biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Sidewall
York Card & Paper Co., 1891, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Art nouveau / mission style. Large singular white stylized flowers with stem and leaves loosely outlined in a metallic gold line with large bunches of foliage. Background of monochromatic stripes and dots or beading. Printed in greens, browns, tan, white, maroon and metallic gold on light brown-green ground. Printed in right selvedge: "York Card & Paper Co." pattern number "154".
Textile
, 18th century
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered on plain weave

Design of geometric forms with stylized plants and birds in red, yellow, blue, green and tan on white ground.
Chair seat cover
, early 19th century
linen Technique: woven

Two shades of undyed linen woven in a warp chevron twill in a design showing brown stripes on a buff ground.
Demitasse Spoon with Red Beetle
Charles Victor Gibert, French, ca. 1890
silver
spoon

Oval bowl with plain narrow stem. Stem continues to form leaf with red beetle applied to end of downturned terminal.
Knife from Traveling Cutlery Set
, ca. 1730
silver, steel
knife

1985-103-139-a/c: Two curved, pointed tines. Square neck, waisted in...;     1985-103-139-a: Sharkskin case for two implements. Plain silver mo...;     1985-103-139-b: Knife with steel blade with straight lower edge, u...;     1985-103-139-c: Fork with two curved, pointed tines. Square neck, ...
Locket
, ca. 1866
Gold, enamel, diamonds

Pendant (a) pear shaped; gold partially enameled, set with 21 cut diamonds; suspended from loop and hook (b) in the form of ribbon bow, set with glass insert (c) on back of pendant to form locket.
Sampler
, 19th century
silk, cotton on cottom Technique: embroidered on plain weave

Embroidery sampler showing a large series of the various motifs, including stylized florals and geometric shapes with square motif at centre. Double running and satin stitches in red, green blue and yellow.
Sketchbook Page: Bird of Prey
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, 1875
Graphite on paper
Sketchbook folio

Sketch of a bird of prey.
Arabesque Designs
Berthelot, French, active late 18th century, 1788
Etching and aquatint on laid paper
Print

Two vertical arabesque ornament designs with neoclassical motifs, featuring scrolling acanthus leaves, festoons of flowers, leaves, and beads, rosettes, fleurons, foliate branches, wheat, arrows, butterflies, birds, a mask, vase, and an oval miniature with a putto. The plate is numbered and signed.
Ornament Designs
Georg Leopold Hertel, German, active ca. 1780, mid- 18th century
Etching on off white laid paper
Print

Designs for eight ornament motifs, featuring elements including scrolls, rinceaux, batwing, and garland. The plate is signed and numbered,
Sidewall
Hobbs, Benton & Heath, Hoboken, New Jersey, 1890–1900
Machine-printed

Divided in one inch vertical stripes alternating, one dull pink, the other pink satin finish. Entire background of paper is embossed in a small diamond motif. Center of each diamond embossed in fine horizontal lines. Printed in pink on embossed paper. Printed in selvedge: "PEA, 1028, Hobbs, Benton & Heath".
Candlestick
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1780
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

The statue of a woman in heavy clothes with a flower basket upon her head stands upon a piece of column which is decorated with festoons. Laterally springs (the left one is not shown) from a mask a scroll with a calyx, from which three branches spring. Only the lowest part of that at right is shown. On top are sockets in the shape of calyxes, with the lower part of candles. Background as 1938-88-2024.
Embroidered picture
, early 19th century
paper, silk Technique: embroidered

Small picture embroidered on paper with pastel silks. Design reversed on reverse of paper. Labeled in ink: "S. Augustinus." The saint is shown with flaming heart in his hand and bishop's garb with mitre and crozier.
VEÜE GENERALE DE VINCENNES
Gabriel Perelle, French, 1604–1677, late 17th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

View of the castle of Vincennes with its church and gardens visible in the distance within a landscape. In the foreground trees, figures, and horseman on a road weaving downwards towards the buildings.  The plate is titled.
Design for an Earring
, early 18th century
Pen and sepia ink, brush and gray watercolor on paper
Drawing

Jewelry design for an earring. Above, a round diamond in a circular frame. In the center, a knot with three drops.
Design for Wallpaper Frieze
, 1780–1800
Pen and ink, brush and gouache, oxydized white, black on paper
Drawing

Repeat consists of group of three girls and boy, dancing, and two boys playing marbles. Trees, plants. Lower margin, frieze transposing triglyph motif into rail and garland.
Cachepot with saucer
William Adams, English, d. 1805, 1785–1790
stoneware (Jasperware) with applied relief decorations

Round, flaring sides, shaped edges. Lower part of a) covered with "diced" decoration- violet squares with white quatrefoils, and green squares with horizontal ribbing. Upper part has green field, and alternating acanthus leaves and lily plants in white tinged with violet. B) has "diced" decoration and white molded anthemion band.
Button
, late 18th century
Stoneware

1925-2-35: Octagonal mount in the style of Wedgwood Jasperwar...
Design for a Frieze
, 18th century
Graphite, pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle showing a row of satyr masks, from whose mouths flows streams of water in shell basins supported by acanthus leaves. Below the masks, a Romanesque arcade hung with festoons. On three sides, a band of floral ornament.
View of Paris
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1867
Pen and brown ink, graphite on brown paper
Drawing

Horizontal view over Paris from a parapet of the tower of Notre Dame Cathedral in the foreground, where a man holds out a wishbone to entice a cat crouched on the extreme outer end of a gargoyle.
Design for an Urn on a Stand
Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799–1868, 1827-1835
Pen and black ink, brush and gray, black wash on paper
drawing

The spout shown in right profile. The spout terminates in a bird's head, and a fish forms the valve handle. The body of the urn is decorated with leaf clusters and the handles are formed by swans springing from acanthus rinceaux. The stand is composed of acanthus leaf panels alternating with overlapping fan-shaped motifs.
Design for Two Escutcheons
Filippo Marchionni, Italian, 1732–1805, 1740–70
Charcoal, brush and black-gray watercolor on laid paper
Drawing

Scrollwork escutcheon with a bearded mask in the top center, beneath a diadem. At right: scrollwork and rocaille escutcheon with a mask at bottom center. A bust of a girl is emerging from the volute pediment leaning with her left arm upon the escutcheon; she holds a laurel bough.
Fountain with Atlas and Hercules
Luigi Righetti, Italian, 1780 - 1819, 1799
Pen and ink, brush and gray, black wash on light blue paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. The figure of Hercules sitting on top of a rock, receives  the globe from the crowned Atlas standing beside him at left. The signs of the stars and of the Zodiac decorate the globe's surface. Water pours from the globe and from between the stones at the base of the fountain. Two framing lines.
Band fragment
, 4th–5th century
Warp; S-spun linen. Wefts; S-spun linen, S-spun wools. Technique: slit tapestry woven with supplementary weft wrapping. Woven

Fragment contains two circles, one holds a running lion, the other something that might be a turtle with a flower on its back.
The Grand Canyon in the Rain
Thomas Moran, American, b. Britain, 1837–1926, 1873
Graphite on light-brown wove paper
Drawing

Panorama of the Grand Canyon as seen from perhaps the Muave Canyon.
Man
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1881–1882
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Recto: Sketch of a male figure; Verso, Sketch of a female figure.
Design for an Ewer
Jean-Bernard Turreau, French, 1672 - 1731, ca. 1710
Black chalk, pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Side view of a ewer decorated with putti, flared and curved spout, handle composed of a harpy. Sea monsters below.
The Brid-Bride
Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924, ca. 1889
Etching in black ink on paper
Ephemera

Profile of figure in rags, sitting by rock ledge. Upper body thrown over rock ledge, head buried beneath extended arms, hands grasped in prayer. Spear by his side. Sea in the distance.
Design for an Earring
, late 18th century
Pen and black ink, brush and green, gray watercolor on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Jewelry design for an earring. The disk above and the three drops are connected by a knot of a single ribbon, interlaced with two flower branches, with a blossom in the center. The central diamonds in the disk, drops and blossom are green. Bevelled corners.
Design for Two Trophies Referring to the Virgin
, 1750–1780
Graphite, brush and Chinese black on paper
Drawing

The trophies are suspended from clouds with pairs of cherubim. In the center are escutcheons with the fountain and the tabernacle, respectively. The left one includes furthermore: the star, the Ark of the Covenant, the looking glass, a star crown, a censer, a lily spray. The right one includes: a paif of scales and a sword, a cross, a pitcher, a lily spray.
Triumphal arch
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1800-1805
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on blue-white laid paper
Drawing

The arch rises from two barges. Corinthian columns support the entablature. Above stands a pedestal upon steps. Statues stand at the corners of teh lowest one. On top is a group. The complicated plan of the basin is incompletely shown. Rostral columns stand at its corners which are flanking the arch. Houses at the square surrounding the basin and of a street are shown in the background.
Sampler
, 18th century
silk embroidery, linen foundation Technique: aztec and hemstitches on plain weave

Five cross borders in geometric designs and one showing two birds.
Religious Trophy Design
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1778
Etching on laid paper
Print

Religious trophy incorporating Christian iconography and liturgical objects, tablet, incense burner, table, bow, plate, tree branch with a snake, festoon of flowers, leaves, and foliate branches. The plate is numbered and signed.
Designs for a Wall Panel
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 Wall Panel.
Box
, ca. 1775
Copper, brass, enamel

Rectangular box, white enamel field; hinged lid showing polychrome scene (painted over sepia transfer) of a couple dressed in 18th-century garb in a garden with a ruin in the background; flowers painted on four sides and bottom; white interior.
Fragment
, 19th century
silk Technique: bobbin lace, Chantilly style

Black Chantilly lace - a/. b/, c/, and d/ show design of branches with flowers and leaves rising from scalloped border.
Flowering Branches
Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808, 1775–1800
Chalk on white laid paper
Drawing

Drawing of two long branches. Upper left, bouquets of small blue flowers; lower left, small blue flowered bunches with red inverted cone shapes on top; upper right, red rose like flowers sitting on top of feather-like bases.
Winter, Niagara Falls, Table Rock, Canada Side
Frederic and William Langenheim, 1855
Glass stereoscopic transparency, black tape, brush and white and gold ink
Photograph

Two identical images showing the falls with snow-covered cliff, and buildings at right.
Design for a Sedan
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1780-1796
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Side a rear view of a design for a coach, decorated with ornament motifs including helmets, scrolls, urns, trophies, garland, wreath, branches. The plate is signed and numbered.
Two Studies of a Man
Giuseppe Passeri, Italian, 1654 - 1714, late 18th century
Red and white chalk on rough blue paper.
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Recto: a young man who is stooping over to grasp a cloth, and who is turned toward right. Details of the head and the drapery on the lower half of the page. Verso: a male nude shown from the left back, turned toward left.  Below at right is a repitition of the right foot.
Le Châreau de Villebon et les moulins à vent qui fournissent les eaux du Chau de Meudon (Upper Plate)
Adam Perelle, French, 1638 – 1695, late 17th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

Two plates printed on a single sheet depicting details from the gardens and grounds of Meudon. The upper plate depicts a basin with swans framed by trees with windmills, chateau, and buildings in the background, figures in the foreground. The lower plate illustrates an octagonal basin with fountains within a bosquet (grove), framed by trellis and trees. Figures around the basin. The plates are titled.
Calice composé d'après les plus belles forme Antique
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1788–1796
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Design for a chalice decorated with ornament motifs including lancet leaves, a religious portrait medallion, grape wine, wheat stalks, ribbon twist, winged cherub heads, and bead course. The plate is numbered.
Panel of Trophies
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1800–1820
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on laid paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle showing design of military trophy.  At center, a shield with a Medusa and crossed quivers. At bottom, a fasces.
Valley in the Mountains near Guanujo, Ecuador
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, June 11, 1857
Graphite on tan wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of a valley in the mountainous landscape near Guanujo, Ecuador. In the foreground, a house is visible at center while a pair of figures walk together atop at hill at right. Mountains descend into the middle distance, where more hills are visible. Hazy mountains and clouds are shown in the background.
Maple Trunk, Across Old Logging Road, Dalton
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, August 28, 1868
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Study of an old tree trunk on the ground, its leafless branches twisting upward.
Houses in Alatico, Colombia
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 1853
Graphite on tan wove paper
Drawing

Architecture sketch showing a view of a thatched hut in Alatico, Colombia. The structure's facade is characterized by one door, one window, and a tall, pyramidal roof. Another roof is visible behind.
Key Plate Designs
Antoine Pierretz le jeune, French, active 1660-70, ca. 1665
Etching on laid paper
Print

Five designs for key plates or escutcheons decorated with masks, foliate scrolls, terminal figures, scrolling acanthus leaves, fleurons, beads, birds, shells, fleur-de-lys, ram's heads, festoons of leaves, and an acorn. The plate is numbered and signed.
Two Arabesque Panel Designs
Jean-Baptiste Fay, French, active 1765 – 1790s, late 18th century
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Third plate from a series of ornament panel designs. Two vertical panels with arabesque and neoclassical motifs including putti, terminal figures, wheat stalks, flowers, leaves, garland of flowers, acanthus leaves, fleurons, roundels with mythological figures and heads of Apollo, birds, baskets of flowers, snakes, arrows, and a butterfly. The plate is numbered.
Coffre a Racine
Jean François Forty, active 1775 – 1790, 1774–88
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Design for an ornamental casket decorated with scrolling acanthus leaves (rinceaux), flowers, flowers, fruit, birds, foliate branches, eagle heads, vase, and topped with leaves, fruit, jug, fork, spade, and a horn. With running pattern moldings of leaves, gadrooning, and fluting motifs. The plate is titled.
Design for a Waistcoat
, 1780-1790
Various gouaches on paper
Drawing

Design for the embroidery of the left bottom part of a man's waistcoat. Waistcoat and pocket are edged lilac. Flower boughs are shown in the interval.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk, metallic Technique: brocaded satin damask

Crimson satin damask forming pattern of broken circles with brocaded silver palmettes in the center of each circle and brocaded silver forming lozenges.
Profiles of Moldings
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1868–73
Graphite on gray wove paper
Drawing

Architecture sketches showing numerous profiles of moldings. Because they are overlapped and oriented in different directions, they appear as a kind of hectic network of lines and curves.

Architecture sketches showing numerous profiles of moldings. Largely oriented in the same direction, they take on the rough resemblance of a crane with its beak held aloft.
Sketch for Decoration, Interior of Theater
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, early 19th century
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Interior of theater showing decorated niches and ceiling.
Fragments
, 19th century
silk, metallic thread Technique: embroidered in satin and split stitches on satin weave

Two fragments from a robe: (a) from close to the hem showing wave forms, and (b) from the field showing stylized clouds. In polychrome silks on an orange ground.
Chest
Unknown, ca. 1825
Mahogany, brass, gilt bronze
Chest

Upright, rectangular form; veneered surface with two drawers surmounted by a drop front panel with inlay of light wood bands around edges, stars at corners and gilt bronze escutcheon in form of trophy; drawers with gilt bronze circular pulls and lily-of-the-valley escutcheons; rectangular gilt bronze handles on left and right side; two paw feet with gilt foliate decoration in front; turned rear feet.
Veuë de l’Orangerie ou Jardin de la Reine à Fontaine-bleau
Gabriel Perelle, French, 1604–1677, 1660–1703
Etching on laid paper
Print

Bird's eye view of the orangery or Queen's Garden at the Palace of Fontainebleau featuring parterre planting lined with trees, a statue in the center, buildings surrounding the garden and a townscape in the background. Figures (courtiers) throughout the grounds. Details are lettered with a legend below. The plate is titled.
Cheminée à la Moderne
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for a fireplace with an overmantel mirror. The fireplace is decorated with ornament motifs including lamb tongue, ribbon twist, rose garland, rosettes, and fluting. The plate is signed.
Trimming
, 19th century
silk Technique: velvet

Red and white trimming fragment ornamented with white threads arranged to form a pattern of interlocking compartments.
Title Page
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1738–45
Engraving and etching on laid paper
Bound print

Cartouche framed by wings of an eagle and plumes; sun at left, flowers, figure playing horn at right and putto; winged dragon, lion, shells on rocky landscape.
Design for a Garden with a Fountain
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, 1749-1761
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Design for a garden. At the left is a fountain with a pinecone-topped obelisk and water pouring from the vases held by nymphs. The base of the fountain also features mascarons, scrolls, and dolphin-supported shell basins. At the center is a cross-section of a colonnade of fluted columns with Corinthian capitals, and statues of anguipeds and a nymph at top. At right are steps leading to an archway through which one sees a balustrade. At either side of the arch is an urn (left) and a statue of Minerva (right). A graphite inscription at the bottom of the plate indicates that this design was part of a project for the Palais Royal in Paris. The plate is signed and numbered.
Designs for Chairs
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1780-1789
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Designs for two armchairs shown in profile view. The chairs are decorated with ornament foliage motifs. The plate is signed and numbered.
Dessus du Couvercle de la Boite à Poudre
Jean François Forty, active 1775 – 1790, 1774–88
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Design for a lid (view from above) for a round powder box (part of a toilet service), decorated with flowers, leaves, foliate branches, and a floral finial. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
Church and a Wooded Peak, Mexico
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, March 6, 1892
Graphite on light brown wove paper
drawing

Landscape and architecture sketches showing views of a church and a wooded mountain peak in Mexico. At left, a sharp, triangular mountain peak is shown covered in dense woods. Either sketched separately or shown atop a nearby hill, a sprawling church complex is visible at center right. Its tall belltower is visible at left while its dome peeks out at right. Details not rendered.
Decoration for the marriage of Prince Paluzzo Altieri.
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1793
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Left row: the three frames are surrounded by two crossed branches. The curtains hang from a pole. Center: in the general shape of an altar with gaines having masks in capitals supporting the entablature. A flower bowl and spirals are on top. The three portraits are supported by crossed branches. Bottom: the portraits hang in front of the tent-curtain. They are connected by ropes or garlands. The lower ones are supported by half-figures standing with their fishtail legs upon a pedestal. Only the left figure is shown. At right the left side is shown. A curtain is suspended in front of an angular niche. In front of it is in the center above an ovoidal frame which two winged half-figures of putti support who spring from the ends of rinceaux. Festoons hang from the frame to blossoms at the ends of spirals. From the blossoms hang ovoidal medallions; in the left one the half-figure of a bearded warrior is shown. Colored background.
Trophy Designs
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1779–90
Etching on paper
Print

Six designs for trophies incorporating flowers, festoons of flowers and leaves, horns, quivers of arrows, trumpet, drums, arms, flags, banners, feathered turban, potted flowers, fruit, flaming torch, and a bow. The plate is numbered.
Handscreen
, 1769–1800
Engraved and painted paper leaf, turned wood handle

Handscreen. Obverse: painted paper showing floral border with three Chinoiserie figures. Reverse: printed paper showing map of the British Isles with description in French. Turned wood handle.
Tsuba
, 1596–1614
Iron [tetsu]

Iron tsuba (sword hilt) with scalloped edges and flower-shaped piercings.
Design for the Trade Card of Arrivet, Paris, Unfinished
J. Arrivet, French, active 1776 - 1779, ca. 1770
Engraving, graphite on paper
Print

Design for a trade card: architectural frame with swags of flowers; lettering in dilute ink, between ruled lines. ARRIVET / GRAVE L'ORNEMENT, / L'architeceture et le paysave / etc.
He Would be a Soldier
Thomas Nugent, English, active 1785 - 1801, 1801
Stipple engraving on paper
Print

In a landscape, a little boy stands with a gun on his right shoulder and a military cap on his head. On the ground is a broken sword.
Button
, 19th century
Copper

Octagon buttons ornamented with flower and leaves (Incised carving)

On card E
Plan de la Maison de Mr. V…commence à bâtir sur l’emplacement du Pavillon du Roi à l’entrée du Bois de Verrières Par Villetard Architecte
Jean-Charles Krafft, French, 1764 - 1833, 1812
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

An architectural print with three house floor plans. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
Plate 19, from Grotteßco in diverßche manieren (Various Grotesques)
Hans Vredeman de Vries, Dutch, 1527 - ca. 1606, 1564
Etching on laid paper
Print

Grotesque panel. In center, a winged figure stands on a skull and hourglass, blowing two trumpets. She is flanked by two chariots pulled by birds.
Partial Plan and Elevation Sketches of a New York Theater
, ca. 1820
Pencil, pen and ink
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Above, plan of circle of boxes, with explanations. Below, elevation of proscenium, with explanation. Relates to -1446.