biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Decoration for low dome of a room
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Decoration for low dome of a room.
Design for a Candlestick
Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799–1868, 1825–1835
Pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Chimarae and a central rod at base support the shaft which is shaped as a round gaine and ends with a vase, topped by Cupid and a socket. Two branches are composed of scrolls and winged pathers. Fragment of the red numbering, bottom right, cut off.
Design for a Door
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1780-1789
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Design for a door decorated with ornament motifs including acanthus leaves, scrolls, lamb tongue, lion head medallions, and rosettes. Above the door is an arched tympanum. The plate is numbered.
Clouds over a Mountain Peak
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, possibly 1856
Graphite on gray-green wove paper
Drawing

Atmosphere and landscape sketch showing a view of a puffy cloud with multiple billowing towers at center and right, above a rolling mountain peak in the lower right corner. Hazy clouds are faintly rendered in the sky along the upper margin.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk Technique: cut and uncut voided supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a satin foundation

Black cut and uncut velvet has a design of horizontal running bands of two types of stylized radiating palmettes altnernating with each other. The larger palmette has a space of checkerboard motif in its center.
Figure "Le Sabot Cassé" (The Broken Shoe)
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756, ca. 1760
biscuit (soft paste)
figure

Two seated figures. Woman with cracked wooden shoe on her lap and arms dejectedly at her side. Sitting at her feet, a child with arms clasped around their knee, gaze fixed on the shoe. Irregular plinth with basket of flowers.
Tile
, late 18th–early 19th century
Earthenware, glazed and high fired decorated

Man in high boots, white breeches and brown jacket, wearing bicorn hat, and holding a stick in his right hand. Tree trunk with a few leaves at the left.
House in the Mountains near Jorje, Ecuador
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, June 1857
Graphite on gray-green paper
Drawing

Landscape study of mountains near town of Jorje, Ecuador. In foreground, a domestic structure is visible at right. Middle distance made up of wooded hillsides sloping into a ravine. In background, large peaks rise at upper center and upper left.
Design for an Amphora
, 1775–1800
Graphite, pen and black ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Elevation of an amphora with square handles decorated with a floral garland
Stage Design, View of Antique Town
, early 19th century
Pen and sepia ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Square in antique town. Column with sculptures at left, circular building with stairs leading up flanked by statues on pedestals at right.
Fragment
, 19th century
silk Technique: bobbin lace, Chantilly style

Chantilly lace - a/, b/, c/, and d/ show design of branches with flowers and leaves rising from scalloped border.
Fisherman with Torch, Beirut, Syria (Lebanon)
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, April 1868
Graphite on white laid paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Figure sketches showing four views of a man using a torch to spearfish at night in Beirut, Lebanon. At left, two sketches of him from the rear as he leans over the water are visible. At right, two frontal views are shown of the fisherman as he walks toward us, holding torch and spear aloft. These sketches are nearly identical, but he is closer at right and further away at left.

Verso: Field sketches showing two views of ships at sea near Beirut, Lebanon. In upper portion, a steamboat travels across the water, leaving interspersed puffs of smoke that expand as they distance themselves from the ship. In lower left, a sailboat with two masts and three sails is shown in profile.
Twelve Circular Medallions with Representations of the Deeds of Hercules
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1758–1823
Pen and ink, brush and brown- grey wash on paper
Drawing

Top row: Hercules battling Hydra with torch. Captions written in graphite over medallions: Ercole ammazza lidra. Hercules strangles lion of Nemea. Caption: ercole amazza il leone nemeo. Hercules carries boar, ercole porta il cignale al evristeo.  Hercules holds horns of bull Achelous, ercole vince il frume Acheloo. Hercules captures stag Ercole ammazza...la cerva. Hercules taking heavens on his shoulder, Ercole airta atlante. Hercules resting beside killed dragon, Ercole ucide il drage nel orti/ esperidi. Bottom row: Hercules strangling Antaeus, Ercole sofoca Anteone.  Hercules slaying Hypolyta, ercole doma la Ammazoni. Hercules battling eagle for delivering Prometheus, Ercole libera Prometee. Hercules chaining Cerbenus, Ercole incatena il Gerbee. Verso: Nine medallions outlined, showing Hercules battling Hydra.
Yellowstone
Thomas Moran, American, b. Britain, 1837–1926, 1871
Recto: Graphite, brush and black wash and white gouache on cream-colored paper Verso: Graphite on cream-colored paper
Drawing

Recto: vertical view of mountainside with groups of pines in the middle groung and snow covered peak in the distance leading to a further moutain range.
Verso: partial, slight sketch.
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 boar's head, triton, anchor, and a crown, intertwined with foliate branches, and palm leaves hanging from a tied ribbon, with a central mascaron. The plate is signed and numbered.
Bandbox
, ca. 1830
Block printed on handmade paper, pasteboard support

Farm scene with poultry. Chicken and rooster in foreground. Man with horse-drawn plow in distance. A large church with enclosed garden is to the left, while three additional buildings are in the further distance behind plow. Printed in pink, olive and white on green field. On top, castle on mountain rising from lake.
Elévation d'un Cabinet Orné de Pilastre avec Armoires pouvant contenir des livres ou des Morceaux d'histoire Naturelle
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, 1774
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Elevation and cross section of a private study with an arched entryway and double doors. On either side are cabinets between Corinthian capital pilasters for books or specimens from natural history. At left, the double-door cabinet is closed; it is decorated with branch guilloche, scrolling acanthus leaves, scallops. At right, the rectangular cabinet has an open door to expose the shelves. Above the cabinet is a portrait medallion and carved putto. The plate is signed.
The Assumption of Mary
, 1755
Pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

An enthroned Mary at center, the Holy Trinity above, and nuns below.
Sunset over the Catkills, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1870–1880
Oil and graphite on paperboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of the sun setting behind the Catskill Escarpment, as viewed from the artist's property near Hudson, New York. Indistinct and loosely-rendered wooded terrain comprises the foreground and middle distance, while the mountain range itself forms a rugged horizon in the background. Likely Blackhead Mountain is shown at left while the sun sets just above or between Windham High Peak and Acra Point (indicating that the scene takes place in spring or early summer). The sun itself is rendered in a bright hue of light yellow or white, while the atmosphere and clouds around it are fiery red. Dark gray clouds in the sky above are tinged with this warm, rosy light.
Pair of Brown Birds with Blossoms, Berries, and a Butterfly
, ca. 1800–1830
Pen and ink, graphite on coated wove paper
Drawing

Pair of Brown Birds with Blossoms, Berries, and a Butterfly
Design for a Silk Damask
, 1810–1830
Black chalk, pen and black ink, brush and blue, black watercolor on paper
drawing

Shown are the central motif, the mask, the right half of the remaining design. A bust of a wild man emerges from a leaf. He carries with raised arms a bowl with a head hare, a dead peacock and fruits. A rinceau springs from the leaf. A running dog is shown in the lower spiral. Another sits upon the upper one. Above is a trophy of hunting weapons and objects with the mask of a horse in the center above.
Moonlight Rainbow over Horseshoe Falls, Niagara Falls, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, March 20, 1856
Graphite and white gouache on tan wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a nocturnal view of a lunar rainbow beside Horseshoe Falls and Terrapin Tower in winter. The tower is prominently situated at center, while the immense curving edge of Horseshoe Falls stretches into the background, where a puffy cloud hangs in the sky at upper right. Beside the Terrapin Tower at right, a rainbow--produced by the light of the moon--begins arching over the falls and extends out of view at right.
Design for a Decorative Panel
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Decoration of a panel with rinceaux, fowl, and mythological figures.
L’ESTE
François Boucher, French, 1703–1770, 1749–61
Etching on laid paper
Print

Allegorical print representing the summer with three winged putti playing in a landscape laying on the grass. The central putto holds long blades of grass or wheat. The plate is signed, titled, and numbered.
Plan du Pavillon nommé le Trefle, bâti en face du Rocher.
Emmanuel Héré de Corny, French, 1705–1763, 1753
Engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Plan of the pavilion in the form of a trefoil, with the spaces labeled "Gallerie," "Bains," "Baignoire," "Garde robe," "chaudiere," Sallon," "Chambre à Coucher," "Niches." Beneath the "Entrée" is a scale bar of "7 Toises."
Façade de l'avant Cour de Bâtiment de l'ordre Composite
Jean-François de Neufforge, Flemish, 1714–1791, 1768
Engraving on paper
Print

Design for the façade of a building decorated in the Composite order with statues flanking the entryway that features Corinthian columns. There is a scale bar of 12 toises (1 toise was equal to about 3.799 square meters) at the bottom of the page. The plate is signed and numbered.
Button
, 18th century
Lead

1936-49-2-a: On card 50
Round buttons with embossed design. Wr...
Stage Design, Prison Interior
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, early 19th century
Pen and black and gray ink, brush and wash, black chalk on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Design for a stage set.  View of prison cells through enormous vault.  Series of vaulted spaces/hallways.  Small figures, prisoners and guards, at the right hand side of the composition: prisoner in chains, armed guard on watch, and crowd of people approaching with a torch.
Sidewall
, 1785–90
Block-printed on handmade paper

Arabesque design. Full width showing drop-repeating axial design of cassolette from which grows a bouquet of flowers, developed into a vine on the upper branches of which are perching birds. Printed on a light yellow ground having a crackled finish.
Sketches from the Río Magdalena, Colombia
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, May 1853
Graphite on gray-blue laid paper
Drawing

Botanical sketch of seven plants along the Magdalena River in Colombia, as well as a white bird. At upper right, various boughs with leaves are visible, with views of vine stems and a tree to their right. Inscriptions at upper right suggest that a "feathery" macaw is in view ("guacamaya" is the nahuatl word for macaw). Below, three renderings of bushes and trees are visible. Outline of a white bird, possibly a snowy egret, visible center right.
Escutcheon, Plate 6 of Cahier de Cartouches, Set C
Pierre-Philippe Choffard, French, 1730–1809, ca. 1760
Etching on paper
Print

Tablet with a garland, leaf scrolls, a trophy of arms. A Medusa, bottom cetner. Right corners: top: "C"; bottom "6".
Box and stand
, 19th century
Wood, cinnabar

Stacking box
Teapot with Rose Medallion
Fürstenberg Porcelain Manufactory, German, established 1747, early 19th century
hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
teapot

1938-57-705-a,b: Cylindrical; strap handle of rectangular form; con...
Fragment
, 1750–1800
silk Technique: cut and uncut voided supplementary warp pile in a satin foundation (pile-on-pile velvet)

Small-patterned or "miniature" velvet with a white satin foundation. Velvet ground originally rose colored, but now faded to an allover tan color. Slender serpentines with serrated leaves and rosette-like flowers largely in uncut pile with some details in cut pile or voided. Design in green pile and white ground. Part of a man's coat; three false buttonholes.
Textile
Soehnée L'Aine et Cie, ca. 1795
cotton Technique: block printed on plain weave

Furnishing fabric. Pattern of large scale chinoiserie flowering branches printed in deep purple, red, green, blue, and yellow on white ground.
Chair
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1879
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Chair with left leg shown in front.
A Pitcher
, 1550–1600
Pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle with a footed pitcher seen from the front. The vase shaped body is indecorated. A small band of gadrooning where the foot meets the body.  The handle curves above a trefoil spout and elongated neck
Guinep Tree in the Mountains, Jamaica
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, May–September 1865
Oil and graphite on tan paperboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of guinep tree with a densely wooded mountain gorge in Jamaica. In the middle distance at center, the tree is shown with a billowing green canopy. Trees and other vegetation are loosely rendered at left and right. In the background, a brown and green mountain range stretches across the horizon and is crowned in a layer of low-lying clouds.
Upholstery textile
, 19th century
silk Technique: compound plain weave

Alternately broad and narrow stripes produced by various colors and different textures of weave. On the narrow stripes are serpentine vines with flowers. On the wider bands are ribbon-like serpentines with bouquets on either side. Pattern produced by extra warp and weft of colored silks.
Design for a Candlestick
Jacques III Roëttiers, French, 1707 – 1784, 1770–80
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor and wash on paper
Drawing

Two branches formed by leaves rise along the two lateral edges of the hexagonal gaine which forms the shaft.  One leaf passes in front, the other behind, the foot of a tripod incense burning acting as central finial.  Sockets formed by leaves.  Burning candles, outlined.  A medallion showing a girl and two putti is suspended from the base of the tripod.
Title Page
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1738
Etching and engraving on paper
Bound print

Cartouche framed with two lions at top, banners, military regalia (helmet, ax), a scale, crown, flowers, and a hand. At left, a holy figure in drapery carrying a wooden cross. Within cartouche, a cipher of the letters "C" and "A" in Rococo style.
Frame with Rocaille Volutes and Wings
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1740–68
Etching and engraving on paper
Bound print

Upright frame design for a mirror or painting, rectangular form, topped with rocaille volutes and a pair of wings. Vegetal decoration completes the ornamental scheme.
Dress panel fragment
, 1750–1800
silk on silk Technique: tambour work on satin foundation

Part of the front panel from a dress. White satin embroidered with tambour work in multicolored pastel silks and chartreuse green chenille. Design of sprays of roses, violets and other flowers entwined with garlands of tiny roses. Field has tiny flower sprigs.
Ceiling Design
Nicolas Pierre Loir, French, 1624 - 1679, ca.1660–1713
Etching on paper
Print

Design for a square or rectangular ceiling with a detailed view of one end. The center is blank and framed by a leaf and ribbon molding. The border is decorated with ornament framed by moldings featuring winged putti, a woman holding a cornucopia of fruit and flowers seated on a lion, roundel profile portraits, palm leaves, foliate branches, birds, shells, festoons of leaves, and scrolling leaves (rinceaux). The plate is signed and numbered.
Ornamental Vase Design
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, 1755-1768
Etching on laid paper
Print

Vase design with horned mascaron knobs. The vase is in the form of an urn and is decorated with fluting, gadrooning and bands of wave, egg-and-dart, and bound laurel leaves. There is faux writing in the center of the vase. The plate is signed and numbered.
Designs for the Letters M, N, O
Jean Baptiste Piauger, French, active 1760s, 1767
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

A plate of six designs for the letters ‘M', ‘N' and ‘O', from a series of decorative letters, published in Pouget's ‘Dictionnaire des chifres […]'. The plate features six ornamental inhabited letter designs, two per row, featuring putti, male and female figures, musical instruments, a soldier, clouds, and pastoral landscapes, with rococo ornament, acanthus leaves, shell, scrolling foliate, garlands of flowers, and friezes. The plate is numbered.
Antique Statue of a Priestess
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, ca. 1820
Pen and brown ink, brush and sepia wash on off white laid paper
Drawing

Figure shown walking toward right while holding something in his left hand.
Title Page
François II de Poilly, French, 1666 – 1741, 1712
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Title page for a series of fireplace (chimney piece and mantel). The title and date are lettered within a wreath frame on the upper section of an overmantel mirror. The design is split in half with two different designs for the overmantel treatment and wall paneling (boiseries). The design features rococo ornament and motifs, floral diaper patterns, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), fleurons, running patterns for the molding, c-scrolls, strapwork, and palmettes. The mantel is marbled and the backplate decorated with a diaper pattern and interlaced L's. There is a wall sconce with two candles to the left of the fireplace set within a narrow horizontal panel. The wall elevation features a central fireplace, marble mantle, overmantel mirror, or frame, with two different designs, and paneling above with a central motif, a narrow panel to the left and the start of another molded frame with a diaper floral pattern above, and a plain dado level below. There is a scale below and the publisher's address.
Sidewall
, ca. 1870
Machine-printed paper

Small leaf forms enclosed in irregularly-shaped compartments formed by vine-like streamers. Printed in white and black on gray ground.
Title Page
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, ca. 1900
Photomechanical print
Bound print

Fireplace elevation with the title of the sereies printed in a rocaille cartouche above the mantle. The fireplace has dragon-themed andirons. The plate is signed and numbered.
A Bouquet of Flowers
Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808, 1760
Etching on laid paper
Bound print

Fifth plate from a series of designs for bouquets of flowers. In the center a bouquet of flowers, eight flowers, including tulips, on their stems with leaves. The plate is signed.
A Celebrated Artist and His Work
Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924, 1890
Printed on black ink on paper
Ephemera

Article clipping from The Detroit Journal on Frederick Stuart Church
Stage Design: Staircase with Sculptures
, late 17th century
Graphite, pen and bistre, brush and sepia wash on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle showing an arched doorway, the top of which is sketched in graphite but not inked. In the middle ground, sculptures and terms line walls leading to a staircase. In the background, a pyramid and dome visible behind an architectural niche with statue.
Border
, ca. 1830
Block-printed paper

Grisaille (greenish gray) torus with grains and fruit in simulated relief.
Stage Design, Ruined Temple
Francesco Chiarottini, Italian, active Germany, 1748 - 1796, ca. 1780
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash on blue laid paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Antinque ruined central domed building with columns supported by sculptural frieze and figures in foreground at left.
Soldier Taking Aim
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1862
Graphite on paper, laid down
Drawing

Vertical view of a soldier taking aim.
Fragments
, ca. 1890
cotton Technique: machine made on Schiffli machine

Scalloped bands made in the style of imitation Venetian needle lace has a pattern of scrolling stems with flowers and leaves set between two scalloped edges.
Sidewall and border
, ca. 1780
Block-printed, handmade paper, joined

Vertical rectangle. Narrow tangent serpentine ribbons enclosing irregular ellipses with stippled ground, set with single rose buds. Border, across top and bottom, has guilloche design formed of ribbons, in blue and tan.
Adirondack Mountains, Part Two
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 1856
Graphite on gray-green wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing the second part of a panoramic view of peaks and ridges in the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York. A small hill is suggested in the foreground in the lower right corner, while a long ridge ascends across the composition to the right, culminating in a rounded peak at right. In the background at left, three other layered mountain peaks are visible in the distance.
Elevation of a Candelabra
, 1810–1830
Pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Two figures flank a roundel with religious scene. Above this, a mask and swags. At top, an aedicule with a seated figure. Above the pediment are three cherubs; one holds a fleur-de-lis.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk, linen Technique: two integrated structures, 4&1 satin plus plain weave (brocatelle)

A symmetrical pattern of a curving vine, an urn with birds and lions in blue and yellow. Finished edge.
Border
, 1850–60
Block-printed and flocked

Slightly more than one repeat of a design of clustered carnations entwined about a beaded rod. Field above is white, red flock below. Printed in red flock, greens and pinks on white glazed ground.
Wall with Fountain and Buffet
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 18th century
Engraving on paper
Bound print

Design for an interior wall decoration with applied ornamental stuccowork. At left, a niche with a fountain and a statue of Venus surrounded by putti figures. At right, a buffet. The pilaster panels are decorated with trophies. Scale at lower right.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk Technique: 4&1 satin plus 1\4 twill

Floral forms which face in alternate directions in red and yellow.
Sidewall
, 1920
Block-printed and embossed paper

A large floral design of a cluster of three roses and buds tied with a bow knot of ribbon. All enclosed in a meandering frame of acanthus leaves joined at bottom of bouquet by festooned drapery. The entire design is heavily embossed. The antiquing is done by hand. On reverse side is printed: "Hand made no 8482 E M". Printed with oil paints.
Chimneypiece Designs
Jean Berain, the elder, French, 1640-1711, 1711
Engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Two chimneypiece designs decorated with candelabra, shells, cartouches, pillars, Corinthian capitals, mascarons, vases, garlands, and terms. The plate is signed and lettered "H."
Design for a Vase
Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, French, 1727 – 1801, 1764
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for a lidded vase or urn, with a large acorn finial and two mascarons on either side. A textile hangs over the vase with lettering and roman numerals. The base of the vase is decorated with fluting and gadroon ornament. The vase sits on a plinth within a landscape of foliage, a fragment of a fluted column lies in front of the plinth with an arched aqueduct in the background. The plate is signed, dated and numbered.
Dog Watching a Sleeping Child
, ca. 1820
Pen and ink on paper
Drawing

A boy sleeps in a cradle. A dog sits before it with paws upon a snake.