.
Autre Developpement et Profil d'Entablement Corinthien avec Corniche à l'usage des Portes et Fenêtres
Jean-François de Neufforge, Flemish, 1714–1791, 1768
Engraving on paper
Print

Façade and profiles of an entablature in the style of the Corinthian order. The plate is signed and numbered.
A Sailing Vessel
Filippo Marchionni, Italian, 1732–1805, 1770–1800
Pen and ink on laid paper
Drawing

In front of sailing vessel is a rowing barge with three figures. Three men are working upon the yard of the main mast.
Profil du dedans de la Grote de Noisi le grand
Jean Marot, French, 1619 - 1679, ca.1635–ca.1660
Etching on laid paper
Print

Architectural section of the interior of a Grotto in a large building with a domed second story, the lower-level features arches, grotto-pattern on the walls, coffered ceilings, rustication, and niches. A fountain to the left with a hole in the domed ceiling to allow the jet of water through. The upper level features a fireplace, paneling, outdoor balustrade over a portico with a figure standing outside. A scale below. The plate is titled and signed.
Designs for a Mausoleum
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Designs for a Mausoleum.
Button
, ca. 1900
tin, painted

1940-56-2: on card 4250
Horseshoe Falls and Goat Island from the Canadian Bank, Niagara Falls, Canada
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, October 6, 1856
Graphite and white gouache on gray-green wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of Horseshoe Falls and Goat Island from the Canadian bank of the Niagara River. The trees and foliage of the nearby bank are visible in the foreground at right, with some plants at lower left. At center, the bulging portion of Horseshoe Falls is shown with the Terrapin Tower prominently perched on its edge at center left. At center right, the immense falls kick up a plume of mist. At far left, the woods and sheer cliffs of Goat Island are shown. In the background, the heavily wooded southern shoreline stretches across the horizon.
La Chasse au Faucon (Falcon hunt)
Jacquemart & Bénard, France, 1794–97
Block printed on handmade paper
Sidewall

Arabesque with two scenes: one of hunting party of three on horse, the other of landscape with architecture; surround of acanthus scrolls and floral swags. Printed on joined sheets of handmade paper.
Portrait of Carolus Celanus (Celani)
Giuseppe Magliar, 18th century
Engraving on paper
Print

Half-length portrait of an elderly man seated. The sitter in three-quarter view to right. Reversed and lettering changed from earlier print (1931-94-137-1).
Design for a Tureen
Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799–1868, 1825-1835
Pen and ink, brush and washes
drawing

Vessel heavily decorated with garlands, dolphins, birds, medallion (center). Finial in the form of a hunter and woman seated together. Left handle composed of a pair of half figures issuing from leaf clusters; right, of two eagles' heads. The vessel rests on paw feet and three seated dogs in the center. Base decorated with attributes of the hunt and is supported on paw feet.
Mountains in Autumn
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1856–1881
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch of heavily wooded mountain ridges that overlap one another as they extend into the distance, framing a view of a sharp peak in the background. A bush or treetop is loosely rendered in the immediate foreground at center left. The scene takes place in autumn, according to the artist's inscription.
Design for a fireplace
, 1760
Pen and Chinese ink, brush and washes of purple and light brownish watercolors
Drawing

A mirror with candle brackets forms the overmantel.
Ornament Designs
Jean-Bernard Turreau, French, 1672 - 1731, early 18th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

Ornament designs featuring grotesque motifs: a central cartouche on a plinth framed by putti, palm leaves, wings, ribbons, a shell, with a mythological creature (lion with wings and breasts), and a profile portrait of a man wearing a jester's hat to the left. The plate is signed.
Birdcage
, probably 18th century
Painted wood, painted metal, metal wire, glass

Square shaped wooden box painted black and red, with thin, vertical metal rods at front; out-curved door projecting from center, hinged on left side; two molded, clear glass bottles attached to rods on either side of door; scrolling cornice at top, with applied gold-painted metal coat of arms in center.  Woodwork has carved dentate edges and projections; two stepped, ovoid front feet, square rear feet.
Interior of Ecclesiastical Building
, early 19th century
Pen and bistre ink, brush and sepia wash on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Interior of vaulted ecclesiastical building showing stairs and tomb attached to wall.
Hudson Iron Works, Hudson, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1844–45
Brush and oil, graphite on paperboard backed with cardboard
Drawing

Landscape and architectural sketch showing a view of the Hudson Iron Works in Hudson, New York--a company established by Elihu Gifford, the father of Hudson River School painter Sanford Gifford. At right, factory reflected in foreground body of water. Structure defined by two gables and dual smoke stacks, which spew smoke upwards. One brightly-lit plume connects with sunlight cascading through an opening in the otherwise gray sky. Cold light above may indicate the moon's light; however, this representation does not resemble Church's other depictions of moonlight, and the billowing smokestacks and river traffic indicate afternoon activity. In middle distance, blue-gray waters of the Hudson host three sailboats at left. In background, silhouette of the Catskills visible.
Design for a Pendant Trophy
René Charpentier, French, 1680 - 1723, 1738–61
Etching on laid paper
Print

A design for an ornamental pendant trophy from a series of twelve plates. The trophy features arms and armor, a central framed cartouche with a crocodile or alligator, intertwined with palm leaves, ribbons, leaves and a shell, hanging from a tied ribbon from a central shell motif with acanthus leaf scrolls. The plate is signed and numbered.
Sketches for a Classical Scene
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, ca. 1800
Black crayon on paper
Drawing

A loosely drawn scene shows figure in the foreground, with a tented structure (mausoleum?) behind. Figures labeled from classical mythology.  Detail of a man above.
Sidewall
, 1860–70
Machine-printed

Vertical rectangle with plain right edge. Slender arabesque framework widening into rectangles which enclose alternating bouquets of roses and simple four-pointed motif.
Dixieme livre des oeuvres de J.A. Meissonnier, Surtout de Table/Terrine [Tenth Series of Designs from the work of J.A. Meissonnier, Table Centerpiece/Tureen], pl. 61 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurele Meissonnier
Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750, 1742–48
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

1921-6-212-24-a: Elaborate table centerpiece consisting of central ...;     1921-6-212-24-b: Covered tureen on stand. Cover is dominated by a l...
The Kiss Returned
, 1780–1790
Brush and watercolor on paper
Print

The woman's husband is about to kiss a fashionably dressed woman, while the stylishly dressed man stands by, at right. A g room at left. In landscape. Ornamented border. In an escutcheon, top center: "LE BAISER RENDU / par bonheur pour Guillot, notre galant Seigneur / Bien peu de jours après pour l'hymen fit empletter d'une Dame Charmante et d'agréable humeur / Riche, de noble race, enfin toute parfaite / Et malgré les honneurs d'un état florissant / Ce que n'est pas commun il fut reconnoissan." In escutcheon, bottom  center: "Du baiser qui obtient le souvenir l'exite / a vouloir qu'aussitot Madame l'en acquite / De ce trait genereux le Manant en chanté / Et qui n'attendoit pas tant de fidelité, Secrie: "Ah que mal joye aurait été complette / Si Monsieur eut voulu avec Lizette." Bottom right: "A Paris chez Basset le jeune rue de Mathurins a S. Genevieve."
Covered Cup
, late 18th century
Glaze and gilt porcelain
Cup and lid

Porcelain cup and cover (Pot de Crème) with a decorated handle and gilt initials belonging to a serving set.
Plate 10, from Diverses pièces de serruriers (Various Designs for Locksmiths)
Hugues Brisville, French, active ca. 1663, after 1662
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Vertical rectangle showing an escutcheon surrounded by scrollwork. Perched above is a rabbit flanked by grotesque figures. Above, symmetrical arabesques with dogs and fantastic figures.
Decoration of a Frieze
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 18th-19th century
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

The top half is an assembly of plants and an eight-pointed star is visible to the right. The bottom half depicts a male head with plant ornaments decorating his head. A wing of a bird is visible on the left side of the man's head.
Veuë de l’Estang, du Jardin, et de la Cour des Fontaines, à Fontaine-bleau
Gabriel Perelle, French, 1604–1677, 1661–1703
Etching on laid paper
Print

View of the garden façade of the Palace of Fontainebleau, its canal/ pond in the foreground with sailboats and figures (courtiers). Beyond, the garden island with its parterre planting and statues on plinths, palace courtyard, and palace. The plate is titled.
Two Peasant Houses
Eugène Edouard Soulès, French, 1811–1876, 1811–1876
Graphite, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Only a part is shown of one of the houses. A group of trees near the main one is outlined with graphite.
Design for the Embroidery of the Left Bottom Part of a Man's Waistcoat of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1785–1795
Brush and gouache on glazed tracing paper
Drawing

Lilac edges parts of which are to be paralleled by leaf staffs. Bunches of flowers are showon on the flap of the poocket, beneath its right part and in the corner. An ivy stem connects the two last ones.
Bag
, 19th century
silk, glass beads Technique: beaded knitting

Unmounted beaded purse made by knitting glass beads on silk. Pattern shows a villa surrounded by trees on the edge of a lake with a swan.
Sketch for a Portrait of Mrs. Bella Worsham
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1878
Graphite on gray-pink paper
Drawing

Woman standing, her left elbow on a mantelpiece or pedestal. She holds her skirt in her right hand and looks toward the left.
Staircase Balustrade Design
Jean François Forty, active 1775 – 1790, late 18th century
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Design for an ornamental ironwork staircase balustrade decorated with scrolling leaves (rinceaux), fleurons, rosettes, laurel leaf festoons, cartouches, and meander motif. The plate is signed and numbered.
Street vendor
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1880
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of a figure working over a large basin on a street corner.
Écuelle
Pierre Germain, French, 1703 - 1783, 1748
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for an elevated, covered bowl decorated with ornament motifs including a vegetal finial and scalloping on the lid, a band of bound reed at the rim, handles, rinceaux, garlands, and scrolls on the body, and fluted scalloping at the base. The plate is signed and numbered.
Plan et Coupe d'une Gallerie Ornée de figures et de Vases
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, 1774
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Plan and cross section of a gallery with arched casement windows interspersed with statues and vases on pedestals. The panels between the windows are decorated with rondels with scenes from antiquity, engaged pilasters with Corinthian columns, garlands, rosettes. A second story is decorated with paintings or tapestries cut to fit frames of bound leaf, and panels with rosettes, vertical garlands of flowers, and scallop shells. The plate is signed.
Title Page
Pietro Metastasio, Italian, 1698 – 1782, 1755
Etching on laid paper
Print

Title page for the eighth of ten volumes of poetry by Metastasio. The title, address and date are lettered within an ornamental border, featuring c-scrolls, acanthus leaf, and palm leaf ornament, fleurons, garlands of flowers, a flowering vase, foliage, friezes, strapwork, clouds, two birds, and a flaming torch.
Buttons
, 1830–48
Pewter and brass

Button with raised design of a flaming bomb surrounded by "Liberte Ordre Publique".  Button worn by grenadiers.

Component -b is on card H
Waistcoat
, late 18th century
silk embroidery on silk foundation Technique: embroidered in satin stitches on twill weave

Man's short waistcoat with standing collar, notched hem and pocket flaps. In white silk satin embroidered with an all-over design of small floral sprigs and densely embroidered on the front and lower edges with floral vine, in pale blues, greens and yellows.
Wallpaper Design
, 1835–50
Brush and gouache, graphite on heavy white paper
Drawing

A dado is shown at the bottom, an entablature on top. The panel is decorated with horizontal rows of great petal discs. Small petal rosettes and flower boughs are in the wedges. A vine garland is on top; its upper part is shown against a gray background.
Pleated fan and case
, 1730–60
Painted parchment leaf, carved, pierced, painted and gilt ivory sticks

Pleated fan with a painted parchment leaf with three cartouches: the center shows an interior with a man and two women playing music and dancing; the two side cartouches show butterflies and shells. Scattered insects on the reverse, with a floral border. Twenty-four ivory sticks which are carved, pierced, painted and gilt, with amorini, fruit and flower chains, and with red foil inserted in the guard sticks. Embroidered case with red lining, removable lid.
Trophy Design
Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682, 1657–82
Etching on laid paper
Print

Ornamental trophy of arms with a feathered helmet in the center surrounded by shields featuring the figure of Hercules fighting the Learnaean Hydra (a snake with many heads), and the face of a Gorgon, spears, banners, quivers of arrows, vases, horns and winged putti. The plate is signed and numbered.
Détail de divers fabrique construite au parc du Château de Mr Botosky, près de l’Abbaye de Vercampe près d’Amiens par Olivier Architecte
Jean-Charles Krafft, French, 1764 - 1833, 1812
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

An architectural print illustrating various garden buildings with three exterior elevations, two interior sectional views, and two floorplans. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
An escutcheon, a trophy, a label, a decorative motif for a frieze
Filippo Marchionni, Italian, 1732–1805, 1750–75
Charcoal, pen and ink, brush and gray, brown watercolor on paper
Drawing

Left row: escutcheon, with a ribbon and two crossed branches on top. Below: a trophy of weapons with cannons and a great oval shield in the center below. Right row: a child kneeling in a box frame supports a cloth which hangs on a rope around his neck. Below: a fantastic mask with branches beside it.
Buttons
, late 18th century
brass with enamel [?]

buttons showing ornament in design of scale pattern in brass outline filled in with enamel [?] of light blue with red flecks.

Component -f is on Cooper Union Exhibition card 8
Icebergs near Belle Isle, Canada
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 15, 1859
Graphite on gray-green wove paper
Drawing

Seascape sketches showing four views of icebergs near Belle Isle off the coast of Labrador, Canada. A craggy, disintegrating iceberg with a field of broken or collapsed ice stretches across the composition's upper half, with other smaller, fractured bergs beside it at right. At center left, the sheer, vertical edge of another iceberg is visible, while at lower right, the detail of a sloping portion of an iceberg that resembles a slide is included.
Stage Design, Staircase in Palace
, early 19th century
Pen and sepia ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Staircase with two flights leading up on either side of door in the middle, vaulted ceilings.
Architectural and Botanical Sketch, Ecuador
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, May–August 1857
Graphite on white wove paper
Drawing

Botanical and architecture sketch, likely from Guayaquil, Ecuador, showing views of a house with a roughly pyramidal design and wrap-around porch at left, and the leaves and flowers of a flat bush or vine at right. House's porch characterized by its arched colonnade.