biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Pipe Organ With Case
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1780-1783
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

An enriched variation of 1901-39-2784. The main difference consists in the entablature above the compartments being in the same height, and a conch above the central one. The lateral frames of the central compartment are pillars with separate pillar strips. Those like the outer pillars have heads in place of capitals but no pnale frames in the pedestals. In front of the pipes are in central compartment a trophy of musical instruments with scrolls and festoons, in the lateral ones a variation of the corresponding motif in 1901-39-2784, without festoons.
Designs for Two Cabinets
, ca. 1805
Pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on paper
Drawing

Two cabinets, one with pediment surmounted by a geographer's globe, the other fitted with a slide for writing. The former in elevation, the latter in isometric projection.
Differents Desseins de Sallieres [Various Designs for Salt Dishes], pl. 63 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurele Meissonnier
Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750, 1748
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

1921-6-212-25-a: Five designs for open salt cellars, each has asymm...;     1921-6-212-25-b: Nef on base decorated with putti and sea creatures...
Textile
, 18th century
silk, metallic thread Technique: compound satin, brocaded

Only a part of complete pattern preserved: large-scale flowers brocaded in polychrome silks and silver thread (loosely wound on white silk core) on white satin ground.  Areas of taffeta weave outline the floral units.
Orphrey band fragment
, 15th century
silk, linen. metallic Technique:

A repetition of a shield containing a lion with blue inscriptions in between.
Still Life
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1877
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of a still life with ceramic objects.
Wall
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1881
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Recto: Sketch of a high exterior wall with garden terrace; Verso: Landscape with trees and houses.
Man
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1880
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Four partial sketches of a male figure wearing a helmet.
Architectural Sketches, Damascus, Syria
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, May 1, 1868
Graphite on gray-green wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Landscape and architectural sketches around Damascus, Syria showing views of three pointed minarets at lower right and a shrine or tomb built atop a rugged mountain at lower left.

Verso: Landscape sketches showing views of a cliff ledge in a precipitous canyon at left, and at right, a portion of a view overlooking Damascus, Syria and the mountainous valley it occupies. Tall peak is shown in the background.
Figure Study, Possibly for Dome of Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, IL
J. Carroll Beckwith, American, 1852–1917, 1891–92
Charcoal and graphite on cream wove paper
Drawing

Woman kneeling on right knee, drapery across thighs; torso bent backward; left arm raised, right arm extended across body; study of left hand, in which rests portion of a staff, at upper right.
Elevation of a Timepiece
Pietro Belli, Italian, 1780–1828, early 19th century
Pen and ink, brush and gray watercolor, graphite on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Design for a timepiece, the base made up of two rectangular sections with bevelled corners. The figure of Saturnus is shown upon the front standing and leaning with his left arm upon a pedestal. The circle for the dial plate is shown. Squared; the lines are numbered, with pen, to 12 and 13 respectively.
Bedouin Tents with Figures, Palestine (Israel)
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, February 1868
Graphite on gray wove paper
drawing

Sketch of a large, pitched tent put up by Church's Bedouin guides on his expedition to Petra. At upper left, the bulging form of the tent resembles a mountain with many sharp peaks. One particularly tall, sharp peak rises above the others, in the middle of the tent, whose dark, triangular opening is visible at front. Top of another tent shown at center right. Four partial figures studies are also included along lower portion of composition. All figures are shown from rear--one walks with a goat and another appears to carry a bag or basket.
Vase en plomb bronzé de la piece de Neptune à Versailles
Marie Michelle Blondel, French, active mid 18th century, 1744–56
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for a vase from Neptune's Fountain at Versailles. The vase is decorated with fluting, foliage, flowers, and acanthus leaf ornament with a central bearded open-mouthed mascaron. The handles are in the form of snakes. The description is lettered on either side of the foot, with a scale below the base. The plate is signed.
Sidewall
, 1855–65
Block-printed paepr

Piece of irregular shape giving full repeat. Opposed interlacing chevrons, set vertically, with rosettes of varying design, in grisaille with accents of cream and white. Grey ground with vermiculation of red.
Tile
, late 18th–early 19th century
Earthenware, glazed and high fire decorated

Standing man, dressed in fancy Oriental costume and winged head-dress, playing a horn. Chinoiserie type of decoration.
Peak of La Malinche, Mexico
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, February–April 1889
Graphite on off-white wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of the volcano in Mexico called La Malinche, also known as Matlalcueye or Malintzin. Situated at center and viewed at a distance, the mountain is extremely rugged with rocky crags along its summit. A sharp, subsidiary summit is visible at left. At lower left, an indistinct sketch of what appears to be a bridge is included, while at lower right, a rectangular hacienda building is shown from a distance.
Ewer with Handle
Cornelis Floris II, Flemish, ca. 1513–14 – 1575, 1548
Engraving on white laid paper
Print

The handle is at upper right; a man is bound to it by a harness at his waist. On the right side of the body a man astride a grotesque mask supports on his shoulders another man who grasps the handle. Also astride masks are a putto, at center, and a bearded man with a shell, at left.
Fragments
, 15th century
silk Technique: 4&1 satin patterned by plain weave (lampas)

Affronted birds perching on pomegranites within cartouches in red, white, yellow and blue on green.
Flowers
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1877
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of flowers in a landscape.
Le Pont-au-Change (The Exchange Bridge)
Charles Meryon, French, 1821–1868, 1854
Etching in black ink on white paper
Print

The river Seine in lower foreground with a bridge at mid-distance, left. Palais de Justice at right bordering the river. Houses in the distance; a baloon in the sky at left. Inscribed, lower left: "C. Merion del sculp. MLCCCLIIII"; lower right: "Impr. Rue Neuve S. Etienne du Mont. 26".
Ornament Designs
Jean-Bernard Turreau, French, 1672 - 1731, early 18th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

Four plates pasted on a sheet depicting various ornament designs with grotesque motifs including mythological creatures, sphynx, snakes, putti, male and female heads (busts) wearing helmets and hats, a cartouche, palm leaves, shields, quiver of arrows, vases, banner, foliate scrolls, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), and rosettes. The lower right plate is signed. The individual plates are linked to records 1921-6-411-71-74.
Tsuba
, 1772–80
Iron

Circular form with openwork decoration of bamboo foliage and trees surrounding three openings in center for sword and two fittings.
Corner view of a town house
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1780–1790
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Three stories. Ground floor with three arched doorways in front, two laterally. Seven windows in the upper stories in front, six laterally. A balcony over the central doorway in front. Right bottom corner: "82", vertically.
Apotheosis of a Saint
Corrado Giaquinto, Italian, 1703 - 1765, ca. 1750
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, black chalk on cream laid paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Figure of a male saint born to heaven by a swirling group of cherubim and angels.
Plan of Hospital of Trinita de Pellegrini
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1800-1830
Pen and brown ink, blue pencil on blue-white paper
Drawing

Part of a plan, probably connected with the hospital of Trinita de Pellegini in Rome.
Wallpaper Design
, 1840–60
Brush and gouache, graphite on white paper
Drawing

A dado is shown at the bottom, and an entablature on top. Vertical staggered candelabra repeating a single plant motif, beneath; garlands decorate the panel.
Lake View in Autumn
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, probably 1876–1881
Oil and graphite on tan paperboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of a lake, likely Millinocket Lake in Maine, from its heavily wooded shoreline during autumn. In the foreground, a grassy slope at right hosts a tree with fiery red-orange leaves. At left and right, loosely rendered groups of green and brown trees frame an expansive view of a lake and a distant mountain, at center. Shaped like a shallow triangle, the mountain is rendered in hues of pink and lavender. Wispy clouds hang in an otherwise blue sky above.
Panel with the Letter "C" from the "Newes ABC Büechlein"
Lukas Kilian, German, 1579 – 1637, 1627
Engraving on off-white laid paper
Print

Boy with compass ("Cirkel").
Coat of arms of Pope Pius VI
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1786
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash
Drawing

Upon a broad base rises a pedestal in the center, with the coat of arms of the pope in a wreath at the front. On top the keys and the tiara. At left, upon the base, sits a winged female genius, blowing the trumpet. At right is a sketch: two winged figures standing upon a base support a drapery and the two crossed keys. On top the tiara. Usual background.
Lit à Colonne
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1789
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Design for a bed, split down the middle of the plate to show the bed frame construction (left) and the bed furnished (right). The bed is covered in a textile with arabesques, and the frame is carved with ornament motifs including fluting and rosettes. The bed has above it a canopy with striped drapes and tassels, as well as an ostrich feather. The plate is signed and numbered.
Plate 17, from Grotteßco in diverßche manieren (Various Grotesques)
Hans Vredeman de Vries, Dutch, 1527 - ca. 1606, 1564
Etching on laid paper
Print

Grotesque panel with a representation of Marcus Curtius leaping into the a gulf. On either side, a military trophy.
Portrait miniature set on a bracelet
Ebenezer Mack, American, ca. 1790 (portrait miniature); ca. 1830 (bracelet)
watercolor on ivory, chased gold, silk velvet, cut glass
portrait miniature on bracelet

Oval portrait miniature of a woman wearing red dress, ca. 1790, behind glass and encased in gold frame; set into a black velvet bracelet with chased gold clasps, ca. 1830.
Designs and Plans for Chairs
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1780-1789
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Designs for two chairs with the plans of their seats below. The left chair is a wide arm chair decorated with branch ornament motifs and drapery; the right chair is a backless bench with scrolling vegetal motif. The plate is signed and numbered.
Street scene
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1881
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Street scene with a figure.
Ornamental Design with Triangular Purple and Red leaves, from Nouvelle suite de cahiers de flerurs naturelle a l'usage des dessinateurs et des peintres, No.1
Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808, after 1775
Etching with colored inks à la poupé on cream laid paper tipped in cream paper
Print

Floral motif of various stems and leaves.
Designs for Folding Doors or Panels
Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820, ca. 1780
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Two designs for panels with putti, grotesques, sphynxes, vases, birds, and reliefs. The plate is signed and numbered.
Architecture and Figure Studies
Filippo Marchionni, Italian, 1732–1805, 1750–90
Charcoal, pen and ink, brush and gray watercolor on laid paper
Drawing

Top: landscape with a villa in mountainous country. Center left: upper left part of elevation of a façade; upper part of a column, and window frame, left part of entablature and balustrade. Center: a peddling farmer. Bottom: a seated genius, flying genius carrying the left half of a papa escutcheon.
Tradesman's Card of Lacasseur, Maker of Fancy Turned Articles in Paris
Françios-R.-F. Brichet, French, active 18th c., ca. 1760
Etching on paper, remargined
Print

Rocaille framing with various games and other objects in upper section; in lower section, announcement for Levasseu, beginning: "LEVASSEUR Md. Tabletier, Fait et vend toutes / sortes d'Ouvrages de Tabletterie"; etc., etc. "A Paris" is written in an escutcheon in the bottom center of the frame; signature beside it: "brichet Del. Sculp."
Design for a Brooch
, 1815–30
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor, sepia on paper
Drawing

In the center a brilliant framed by volutes with four small pearls. The volutes belong to two shells horizontally turned towards the outer sides. Below hangs a large pearl.
Capital
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1820
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

At center, a girl with a garland above a small chalice. The projecting abacus is supported by boths with branches standing upon acanthus leaves.
Plan et élévation d'une porte d'Hôtel
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Plan and elevation of a mansion door. The doorway is decorated with garland-adorned ionic columns, an overdoor trophy with helmet and shields, and a figural group of two seated draped female figures on either side of a crowned coat of arms at the top. The plate is signed.
Towel fragment
, 17th century
linen, cotton Technique: plain weave with supplementary weft

Supplementary blue weft floating alternatively face to face forming a design of birds flanking a rosette.
Teapot with Lion Head Spout
Charles Nicolas Odiot, French, 1789 – 1868, 1825–1838
silver, gold, wood
teapot

a) Teapot with globular body on flaring foot. Leaf and dart relief around foot and on shoulder, laurel wreath around body, fluting around rim. Spout ending in lion's head. Wooden handle set in leafy tubes. b) Flat cover with wooden finial. Engraved shield, crowned, of Borghese family.
Egyptian Antiquities
Romolo Achille Liverani, Italian, 1809 - 1872, 1832
Pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Three colorful capitals in Egyptian style, statue of a lion with a ram's head shown in profile on plinth, upper part of the statue of a woman with a cat's head.
Sugar Bowl
Wallendorf Porcelain Manufactory, German, established 1764, ca. 1800
hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel
sugar bowl

Cylindrical; molded flat cover with rectangular strap handle. Overglaze polychrome decoration of flowers.
Bracket and Rosette Designs
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1785-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

The plate is divided to show two bracket and two rosette designs. At the top is the profile of a scroll bracket with acanthus leaf ornamentation down the front. The rosette has acanthus leaf and bead detailing. The profile of the bracket below, also of a scroll form, has fluting and ribbon twist ornamentation. its paired medallion has a spiraling acanthus leaf pattern. The plate is signed and numbered.
Figure Sketches by the Surf, East Hampton, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, probably July 1858
Graphite on light green wove paper
Drawing

Mixed figure sketches of people enjoying the beach at East Hampton, New York. In the lower half of the composition, several isolated figure sketches are visible, including a jug and two hats at left, a seated individual in the right profile at lower left, a seated individual viewed from behind at center, and a group of four figures--three seated, one standing--with a parasol at lower right. At far right, a standing woman wearing a dress and a bonnet (or other kind of cap) is shown in right profile with another distant figure beside her at left. Dominating the upper half of the composition, five individuals are shown from behind as they wade in knee-deep surf, as a wave crashes beyond them.
Seated Putto with Medallion
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1783
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

A putto sits on a pedestal below a candlestick holding an oval medallion with an image of a standing man.
Thunderhead between Darkness and Twilight, Catskill, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, August 1844
Graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Landscape and meteorological sketch showing a view of a towering thunderhead over the Hudson River Valley between sunset and darkness. Its lofty, billowing form drifts in the sky to the right and dominates the composition. 

Verso: Architecture sketch showing a vignette of four closely grouped farm buildings, set within a wooded landscape. A conifer tree is visible beyond the buildings at right.
POELE Russe, décoré de Cariatides, et surmonté d’un vase antique
Louis-Gustave Taraval, French, 1738 – 1794, ca. 1791
Etching and hand colored watercolor on paper
Print

Design for a stove heater decorated with neoclassical motifs, in the form of a pedestal supporting a vase. The pedestal is on a base decorated with a diaper and floral pattern. The pedestal is decorated with corner female winged caryatids, and a front panel featuring the head of the god Apollo, with intertwined foliate branches, birds, and a trophy incorporating a flaming torch, quiver of arrows, and a bow. The vase is decorated with a frieze of classical figures, and leaf and gadrooning motifs. The stove is set into an arched niche. The plate is hand colored with watercolor.
Jericho and the Dead Sea by Moonlight
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, ca. 1878
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Rocks and field, lower left, and palm trees, lower right. Tower in middleground with Dead Sea beyond and ridges in distance. Moon at upper right.
Excerpt from The White Tigress from Illustrations for Short Stories: A Magazine of Fact and Fiction (XIX, No. 1, May 1895, p. 3, 4)
Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924, 1895
Printed in black ink on paper
Ephemera

Short story of a man meeting a Russian ivory carver who then tells the story of the inspiration and creation of a sculpture the narrator was interested in.
Design for Bedroom Furniture
, ca. 1810
Graphite, pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Design for an Empire style bedroom. At center, a couch with one scrolling arm stands on a platform. At right, a classical stand with an ewer. At left, a column inscribed "la bonne desse" (the good goddess). Atop this, an enthroned woman. Behind, are three panels of drapery separated by standards with lion masks. Above this, a horizontal panel with a lyre within a laurel wreath.
Embroidery sample
, late 18th–early 19th century
silk, metallic thread, metal wire, sequins, glass, paper Technique: embroidered on a compound foundation; in paper envelope

Floral design embroidered with multicolored silk and chenille thread, metallic thread and wire, sequins and glass on a deep purple ground with vertical stripes.
Three Soldiers
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1862
Graphite on cream paper
Drawing

Vertical view of three soldiers with rifles with fixed bayonets.
Projet de l'Autel de l'Eglise de St. Aignan d'Orleans (Design for the Altar of the Church of St. Aignan of Orleans), plate 102, in Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (Works by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier)
Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750, 1748
Engraving on white laid paper
Print

Altar flanked by heavily decorated elements with putti heads and hanging lamps. Stairs lead up to the altar where six candlesticks stand, at center a cross decorated with figures and putti; above, a figure holds a lamp from a vine. Canopied by an arch decorated with figures and topped with a triangle from which sunrays emanate encircled by clouds and putti.
Rocaille Designs for Frame and Border Decoration
Georg Leopold Hertel, German, active ca. 1780, mid- 18th century
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Designs for ornamented borders or frames, with rocaille motifs including scrolls, shells, and flowers. The plate is signed and numbered.
Panel Design of Grotesque Ornamentation
Jean Berain, the elder, French, 1640-1711, 1711
Engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Panel design of theatrical grotesque ornamentation. One woman and two men feature at the center on a small architectural stage. They are surrounded by figures in theater boxes, musicians, acrobats, jesters, harpies, dragons, and birds; the composition is also full of garlands, strapwork, and baldachins. The plate is signed and lettered "G."
View of the Tetons, Wyoming
Thomas Moran, American, b. Britain, 1837–1926, 1874
Brush and black wash, graphite on gray paper
Drawing

Horizontal view of meadow in left foreground and a valley, beginning at the right, shown in the middle ground, with the Tetons in the central background.
View of a Bridge
Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858, 1797-1858
Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
Print

Here is a scene of people gathering on a bridge. It appears that two people, covered from head to toe, are the focal point. Everyone else is circling them. In the background are red clouds covering the city. Ambient black clouds loom ahead on top of the print.
Design for a Chimneypiece
, ca. 1800
Pen and ink, brush and gray, yellow watercolor, graphite on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Design for a chimneypiece intended to be executed in white marble with a small band in gilt bronze. Pillars at the sides, the bodies with rinceaux springing from acanthus calyxes, the capitals with two theatrical masks with alternative sugestions. An inner framing frieze is decorated with grotesque candelabra. The center of the friezes above is projecting: two eagles are in a square supporting a festoon; above, a theatrical mask. At the outsides are two ram's heads with garlands. Above mouldings. The friezes beside the capitals show rinceaux. Below the scale.
Designs for Gun Parts and Ornament
Thobie Tourneur, Le Thuraine, French, active ca. 1630 – ca. 1690, 1660
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Designs for gun parts (flintlock and ornament) decorated with grotesque ornaments, mascarons (masks), fantastical animals, cartouche, birds, snake, eagle, drapery, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), rosettes, and fleurons. The plate is numbered.
Ornamental Vase Designs
Théodore Bertren, active in France, 18th century, 1772
Engraving on paper
Print

Two vases, one above the other. The top vase is in the shape of a pitcher. The lip of the vase is scalloped and there is a female term below the lip. The handle of the vase is attached to the neck with an ornamental acanthus leaf. A garland of flowers is draped across the pitcher, which has a claw foot. The vase on the bottom has two handles made from female terms. It has shell, garland, and gadrooning ornamentation. The plate is signed and numbered.
Designs for Writing Desks
, ca. 1805
Graphite, pen and black ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Above, two tiers of cupboards, the upper one revealing, in half-section, a series of small drawers. The cupboard sections are surmounted by a long drawer, shown open, displaying fittings for writing purposes. Below, a railing cresting over double doors, each with four glass compartments, flanked by pilasters. Center with fixed desk sections enclosed by a curved lid, seen in half-section; base on legs with two long drawers. Scale below.
Pleated fan
, 1770-1790
Painted and pierced paper leaf, bone sticks, painted bone guards

Pleated fan. Paper leaf pierced to give the effect of lace. Obverse painted with flowers in blue, green and red. Alternate folds have design of wavy line and dots. Bone sticks. Guards painted with flowers in red, blue, and green.