biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Ornament Designs for use on Cups and Saucers
Masson, French, active late 17th and early 18th century, late 17th–early 18th century
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Designs for ornament to be engraved on cups and saucers along with the design in profile of a coffee goblet (cup) and deep saucer. The ornament features borders of repeated patterns, scrolling leaves, diaper patterns, scrolling acanthus leaves, fleurons, strapwork, rosettes, heraldry (coat of arms), and cartouches. The designs are identified with lettered inscriptions. The plate is numbered and includes the publisher's address below.
Decorative door boss and nail
, ca. 1550–1700
Steel-plated iron

Circular mount, shaped at edge and pierced to form a floral design of five angular petals. Round nail head on square shank.
Autumn and Winter: Eight Muses in Pairs set in Octagons.
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, ca. 1820
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over traces of black chalk on cream laid paper
Drawing

Designed for octagonal painting showing Autumn and Winter. From left to right, top to bottom: Autumn. Two women shown sitting, one raises drinking vessel. Winter: two women sit in room, one reads book while other holds torch. Melpomane with trumpet sits in front of Clio who holds mask. Talia and Euterpe sit beside each other. At left Talia holds mask while Euterpe holds flute. At bottom Erato and Calliope. At left Erato sits with lyre listening to Cupid who flies behind her. At right, sits Calliope with book. Pen sketch of octagon with two sitting women, one of whom holds open book. Urania and Polyhymnia. Two women sit beside each other, left one with sphere and compass.
A Dream; Virgin on a Crescent
Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863, 1825-1850
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Above, a sleeping figure, approached by a hooded draped figure of a woman, attended by a host of others, rising as they move along. Below - the full-length figure of the Virgin, standing on a crescent moon.
Views around Indian Lookout and Fogo Islands, Canada
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 2, 1859
Graphite and white gouache on gray-green wove paper
Drawing

Landscape and seascape sketches showing five views of Fogo Island, Indian Lookout Island, and other coastlines around the inlet south of Fogo Island on the northern coast of Newfoundland island, Canada. At upper left, rocky cliffs and wooded, coastal hills of Fogo Island are shown across an expanse of water; at upper right, a round island with covered in a forest of fir and birch trees is included just above another view of two rugged islands shown at a distance; a view of the prominent Indian Lookout Island and a chain of flatter, outlying islands stretches across the composition at center, and finally, at lower right, a sketch of cliffs on a rugged coastline in front of distant mountains is included.
Putti with Crown
, 1650–1850
Red chalk on paper
Drawing

Two putti flying among clouds carrying a crown decorated with a cross.
L’OPTIQUE / LA GÉOMETRIE
Jacques Bacheley, French, 1712 – 1781, mid- 18th–late 18th century
etching on paper
Print

First plate from a series of fifteen depicting children and the sciences, framed within decorative rococo cartouches, two per plate, side-by-side. The series is incomplete here. The left-hand scene shows a group of boys within a landscape with a building in the background, looking through a telescope, with other instruments associated with optics. The top of the cartouche is decorated with a globe and the bottom, with a bird. The right-hand scene shows an interior with bookshelves and portrait busts, with a group of boys studying. The top of the cartouche is decorated with a globe, scrolls of paper and a curtain, the bottom, with a bird. The titles are lettered above each cartouche, the plate is signed and numbered.
Button
, 18th century
silk and wood

1931-59-444-a: button made of wooden molds covered with green sil...
Elevation of a Wall
, 1790
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor, black crayon on paper
Drawing

Narrow oblongs showing candelabra rise near the corners. A door is near the left one and a painting of the rest of Diana over it. The great wall panel shows a calyx ornamentation in stripes.
Katrina Van Tassel, Study for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1861
Pastel crayon on grey paper
Drawing

Portrait of a woman peeling an apple, seen frontally, with a veil covering her hair.
One of a set of four projects for the decoration of wall panels to be placed at a height
, 1675-1699
Pen, brush, sepia
Drawing

Architectural forms; at left an angel with palm branches, at right another one with a garland
Sunbeams above the Catskills, Hudson, New York, Part One
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1882
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing the first part of a panoramic view of sun rays cascading through clouds onto the wooded terrain below, as seen from Church's home near Hudson, New York, known as Olana. At right, the sharp, pyramidal peak of Overlook Mountain looms over nearby foothills and the Hudson River, which is loosely-rendered in the foreground at lower center. In the background at center, other distant peaks of the Catskills are visible along the horizon. Above, a cloud bank is shown stretching above the landscape, with the suggestion of sun rays, or perhaps rain, at far right.
Title Page
Nicolas Pierre Loir, French, 1624 - 1679, ca.1660–1713
Etching on paper
Print

Title page and design for a square or rectangular ceiling with a detailed view of one end. The center is blank and framed by a scrolling leaf running pattern molding with a shell or cartouche in the corners, showing different options for the design. The border is decorated with a frieze of female figures, putti, sphynx, eagles, arms, profile portrait bust or vase in the corners, foliate scrolls, s-scrolls, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), ribbons, and festoons of leaves. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
Design for a Watchcase Lid or Medallion
Jacques Vauquer, French, 1621–1686, 17th century
Engraving on laid paper
Print

A small ornament print - a design for a medallion or lid of a circular watchcase - with a central profile portrait framed by a garland of laurel leaves and ribbon, supported by two winged putti below. The dense ornament features scrolling leaves, flowers, fruit, ribbons, and a dolphin.
LE CHASTEAU ROYAL DE MADRID
Gabriel Perelle, French, 1604–1677, late 17th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

View of a chateau in a landscape with trees in the background and framing in the foreground. Figures, horse-drawn carriages, and horseman in the foreground. The plate is titled with a short description of the chateau.
Ewer Design
Jean-Bernard Turreau, French, 1672 - 1731, 
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for an ewer with grotesque motifs including mascarons (masks), dragons, putti, cartouches, festoons of leaves, mythological creatures, oval female profile portrait framed by palm leaves and a shell, gadrooning, fluting, c-scrolls, fleurons, and scrolling leaves (rinceaux). The plate is signed.
Elévation du côté des Croisées
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1780-1789
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Elevation showing the apartment wall facing the side of that with a fireplace (1921-6-332-103). The wall has on it a table supported by griffons and on which sits a candelabra in the form of an urn. The plate is not signed or numbered.
Map sampler
Lucy C. Berry, 1824
silk embroidery, watercolor paint, silk foundation Technique: embroidered in stem, satin, laid, and back stitches on plain weave, painted Label: silk embroidered with silk in stem, satin, laid, and back stitches, with watercolor paint

An embroidered map of the world shown as two tangent hemispheres. A banner floats above with Eastern Hemisphere Western and yellow roses. With inscription center bottom.
Sketch for “Hash” in “Trump Kards”
Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924, ca. 1877
Graphite on paper
Ephemera

Various animas and objects walking in a line from upper right to lower right into hash machine. Profile of older woman, facing left, cranking machine, lower right bucket. Bucket and machine labeled.
Cup and Saucer
Minton Ceramics Manufactory, English, established 1796, ca. 1800
porcelain (probably bone china), vitreous enamel, gold
cup and saucer

Cup with straight wall, tapering slightly toward base. Loop handle. Saucer with high sides. Both pieces have underglaze blue band with overglaze floral pattern in gold. Medallion reserves show painted overglaze flowers.
Design for a Painted Porcelain Sugar Bowl and Stand
Jacques-François Micaud, French, ca.1732–1811, ca. 1775
Brush and watercolor, gray wash on cream laid paper
Drawing

An oval covered sugar bowl with gold knob and matching oval stand.  Rim of cover and stand are painted with scalloped band in gold, inside of which is a thin blue band. The body of cover, bowl and inside of stand are painted with floral sprays of yellow and deep pink roses, blue ranuculusses/daisies, and yellow tulips.
Design for a Painted Wall Decoration
, 1835–40
Brush and watercolor, gouache, graphite on heavy white wove paper
Drawing

Design for a wall covering with large repeat of white garlands and scrolling floral elements on a gray ground, with a reddish-orange poppy and green leaf garland trimming the top.  At the bottom a grayish-purple stripe indicates the dado and alternating grayish-purple, olive, and white stripes at the top indicate the entablature. The entire design is bordered by a thick black line.
Evening
Thomas Moran, American, b. Britain, 1837–1926, 19th century
Charcoal, white chalk over photograph printed on cream machine laid paper
Photograph

Trees, shrubs, other vegetation, and small cliffs surround a body of water.
Sidewall and border
, 1815–25
Block printed on handmade paper

Vertical rectangle printed on joined sheets of paper. Blue field with floral medallions in yellow, surrounded by foliate scrolls. At top and bottom, border with foliate scrolls enclosing blue floral clusters. Irise or rainbow paper.
Plate 9, "Suite de douze Pêcheurs et Chasseurs"
Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808, 1771
Etching on paper
Print

Decorative landscape with a Chinese figure sitting under a tree fishing with a net. Two framing lines. Right top corner: "9". Bottom of the design: "j. pillement.del."; "j.j.avril.scul.1771….dece."
Mountains and a Hut, Mexico
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, February–April 1889
Graphite on off-white wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Landscape and architecture sketch showing a view of a hut in the mountainous terrain of Mexico. In the foreground at right, a kind of domed, earthen hut is shown with a dark entryway facing us. A figure stands beside it at left while other indistinct objects are visible around it. Across a flat and partially shadowed plain that comprises the middle distance, an immense, bulging mountain range stretches across the horizon. At center, a large structure, perhaps a castle, monastery, or church, is perched atop one of the foremost prominences as it is cast in dark shadow by a group of puffy clouds above. Behind it, the range ascends to a rolling and partially darkened ridge.

Verso: Landscape sketch showing a partial view of a mountain range in Mexico, at upper right. Likely a small fragment of a larger panoramic view.
Sidewall
, ca. 1700
Leather, stamped, silvered, painted

Field diapered, painted cream, silver and red foliage.
Woman
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1877
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Recto: Profile sketch of a female figure with her eyes closed; Verso: Eight partial sketches of a young figure wearing a bonnet.
Judgment of Paris
Pietro Liberi, Italian, 1605 - 1687, ca. 1650
Pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

At left, a seated male nude reaching toward a seated female holding a child. At far right, a crowned figure.
A Seated Angel
Ciro Ferri, Italian, 1634 - 1689, 1650–1700
Red chalk on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle showing part of an arch. An angel sits and gestures with one hand. The lower part of one leg is not shown.
Design for an Embroidered or Woven Horizontal Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1805–1815
Brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper
Drawing

A variation of the design 1920-36-134, the leaves being without a lace design and the number of seed boughs being nine. Seven repeats are shown.
Button
, late 18th century
Stoneware

1925-2-17: Circular medallion in the style of Wedgwood Jasper...
Cann
, ca. 1760
silver
cann

Baluster-form mug with scroll handle. Engraved "WEF" with asterick under the E.
LA JURISPRUDENCE
Clément Pierre Marillier, French, 1740 – 1808, 1759–80
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Allegorical vignette representing jurisprudence from a series of twelve (including title page). The title is lettered in the center on a draped fabric across a large throne decorated with fleurs-de-lys and the French coat of arms. In the background, olive branches. In the foreground an putto is writing with a quill surrounded by arms and armor, books, papers and writing quills and ink, to the left, a roundel portrait of Cochin. Lettering below the vignette and the plate is signed.
Two Women Seated on a Sea Wall, Cullercoats, England
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1881–82
Graphite, charcoal on cream wove paper
Drawing

Horizontal view of two women, knitting a sock, while sitting on a stone wall; boats in the background, some are drawn over the underlying figure of a woman.
Textile
, early 19th century
silk and metallic threads Technique: plain compound cloth

Woven border with horizontal bands of green and gold ornaments and groups of three Persian cones and flower garlands in two shades of green and gold thread on a white taffeta ground.  Bordered with green, white, and gold fringe of the period.
Hillside with Trees, Jamaica
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 1865
Brush and oil on paperboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing view of distant treetops along sloped hillside that forms a textured melange of jungle foliage in Jamaica. Leaves and treetops rendered in various shades of green and yellow, with orange and pink highlights. Somewhat abstracted perspective with no clear central focus.
Trophy with Ecclesiastical Objects
Romolo Achille Liverani, Italian, 1809 - 1872, 1830–1850
Black crayon, pen and black ink, brush and bistre on paper
Drawing

An assemblage of a mitre, an archbishop's crozier, and altar objects
Design for a Hanging Console
, 1725–1750
Black chalk, pen and ink on paper
Drawing

The right half is shown as a pricked drawing; the left half is pricked. The decoration consists mainly of escutcheons, a shell, leaf scrolls. Laurel festoons hang from the lateral spirals under the entablature.
Title Page
Jean-Baptiste Huet, French, 1745 – 1811, 1772
Crayon manner etching in red ink on laid paper
Print

Title page and first plate from a series of four ornament prints of designs for trophies. Hanging from tied ribbons - a dead deer, hog or pig and bird, together with a spear, horn, and some foliate branches. The tile is lettered below, and the plate is signed and dated.
Title Page
Jean-Baptiste Fay, French, active 1765 – 1790s, late 18th century
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Title page for a series of designs for jewelry, boxes, snuffboxes, rings, seals, cane handles and other small luxury objects. The title is lettered below a set of designs for four circular boxes, four cane handles and four rings with two other designs for unidentified round objects, possibly buttons or smaller boxes. The designs feature neoclassical motifs and ornament such as rosettes, festoons of flowers, beading, tassels, gadrooning, repeating friezes, fleurons, fretwork diaper pattern, stars, and ribbons. The plate is numbered.
Tile
, late 18th–early 19th century
Earthenware, glazed and high fire decoration

Man in long blue coat, standing with outstreached arms.
Plat-fonds de la Galerie d’Apollon
Jean Bérain the Younger, French, 1674 – 1726, 1710
Etching on laid paper
Bound print

Twelfth plate from a series of prints depicting the ornament and interiors of the King's apartment at the Royal palaces of the Louvre and the Tuileries, part of the Cabinet du Roi (King's Cabinet) series published by the Imprimerie Royale. The plate illustrates a section of the ceiling from the Gallery of Apollo at the Louvre. The ceiling features a strapwork and rosette border and ornamented with grotesque and arabesque motifs, with winged putti, shells, dolphins, birds, foliage, acanthus leaves, and a central floral, acanthus leaf and batwing rosette. The plate is titled, signed, and numbered.
Panel
, 18th century
silk; metallic thread; flat strips of metal; linen Technique: embroidery of colored silks, chenille and metallic threads; applique of taffeta and flat metal strips on taffeta lined with linen.

Panel of white silk taffeta, backed with linen, with embroidered design in blue, black, and rose silk threads, green, yellow, rose and black chenille, gold metal thread, and flat strips of metal and yellow taffeta applique worked through both silk and linen. Incomplete design showing three large-scale polychrome flowers
Wall with Mirror and Console Tables
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 center, a wall panel with large mirror flanked by two trumeaux with console tables; the pilaster panels decorated with armorial trophies. Scale at lower right.
Spray from the Falls, Niagara
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1856 or 1858
Graphite and white gouache on light brown wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of the spray of Niagara Falls, seen from beneath the falls themselves on the bank of the Niagara River. In the foreground, nearby rocks are visible with two small flowers in the lower right corner. At left, white water cascades down and impacts the ground, sending spray up and to the right. At upper right, a veil of mist hovers of the scene, which possibly shows a view from the Cave of the Winds.
Band
, 17th century
linen Technique: needle lace

Pattern of scrolling leaves and flowers worked in a number of flat needlepoint stitches and decorated with picots. Finished on three sides with picots.
Dunes
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, September 1844
Graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of three pyramidal sand dunes. Grass and shrubs crown the leftmost dune. In the background, gently arching terrain forms the horizon.

Verso: Figure sketch of a man, viewed from behind, squatting on an outcropped rock--perhaps near the shore of a lake--as a dog stands to his right and faces the same direction. Shown obliquely from the rear, this man wears a cap, vest, shirt, pants, and shoes. Another possible rock that breaks the water's surface is visible at center left.
Lit a Colonnes dans le genre moderne
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, late 18th century
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Design for a four-poster canopy bed (view from the headboard) with upholstered headboard and footboard. The bed linen and drapery are decorated with flowers, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), fleurons, caduceus, cornucopia of flowers and fruit, festoons of flowers, and birds. The canopy is topped with feather finials. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed. A scale below.
Design for a Pavilion
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1775-1785
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on off-white laid paper; Verso: black chalk, brush and bistre wash on paper
Drawing

Right half: the elevation. Left half: the section. Four pairs of oclumns support the entablature and the dome, which is coffered at the inside. A statue on top. Underneath, the scale. Right top corner: a part of an account. Reverse: very rough and slight chalk sketch: colonnades, probably a stage design. Horizontally: a window frame, shown obliquely.
Plate from Opus de ludicro picturae genere (A Work About the Playful Style of Painting)
Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau the Elder, French, ca. 1515 - after 1584, ca. 1562
Etching on laid paper
Print

At top, center, Ganymede rides an eagle under a bucranium. At left, a woman kneels before a figure; at right, a satyr kneels to another figure. At bottom, a tri-partite dado.
Textile
, 17th century
silk, metallic thread Technique: compound twill

A ground of gold twill (metal very worn), with serpentine branches bearing carnation and lily blossoms primarily in blue, outlined with supplementary white weft. Other details of the design are worked in supplementary orange and green wefts (badly faded). Right selvedge present.
Tsuba
Kinai school, Japan, early 18th century
Iron

This tetsu (iron) tsuba is naga maru gata (round) in shape. It has sukashi marubori (round openwork carving) in the form of a dragon and jewel. Surrounding the central nakago-ana, the opening through which the sword passes, is the seppadai, a flat oval area that is migaki (burnished).
Design for a Sepulchral Monument to King Louis XVI of France
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 18th century
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. A variation of 1938-88-1303, the door frame being somewhat similar to 1938-88-1337. The panels beside the door openings are decorated with a festoon supported by lion masks. The pedestal is shorter and has a greater diameter. In the acroteria are heads. On top is a classical warrior raising with his left hand a chalice with the Host above. Alternative suggestions are made for the candelabra. Inside as 1938-88-1301. The lateral pillars similar to 1938-88-1288 with one section of the entablature more.
Design for an Engraved Tazza with the Head of a Jester and a Satyr, representing Pride and Folly
Theodor de Bry, Flemish, 1528 – 1598, ca. 1588
Engraving on white laid paper
Print

Double head of two men, one of whom wears a fool's cap, in the center, embodying Pride and Foolishness, which form the theme of the representations in the outer circle: the wife upon the dragon of the Revelations of St. John; Phaeton's death; the original sin; Marcus Curtius jumping into the abyss; a woman with a looking glass; a peacock; monsters.  Inscriptions in Low German and French.
Stole
, 17th century
silk, linen, metallic thread

Stole of polychrome cut and uncut velvet on a white satin ground in a floral design. Ends trimmed with gold ribbon. Backed with linen.
Sécrétaire à la Chancelière
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for a desk with a curved cover and three small drawers at the front, ornamented with motifs including rosettes and lamb tongue. The desk legs are fluted. The plate is signed.
Table with candlestick
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1795
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

The curved table is probably a console table. The legs are composed of three gaines with a lion foot and a female mask above, the body is fluted. They are connected below by boards, above by festoons. Above, the candlestick. The shaft is surrounded by eagles. Above is a burning oil lamp from which two branches spring in the shape of the neck and the head of a snake supporting with the mouth the burning candle. Usual background. Above, at left, part of a figure - 5 or 6, and 8.
Study for an Oval Ceiling Design, Apollo, Strength, and Love
Fedele Fischetti, Italian, 1734 - 1789, 1760–89
Pen and brush and black ink, gray wash, black chalk on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Figure of Apollo raises a torch. Allegory of Strength supports a column and holds her left hand with a sword over a fire. Love has a fire on her forehead and is accompanied by a dog and putti carrying burning hearts. The figures are seated on clouds. More putti are in attendance.