biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Border
Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

On dark beige ground, alternating tiles outlined in white containing quatrefoil floral motifs in burgundy, pink, light blue and white. Two borders printed across the width.
Lying-In Hospital, Dublin
James Malton, English, 1761 - 1803, 1795
Aquatint, brush and watercolor on paper
Print

Street scene; the hospital is shown at the left. Numerous figures and carriages in the street. Below, title, artist's and publisher's names and the date.
Frieze
, 1830
Block-printed on handmade paper

Grisaille pattern with solid bright green background. Central elipse with shaded interior simulating miniature dome with coffered ceiling decorated with formalized floral ornament. Central bright green elipse with formalized flower. This elipse set in stepped octagon decorated with classic revival ornament, palmettes, etc. Top and bottom: banding in shaded grisaille of seaweed pattern.
Skirt panel
, late 18th century
silk Technique: cut and uncut supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a satin foundation

Skirt panel of black figured velvet with narrow vertical stripes of varying types including ribbon-and-leaf serpentine, cardinal's hats, tassels, and flowers on a stripe, and a sawtooth stripe with a diamond center. Bottom edge has two wide scallops comprised of swags and flower heads held aloft by ribbons.
Ceiling paper
Gossler and Wilt Wall Paper Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Flower-like shapes made up of one floral wreath over four foliate wreaths and tendrils. Fleurons in the resulting negative spaces. Ground is light green blue. Printed in light blue, white mica, and gold micas. 
Printed in selvedge: "Gossler & Wilt W. P. Co. Phila 726"
Border
, 1835–1900
Block-printed on paper

Brown ground with narrow tan stripes along edges.

H# 142
Waistcoat
, 1785–1800
silk Technique: two interconnected structures: twill plus plain weave (lampas) Label: silk lampas

Gentleman's waistcoat with a small overall pattern and neo-classical leafy sprays symmetrically arranged down the center front, in taupe on an olive green ground. At the lower edge, a "frieze" of the Triumph of Cupid in blue and white.
Design for China Decoration
Rose Samson, ca. 1895
Water color, gold, on paper
Drawing

Design for a cup, saucer, teapot, sugar bowl, and creamer done in gold and light green on a white background.
Design for Grotesque Decoration
Unknown, mid–late 16th century
Pen and brown ink on laid paper, mounted on laid paper
Drawing

The edges of the sheet are framed by candelabra and strapwork frame (rendered in half form) and composed of a variety of swags and animals. A saytr at right faces left and holds a swag; a fantastic animal crouches at left and at bottom of sheet walks left carring a bunch of flowers and is followed by a goose.
Drawing
, late 19th century
Brush and gouache on cream paper, mounted on cream paper

Large feather-like leaf formation in black, green, purple, and gold, surrounded by various sprays of wild flowers in yellow, purple, and gray on cream ground.
Jupiter, from The Seven Planets
Hans Sebald Beham, German, 1500–1550, 1539
Engraving on laid paper
Print

The figure of Jupiter, facing the viewer, and holding a sword in his left hand, is accompanied by Sagittarius (the archer) and Pisces (the fishes). At upper left is the word "IUPIDER" and the symbol for tin.
Sidewall
Janeway & Co. Inc., New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1848 - 1914, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Blue floral motifs connected by waiving yellow daisy chains that form vertical stripes. Interspersed sprigs of wheat. Ground is textured and cream. Printed in yellow, light blue, white, white mica and tan.
Printed in right selvedge: "Janeway & Co. 768"
Fragment
, 500–700
wool Technique: slit tapestry weave

Slit tapestry weave fragment showing a green cruciform with red details on a yellow ground.
Salesman's sample book
, 1784
marbleized paper, cardboard, cotton, linen Technique: plain weave, twill weaves, float weaves (damask), supplementary weft pile (velveteen); 108 examples are block-printed

461 swatches of fabric pasted on cards arranged in an accordion fold book. Manufacturer's number on each swatch. Book covered in marbleized paper. Samples are either cotton warp and cotton weft or linen warp and cotton weft, some block-printed in small scale repeating patterns.
Fishing Reel
, late 19th century
Silver
Matchsafe

Oblong, curved top and bottom, featuring raised ornament that simulates fishing line, hook and sinkers wrapped around a reel, line extends from front to reverse of box. Lid hinged on side. Matches most likely intended to be struck on textured side of box
Fragment
, late 18th century
silk Technique: cut and uncut supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a twill foundation

Fragment of "velours miniatures" divided in half with the top section showing vignettes of trees, birds and a single hunter with a gun. The bottom section has an entwined ribbon garland decorated with sprigs. Fragment is mainly pink with red, blue and greyish-green.
Sampler
, 1778
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, cross, brick, back, star, four-sided cross, and star stitches with couching on plain weave foundation

Bands of patterning, lettering at upper left and motifs including a spinning monkey and Hapsburg double-headed eagle.
Sampler
Elizabeth Starr Fowler, American, 1822 - 1904, 1827
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in stem, cross, detached chain, eyelet, and rococo stitches on plain weave foundation Label: linen embroidered with silk in stem, cross, detached chain, eyelet, and rococo stitches

Several bands of alphabets and numerals separated by narrow geometric borders, a four-verse hymn entitled The Little Pilgrim, and the inscription:
Mr Charles E. Fowler 
Mrs Minerva S. Fowler 
Died 13, 1832 
The memory of the just is blessed
Elizabeth Starr Fowler aged 9 years and 8 months 
flanked by weeping willow trees and a tomb.

The hymn reads:  
Little Pilgrim, young in years,
Hast thou not a hundred fears
Thus to enter life's new road
Never but with danger trod?
Paths arrayed in tempting bloom
Will entice thy steps to come;
But, though every fragrance sweet
Charm thy senses, shun the cheat.
Yes, kind friend, I know full well
Sin and sorrow in them dwell;
Never shall my steps be led
Where the virtuous should not tread.
I will choose me such a guide,
That I cannot step aside:
Lord, if thou wilt be my aid,
All those gay deceits shall fade.

An additional text appears at the bottom:
When soon or late they reach that coast
Oer life's rough ocean driv's
May they rejoice no wand'rer lost
A family in heaven
Ceiling paper
Becker, Smith & Page, Inc., founded 1899, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

On cream ground, rhomboid motifs composed of scalloped borders in pink and four hearts in green with red dots; small flowers in interstices.
Creamer with Landscapes
The Sweetser Company, New York, New York, active 1900 – 1915, 1900–1915
silver, gold
creamer

Cylindrical form with applied gold edges and chased with elaborate Chinese-inspired landscapes, deep spout, and shaped handle opposite.
Band
, 16th–17th century
natural linen Technique: grid of laid cords with needle lace, reticella style and edge of bobbin lace, continuous braid-like

Curved needle lace band of small flower baskets and pointed edge of continuous braid bobbin lace.
Figure
, 206 BC–220 AD
Earthenware

Male figure with knee-length coat, holding round object in lifted right hand. Hair arranged in elongated shape on back of head. Square plinth, chipped. Figure made in two-piece mold.
Border
American Wall Paper Manufacturers' Association, 1879–1887, 1880–87
Block-printed

Wallpaper roll.
Printed two across, red poppies and smaller blue flowers with large foliage, printed on beige ground.
Band fragment
, 18th–19th century
silk Technique: velvet

Fragments of coach lace in dark red, gold, green, and white with floral and geometric patterning.
Sidewall
, 1825–50
Block printed on handmade paper

Groups of putti centered around pedestal, printed in grisaille and set within frame. Suspended from frames are two crossing rings and green swags. Printed on light orange ground.

H# 689
Sidewall
, 1899
Block-printed

On glossy white ground: green and gray scalloping forming vertical borders for banding of hollyhock, in gray.
Doorplate from the Guaranty Building
Louis Henry Sullivan, American, 1856–1924, ca. 1895
Cast iron
Doorplate

Upright, roughly rectangular form with curved edges at top and bottom; cast decoration of stylized vegetal motifs, the word GUARANTY (for the Guaranty Building, Buffalo, NY (1896, Adler and Sullivan, architects) in oval worked into decoration at top; circular hole for doorknob slightly above center; a small screw hole near each corner.
Cameo
, late 19th century
Paste

Clear dark brown circle carved with head of man facing left.
View of an English Palladian country house in a park
Norbert Bittner, 1786 - 1851, ca. 1815
Pen and ink with watercolors on paper
Drawing

View of the façade of a house in the Palladian classic style with pilasters; a man and two ladies at the front of the steps. A rustic bridge over a stream on the left. A summer house on the right.
Folding screen
, 1800–1825
Block printed on joined sheets

One panel of a folding screen, featuring a figural landscape pattern with two soldiers: one mounting horse, the other resting against, printed in green; drapery swag border at top of panel, with narrow border at bottom.
Frieze
Gledhill Wall Paper Co., New York, New York, founded 1900, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Tall bouquets of pink poppies, alternating with lower trailing poppies tied with ribbon and bow. Small foliate swags and pendants along top edge.
Fork
, 1770–1800
steel, horn, silver, mother-of-pearl, ivory

Fork has two long pointed tines, baluster-shaped neck, silver ferrule decorated with floral pattern. Tapered handle octagonal-shaped in centre, end of handle decorated with horizontal silver band and mother-of-pearl points. Silver mount on top of handle has inscription, ivory knob in centre. The end of handle screwed to the handle; pepper container.
Beheading of John the Baptist
Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528, 1510
Woodcut and black ink on paper
print

the executioner stands at right holding the head of St. John, which Salome, left, waits to receive on a plate. The body of St. John, kneeling, faces left. Monogram of Durer, lower left. Date, 1510, upper right.
House on a Street
Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925, ca. 1883
Graphite on cream paper
Drawing

Street running to the right. The house opening on to the sidewalk by an arched doorway, with a figure standing in it. A fence along the sidewalk.
Sidewall
, 1840–1860
Block-printed paper

On blue-gray ground, network of bamboo, foliage with bright red, orange, green, blue parrot-like birds.
Coif
, late 16th–early 17th century
silk and metal-wrapped silk-core embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in stem, coral, leaf, and chain stitches with looping and detached looping on plain weave foundation Label: linen embroidered with silk and metallic threads in stem, coral, leaf, chain, and detached looping stitches

Woman's coif of off-white linen, with a point over the forehead, shaped at the cheeks, and with a pleated detail at the crown. Embroidered in light colored silks and metal threads with scrolling vines in silver metallic thread framing flower heads, among which appear caterpillars, bees and insects, embroidered in in red, pink, green, blue, yellow and gray silk. The ground is spotted with silver sequins stitched down with red thread.
Sky and Calm Ocean
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, late 19th century
Graphite on laid paper, lined
Album page

Calm ocean with clouds in sky.
Chevaux de Halage
Charles Francois Daubigny, 1817-1878, 1850
Etching in dark brown ink on paper
Print

A teamster drives two teams of horses into a stream. A figure rides one horse of the forward team.
The Lute Player and the Singer (2nd state)
Israhel van Meckenem, German, ca. 1440 - 1503, before 1500
Engraving on off-white laid paper
Print

A young man, seated on the right, accompanies on his lute a young lady seated beside him who sings.  A dog is seen chained near the man.
Sampler
Hannah Wedgwood, mid-18th century
silk on linen Technique: cross, stem eye and satin stitches on plain weave foundation

Curving band of pattern three alphabets, and one set of numerals with the inscription "Hannah Wedgwood's Sampler wrought in the 12 year of her age."
Bag
, probably 19th century
wool Technique: plain weave with supplementary weft

Lozenge pattern in blue on tan background. Bag is sewn together with bright red wool; shoulder bnd in plain weave.
Thatched Cottage by a Swamp in Evening Light
Antoni Waterloo, 1618–1677, ca. 1650
Etching on white laid paper
Print

A thatched cottage behind a large tree, left, on the edge of a swamp; a church spire in right distance, seen in evening light.
Design for a Steeple
Unknown, 1508
Pen and gray, brown ink, brush and gray, brown wash on paper
Drawing

Design for a steeple. At base, a balustrade with designs in metalwork. Three windows built into stonework of the structure. Steeple topped by large spire with protrusions.
Fragment
, 16th–17th century
silk Technique: 5-harness satin damask

Red and green damask in a small, allover design of plants, lion and birds.
Bag
, 17th century
gilt wire, silk and silver-wrapped silk Technique: weft-faced plain weave with continuous and discontinuous wefts.

Small pouch with a small part of the drawstring remaining. Made of four rectangular pieces with a pointed curve on the bottom edge. Two panels are patterned by a landscape with a castle and two figures and a dog. The other two panels depict a seated woman sewing being shot at by Cupid. Small red hearts fill the background. Patterns have multiple colors on a gold background.
Ceiling medallion
, 1875–1906
Block-printed paper

Wallpaper roll.  Round ceiling medallion; vining floral and foliage over circular center with arrows. Printed on ocher ground.
Fragment
, 17th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace, discontinuous tape

Cherub in a vine.
Viper Grass
Arthur Wilcock, ca. 1890
cotton Technique: roller printed on both sides
Textile

Tall blue grasses outlined in white interspersed with large pale-blue and yellow flowers. Dark blue ground shows through. Ribbed material.
Tritoma Uvaria, Plate XXII
E. G. Henderson and Son, English, ca. 1859 - 1886, ca. 1857–1864
Chromolithograph on paper
Print

Tritoma Uvaria, Plate XXII.
Man
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1884
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of a male figure wearing a cap.
Fragment
, 600–300 BC
wool embroidery, cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in stem stitch on plain weave foundation Label: cotton embroidered with wool in stem stitch

Fragment of a mantle border solidly embroidered in tan, red, blue and green. Design shows shaman or deity figures facing in alternating directions, surrounded by birds and animals; with a looped and twisted fringe on one edge.
Sketches of a Woman with a Lute, Study for "Titian Showing the Entombment to Charles V and Clement VII"
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1871–72
Graphite on light green wove paper
Drawing

Woman, left, seated and looking to left, a lute in her lap. Figure and lute again, toward the right in the same position. Lute and hands above, center.
Le Portail de la Chapelle des filles de Ste. Marie proche la porte de St. Antoine à Paris
Jean Marot, French, 1619 - 1679, ca.1635–ca.1660
Etching on laid paper
Print

Architectural elevation of an exterior façade of a Parisian chapel featuring a dome topped with a cupola, vase finials, and a portico entrance domed. Stairs leading up to the door, framed by columns, pediment with figures on top, a roundel window, and cartouche above. Cross finials on the domes. A scale to the left. The plate is titled.
Stag Hunt with Rifles
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, late 1590s
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and black washes over black chalk on laid paper.
Drawing

Recto: Hunters, left, hidden behind bushes, shoot at a group of stags. At right, another hunter on horseback observes the scene. Dutch inscription at upper right. 
Verso, above: In a circular temple ringed by columns, the angel Gabriel announces the birth of St. John the Baptist to his father, Zechariah.  
Verso, below: Saint Elizabeth and the Virgin Mary sit at center, each supporting her small child, who stands before her. Christ, at center left, raises a hand in greeting toward St. John the Baptist, at center right. St. Joseph stands behind the group.
Two Ornamental Trophy Designs
Jacques Dumont, French, 1701 – 1781, 1729–61
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Two designs for hanging ornamental trophies (side by side) featuring quivers of arrows, flaming torches, hunting horns, bows, hunting net, flowers, foliate branches, a bird, crown of flowers, chains, and flaming hearts. The plate is numbered and signed.
Nude Woman
Walter Shirlaw, American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909, ca. 1880
Charcoal on paper
Drawing

Nude woman shown from the front with a lowered head, seated upon a bed.
Ceiling Design: Roman Ambassador Ask the Sabine Numa Pompilius to Reign over Rome, Sala di Numa Pompilio, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1802–05
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over black chalk on white laid paper
Drawing

Three ambassadors urge Numa, seated in his room, to go with them. Boy carries diadem toward Numa; Romans kneel at left with crowd filling room. In black chalk, upper center, part of underdrawing of unclear subject matter.
Bandbox
, 1830–45
Block printed on handmade paper, pasteboard support

Landscape with trees, houses and figure of a man. Next to the house a rock outcropping contains a waterfall. Dark green, red and pink on green field. Cover with unidentified chapel and buildings.
Parade Float with the Virgin and Child riding a Dragon, plate 8 from A. Isacchi, "Relatione di Alfonso Isachi intorno l'origine, solennità, traslatione, et miracoli della Madonna di Reggio [...]," (Account by Alfonso Isachi regarding the Origin, Festivities, Procession, and Miracles of the Madonna of Reggio)
Giovanni Luigi Valesio, Italian, ca. 1583 - 1633, 1619
Engraving and etching on cream laid paper
Print

A parade float: the Virgin and Child in profile upon the neck of a large, fire-breathing dragon. Printed in black, inside a paper scroll above them: "Drago della Confraternità della Visitatione presso S. Agostino à car. 96. no. 24" (The Dragon of the Confraternity of the Visitation of the Church of St. Augustine, on page 96, no. 24).
Developpement d'une autre Fenêtre Corinthienne
Jean-François de Neufforge, Flemish, 1714–1791, 1768
Engraving on paper
Print

Design and profile of a window decorated according to the Corinthian order and with a balcony. The plate is signed and numbered.
Frieze
, 1890–1900
Machine-printed

Cream ground with conventional lotus in white, with silver, gilt and bronze. Marked "2077". Frieze
Cape for an ecclesiastical figurine
, 1750–99
silk, metal sequins, paillettes Technique: embroidered on satin weave; lined with twill

Small cape for an ecclesiatic figure, the "Bambino". Pale blue satin embroidered with glass beads, paillettes, and gold and colored sequins. Small flowers sprinkled over ground. Edges in twining lead and flower design. Lined with red silk twill.
Bridge over the River Combeima at Ibagué, Colombia
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 16, 1853
Graphite, brush and white gouache and oxidized white gouache on tan wove paper
Drawing

Landscape and architecture of the Bridge over the River Combeima in Ibaque, Colombia. Made of stone, the bridge is brightly rendered in gouache and seems to emerge from extremely dense forest on either side. In the foreground at right, a road or trail is visible. Outlines of mountain ridges comprise background.
Design for a Pendant Trophy
René Charpentier, French, 1680 - 1723, 1738–61
Etching on laid paper
Print

Within a double-lined frame, a design for an ornamental pendant trophy from a series of twelve plates. The trophy features arms and armor and framed cartouche depicting a battle scene, intertwined with foliate branches and ribbons. A flying putto holds onto a French crown at the top of the trophy, which is hanging from a tied ribbon. The plate is signed and numbered.
Elevation of a villa
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1792–1794
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Flights of stairs flanked by windows of the basement lead to the portico of four columns with a triglyph frieze and triangular pediment. Seven windows in the top floor. Right top corner: "11", vertically. Possibly for the Villa Poniatowsky.
Section of wall, bedroom of Marie Antoinette, Palace of Fontainebleau, France
Frederick Marschall, ca. 1885
Brush and watercolor, tempera on heavy paper
Drawing

Section of wall, with painted panels of small-scale motifs of foliage, figures, sphinxes, in the antique manner. Doorway with painted panels and overdoor of two reclining female figures in bold relief. Left, console table.
References to a Church Plan
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1800-1830
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Half of the plan and details. Accounts.
Ornament Panel with a Double Cartouche Showing Venus or Thetis with Her Nymphs and a Fountain
Pierre Edme Babel, French, 1720–1775, 1743-1763
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Ornament panel design with a double cartouche with Venus or Thetis with her Nymphs. The design is comprised of motifs of the sea: shells, dolphins, a putto holding a trident, a swan, and reeds. The plate is signed.
Handkerchief
, late 19th century
cotton Technique: plain weave (more open weave); Z/Z twist

Yarn-dyed woven pattern of large white, brown, and dark brown checks
Landscape near Guayaquil, Ecuador, Part Two
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, May 21, 1857
Graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Landscape sketch and partial panorama showing the second part of a panoramic view of the terrain near Guayaquil, Ecuador. In the foreground, cattle graze at left. A grove of trees is visible in the middle distance at center, with a sloping prominence rising at left. Distant mountains and mixed clouds comprise background.

Verso: Botanical sketch showing seven different views of plants. Along upper portion, four trees of various types are visible. In lower register, banana plant visible in lower left with two other sketches of a vine-covered bush and a tree.
Design for a Trophy
Mathurin Cherpitel, French, 1736 – 1809, 1755–68
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for a military trophy hanging from a tied ribbon. The trophy features a shield, spears, rifle, flags, textiles, and a powder flask, with leafy sprigs intertwined. The address is lettered below.
Panel Design of Grotesque Ornamentation
Jean Berain, the elder, French, 1640-1711, 1711
Engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Panel design of symmetrical grotesque ornamentation. At center is a medallion with Venus riding a half-horse, half-fish, above a fountain. On either side are anguipèdes, birds, masks, and winged monsters. The panel has a frame with rosettes, monsters, strapworks, lozenges, medallions, and masks. The plate is signed and given the letter "F."
Ornamental Vase Design
Jean Claude Thomas Duplessis, French, 1730-1783, 1775-1780
Etching on paper
Print

Lidded vase with two handles formed from stylized acanthus leaves. The vase has a tall, fluted neck with alternating acanthus leaf and floral pattern. The shallow belly of the vase has a swirling loose knot of stylized acanthus leaves. The vase has a tapered, fluted foot, and is elevated on a plinth, and there is indication of trees in the background. The plate is signed but not numbered.
Trimming
, 19th century
silk Technique: woven

Red and tan trimming fragment in a checkerboard pattern.