biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Arcove ceintré Antique
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1792–1814
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Third plate from a series of bed designs. The title is lettered above a wall elevation featuring a daybed set into an arched alcove with paneling on either side, decorated with neoclassical and empire style ornament. The arch is framed by friezes of rosettes and lamb's tongue. The bed curtain trimmed with passementerie, and tassels hangs from the alcove. The daybed features rosettes, leaf, and fleurons ornament on the textiles and frame with a tapered center support decorated with fluting. The paneling on either side is made up of a blank dado level with large vertical panels above featuring a fluted handled vase, with fleuron and rinceaux ornament, flowers and festoons of flowers and beads. The plate is titled, signed, and numbered.
Sidewall
, 1843
Block-printed

A series of vertical bands along which are scroll and leaf medallions alternating with smaller floral clusters. Along every other band the motifs are turned 90 degrees, or turned over, and are dropped.
Pleated fan
, 1850–1870
Silk leaf embroidered with silk and appliquéd with machine made lace, drilled and pierced bone sticks, mother-of-pearl washer, metal bail

Pleated fan with a black silk leaf with a simple meandering floral vine embroidered with white silk and appliquéd with white machine made lace flowers. Drilled and pierced bone sticks. Mother-of-pearl washer and metal loop at the rivet.
Embroidered picture
Unknown, ca. 1825
silk, cotton, metal yarn Technique: embroidered and painted

Chenille silkwork picture of a male harpist playing by a tree. Sky and clouds are painted with silk thread in long stitches used for the lake. Raised trunk of tree and leaves are in chenille thread.
Sidewall
, 1780–1800
Block-printed on handmade paper

Circular red floral medallion on stripe of blue laurel between white zig-zag. Printed in red, white and blue on blue ground.
Border
, 1820–50
Block-printed and flocked

Eleven border samples mounted on board, including ribbons, three-dimensional effects, fancy gimp and floral motifs.
Jardinière
Olérys-Laugier Factory, France, founded 1738, ca. 1770
Tin-glazed earthenware

Horizontal rectangular form with everted and shaped rim; base with feet flanking shaped lower edges. White ground with blue, green, and ochre decoration of flowers and garlands surrounding central oval cartouche showing man and woman frolicking in meadow. Opposite side shows a boar hunt scene. Internal supports for missing liner.
Elevation of Section of a Wall with Columns and Arch at Right
Adolph Bordeaux, French, active 1880–1890, April 16, 1886
Graphite, brush and watercolor, pen and brown ink on cream laid paper
Drawing

Tuscan columns supporting entablatures; scale below. Right side, two columns supporting arches and entablature. Dimensions of all. Profile view of columns with entablature and cornice.
Textile
Claude-Louis Desrais, French, 1746–1816, 18th century
Material: cotton Technique: printed by engraved copper plate on plain weave; mordant for red

Panel of cotton, plate-printed in red. Design shows Apollo, the Sun God, and the Muses. Below, Apollo playing the Lyre.

Apollo descending from the sun chariot is represented as the god of music holding a lyre and presiding over nymphs. Apollo at his bath recalls statues by Girardon and Reynaudin in the park at Versailles dating from th e1680's.
St. John's Gate, Bristol
Ernest Clifford Peixotto, American, 1869–1940, 1899
Brush and black and grey watercolor on paper
Drawing

The gate, with tower and its spire rising above it, is seen at the end of a street lined with houses and stores.
Half figure of a seated nude woman
Pietro Montana, b. 1890, ca. 1910
Red, black and white chalks on pale grey paper.
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. The figure is seen from the back, turned towad the right, her hands in the gesture of arranging her hair. Signed (in pencil), lower right: "Montana" and again (in red chalk), lower left: "P.M."
Landscape
Leon Dabo, American, 1868–1960, 1905–10
Charcoal on gray laid paper
Drawing

Scene at evening, looking across broad body of still water. Right center, small island with tall bare trees. Flat shoreline in distance.
Panel from priest's robe
, early 19th century
silk, gilded paper thread Technique: satin weave with supplementary weft (brocaded)

Large panel of pale green satin patterned with gilded paper pattern of chrysanthemums and leaves. Made in squares to simulate patches. Lined with light brown silk taffeta.
Drapery Study
Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909, ca. 1895
Graphite on cream wove paper
Drawing

Drapery study for a standing figure.
Death of Raphael
John Sartain, American, 1808–1897, 1847
Mezzotint and engraving in black ink on paper
Print

Horizontal rectangle. Raphael lies on a low bed in the foreground, surrounded by a group of men and women. Within an arch, in the background, his painting of ''The Transfiguration.''
Orpheus Among the Muses; Orpheus Playing the Lyre
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1810
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on cream paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Top; the Muses teaching Orpheus to play the lyre. A bearded man, a mother with a child, girls are listening. | Bottom: A woman Orpheus? plays lyre standing in an amphitheatre with many women listening. At the lower edge are two parts belonging to 1901-39-947, as e.g. the points of the trident of the Triton.
Candlestick
Jean Lacère (Lasserre), French, 1756, 1717–1722
silver
candlestick

Eight-sided base from which rises a shaft with knobs and sockets of eight sides. Coat-of-arms engraved on the base.
Lunette with Arts and Sciences
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, ca. 1800
Pen and brown ink over graphite traces on cream laid paper
Drawing

Woman shown in profile directed toward right seated and painting. Globe stands upon pedestal, at right; books at left.
Drawing
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, About 1801
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over black chalk, on rolled paper.

Vertical Rectangle octagonal frame. Shown from the front sitting and leaning her right arm upon a harp. The right hand leans upon her head.
Three Musical Graces
Étienne Fessard, French, 1714–1777, 1758
Engraving on paper
Print

Three female figures seated on clouds are shown making music; that on the left composes; the center one plays a lyre, and the one on the right is playing a kind of voila de gamba.
Fragment
, late 19th century
silk and metallic threads Technique: embroidered on satin weave

Fragment of narrow trimming of purple satin embroidered with small flowers and Buddhist symbols in white, blue, and green silks. Backed with pink silk plain weave.
Trimming
, 16th century
silk, gilt foil on a silk core Technique: woven

Heading of green silk with an overlay of gold threads. Gold and silk threads form a very narrow looped fringe on one border.
Drawing
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 
Pen, ink. Brush, dark brown watercolors over black chalk. Rough paper;

Horizontal rectangle. God the Father sets Adam upright holding his right forearm. A horse and an ox are shown behind Adam, a lion is shown below the cloud upon which god the Father sits. Framing lines.
Pleated fan and case
, ca. 1780
Gilded and gouache-painted vellum leaf; carved à jour, silvered, gilded, and painted ivory sticks

Larger central cartouche with maiden holding basket of cherries and two youths in Boucher style. Two smaller side cartouches with heroic landscapes. Spaces between filled with still life ornaments of Louis XVI style. Reverse has a simple landscape without a frame with a pink and blue floral border.
Fragment
, early 18th century
silk Technique: plain weave with supplementary weft patterning (brocaded)

Triangular shaped silk textile fragment showing incomplete design of florals in coral, pink, green, and purple secondary wefts.
Border
, mid-19th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace with needle lace inserts

Border with a pattern imitative of Point de Gaze lace has symmetrically-placed medallions that alternate with floral sprays.
Sketch of Figure with Drapery
Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909, ca. 1895
Graphite on laid paper
Drawing

Sketch of a figure with drapery, possibly an angel, flying towards the right. The figure holds a bundle, possibly a child.
Two Standing Figures
Karl Theodor von Piloty, German, 1826 - 1886, ca. 1850
Woodcut on paper
Print

Two heavily robed standing figures, turned slightly to the left.
Sketch of Putti with Drapery
Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909, ca. 1895
Brush and red watercolor, graphite on brown paper
Drawing

Study of putto, with arms open, holding drapery. Putto looks up and to the left.
Portrait
Gilbert Stuart, American, 1755–1828, ca. 1876
silk Technique: jacquard woven

Portrait of George Washington with an eagle bearing a shield flanked by laurel branches.
Coffeepot
, late 18th century
porcelain, gold
coffeepot

Barrel-shaped, with handles formed by crossed straps; side decorated with four embossed leaves at points of junction of handle with body. Simple lip, with pierced strainer inside. Flat domed cover, with gilded figure of a dog. Flowers on side, below.
Ornament, Christmas tree
, 1850–99
Sugar

Pink mug with yellow base and handle.
Elevation of the chimney wall of a salon.
J. G. Garton, English, active in U.S.A., ca. 1900
Pencil.
Drawing

A fireplace surmounted by a mirror in an elaborate rocaiile frame is flanked by painted panels also set in rocaille frames in the manner of Nicolas Pineau.  The dado includes circular panels.
Design for a Border
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, New York, USA, ca. 1900
Pen and ink on paper
Drawing

A border design of holly leaves and berries, against a dotted background.
Fragment
, 18th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace (Valenciennes ground)

Design of serpentine branch with stems and leaves curving alternatively right and left. Leaf border and scalloped edge. Round mesh.
Project for an Altar with Angels and Pediment
, late 18th century
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and water color on light blue paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle showing a triangular pediment flanked by two angels in adoration.
Group of Angels
Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909, ca. 1895
Graphite on laid paper
Drawing

The center figure faces frontally, arms upraised.  Three heads indicated at left, another figure shown at right.
St. George Killing the Dr
Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528, 1504–55
Woodcut on white laid paper
Print

Vertical rectangle; Saint George on horseback, the horse facing right in profile; the Saint is about to kill the dragon, holding the lance in his right hand. (EMB '55)
Fragment
, 18th century
Medim: silk Technique: 5-harness satin damask

Chartreuse damask with a highly conventionalized design of flowers and large scale leaves.
Border
, 19th century
cotton, glass beads Technique: knotting (macramé)

Geometric pattern of colored diamonds made by stringing glass beads onto warp ends and interknotting.
Covered Dish (with Tray)
Haviland & Co., French, established ca. 1838, late 19th century
hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
dish

a) Asymetrically-shaped white porcelain vegetable dish with two handles and b) cover with gilt curved finial. Both are decorated with floral sprays and strewn flowers, rippled and gilt rococo borders and pale blue areas.
Textile
, 1860–1879
cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller in red and black; block printed in blue, green and yellow on plain weave

Laughting parrots and flowers arranged in stripes in a half-dropped repeat.
Title Page
Pierre Bourdon, French, ca. 1656 – 1708 after, 1703
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

The title page for a series of ornament designs. The title is lettered onto a large oval pendant, with a lion and oval medallion below, and flanked by a winged putto holding a flame and a standing figure dressed in classical armor. The plate is signed and numbered.
Vase
Louis Comfort Tiffany, American, 1848–1933, ca. 1900-03
Mold-blown favrile glass

Opaque, predominantly green with yellow and blue, marbleized. Low angled broad shoulder, convex bulge below mouth.
Sample
Orinoka Mills, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, ca. 1910

A gold color warp and slightly different gold color weft form a tone on tone floral pattern.
Sleeve bands
, 19th century
silk Technique: satin stitch embroidery

Pale green patterned silk is embroidered in a multicolored design of butterflies and flowers.
Male Nude
Carlo Bononi, Italian, 1569–1632, 1600–20
Black chalk on grey laid paper
Drawing

Recto: standing male nude, shown frontally, with his right arm half raised. He appears to be holding an object. A sketch of a hand appears to his right. Verso: sketch of a male nude torso seen from the back.
Sidewall
, 1840–70
Machine-printed on machine-made paper, satin ground

Repeating pattern of floral cartouches alternating with smaller motif. Blue floral sprig in cartouche. Printed on white satin ground.
Border
, 1850–80
Block-printed on paper

Narrow border with egg and leaf pattern. A blue band runs below, enclosing voided circle with red pin dots. Below this, a solid red band, followed by white beading. Printed on ungrounded tan paper.

H#143
Window shade
, 1880–1900
Block-printed and flocked

Printed in gold, burgundy flock and gold mica flakes. Wide band of gold across lower edge. Overprinted with flock creating spiky shapes, each highlighted with mica flakes. Band of stylized floral motifs alternating with anthemia both above and below. Printed on light green fabric support.
Ceiling paper
, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Medium sized floral lattice pattern with small fleuron interiors. Background of interlocking three-point swirling shapes on light-beige ground. Printed in beige and metallic gold. Printed in selvedge: "S.A. - -" "12- -B"
Two Sketches of Sailboats at St. Lawrence
Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925, ca. 1881
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Above, bank with church on it. Below, a wide bend, ridge at left.
Mug
, 1820–30
glass

Beaker form, sides flared towards top; cut with 3 arched panels filled with strawberry diamonds and blazes, band of flat fluting and raised ring with blazes below; thick foot cut with vertical fluting sides and straw- berry diamonds; notched loop handle.
borders
Standard Wall-Paper Company, Standard Wall-Paper Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1900
Machine-printed paper, apllied mica flakes

Three identical flitter borders of yellow and brown roses, aqua daisies and pink ribbons, heightened with gold, on green oatmeal-grained paper.
At Aigues—Mortes
Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925, 1892
Graphite on paper
Drawing

A field, with figures, in front of a castle, walls and entrance
Fragment
, 17th century
silk, linen hand knotted net Technique: needlework on hand knotted net

Border fragment with triangular points in a multi-colored floral vine pattern on knotted net.
Fragment
, 19th century
silk, cotton Technique: embroidered on gauze

Fragment of gauze with black geometric embroidery surrounded by  narrow floral bands.
Frieze
S.A. Maxwell & Co., 1907–08
Machine-printed

Heraldic shield on large cartouch, on red background having appearance of fabric.
View of Grosvenor Square
Robert Pollard, English, 1755 - 1838, 1789
Engraving and aquatint on paper
Print

Curved street; a woman in a carriage, right, before a park. People with instruments, center, on the street. Title, artists' and publisher's names, date, and dedication, below.
Sidewall
, 1815–25
Block-printed on handmade paper

Feathery white and blue leaves with staggered round floral clusters in shades of blue.
"Bergère" (Style Louix XV), no. 1, in Le Garde-Meuble (The Storehouse)
Désiré Guilmard, French, 1810–1885, 1839–85
Hand-colored lithograph on cream laid paper
Album page

An armchair in upholstery decorated with colorful birds and flowers on white ground; gold painted wooden frame.
"Balustrades des Orchestres de la barriere du Trone"
Félix Duban, French, 1797 - 1870, 1833
Watercolor, brush and black ink, wash, graphic Support: off-white laid paper mounted on off-white paper
Drawing

Design for a panel articulated at the upper section with three distinct vertical rectangle sections, each separated by a thin red line, and decorated with abstracted patterns of grey, black and gold.  Below this section is a thin horizontal band decorated with red squares and dots.  Below, partially shown, is the lower portion of the panel with a very simple, unadorned design consisting of a white rectangle, bordered in a thin red line and surrounded by a cream background.
Fragments
, 16th century
silk, metallic thread Technique: cut and uncut supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a woven foundation

Fragment of green velvet on a cream-colored foundation shot with gold in a pattern of a small-scale ogival lattice enclosing rosettes.
Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Le Poisson (Pisces) from Le Zodiaque Travesti (The Farcical Zodiac) Service
Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849, 1824
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, pink, tan watercolor, white gouache, red crayon, graphite on cream laid paper mounted on cream laid paper, ruled border in pen and brown ink
Drawing

Design for a painted porcelain plate, square format. Scene at a river bank.  Figure of a man, center foreground, is seated at the river's edge holidng a fishing line in his left hand, while scratching his head with his right hand, apparently wondering why he is not catching any fish.  A hat, bucket, and a plate of bait (worms) are on the ground to his left.  A man and woman, center middleground, standing against a background of trees, admire a catch of three small fish.  A fisherman in a small boat appears in the left background.
Plate in Nouveaux Livre de Parterres contenant 24 pensséz diferantes (New Book Containing 24 Different Variations for Garden Beds)
Daniel Marot, French, active in the Netherlands and England, 1661–1752, ca. 1700
Etching and engraving on white laid paper
Print

Landscape architecture design for garden.
Container cap
Gavet Coutelier, France, 1809–19
Horn, ivory

1985-103-281-a/j: Red leather holder with tooled gold borders and ve...;     1985-103-281-a: Barrel-shaped red leather case with stamped gold d...;     1985-103-281-b: Plain silver cup with flaring rim, decorated with ...;     1985-103-281-c: Red leather holder with stamped gold decorations f...;     1985-103-281-d: Blade has straight sides, upper edge tapering towa...;     1985-103-281-e: Oval spoon-bowl with pointed tip, flat slightly ta...;     1985-103-281-f: Fork has four slightly curved tines, rounded shoul...;     1985-103-281-g: Small cork screw with knob on top with hole throug...;     1985-103-281-h: Cylindrical horn and ivory container consisting th...;     1985-103-281-i: Cylindrical horn and ivory container consisting th...;     1985-103-281-j: Cylindrical horn and ivory container consisting th...
Advertisement for a Beverage
, late 19th century
Lithograph on paper
Print

Vertical rectangle. Two ballerinas in full-skirted costumes, sitting in a dressing room, clinking glasses full of a light brown beverage. Two bottles of the beverage placed on a tray on a table between them. Polar bear rug on floor at left, bouquet of pink roses at lower right. Behind them, a vanity with a gilded mirror at right and a screen at left. Yellow curtain in the background.
Jardin d'Hiver
Edouard Müller, French, 1823 - 1876, 1853
Block-printed paper
Decorative panel

Fluted column shaft around which cluster a profusion of morning glory vines, blossoms and tendrils. A cluster of leafy branches, bottom, background. Many colors on white ground.
Bottle
, early 18th century
Labradorite, gold, carved stone cameos

A carved stone bottle with a gold bordered cameo on the front. Decorative top in gold.
Plate
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present, late 18th–early 19th century
hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
plate

Plate with scalloped edge. Painted in polychrome showing a floral garlands at border. At center, a large floral spray featuring a tulip.
Jenny Lind Paper Doll Costume, Alice from the opera "Robert der Teufel"
Jenny Lind, Swedish, 1820–1887, ca. 1850
Lithograph on white wove paper
Print

Paper doll costume for the figure of Jenny Lind representing the character Alice from the opera "Robert der Teufel" (Robert the Devil). Designed to be placed over the doll.
Border
, early 19th century
Technique: bobbin lace appliqué on machine net

Applique of bobbin lace, floral border; early 19th century Honiton on machine net edge.
Board game
, mid-18th century
Cardboard with painted and gilded decoration, backed with printed paper

Rectangular board (1953-24-3m), one part of a game set (1953-24-3a/o). Board painted in polychrome colors, gilded and varnished, with curves and counter-curves cut out along all four sides, with 20 decorated, rectangular sections, numbered 181 thru 200, divided into 4 columns. Number 181, at top left, features coat-of-arms; 182 of bird on a branch; 183 of building, possibly fortress or possibly a lantern; 184 of a formal garden; 185, at bottom left, of a coat of arms; 186, at top, of spherical vessel with plumes; 187of nude female submerged in water and flanked by dolphins; 188 of amphora; 189 of soldier crouched behind shield; 190 of animal with outstreched arms, possibly statuary, perched on pedistal; 191, at top, of rifle; 192 of light house; 193 of soldier with flag perched on long rope; 194 of butterfly and branch; 195 of gate; 196, at top right, of coat-of-arms; 197 of tree with ladder; 198 of wooden bucket; 199 of pole with 2 small, flag-like elements attached to horizontal piece at top; 200, at bottom right, of coat-of-arms. Each of 4 different coat-of-arms painted in variations of red, gold, yellow, black and green; all other sections painted in shades of green. Decorated frame features various ornamental motifs including scrolls and lace-like patterns, all painted in colors including blue, orange, red and white. Reverse backed with paper featuring delicate dark red flowers on alternating bands of green and white.
The set comprises: -3a)  Egg-shaped ivory box, hinged in half and opening by push-button.  Circular openings at top and bottom.  Screwed to -3b) a circular base of wood, to which a green taffeta bag is fastened, containing 120 spindle-shaped wooden beads, each with a rolled piece of green parchment inside, with a number.  -3c) Ivory stick with turned handle. -3d to n)  Eleven cardboard boards, with 20 decorated rectangles on each, painted with coats-of-arms in corners, and various implements in rest of rectangles.
Band
, late 16th century
linen Technique: woven with embroidered trim

Woven band, red and white, with design of confronted lions, fountain; embroidered borders.
Border
, early 18th century
Technique: bobbin lace

Bobbin lace border, shield and plants in repeat; early 18th century, Brabant
Two Men Sawing a Plank
, 1750–70
Pen and brown-black ink, brush and gray wash on paper
Drawing

Two men are in the act of sawing through a plank with a large carpenter's saw. On the ground, other tools.
On the Rocks, Mt. Desert
Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925, 1887–88
Graphite and white heightening on brown paper
Drawing

Three sketches. Rocks on the sea shore, with figures seated there; sailboats. Upper left, figures sitting with hats. Lower left and right figure sitting under umbrella.
Textile
, 1835
cotton Technique: block and roller printed on plain weave; discharge printed for tassels and lace Label: cotton, printed by engraved roller and wood blocks; some areas discharge printed

Pillar print showing a central fluted column banded by elaborate capitals and festooned with garlands of flowers and fruit on a blue ground. On either side is an alternating pattern of flower garlands and large baskets of flowers and fruit. The bold composition is complemented by a delicate pattern of tassels and lace swags in the background.
Bread Basket
Lawrence B. Smith Co., Boston, 1887 – 1958, 1887–1910
silver plated, copper
bread basket

Octagonal basket with flaring sides pierced in bands of lancets and circles. Four ball feet.