biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Pilate Washes His Hands
, 1840s
Wood engraving on paper
Print

He is on his throne, at right Christ and two soldiers are at left.
Sewing sample
, late 19th century
Cotton

Sample of printed cotton-little rose cluster-with shaped edges; finished with piping; patch in center.
Embroidered picture
, late 17th century
silk and metallic embroidery on linen canvas Technique: embroidered in tent stitch

Embroidered picture. Two depths: in foreground, a woman with child speak to a bearded man; in background, an angel looks over a landscape with trees, a castle, and a tent from which emerge a woman and child. Border of animals and flowers includes a lion, hare, dog, tiger, parrot, squirrel, stag, and bee. Framed and glazed.
A Small Fort on the Rhine Near Cleves
Franz Edmund Weirotter, Austrian, 1730 - 1771, ca. 1780-1800
Engraving on paper
Print

Boats are drawn up to a wharf bordered by a partially ruined castle, left. A windwell at right in the distance.
mask
, possibly 19th century
wood, carved and painted

Shojo character (orangotang, drunkard). Red-faced, with lines painted to simulate strands of straggily hair.
Footed dish
, early 19th century
treen, ebony

Small stand turned in circular form. Upper portion wit curved profile and central depression. Stem of baluster form and circular foot with molded bands.
L'AMUSEMENT
Antoine Watteau, French, 1684–1721, 1723-1735
Etching on laid paper
Bound print

Vignette of figures in a landscap underneath a tree. This scene is set within a frame comprised of branches, fountains, trophies of gardening tools, batwings, cartouches, and vases. The plate is signed.
No. 7, Facade Elevation of Hotel Guimard, 122 Rue Mozart, Paris
Hector Guimard, French, 1867–1942, ca. 1910
Photographic print on sensitized paper
Print

View of the elevation of the  facade of the house of Hector Guimard on rue Mozart. Constructed of brick with limestone trim and cast bronze balconies. Inscribed at top and signed in lower right corner.
Fatehpur Sikri, Birbal’s Palace, India
Lockwood de Forest, American, 1850–1932, March 19, 1881
Brush and oil on thin paperboard
Drawing

Ochre buildings seen from corner situated in sandy landscape.  Central building has two stories, each accentuated with projecting cornices and large brackets beneath.  Roofline culminates in twin domes.  A portion of another building in a similar architectural style is seen at right.  It has a projecting balcony and similar roofline and dome.  All buildings seem to be part of a larger complex.
Recueil des Festes, Feux D’Artifice, et Pompes funèbres, ordonées pour le Roi, par Messieurs les Premiers Gentilhommes de sa Chambre. Conduites par Messieurs les Intendans & Controleurs Généraux de l'Argenterie, Menus Plaisirs & Affaires de la Chambre de Sa Majesté
Menus-Plaisirs du Roi, France, 1735-1756
Bound volume, engraving on paper
Book

Bound in red Morocco (goatskin) with gilt tooling, in panel style with foliate and floral rolls, four fleura-de-lis stamps at the corners of the inner panel border, arms of Louis XVI stamped in the center of each cover, marbled endpapers. A binder's engraved ticket for Pierre Vente (1722-93) pasted onto the upper cover paste-down: Vente, Relieur et Doreur/de Livres des Menus Plaisirs/ de la Chambre du Roy. / Demeure au bas de la Montagne/ Sainte Genevieve, au Batiment/ neuf des Carmes de la Place/ A Maubert, Paris.
Fragments
, 17th century
silk Technique: raised supplementary warp forming pile (velvet)

Leaves and heraldic motifs in mauve on gold.
Fragment
, 18th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace, Mechlin style with Point de Paris ground

Band: with a symmetrical design of a central vase form with scrolling branches and large flower heads.
The Last Trip In, Illustration for The Century Magazine (XXXVIII, No. 3, July 1889, p, 342)
Mary A. Hallock Foote, American, 1847–1938, 1889
Wood-engraving in black ink on paper
Print

Covered wagons drawn by donkeys moving toward the left.
Mishima, Morning Mist, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)
Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858, ca. 1834
Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
Print

This is a scene of a group of six men. One man is in a kago while another is on a horse. As they travel through the eerie mist, they stumble upon the entrance to a Shinto temple on the right. Silhouettes of other figures and buildings are hidden amongst the haze.
Fragment
, early 18th century
silk Technique: 5-harness satin damask

Fragment of purple damask patterned by scrolling leaf-like shapes. Related to the "bizarre" patterns of the early eighteenth century.
Frieze
Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Background of moire pattern, shading from light blue at top to medium blue at bottom. Band of scroll motifs at top edge. Larger scroll and shell motifs with lattice along bottom edge.
Frieze
Liberty Wall Paper Company, Schuylerville, New York, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Art nouveau/mission style. Floral wreaths with fleur-de-lis insets connected by floral swags suspended from top band of palmette-like ornaments. The bottom third has a band of large geometric medallions and rest of the background has small, staggered, modeled squares. All forms are outlined in thin beading.Tan ground covered in light grey fanning circles and irregular white dots. Printed in tans, browns and metallic gold. Printed in selvedge: "Liberty Papers"
Sampler
, 19th century
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in counted stitches on plain weave

Geometric floral designs in pink and blue that appear in the earliest of the 16th century pattern books
Passementerie, Façon de passer le Patron par derriere
Denis Diderot, French, 1713–1784, 1772
Engraving on paper
Print

A depiction of a man working at a loom. Beneath, designs for the textile that he is creating.
Ceiling paper
Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Seemingly random placement of floral sprigs interspersed with foliate sprigs which appear like Japanese maple leaves. Non-directional design. Printed in green, brown, and white mica on off-white ground.
Open salt
, ca. 1830
Glass

Cylindrical bowl with straight faceted sides rising to large turned-over rim covered with diamond cutting and faceted around the edge; bottom star cut.
Textile
, mid-19th century
wool Technique: block printed on 4\1satin weave

Scrolling lattice and small sprays of wild flowers and wheat stalks on a maroon ground surround curvilinear black medallions with large bouquets of roses and wheat.
Chintz fragment
, 18th century
cotton Technique: mordants for 3 reds applied by pen and brush; madder dyed; blue applied by brush over resist; yellow applied by brush; chitnz on plain weave

Fragment of a repeating pattern with flowers, rococo scrolls and animals. Fragment has been cut as for a valance.
study for hands holding an open book with drapery from clothing
Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923, ca. 1890
Pencil, black, sanguine crayon, on salmon-pink paper
Drawing

Hands, with draped sleeves, holding an open book.
Hercules Conquering the Molionide Twins
Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528, ca. 1497
Woodcut on laid paper
Print

A man wearing an animal skin carrying a club (presumably Hercules) has thrown down another man wearing armor. A second man in armor is already on the ground. Behind, a young woman is pursued by an older nude woman brandishing a jawbone. A landscape and two towns can be seen in the background.
Dark Landscape with Bare Trees on Water Inlet
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, 1890–1900
Pen and black ink on off-white wove paper
Sketchbook folio

landscape with two large, dark, bare trees in left foreground. Hill in right distance with more bare trees, (possible) additional trees in right background.
Cravat end
, mid-18th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace, Mechlin ground

Cravat end of Mechlin with a central cartouche filled by a bowl of flowers and surrounded by floral and foliated branches interspersed by volutes, terminating in scrolls.
Ceiling paper
Gledhill Wall Paper Co., New York, New York, founded 1900, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

On gray ground, light green bouquets of flowers along with colorful bouquets in green, pink and white.
Noble Interior: Stage Design for the Teatro Marsigli-Rossi in Bologna
Antonio Giuseppe Basoli, Italian, 1774–1843, ca. 1810
Pen and gray ink, brush and watercolor over black chalk on white paper
Drawing

Design for a stage set.  A richly furnished room in the classical style, with a fireplace and curtained door at the back.  A large divan and three smaller chairs with matching blue upholstery along the walls, coffered ceiling, and tall windows at the left.
Wall Decoration, Dragons, possibly for Music Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton
Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859, 1815–22
Graphite on white wove paper
Drawing

Design for wall decoration, showing a large central panel of dragon with outstretched wings and twisted tail, fiercely breathing fire, and surrounded by smaller dragons. One of the two marrow panels which flank the central, only the one at right is sketched in, its subject, a dragon breathing fire, smaller dragons.
Knife with Porcelain Handle
Saint-Cloud Porcelain Manufactory, French, active by 1693 - 1766, 18th–19th century
steel, soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel
knife

Sabre-shaped blade (reblade) with plain bolster. Banded ferrule, round in section. Pistol-shaped porcelain handle, blue floral design on a white ground.
Teapot, from a "Topographical" Dinner or Dessert Service ("A Vedute")
Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735, ca. 1810–1820
hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
teapot

Cylindrical, with high looped handle, curved spout. Flat cover with finial. Within an oval cartouche, a harbor scene. Blue band at bottom.
Light Sketch of Waves on Beach
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, 1870–85
Graphite on cream wove paper, bound
Sketchbook folio

Ocean with small waves breaking on shore at beach.
Textile
John Marshall & Sons, 1824
cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller on plain weave Label: Printed by engraved roller on cotton plain weave

Vignettes of dancing, music playing and conversation. Uniforms worn by some of the men are Napoleonic; other costume includes Turkish and Spanish everyday dress. Palm trees indicate a Spanish locale.
Rosina
Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923, ca. 1885
Pastel crayon on paper
Drawing

Sketch of a female figure in profile.
Band
, 1100–1400
cotton and wool warp, wool weft Technique: slit tapestry

Narrow woven band with repeats of geometrical motifs in red, dark brown and yellow. Blue welts on warps of natural cotton and brown wool twisted together.
Ceiling paper
Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Quatrefoils formed of scrolled lines, with floral motif in center. Quatrefoils are separated by floral sprigs and small clusters of flowers. Printed on speckled tan ground.
Fragment
, 16th century
silk, metal thread Technique: appliqué and embroidery

Pomegranate shape on two seamed pieces of velvet.
Sample
, early 18th century
Technique: tape lace with filling stitches

Tape lace motif, floral vine; early 18th century Flemish mixed.
Title Page Design for Le Zodiaque Travesti (Farcical Zodiac)
Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849, 1824
Brush and light brown wash, pink, tan watercolor, white gouache, pen and brown, black ink, red crayon, graphite on cream laid paper
Drawing

Figure of a court jester with the torso of a bare-breasted woman.  The jester points to a zodiacal sign with his left hand (one of the twelve signs depicted on the border of the medallion); he holds the jester's prop in his right hand.  The roundel is surrounded by calligraphic flourishes within which the title is entwined.
Design for the Decoration of the Saloon, Royal Pavillion, Brighton
Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859, ca. 1815
Brush and watercolor, graphite on multiple sheets white wove paper
Drawing

(a): Design of a section of south end of the circular room, showing the coved semicircular recess with doors. Window at right. The walls are hung with large panels of Chinese wallpaper of flowers and collaged birds, the base and mouldings are painted, as well as the columns at the entrance to the recess.

(b): Rendering of the Salon as it looked in 1802, with the hand-painted Chinese wallpaper and painted strip still in place as well as the painted fretwork on the ceiling, but without draperies at the windows.   A design for a new chandelier in the Chinese style is sketched in with pencil.

Original album associated with this collection still exists.  See 1948-40-1 accessory.
Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Le Jasmin (Jasmine) from the Service de la Culture des Fleurs (Cultivation of Flowers Service)
Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849, 1821–24
Pen and brown, black ink, brush and brown, black wash, white gouache, red crayon, graphite on tan paper mounted on blue-gray paper
Drawing

Design for a painted porcelain plate, rondel. A family scene on a terrace surrounded by flowering jasmine bushes. Figures of parents observe the garden while a young girl, right foreground, gathers jasmine sprays from the ground.  A boy, holding a jasmine blossom in his right hand, leans against a garden bench, left foreground.  A gardener, rear center, climbs the terrace stairs.  A garden structure in the Palladian style is in the left background.
Sampler
Mary Cox, 1816
linen, silk, and cotton needlework on linen ground with paper backing Technique: pattern darning, chain, satin, knot and cross embroidery stitches on plain weave ground

Square darning sampler on a very fine, sheer linen ground. In the center, a bouquet of flowers is tied with a ribbon. There are eight cross-shaped areas displaying darning in imitation of different woven patterns. The work is framed by a fine floral border.
Sidewall - fragment
, 1870–90
Machine-printed

In the Aesthetic style, stylized plant and floral motifs with geometric divisions, printed in tans, browns and gray.
Jurors Listening to Counsel, Supreme Court, New City Hall, New York
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, February 20, 1869
Wood engraving in black ink on paper
Print

Jury seated in the jury box listening to a lawyer.
Ladies and Gentlemen at a Balcony
Oreste Cortazzo, Italian, 1830/6 - before 1912, after 1878
Etching on vellum
Print

A gathering of ladies and gentlemen at a balcony, with an oriental rug thrown over the balustrade. Inscribed, lower left: "Cortazzo/1878."
Desk
, 1850–1900
Cedar (?), brass, silk, velvet, printed cotton, block-printed lining paper, glass, metallic gold braid

Rectangular box with inlaid, rounded brass corner edgings, bandings, and foliate ornaments, lock, and handles at either end, fitted flush: hinged lid into which is fitted accordion folder, cardboard covered with beige and white tea-chest paper, cotton with exotic bird pattern. Interior face of lid covered in bright blue woven-patterned silk with edging and central oval of metallic gold braid. Bottom of box has fitted compartments for writing equipment and hinged fall-front writing surface covered with maroon velvet, edged with ebonized wood.
Waistcoat fragments
, late 18th century
silk Technique: embroidered

White silk waistcoat fragments embroidered in multicolored silks in the style of Jean-François Bony.
Sidewall - fragment
, 1870–90
Machine-printed

All-over floral pattern, with several varieties of flowers, printed in beige on dark brown ground.
Portrait of Erasmus Rotterdamus, from the Icones Principum Virorum
Anthony van Dyck, Netherlandish, 1599 – 1641, 1630–1640
Etching on laid paper in black ink
Print

Half-length portrait of Erasmus, seated, in three quarter view to right.
Plate 4, from Recueil d'ouvrages curieux de mathématique et de mécanique, ou description du cabinet de Monsieur Grollier de Servière
Etienne Joseph Daudet, French, 1672 - 1730, 1732
Engraving on paper
Print

Designs for mechanical objects to be carried out in metal or ivory. The central figure (12) is the largest, and like those in Plate 3, is spherical, but has more holes apparent. Inside are loose barrel-like shapes; figure 4, an indented sphere. Lower right, a quadrilateral triangle, with merging points. Lower left and righ, cubes.
Tassel
, 17th century
linen, metallic thread Technique: braided and knotted

Pear-shaped linen tassel, braided and knotted. Double loops attached to pear-shaped center unit to which are attached elaborate knottings in shapes of double-headed eagles, floral elements terminating in three dancing figures attached to one another.
Ceiling paper
Janeway & Carpender, New Brunswick, New Jersey, est. ca. 1872, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Scrolls of vine and flowers.  Grey, tan color with gold highlights on a white background.  Holes punched in selvage. Pattern number: "2913".
The Sacrifice of Isaac
Gaetano Monti, Italian, ca. 1750–1824, 1800–1824
Pen and brown ink, graphite on cream paper
Drawing

Abraham is shown being stopped by a flying angel as he is about to sacrifice Isaac. Rays of light shine upon the figures. Verso: sketches of Abraham and the angel.
Ceiling paper
Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid, mica

Trellis pattern of ogival lines, each void is filled with a wreath. Printed in green, tan, brown, and off-white on light green ground.
Pottery Tile Stove
, ca. 1750
Pen and black ink, brush and wash on vellum
Drawing

Stove made of porcelain tiles, lower part has three rows of tiles, top and bottom rows consist of landscapes alternating with a conventional design of acanthus scrolls, middle row, seascapes alternating with female figures representing saints or virtues.
Sketchbook Page
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, 1875
Graphite on paper
Sketchbook folio

Sketches of three elongated figures in overcoats.
Dante's Paradise
Eugen Eduard Schäffer, German, 1802 - 1871, ca. 1820
Engraving on paper
Print

Dante's Paradise.
Unfinished bag
, 19th century
silk thread, cut steel beads Technique: knitted Label: Knitted silk thread, cut steel beads

Unfinished piece of beaded knitting, still on five fine steel knitting needles, probably intended to make a bag.
Design for Embroidery for a Man's Waistcoat, for the Fabrique de St. Ruf
, ca. 1785
Brush and gouache, graphite on paper
Drawing

Left bottom corner with obliquely rising bottom edge.  Peacock feathers and leaf scrolls alternate along the outer edges.  Obliquely disposed strips with flowers in the field.
Design for a Candlestick, plate 75, from Cinquième Livre d'Ornemens, from Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (Works by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier)
Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750, 1748 (first printing 1734)
Engraving on white laid paper
Print

1921-6-212-33-a: Candlestick on platform; twisting from bottom to t...;     1921-6-212-33-b: View of fantastic architecture scene with four nud...
Gate Design
Caillouet, French, mid-18th century, 1775–87
Engraving and etching on paper
Print

A design for a large wrought-iron gate and stone gate with central double doors. The gates feature geometric, meander patterned bands, and fleurs-de-lys, two baskets of flowers, and acorn finials. The plate is signed and numbered.
Sidewall - fragment
, ca. 1860
Machine-printed

Vertical repeat in dark neutral colors similar to a verdure tapestry. Landscape paper showing children, two boys and two girls, at a see-saw, surrounded by foliage.  Printed in greens, red, blues and browns. Vertical, a full width, composed of two joined fragments.
Elevation of Interior with Clock over a Chimneypiece
Johann Michael Hoppenhaupt II, German, 1709–ca. 1778, 1753
Etching and engraving on white laid paper
Print

Elevation of an interior with a central chimneypiece with a clock over it. The room is grotto-like, with dripping verdure, plants, and putti spilling water out of urns. The panels, garlands, and furniture are all decorated with rocaille ornamentation. The plate is signed.
Ice, Niagara Falls
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, March 20, 1856
Graphite on tan wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of ice and snow in Niagara Falls at winter, possibly viewed from the Cave of the Winds. At upper right, numerous undulating icicles hang from a ledge that rises diagonally toward upper center. At center, a concial mass of snow and ice is prominently visible. In the foreground at left and lower center, other snow-covered ice formations are shown, while the top of the one of the falls is visible in the distance through a window at center left.

Verso: Extremely loose sketch of ice formations, cliffs, and the cascades around Niagara Falls during winter. Most forms are indistinct.
Sampler
M.H.B., 1740
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: cross stitch on plain weave

Cross borders in floral and geometric patterns at the top and below; alphabets, numerals, and date in wreath; Pascal Lamb, Crucifixion with inscriptions, animals, birds and flowers.
Design for a Main Altar
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746-1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

The mensa is in the center of the socle zone; beside it are two panels with escutcheons. Laterally stand rectangular pedestals, either of them with a medallion above crossed branches at the front, and with a group of standing figures between two sitting angels. In the next zone are three projecting pedestals. The outer ones, with a representation at their fronts, support two columns each; the central one, decorated with a festoon, supports a group, consisting of a woman with a cross, and angels. The retable forms a niche, the conch of which his above the entablature. On top is a triangular pediment, with two figures standing upon the lower corners, and on top the triangle in a globe, with a glory of rays, supported apparently by two sitting angels.
Portrait of the Marquis de Longveil
Robert Nanteuil, French, 1623 – 1678, 1661
Engraving on paper
Print

A portrait in an oval frame, in which is written, "Mes.re Rene de Longveil, Marquis de Maisons Ministre de Stat et President au Parlem." The Marquis is turned slihtly to the left, with his head facing frontally. Below, left, the artist's name and the date.
Cartouche Design
Jean-Bernard Turreau, French, 1672 - 1731, early 18th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for a cartouche framed by a mascarons (masks), c-scrolls, palm leaves, flaming torches, festoons of fleurons and sphynx. The base below is decorated with mascaron (mask), shells, festoons of leaves and three putti and a chariot. The plate is signed.
Fragment
, 1100
cotton Technique: plain weave

Fragment of a plain woven cloth in brown cotton.
The Froebel
Wm. Campbell Wall Paper Company, 1872, 1905
Machine-printed paper
Frieze

Children's frieze with repeating group of seven school girls in green and red dresses, holding books, abaci and hoops, with a terrestrial globe. Across bottom a banderole with the Gothic-letter inscription in German: Arbeit macht das Leben Süss [Work Makes Life Sweet]. Printed in top selvedge: Wm. Campbell-Wall-Paper-Co., Antiseptic Pat'd 8-9-04". Printed in bottom selvedge:  "The Froebel, E.J. Walenta, 496".
A Painter; View of a Town
Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863, 1820-1830
Pen and ink, brush and brown wash, white heightening on paper
Drawing

Left, a young man pointing to a canvas he is painting. At right angels: a town seen through an arch. Verso: part of a large drawing showing a section of a vaulted chamber.
Granaries, Mexico
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, February 25, 1890
Graphite on gray-blue wove paper
Drawing

Architecture and landscape sketch showing a view of granaries in Mexico, likely north of Mexico City. Situated in the middle distance at center, a group of seven cone-shaped granaries made of stone or brick are visible. Resembling Native American tipis, they are organized into a triangle with the foremost structure at center. In the background, the outlines of two rolling hills backdrop the scene.