biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Scarf
, late 19th century
silk, metallic thread Technique: tambour embroidery on voile

Sheer white voile scarf embroidery in tambour work with gold. Design of floral motifs, star and crescent and conventionalized Arabic script. Worn with harem costume.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk Technique: supplementary warp forming raised cut pile in plain weave foundation (velvet), the embossed

Worn red velvet fragment with stamped (embossed) pattern of detached rings and scrolls,
Fragment
, 19th century
cotton, silk Technique: satin stitch embroidery

Square of cotton solidly embroidered in an allover geometric and stylized floral pattern.
Fragment
, 16th century
silk Technique: velvet

Small fragment of green velvet with embossed cross pattern.
Mixing glass
, 18th century
Glass, blown

Stemmed glass with pouring lip
Border
, 17th–18th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace, continuous braid-like

Lace border has elongated scallops containing loosely defined floral forms that are attached to a narrow header of repeating wheel-like shapes.
Title Page
Charles Dupuis, French, active 1760 – 1791, ca. 1763
Etching on paper
Print

Title page for a series of vase designs. The title is lettered in the center within an oval framed by an entablature, pediment, and a festoon of leaves, with a vase below decorated with a band of fluting and two intertwined snakes as a base.
Cartoon for Printed Textile: The History of Henri IV [L'Histoire de Henri IV]
Hartmann et Fils, Munster, France, ca. 1820
Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash on cream wove paper (mounted)
Drawing

Scenes from the life of Henri IV (1553-1610), King of France, as described in Voltaire's "Henriade": scene 1, upper left: Henri and his friend, Duplessis-Mornay, are seated near the port of Dieppe, conversing with a holy hermit (Canto, lines 229-232); scene 2, upper right: Henri, entering Paris in triumph, is received by his subjects (Canto X, lines 512-514); scene 3, center: Henri in the Battle of Ivry, in which the Duc de Mayenne was defeated and the Earl of Egmont slain (Canto VIII, lines 180-181); scene 4, lower left: before his tent on the battlefield outside Paris, Henri counsels the Chevalier d'Aumale before his duel with Henri, Vicomte de Turenne (Canto X, lines 48-49); scene 5, lower right: Henri taking leave of his mistress, Gabrielle d'Estrees, before the Temple of Love, returns with Mornay to his army (Canto IX, lines 344-348). At the top of the design is the Pont Neuf, and at the bottom, the Pavillon Henri IV of the Louvre, signifying the public works carried out in Paris by the monarch. Voltaire's couplets are included (in ink) with each scene.
Cup and Saucer
Duc d'Angoulême Porcelain Manufactory, French, 1781 – 1828, late 18th century
hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
cup and saucer

A porcelain cup and saucer with floral swags and gilding.
Border
, ca. 1860
Wall-paper printed in colors

Vertical rectangle of border paper or framing panel. At either side, green stripe bearing brown plant shoot. In center, arabesques of foliage and flowers in green and pink, on pale green field.
Hyacinths, Plate 31 from A. C. Van Eeden's "Flora of Haarlem"
Arentine H. Arendsen, Dutch, 1836 - 1915, ca. 1881
Chromolithograph on paper
Print

Disbound color plate "Hyacinths" from A. C. Van Eeden's "Flora of Haarlem."
Border
, early 18th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace

Bobbin lace edge, floral vine; early 18th century Binche
Cup and Saucer
Spode Ceramic Works, English, established 1776, late 18th–early 19th century
porcelain (possibly bone china), vitreous enamel
cup and saucer

1953-17-126-a,b: Flaring cup with straight sides. Narrow, circular ...
Fragment
, 19th century
silk Technique: plain compound satin

Allover geometric latticework design in blue, purple, green and light gray on a tan ground.
Sketchbook Page
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, 1875
Graphite on paper
Sketchbook folio

Sketches of figures seated on the ground.
Frieze
, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Landscape frieze with a harbor scene containing a lighthouse and sailboats, cottages, trees and rolling hills. Printed in several shades of green and terra cotta on a light terra cotta ground. The sky shades from very pale at the top to the background color near the horizon. The border is printed two across the width.
Snuff bottle and stopper
, 18th century
quartz, coral, metal, enamel

Ovoid smokey quartz bottle topped by blue-enamelled metal stopper with irregular, fan-shaped piece of coral.
Head of an Elderly Bearded Man
, 1800–20
Black chalk on blue-grey paper
Drawing

Head of an elderly bearded man with long wavy hair. His head is turned slightly to the left, and his gaze is directed downward. His portrait is on octagonal-shaped paper.
Border
, mid-18th century
Technique: bobbin lace

Bobbin lace pillow sample, floral scrolls; mid-18th century Flemish
Study of a Hinge from Orvieto Cathedral
Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925, 1879
Graphite on beige paper
Drawing

A hinge in grillework, shaped like a hand in a glove, holding onto a bar. Light sketch of hand holding bar upper right.
Sidewall
, 1880–1900
Machine-printed

Morris-derivative foliate and floral design. Printed in light brown on medium brown ground, with central vertical axis. Swirling leafy branches and five-petalled blossoms.
Watch and chatelaine
, late 18th century
Gold, enamel, glass, steel

Circular gold case having stem with small ring at top; front with circular white face with roman numerals in black and blued steel(?) hands, the whole surrounded by a narrow off-white enameled band with gilt and green lozenge decoration. Reverse shows grisais scene of a couple in a verdant garden, the gowned woman in the foreground standing near a caged bird on a table, the man to the left and behind a low wall or fence, serenading her with a lute.
Sampler
Anna Morrison, 1817
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: cross, rice, queen and eyelet embroidery stitches on plain weave foundation

Three small alphabets in the upper register, followed by the inscription band, and one larger alphabet below. The lower third is blank, as though incomplete.
Chocolate Pot with Floral Sprays
Nymphenburg Porcelain Factory, German, established by 1753, mid- 18th century
hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
chocolate pot

Swelling ovoid body with eared handle on right and curved lip in front. Gilt enrichments. Painted floral elements in colors. Within open gilt frame on left side of jug is painted Latona and the Frogs. Round cover, bud-form knobs.
Side chair
, mid-19th century
Papier-mâché, mother of pearl, caning, wood

Shaped rectangular back with an arched splat inlaid with a flower-filled basket between barley-twist turned stiles headed by finials and a serpentine caned seat, on cabriole legs with scroll feet.
Bird Motif
Huntley, Boorne, & Stevens, 1870–80
Plated tin, printed , gilded
Matchsafe

Rectangular, curved sides, snuff-box style container, featuring cover of black printed decoration on gold ground of bird with long feathered tail perched on flowered branch; thumb catch to right inscribed "Bryant & May's Wax Vetsas, Made in England", small cross design on rest of body. Striker on reverse.
St. Sebaldus
Hans Springinklee, German, 1490 - 1540, 1518
Woodcut and black ink on paper
print

The figure of St. Sebaldus stands in a niche turned toward left. He holds the model of a church in his right hand and a baton in his left. Columns surmounted by globes flank the niche. Four coats of arms above.
Jardin d'Hiver
Jules Desfossé, French, active 1851 - 1863, 1853
Block-printed paper
Frieze

Horizontal rectangle. Brown molding along top from behind which and below which is suspended a gray trellis. This trellis is supported along its lower edge by capitals occuring in intervals which are meant to rest on the pilaster 1955-12-7. Flowering vines in profusion. Pinks, lavenders, orange, green leaves. White ground below trellis.
Cutwork border
, 16th–17th century
linen Technique: embroidered with cutwork and needle lace fillings on plain weave

Cut fabric with needlemade fillings, embroidery, withdrawn element work. Motif is a curving vine with leaves; one palmette contains a standing figure while another has a lion.
Sidewall
, ca. 1845
Block-printed on satin ground

On satin or polished green ground, two columns of alternating grisaille and green fruit and leaf clusters and grisaille floating architectural landscapes; an all-over dark green flat scrolling flower and leaf pattern surrounds them.
Hinggi (ceremonial men's wrapper)
, 19th century
cotton Technique: tied resist patterning in warp (ikat) on plain weave

Rectangular panel with fringe at both ends, patterned in warp ikat of red, dark brown, blue and off-white. Design of horizontal bands with rows of shrimps, lobsters, roosters, horses, and some small snake or 'naga' forms. Central band features patola-inspired design. Fringed at two ends.
Africa
Martin Engelbrecht, German, 1684–1756, 1717
Engraving on paper
Print

Scene representing Africa. Woman seated on an elephant under a palm tree, holding a parasol. A man offering her a plate of nuts.
No. 4
Gebrüder Thonet, Austrian, founded 1853, ca. 1860
Bent beechwood, woven caning
Rocking chair

Frame of curving linear bent beechwood elements; the arms flow into two long parallel runners; caned, oval back joined to elongated oval bent wood element, in turn joined to caned seat supported on the runners by four intertwined circular bentwood form; two curving bentwood supports join lower back to runners.
Waistcoat front
, late 18th century
Technique: Embroidery using satin, stem and knot stitches in twelve colors of floss silk and metal-wrapped silk; coils of metal wire, sequins (paillettes) and paste jewels sewn on silk plain weave foundation. Trimmed with four color woven silk fringe.

Waistcoat right front panel with a design of blindfolded Cupid being driven by a bird. Trimmed with polychrome fringe.
Down Grade Into The Valley
William Henry Sheldon, American, 1840 - 1932, 1890
Brush and gouache on illustration board
Drawing

Driver and six passengers in coach drawn by six horses.
Purse
, 18th century
leather Technique: stamped

Rectangular wallet, stamped leather, in elaborate swirling lines making up undecipherable initials on one side and the words NEW YORK on the other side.
The White House, Washington, D.C.
, 1900–10
Plated metal, printed celluloid
Matchsafe

Rectangular, curved top and bottom, featuring horizontal, sepia-toned, photographic image of the White House, inscribed below "White House, Washington D.C.", reverse features horizontal, sepia-toned and hand colored photographic image of the Capital, inscribed below "The Capital, Washington, D.C.", side panel beneath White House image inscribed "Washington, D.C." Lid hinged on side. Striker on bottom.
Fragment
, 18th century
linen, silk Technique: embroidered, bobbin lace

Fragment of a woven linen band showing design of octagons containing heraldic crosses. These are connected by smaller squares containing eight-pointed stars. Narrow border of small flower sprigs and scalloped bobbin lace. Embroidered in yellow silk with dark blue used for outlines.
Sidewall
, 1880–90
Block-printed paper, embossed

Imitation leather. Bands of strapwork entwined in grapevine tendrils framing crested bird perched on branch. Pomegranates, sunflowers, grapes and grape leaves, fantastic floral and foliate forms. Printed in metallic gold and scarlet.
Walking Dress
Rudolph Ackermann, English, b. Germany, 1764–1834, 1819
Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper
Print

Fashion plate of a woman sitting on a bench. She wears a gray dress with white trim and a yellow hat with white feathers. She is holding a book. Title below.
Design for a Church Façade
Flaminio Innocenzi Minozzi, Italian, 1735 – 1817, late 18th century
Pen and brown ink, brush and grey and yellow wash on cream paper
Drawing

Architectural elevation of a large domed church, with smaller flanking domes and a heavily sculptured façade composed of a portico, with engaged and free-stranding columns, and surmounted by statuary. Three portals are approached by steps.
Textile
, 18th century
silk Technique: damask weave

Large diagonal arrangement of white flower sprays on a blue ground.
Fragment
, 18th century
Silk damask Technique: damask, 5 unit satin

1978-168-15-a: Length of yellow damask: vertically symmetrical pa...;     1978-168-15-b: Length of yellow damask: vertically symmetrical pa...
Textile
, 1840s
cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller on plain weave

Diamond grid of floral rope containing four different scenes; hawking, hunting, and Tyrollean idyll.
Half Dress
Rudolph Ackermann, English, b. Germany, 1764–1834, 1816
Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper
Print

Fashion plate with a woman sitting on a hassock facing left; her right arm on a table. She wears a red and white stripedd dress, with white lace and green bows. Title and publisher's name below.
Red-breasted Sunbird, Plate 14 from Birds of Western Africa
William Home Lizars, Scottish, 1788 - 1859, 1837
Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper
Print

Green bird on a branch with fruit. Tropical background. He has gray wing and tail, including two long tail feathers. Red and yellow patch at throat. Title and artists' names below.
Tassel
, 17th century
linen, metal wire, silk. Technique: braided and knotted

Pear-shaped center unit from which hang elaborate knottings in the forms of two male and two female figures, alternating and attached to one another.  The figures are ornamented with metal wire.
Textile
, 1820
cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller on plain weave

Length of printed fabric with scenes of Rome contained within a complex grid based on two overlapped elongated octagons. Monochrome red on a white ground. Lengths of fabric side-by-side would continue the repeat. Printed within full width of fabric with uneven margins on left and right.
Figure of a Chinese Man or Servant Holding a Cup and Saucer
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present, ca. 1745
hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
figure

Porcelain figure in decorated hat and jacket serving a drink.
Design for a Woven Fabric, Fragment
, 1815-1840
Gouache on oily tracing paper, mounted
Drawing

Pentagonal. A rising flower stem and a flower bough, top right.
Fragment
, early 17th century
silk Technique: 4&1 satin plus 1\7 twill

Quatrefoils containing acorns in red and yellow.
Guéridon propre à porter des torchères
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for a pedestal for a two-arm candelabra, decorated with ornament motifs including garland, fluting, egg and dart, acanthus leaves, and lamb tongue. The plate is signed.
Shuttle and bobbin
, 19th century
wood with metal fixtures

A dark finely grained wooden shuttle with ends tipped with metal. Metal rod for holding bobbin. With a wooden bobbin wound with black silk thread.
Allegorical subject
Domenico Mondo, Italian, 1723 - 1806, before 1800
Pen and ink, brush and wash, bistre, graphite, on paper
Drawing

An allegorical battle scene on an outcrop of a steep cliff: Athena, enthroned, judges the outcome of a struggle between two armed groups, a warrior alights in the midst, a maiden sits at the feet of Athena's pedestal, a crowd hides behind Athena in a cave.
Tile
, late 18th–early 19th century
Earthenware, glazed and high fire decorated

Dancing man, dressed in white pantelettes, yellow skirt, white and manganese overshirt, and wearing pointed blue, brimless hat. Chinoiserie type of decoration .
Carré de Courtepointe / Soubassemet de courtepointe
Nicolas Guérard, French, ca.1648 – 1719, late 17th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

Designs for embroidered textiles featuring strapwork, fleurons, rosettes, foliate scrolls, and scrolling leaves. The plate is titled and numbered.
Tabouret à la Duchesse [...] Gondole à la Dauphine
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for a stool and a low chair without arms. Both are adorned with a striped fabric. The stool legs are fluted with a carved Corinthian capital; the chair's legs are fluted and also feature carved rosettes. The plate is signed.
Children Performing Acrobatics
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. A child balances on one foot, on the top of a cone, while holding a large pole with rings hanging from strings at both ends. Another child stands to the right, holding a stick with a ring on the ground. A third child sits against a tree trunk, shown from behind, looking at the child acrobat. Stairs lead down from the vignette. The scene is framed by trees, foliage, with a roofed garden structure to the right. The print is signed.
Ornamental Vase Design
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, 1755-1768
Etching on laid paper
Print

Vase design with narrow neck and scroll knobs. The vase is decorated with fluting, bound laurel leaf, garland, and wave band ornamentation. The plate is signed and numbered.
Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple, after Titian (right sheet)
John Baptist Jackson, British, ca. 1701 - ca. 1780, ca. 1740
Chioroscuro woodcut from four blocks, in light grayish umber, medium brown, dark gray, dark brown.
Print

Detail of the painted composition, the young Virgin ascends a flight of steps toward the priest and his attendants. Beside the wall of the steps, lower left, a basket of eggs and a seated woman, only partially shown. The raised arm of a man is visibl behind the figures of Mary. At lower right a coat of arms, rampant lion, on an escutcheon, followed by six line dedication signed: "J.B. Jackson."
REPRÉSENTATION D’UNE PLACE DE STRASBOURG VUË DU CÔTÉ DE LA PORTE DE SAVERNE. Le Roi LOUIS XV. traversa cette Place le jour de son entrée
Johann Martin Weis, French, 1711 - 1751, 1745
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

A view of the king's procession through the streets of Strasbourg. Crowds of people and soldiers line the streets and are visible in the windows of the buildings. The procession features the king's carriage, accompanied by soldiers on horseback. The plate is titled, signed, numbered, with a legend, and features the Strasbourg coat of arms.
Diana and Endymion
Leonardo Scaglia, French, active Italy, 1640 – 1650, ca. 1650
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash on cream laid paper on secondary paper support
Drawing

The goddess Diana is seated upon a bench at left, surrounded by companions.  She points at Endymion who stands opposite, stripped by young women.  Two additional young women stand at the center.
Trimming
, 17th century
metal-wrapped silk and flat metal strips Technique: bobbin lace

Trimming with one straight edge and one scalloped edged formed by fan-shaped pieces, alternately silver and gold.
Sidewall
, ca. 1840–50
Glazed

Plain paper, in corn color, without ornament. Glazed.
Tunic
, 19th century
silk, metallic Technique: embroidery on plain weave

Sleeveless tunic of salmon-pink silk embroidered solidly with flat strips of silver foil in a geometric design.
The Traveler, from the South Shore of Katahdin Lake, Maine
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, September–October 1877
Oil and graphite on paperboard
drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of the mountain known as the Traveler from the southern shore of Katahdin Lake in Maine. The rippling surface of the lake extends through the foreground and into the middle distance, where it encounters the lake's heavily wooded opposite shoreline. The terrain at left begins to ascend to the lower slopes of Turner Mountain, just out of view at left. In the distance at center, the rugged silhouette of the Traveler is visible through a slightly hazy atmosphere. The mountain itself is a light purple tone. The open sky above is rendered in a gradient from light green along the upper margin to warm yellow along the horizon.
Design for a Daybed
Jean-Charles Delafosse, French, 1734 – 1789, 1849–66
Etching on paper
Print

Design for an upholstered daybed with a carved frame featuring festoons of flowers, rosettes, scrolling acanthus leaves, laurel leaf molding, quivers of arrows, and flaming torches. The plate is signed with the printmaker, publisher, and original designer, and numbered.
Ornament Design
Jean-Bernard Turreau, French, 1672 - 1731, 1716
Etching on laid paper
Print

Ornament design featuring military motifs, spears, flags, banners, quivers of arrows, armor, shields, helmet, seated male figures, mythological creatures, dragons, decapitated head on a spear, female winged figure holding a horn and a shield standing on a pedestal with a canopy above and flying putti, a cartouche, wings, shell, fluting, gadrooning, scrolling leaves, fleurons, hanging textiles, festoons of leaves, and tassels. The plate is signed.
Pied de table pour entre-croisées
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for an entryway table with a single, wide leg. The table is decorated with ornament motifs includingfluting, lamb tongue, a lion head with a ring in its mouth, scrolls, bound leaf garland. The table is topped with a vase. The plate is signed
Figural Studies
Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian, 1700 – 1773, 1700–1773
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

At right, three studies of laboring figures. At left, study of a wheeled cart
Studies of Five Figures
Tomaso D'Antonio Manzuoli, called Maso da San Friano, 1536 – 1571, ca. 1570
Red chalk on cream laid paper
Drawing

Upper row, left: nearly nude man with bald head lays on a stone slab, at right, a cloaked man with his left hand upon a stone block and his head, right elbow on his right knee. Center, left: a gentleman, walking rests his right hand upon a walking stick. Below: a man, with his left hand in his pocket walks up stairs and gives something to a barefoot and bald man (who is probably a friar) in an overcoat, seen from the back.
Stained glass
, ca. 1530–50
Glass, wood,metal

C: Virgin Mary
D: St. Paul
Title page
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, German, 1726 - 1801, 1780
Etching on paper
Print

Title page for "Königle. Grosbrit [anische] Genealogischer KALENDAR auf das 1781 Jahr Lauenberg bey J.G. Berenberg"
Plate 14 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 right, a partial trophy. Below, a vase with snake.
Cross
, late 19th century
Glass

Glass cross and stand composed of a square stepped pedestal with short square column, molded at top with projecting square plinth with pyramidal shoulders, surmounted by a corss, polygonaly in section, (eight polished surfaces, four oriented with four faces on pedestal).  Cross attached to pedestal by short metal core.
Birge
M.H. Birge & Sons Co., 1834, 1912
Machine-printed paper
Sample book

Hard cover bound volume of papers, containing small repeating patterns with matching borders.
Design for a Necklace
Giovanni Sebastiano Meyandi, Italian, active 1762 - 1794, ca. 1785
Pen and ink, brush and gray watercolor on paper
Drawing

Jewelry design for a necklace. A scroll of ribbon and a branch are interlaced, with blossoms in the shape of rosettes in the compartments. Such a rosette on top of a small stem is in the center. The pendant has the shape of an oval wreath composed of interlaced ribbons and branches, within a drop.
Clouds at Sunset over Rome, Italy
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, February 1869
Graphite on gray-green wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Loose sketch of clouds during a vibrant sunset over Rome, Italy. At center, a tall, dark, billowing cloud is shown towering over others nearby. In the background, hazy clouds fill the sky. Below, a dark, wooded landscape is hastily rendered.

Verso: Landscape sketch showing a view of a sun beam bursting down through a bank of dark, puffy clouds onto a flat landscape that extends to a mountainous horizon. At right, what appear to be two structures are loosely rendered.