biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Study of balusters
Jean-Robert Ango, French, active in Rome 1759 –1770, d. 1773, ca. 1759–70
Red chalk on paper
Drawing

Study of balusters
Pleated fan and case
Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853, late 19th century
Linen lace leaf backed with silk, mother-of-pearl sticks, paste jewel at rivet, brass bail

Pleated fan. Cream-colored lace leaf backed with white satin. Mother-of-pearl sticks. Yellow paste jewel at rivet. Brass bail.
Sidewall
, 1835
Block printed on machine-made paper

A scroll frame encloses the major motif, a mill pond scene with mill and bridge in the background. Irise sky that shades from blue to lavender. Ducks swim on the pond in foreground. Smaller motif, above and below, is a musical trophy. A border at the left has arrow trophies and garlands. Printed in blue, brown, and gray on gray-brown satin ground.
Frieze
Standard Wall-Paper Company, Standard Wall-Paper Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Borders printed two across. Undulated bands of foliate wave scrolls. Bottom band of brattishing with beading, top band of beading. Ground fades light green to light yellow. Printed in greens, brown, white and white liquid mica. Printed in selvedge "Standard Papers"
Purse
, 18th century
silk and metal-wrapped silk embroidery on silk foundation Technique: embroidered in stem, satin, running and couching stitches on plain weave foundation; bobbin lace

White ribbed silk semi-circular purse with drawstring top, embroidered with polychrome silks in floral designs and edged in silver bobbin lace. Lined with blue taffeta; braded green silk cord at top.
Frieze
, 1890–1910
Machine-printed

a: 
b: On frieze, tan ground, swag of stylized fleur-de-lis in metallic bronze and gold with shiny white; metallic bronze scalloped  border at bottom.
Parure (Pair of bracelets, pair of earrings, locket)
, ca. 1850
tortoiseshell and silver

Parure consisting of pair of bracelets, pair of earrings, and a locket. All inlaid in silver in foliated script of intertwined initials: W and A. Mounted in gold.
Vase
Jacques Sicard, French, 1865–1923, 1902–07
Molded, glazed, and lustered earthenware

Buff-gray clay body, molded. Slightly bulbous body, tapering to neck with crimped molded leaf rim; two small curved handles at shoulder to rim; no foot. Design on front and back of honeysuckle blossoms and vines against a random dot pattern painted in gold. Iridescent background shades from a blue-green to a lavender-purple towards the shoulder. Interior covered with lustrous copper-red glaze. Bottom glazed a greenish-yellow high glaze; unglazed foot rim. Cracklature. Two-handled
Advertisement for "Tetley's Teas"
, late 19th century
Plated tin, enamel
Matchsafe

Rectangular, rounded corners, with transfer printed decoration on lid, inscribed "Tetley's Teas" in large red and black type-face, highlighted in yellow, featuring central image of blue elephant's head with red kerchief, elephant holds at end of curled trunk box on a string, box inscribed "Indian Ceylon," above box inscription reads "Trade Mark," all on off-white ground, edges, sides and underside gold. Lid hinged at back. Striker on underside.
Folding pocket knife
, ca. 1695–1700
Ivory, silver, steel, brass, enamel

Small blade has straight lower side, straight upper side tapering sharply towards the point. Ivory handle has curved shape, decorated on front and back with small silver floral appliques and inlaid brass dots. Steel on the side has decorative indentions. Blade folds into handle.
Frieze
Standard Wall-Paper Company, Standard Wall-Paper Company, Sandy Hill, New York, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

A repeating design of art nouveau vase-shaped cartouches interspersed by similar, but smaller gold fleur-de-lis cartouches centering abstracted "stone walls" upon a beige grid-filled background within borders of olive green and gold. Printed in beige, tan, olive green, gray, white, gold and cream.
Fragments
, late 18th century
silk, metallic thread Technique: satin weave with supplementary weft

Fragment of yellow-green satin brocaded in multicolored silks and gold metallic thread in a pattern of curving bands with flower sprigs.
Band
, 18th–19th century
silk and wool on cotton Technique: embroidered on plain weave

Rectangular panel of small stylized geometric motifs in blue, green and black on a predominantly dark yellow embroidered ground.
Border
, 18th century
linen Technique: plain weave embroidered with deflected element work

Fragment of a woven linen border with with deflected element work
 showing design of large blossoms and leafy scrolls that form a slightly scalloped edge.
Band
, 16th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace, continuous braid-like

Band fragment with peacocks forming a scroll.
Pencil holder
, early 19th century
Steel

Steel holder for charcoal crayon; two prongs at either end grasp charcoal and are held in place by steel rings.
Balcony Balustrade Designs
Jean François Forty, active 1775 – 1790, late 18th century
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Two designs for ornamental ironwork balcony balustrades featuring rosettes, shells, clasps, fleurons, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), foliate scrolls, c-scrolls, interlaced motifs, and beads. The plate is numbered and signed.
Design for an Embroidered or Woven Horizontal Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1805–1815
Graphite, brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper
Drawing

A slightly undulating bough with lacy leaves and flowers over a stripe with a row of plant rosettes which face right.
Nouveaux desseins de Rampes d’Escalier et Panneaux
Pierre Edme Babel, French, 1720–1775, 1890–1910
Facsimile of the original etching (photomechanical or lithography)
Print

Three designs for wrought iron or metalwork staircase balustrades featuring scrolling leaves, c-scrolls, s-scrolls, fleurons, flowers, and foliate branches. The plate is titled, with a scale below. This is a late 19th-early 20th-century reproduction from a series first published between 1738-1743.
Arched Bridge, Mexico
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1892–93
Graphite on beige wove paper
drawing

Architecture sketch showing a loosely rendered view of a bridge in Mexico supported by three arches. Bridge reaches a kind of flat peak at upper center.
Greyhound
, 1550–1600
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, black chalk, corrections in white gouache on white laid paper
Drawing

A greyhound dog wearing a collar facing right. The point of the tail is off page.
Kusatsu:From Kasatsu to Yabase, a Bow and Bowstring (Kasatsu, Kusatsu kara Yabase michi no yumi to tsuru) from the series 53 Stations of Tokaido
Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858, 1855
Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
Print

A quiet landscape looking out onto the ocean shows ships sailing off into the horizon. While a number have departed while two more a set to sail, the remaining four are waiting at the docks to cast up their sails. All are bound for a peaceful journey towards the rocky mountains.
Design for a Wall Decoration
, ca. 1830
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Candelabrum design. At the bottom are two paw feet, from which a vase grows. Above this are two seated satyrs. Dolphins and vases above
Sketch of C. Waterman with a View of Catskill, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, August, September, and October 1844
Graphite on off-white wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Figure and landscape sketches showing views of a child, labeled "C. Waterman," and the village of Catskill, New York. At upper left, a child with curly locks is shown in three-quarter profile. At lower right, a view of Catskill from a nearby creek (likely the Catskill or Kaaterskill) is somewhat loosely sketched. A church steeple and multiple roofs are visible beyond a wooded bank across a nearby creek with a wooden bridge at left. 

Verso: Botanical sketch showing a view of two trees in Catskill, New York. At lower center, a deciduous tree, possibly an elm, is shown a lush canopy, while at center right, a similar tree is devoid of leaves, its barren branches darkly rendered.
Botanical Sketches with Flying Parrots, Boquia, Colombia
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 1853
Graphite on tan wove paper
Drawing

Botanical sketch from Colombia showing views of six different plants and trees, with flying parrots at top. In upper and lower right, two different broad-leafed plants with thin stems are visible. Similar plant beside them, lower center. Two trees visible at center left--a palm at left and another with many boughs beside at right. Below, at lower left, study of a bush with flowers.
Design for the Embroidery of a Man's Waistcoat of Pattern No. 547 of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, ca. 1785
Graphite, brush and gouache on paper
Drawing

Left bottom corner with rising bottom edge. Flowers over fringed circles are prominent in the decoration. A flower festoon hands obliquely from the top edge of the pocket toward the border below it. A garland festoon at right, beneath the pocket.
Spoon with Engraved Armorial Achievement
, ca. 1740–60
silver
spoon

Round bowl, tapering stem and rounded terminal applied with blossoms and leaves and wound with a coat-of-arms comprised of a lozenge-shaped shield with three rams, supported by a monk and a savage.
Galerie métallique des grands hommes français (Great Men of France)
Pierre Joseph Demongé Chardigny, French, 1794 - 1866, 1823
Cast bronze
Medal

Bust of Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737 - 1814), to the left.
Design for the Embroidery of a Lady's Overskirt of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, ca. 1785
Graphite, brush and gouache on paper
Drawing

A desnely scalloped strip, framed at the inside by a row of hands, is shown along the edge. Two different kinds of ornamentations are suggested alternatively for the scallops. A row of scallops of various heights and with floral decoration rises from the strip. Flower boughs grow from some of the intervals between scallops.
Sidewall
Zuber & Cie, Rixheim, Alsace, France, founded 1797, 1832–33
wood-block printed on machine-made paper

Three and one-half repeats of serpentine design of green morning glory foliage set with large peony-like blossoms and interwined with subordinate conventionalized foliage. Vining floral and foliate pattern, printed with green flowers on vine and tan leaves. Printed in buff and greens on tan ground.
Zuber Design No. 2791, in Zuber Archives, Livre No. 25.
Elévation du Portail de l'Eglise de Bonsecours.
Emmanuel Héré de Corny, French, 1705–1763, 1753
Engraving
Bound print

Elevation of a church, seen from the front. The church is steeply peaked with a cross at the top. The church façade is decorated with urns, scrolls, garlands, and cartouches. Between the Corinthian columns on either side of the door are religious sculptures set in niches. The plate has a scale bar of "10 Toises de France" at the bottom.
Querfüllung auf hellem Grund (Horizontal Ornament)
Martin Schongauer, German, 1450–1491, ca. 1470
Engraving on white paper
Print

Horizontal rectangle.  The wide scroll starts from lower left rising diagonally toward upper right.  Before reaching it, the scroll descends abruptly to lower right.  The leaves of the scroll cover the entire field.  Inscribed, lower center: "M + S".
Title Page
Pierre-Gabriel Berthault, French, 1737–1831, ca. 1758
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Design of a rocaille frame with scrolls, flowers, and attributes of the art, including a maulstick, paintbrushes, a palette, a bust, a compass, a straight-edge, and a Corinthian Capital. The plate is signed and numbered.
Border
M.H. Birge & Sons Co., 1834, 1905
Machine-printed paper

Simulated oak in shades of brown, to be cut in half to form friezes. Marked: M.H. Birge and Sons Co., U.S.A." Design, architectural detail.
Bed hangings and bed cover
, late 17th century
silk ribbon and chenille on a wool foundation Technique: embroidered on twill weave

Bed cover and two panels of bed draperies in dark blue twill with an allover geometric design embroidered with yellow taffeta, yellow taffeta ribbons and yellow chenille.
Death of Count Ugolino and his Sons
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1815–1823
Black crayon, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Here Giani treats the scene as a classical frieze. A kneeling youth begs a standing man who covers his face with his hand. Three more figures in anguish behind. At right, light streams in through a barred window.
Design for ceiling decoration
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Design for ceiling decoration.
L’Hiver
Pierre-Philippe Choffard, French, 1730–1809, 1769–75
Etching on paper
Print

Headpiece for an edition of Les Saisons, Poëme by Charles-François Saint-Lambert. The headpiece represents the season of winter. A roundel in the center illustrating a young man skating within a landscape. The roundel or medallion is framed by an overlapping frieze with zodiac signs (Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces) trees, foliate branches, leaves, snow, a draped textile, jester, masks, tambourine, and sheets of music. The plate is titled and signed.
Design for the Decoration of a Frieze
C. C., French, active 19th c., 1811
Pen and black ink, brush and gray watercolor, graphite on paper
Drawing

The right side is shown. The central motif is the mask of a woman above leaves, and with a diadem of leaves, carrying upon the head a basket with flowers and grapes. An acanthus rinceau springs from the lower leaves. A lioness springs to catch grapes. The background is colored.
Study for a woman, “Moods to Music,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1893–1895
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of a reclining female figure.
Porcelain Cup, Saucer, and Glass Beaker with Box
Buen Retiro Manufactory, Spanish, 1759 – 1808, ca. 1803–1808
porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold; glass; wood, brass, leather
cup, saucer, beaker, box

1931-41-7-a/d: Cup (a) with flaring rim, high loop handle termina...;     1931-41-8: Beaker with flaring rim. Heavy channeled base surm...
Ornament Designs
Hugues Brisville, French, active ca. 1663, 1662
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Horizontal rectangle showing scrolling arabesques entertwined with nude figures whose bodies terminate in acanthus leaves. At left, design for a bracket with two figures. The plate is signed.
Badge for an Order
, ca. 1820
Graphite, pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Above is a bow knot with gems. From it hangs a crown standing on top of a Maltese cross. Fleur-de-lys are in the sngles between the cross arms; beads in each arm.
Button
, 19th century
Lava, tin, copper

1931-59-214: Circular button ornamented with head of Diana; set...
The Hunt, Personified by Diana
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, 1594–1596
Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk, with corrections by the artist in white opaque paint on laid paper
Drawing

Recto: A female figure identified as Diana sits under a tree at center. She holds a falcon on her right wrist. At her feet are gathered hunting implements, including horns and bows and arrows. Dogs cluster at left. In the background appears a landscape with a bridge and figures hunting.
Verso: Scene of pearl diving in the Persian Gulf, with a view of a semicircular, mountainous coastline at left and behind. Simple tents line the shore. Two parallel rows of boats float in the water and figures raise or lower themselves from lines attached to the bow. In the foreground, figures step off the boats onto the shore carrying small, heavily laden bags. Crouching figures examine and shuck the oysters.
Design for a Decorative Arabesque
Jean-Louis Prieur the Younger, French, 1759 – 1795, 1760-1770
Pen and sepia ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

A burning brazier rises from an urn, with two sirens as handles. A leaf arabesque connects with a seated female sphinx, right, from whose head springs a cornucopia.
In the Woods
Charles Nicolas Ransonnette, French, 1793 - 1877, 1825–1840
Graphite, pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Trees on a hillside. On verso, horizontally: part of graphite notations by the artist, accounts, a scale with irregular measures; below is the word "port", and "S'il me faut un[e] boiserie…..(?) 5m - 50c / … portes. 3 - 50 / ….2".
Pleated fan and case
, ca. 1875
Linen leaf embroidered by machine and by hand, carved and pierced celluloid sticks, cardboard case lined with silk satin

White linen leaf embroidered by machine and by hand. Design of floral palmettes and a monogram in center. Celluloid sticks and guards, carved and pierced with cartouches at the top. Cardboard case, covered and lined with silk satin
Anatomical Sketches of Heads, Faces, and Eyes
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, probably 1865–1875
Graphite on light green wove paper
Drawing

Figure sketches showing numerous anatomical views of heads, faces, and eyes in various positions, with various expressions. At upper left, the eye of the mirthful or laughing face is shown with its lower lid raised. Beside it at upper center, a somewhat haunting representation of a laughing face is drawn without a head. At upper right, the head and shoulders of a figure with strong facial features are turned downward and to the left. At upper center, a single, isolated eye is visible. Above it at left is a diagram showing the sight lines of an eye viewing an upturned head. At right, a figure turns their head towards us and makes eye contact. At center left, a figure with defined muscles appears to crawl on all fours, perhaps taking up a wrestling position. Below these, three heads are included: at left, a smiling face with a bald head is shown obliquely, at center, a dissatisfied face is shown more frontally, while at right, an angry face with a downturned brow views us directly. The latter has shaggy hair and a goatee. Below them at lower center, a seated figure is rendered from above, while profile diagrams of eyes are overlaid near his knees. At left, the eyes and nose of an angry face are visible above a single, upturned eyeball. At right, another isolated eye with long lashes views us directly. In the lower left corner, a cubic design is included, while the outline of the legs and torso of a squatting figure is incompletely rendered in the lower right corner.

Pencil anatomical sketches of numerous heads, faces, and eyes in various positions, with various expressions.
Donkeys at Rest, Ecuador
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, June 2, 1857
Graphite on white wove paper
Drawing

Figure sketch showing a view of two donkeys resting beside a tree in Ecuador. Both are situated at left. Donkey at right is lying down with its back turned, while the one beside it at left faces us, standing. They rest in the shade of a tree with two prominent lower boughs and several plants growing on it.
Study of a Grazing Cow
Samuel Colman, American, 1832–1920, August 1876
Brush and oil paint on canvas
Painting

A grazing cow is obliquely shown from the left side. The head is turned toward the left. A part of a timber house with a low window is shown in the left background. Margins with the grounding color.
Plate 7 of a Set of Chinese Genre Scenes
François Boucher, French, 1703–1770, ca. 1740
Handcolored etching on paper
Print

Panel with Chinese figures in a garden. A woman and three small children. A parrot is perched on the back of a chair from which the woman has risen at right.
View from Thompson's Hotel, North Conway, New Hampshire
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, August 1855
Graphite, black and white crayon on pale green paper
Drawing

Pasture in foreground, and farm at right under an elm. Mountain ridges beyond.
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 on paper
Drawing

Boughs with leaves and clusteres of flowers. Arched edge. Frills sketched along the hem.
Frieze
, 1890–1900
Machine-printed, mica

Cream ground, sprays of chrysanthemums in old rose and olive shades. Conventional border in bronze, Mica finish.
Designs for Ornament
Hugues Brisville, French, active ca. 1663, 1662
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Vertical rectangle showing interlacing arabesques. At center, a female nude whose body terminates in an acanthus leaf.
Chairs and Architectural Sketches
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1800
Graphite on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Page divided into four sections. At top, three chairs with round seats and turned legs. At lower left, a chair with striped seat upholstery. At bottom right: a bench with striped upholstery and a demi lune console table decorated with swags.
Overdoor Painting and Paneling (Boiseries) Design
Jean Mondon, French, fl. 1736 – 1745, 1749
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Design for a set of interior double doors (with only the top section visible) and an overdoor painting decorated with highly sculpted rococo paneling (boiseries), featuring bunches of grapes, vine leaves, baskets of fruit and flowers, hanging trophies, shells, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), c-scrolls, fluting and a cartouche. The overdoor painting depicts a pastoral scene with a couple sitting in a landscape next to a tree trunk, with a basket next to them, and a bird cage in their laps. The plate is numbered and signed.
Northward View from Askua Hill (Askua-yama Kita no Chobo) From the Series One Hundred Famous views of Edo
Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858, 1856
Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
Print

This spring scene shows many visitors celebrating the cherry blossoms by picnicking on blankets and admiring the pink petals. The background just below the silhouette of Mt. Tsubuka is a rice paddy. The light grey shadows suggest young rice plants growing. This scene depicts land that will eventually become Japan's first public park.
Italian Village
Bartholomeus Breenbergh, Dutch, 1598 - 1657, ca. 1620–1630
Graphite, brush and sepia on paper
Drawing

At left, a set of stairs leading to a building. At center, a road with two figures. At right, a rocky outcrop with vegetation.
Cover Page, Le Jugement Universel
Tommaso Piroli, Italian, 1752 - 1824, 1808
Etching on paper
Print

Plate 1 Le Jugement Universel print par Michel-Ange Bonaroti dans la Chapelle Sixtine a Rome divise en Dix sept Planches Gravees au trait par Thomas Piroli Publie pav Bocchini a Paris 1808. 
l.l. to l.r. reads Depeux a la Bibliotheque Imperiale
Little Boy Blue
Grace Lincoln Temple, 1865–1953, 1890–1892
Machine-printed paper
Sidewall

Children's wallpaper with vignettes illustrating the nursery rhyme "Little Boy Blue". Framework of scrolled corn (maize) leaves enclosing four vignettes: Boy Blue with horn, Boy Blue asleep, a cow, two sheep - with single ear and cluster of three ears of corn. Printed in yellow, green, blue and brown on a blue stippled ground. Vertical rectangle, a full width giving slightly more than one repeat.
Design for a Lunette, Church of Corpus Domini, Bologna, Italy, Summer
Marc Antonio Franceschini, Italian, 1648 – 1729, 1689–96
Pen and ink, brush and gray-brown watercolor, graphite on paper
Drawing

Study for the decoration of a lunette in the church of Corpus Domini, two figures of children representing Summer. A reclining seated child and a standing one, at right, are shown from below, with a simple horizontal line as an indication of their place of support. The walking child is turned toward the left. He or she raises the left hand, carrying a bunch of olive branches or stalks of wheat. The sitting child carries in both hands sheaf, the upper part of which is supported by the right arm of the walking child.
Key
, 14th–15th century
Cast bronze

Short bronze key with lozenge-shaped bow with perpendicular hatch marks studding the perimeter. Short shaft topped by circular loop for connection to a keychain. Joined to geometric bit by thick bronze band. Overall the object shows signs of oxidation and patination, with polished bronze intermingling with flat, rust, and green tones.