biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Two Rustics Seated on a Bank Near Three Trees
Antoni Waterloo, 1618–1677, ca. 1650
Etching on paper
Print

Near a clump of three large trees two peasants sit on a bank in conversation. The roof of a cottage, right and other cottages are seen through trees, left distance.
Drawing
Giuseppe Valadier, Italian, 1762–1839, 1775
Graphite, gray wash Support: laid paper

Horizontal rectangle. Below: Upon steps stands a low circular basin filled with rocky stones. The water pours down from sphinxes, arranged symmetrically upon a high circular pedestal. Above that risen another upon steps. It is surrounded in its middle by a frieze with figures. Above are visible two sitting women, with pitchers from which water pours; more pours from two indistinct motifs, apparently animals. In the center rises a rostral column, with a point on top. The background is a curved arcade, with at the ends two halfs of pavilions with a portico between wall panels in front of which a statue stands. Above the attic are sitting women supporting an oval medallion. Below is a dark stripe. Above at left is a fountain with three basins. The lower seems to be filled with rocky stones. The central has the shape of a bowl, the upper is supported by standing figures with jugs from which water pours; beside from above. At right: the upper basin is supported by standing figures upon a high pedestal with a lion mask on each side from which water pours beside, from above. Upon a high circular pedestal, with, laterally, mask from which water pours, sit two women leaning upon a jug from which more water pours. Behind them is water springing. Below it is a rough pencil sketch.
Border
, mid–late 16th century
linen Technique: grid of withdrawn element work with embroidery and needle lace, reticella style

Border design with varying sizes of squares arranged on a diagonal line. Pointed border.
Portrait of May Bright
Martha S. Day, ca. 1860
Charcoal and white chalk on brown paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Bust portrait, the sitter shown in right profile, and wearing a hair net. Inscribed (in pencil), upper left corner: May Bright / Dr. Edwin Bright's (Editor of Exam[iner]} / Daughter / Drawn from life."
Mount
, ca. 1815
stamped, cast and chased gilt bronze

Pegasus rampant over a bush
Costume Design: The Master of Arms for a Ballet
, ca. 1720
Lead pencil on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. A young man is shown in three-quarter profile, turned toward left. He carries a bar in his right hand. The left hand rests on the hilt of the sword. He wears a helmet with a feather. Written on top: "il maestro de L'armi," in the lower part of the coat: "Verde," (struck out), "G. Gradelino folliamento d'oro".
Fragment
, early 18th century
silk Technique: embroidered

Fragment show a basket of flowers resting on a small mound.  Background has wavy blue lines suggesting water. Foreground has grass and a tree on the right. A black and white spotted dog stands near the tree while a small creature or animal in a tunic stands on a tree branch.
Cap crown
, 18th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace, Brussels style

Cap crown worked with a central motif of an urn with a flower surrounded by ornamental bands and flower motifs.
Textile
, 19th century
cotton, silk, metallic thread Technique: plain weave

Fabric, possibly for a man's garment, of sheer white cotton with narrow side border stripes in black silk and gold metallic thread. Ends have broader stripes in black and red silk and gold metallic thread.
Print
Marco Dente, Italian, 1486 - 1527, 1520
Black ink on white paper

Horizontal rectangle. Cavalry battle scene of classical times. A riderless horse in combat in center foreground. Soldiers massed in the distance.
Band
, 18th century
silk on linen Technique: chain and counted running stitch embroidery on plain weave

Long band of linen, pieced in four places, embroidered in blue. The design is reserved in the ground of the linen, the background solidly worked with embroidery stitches. Design consists of fantastical mermaid-like figures in profile confronted on either side of a fountain-like structure. Figures alternate with smaller-winged confronted grotesques. Narrow cream looped fringe trims the top and bottom edges.
Textile
, late 18th century
cotton Technique: printed by engraved copper plate on plain weave

Chinoiserie design printed in red on a white ground. A pagoda, and boys in Chinese dress on a rock, with birds, with jars, fishing. Another pavillion is formed with rocaille scrolls. The design is a copy of the Bromley Hall design "Pagoda."
Sketches of Two Heads
Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909, ca. 1895
Graphite on tracing paper
Drawing

At left, head of a woman, shown in profile, looking up to the left; additional sketch of contour of profile at left. Verso: upper left, sketch of the head of a figure looking up slightly to the left.
Sample
, 1815–20
silk, metallic thread Technique: twill weave with supplementary weft

Sample of material woven for the Russian church. Symmetrical design of central formalized group of flowers surrounded by serpentine rococo curves, acanthus leaves, grapes and flowers. Ground of gold. Design of gold and silver in high relief.
The Child and the School-Master, Illustration for Aesop's Fables
Victor Wilbour, ca. 1916
Pen and red ink, crayon on white board
Drawing

Child in water, center, with a bird overhead. School master at left, in front of a building. Woman with a vase under a tree, right.
Fragments
, 17th century
linen, wool Technique: cut loops of supplementary warp in a plain weave foundation (velvet)

Furnishing fabric densely patterned with a straight repeat of a hunting scene: man on foot spearing a boar, and a dog holding a deer at bay. Background is in red and blue stripes while hunting scenes are in shades of tan.
Title Page
Pierre Bourdon, French, ca. 1656 – 1708 after, ca. 1703
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

The title page for a series of ornament prints. The title is lettered within a cartouche framed by scrolling leaves, mascarons (masks), putti, a shell, and oval devices. The plate is signed and numbered.
Sample
Orinoka Mills, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, ca. 1910

Dark red morie effect ground with tone on tone flowers on a vine.
Hommage de l'Amerique a la france
Oberkampf & Cie., Jouy-en-Josas, France, 1759–1815, ca. 1783
cotton Technique: printed by engraved plate on plain weave
Fragment

Valance shaped piece showing a crowned seated figure symbolizing France receiving homage from an Indian figure symbolizing America.
Scarab
Louis Comfort Tiffany, American, 1848–1933, ca. 1910
Mold-blown favrile glass

Scarab of blue glass with peacock-blue iridescent back.
Trees and Undergrowth, Jamaica
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, May–September 1865
Brush and oil, graphite on paperboard
Drawing

Botanical sketch of tree trunks and accompanying undergrowth in the Jamaican jungle. A fern grows out of the bough of the center tree at left. Philodendron grows at lower left. A bromeliad grows from the bough at upper left. The background loosely defined in dark brownish green.
Rank badge
, mid- 19th century
silk and metallic embroidery on silk foundation Technique: embroidered with stem, split, and couching stitches on satin weave

Rank badge for a civil official of the fifth rank. Embroidered silk and metallic yarns showing a silver pheasant facing a sun disk, on a ground of clouds and surrounded by auspicious symbols. Diagonal lines at bottom and meandering key border. Seam down the center.
Fork
, ca. 1730–50
Glass beads, steel, thread

Two-tined fork with baluster neck. Tapered handle decorated with multi- colored glass beads; floral pattern in green, blue, brown and yellow on white ground.
Design for a Chinese Pavilion
Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859, 1815–22
Brush and watercolor, pen and ink on paper
Drawing

An octagonal building having three tiers of roofs with dragon finials. The structure is enclosed, but the side facing the spectator is open, showing a woman seated before a table. A dancing figure appears in front of the pavilion.
Bowl
, ca. 1820
Glass

Drum-shaped bowl with scalloped edge, the base tapering to a flat bottom, tall stem with central knop, wide flat circular base cut on the bottom with raised flutes; sides of bowl cut with facets at the bottom, bands of prismatic cutting and small diamonds above, a wide band of interlocking loops surrounded by small diamonds and fan cutting.
View of Ocean and Sky, Value Study
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, after 1878
Graphite on cream wove paper
Sketchbook folio

View of rough sea out towards horizon.
Design for Candelabrum and Panel of Grotesques
Unknown, early 16th century
Pen and brown ink on paper, lined
Drawing

At left, a double baluster candelabrum in profile with ram's head and sphinx on pedestal.  At right, a grotesque design shows sphinxes, harpies, roosters and satyrs with hourglass entwined with vine tendrils.
Oval Saloon
Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859, 19th century
Pen and black ink, violet, red, and blue wash on wove paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Two-story room, door at center, chandelier above, niches right and left.
Gloves
, ca. 1875
wool Technique: knitted

Bright pink gloves in firm stockinette stitch with band of confronted birds and plants around palm in dark brown with touches of blue, white, yellow, and green. Smaller stylized flower band in gold, above. Straight wrist-cuffs crocheted in orange in various geometrical bands with embroidered accents in bright colors.
Kuwana, Mouth of the Kiso River, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)
Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858, ca. 1834
Woodblock print (ukiyo-e) on mulberry paper (washi), ink with color
Print

Right, two sailing boats with sails partly lowered, entering inlet on farther side of which is Kuwana Castle. Left, other sailing boats out at sea.
Prince Albert, King of Hearts from Set of "Jeu Imperial–Second Empire–Napoleon III" Playing Cards
B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France, 1858
Lithograph on glazed paper
Playing Card

Prince Albert, King of Hearts from Set of "Jeu Imperial-Second Empire-Napoleon III" Playing Cards.
Plate 10, 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 a container and related mechanical devices, to be carried out in metal or ivory. The top half is a cylinder, with a beaded point. The larger lower section rests on three feet. Left, a long (threaded?) spool, to the right, another. Above, a composit cylinidrical piece; small cylinder around a larger one.
Fragments
, 18th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace made in Lille style but without heavy outlining thread

Densely worked fragments in a provincial Lille-style design.
Sampler
, late 19th century
glass beads and cotton on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in overcasting with withdrawn element work on plain weave foundation; triangular tabs of looping using beads

Beads sewn in patterns onto bands of withdrawn element work. Each end has three triangular tabs made of beads sewn to each other in a pattern.
Fragment
, 16th–17th century
silk Technique: cut and uncut supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a woven foundation

Fragment of cut and uncut dark green velvet in pattern of vertical stripes and cross hatching with voided rosettes.
Sarah Bernhardt as the Duke of Reichstadt (later King of Rome)
Aimé Dupont, 1842 – 1900, ca. 1900
Platinum print Support: sensitized white wove paper, laid down on thick white wove paper
Photograph

Full-length vertical format portrait of the actress turned toward the left. She is dressed in a military uniform and holds a whip behind her back.
Covered Tankard
, late 16th century
Stoneware, pewter
tankard

Tall body tapering toward top, three moldings at base, neck and strap handle. Stamped vertical relief panel repeating three times, each with three medallions and inscribed biblical scenes showing joseph (and Potiphar's wife), Der Iosva, and David (spotting Bathsheba). Hinged pewter cover with lily-shaped thumb rest. Strapwork grotesques throughout.
Border
, 18th century
linen Technique: needle lace

Elaborate symmetrical design of a small-scale urn with flowers and very small confronted birds. Much detail in relief.
Design for Ceiling Decoration, Probably for the Entrance Hall
Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859, ca. 1820
Brush and watercolor, graphite on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Design for the Royal Pavilion, Brighton. Design for the ceiling of a square compartment, consisting of the painted representation of a clouded sky surrounded by a balustrade, seen in perspective. A serpent motif used in the design of the balustrade.

Original album associated with this collection still exists.  See 1948-40-1 accessory
Carceri Series, Title Page
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720–1778, 1745
Etching
Print

Vertical Rectangle. Interior of a large stone chamber, spanned by bridges. Below a seated figure in chains, the title: "CARCERI / INVENZIONE / G. BATTISTA / PIRANESI/ ARCIT. /VENE (ZIANO)". Above the seated figure, the Calcografia number 349.
Dado
, 1810
Block-printed on handmade paper

A horizontal rectangle shows two children. The boy has placed a board over a small brook and the girl is in the act of crossing over. A floral rope marks the seperation of the panels which repeat horizontally. Printed in four colors on brown ground.
Ceiling paper
Standard Wall-Paper Company, Standard Wall-Paper Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Bellflower rosettes and linked medallions composed of acanthus scrolls.
Sidewall
Liberty Wall Paper Company, Schuylerville, New York, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Red pears and green foliage suspended from rustic support. Printed on tan ground with a textured look.
Study for "Fortune"
Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923, 1899
Pastel crayon, graphite on paper
Drawing

Sketch of a long narrow section of drapery, knotted below.
Fragment
, 1700–1710
silk Technique: cut and uncut velvet with satin ground

Mounted and sewn together with 1944-11-1.
Study of landscape, Switzerland
William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900, ca. 1856
Brush and watercolor, graphite on paper
Drawing

Sketch of a farm building and large rock.
Sidewall
Gilbert Wall Paper Company, 1900–1920
Machine-printed

Floral medallion stripe, with brown and black medallion containing red flower, printed over background of very subdued floral pattern.
Frieze
Hobbs, Benton & Heath, Hoboken, New Jersey, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

A repeating design of swags of grey ribbons with a floral design in white from which baskets of violets are hung with complementary bouquets of violets entwined in the ribbons. Printed on a grey ground with a white grid design below a grey ribbon between two bands of green, complementing the band below the sequence.
Picture
, 18th century
linen Technique: needle lace

Basket of fruit with flowers.
Feathers
, mid 18th - early 19th century
Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu)
Katagami

Stylized feathers are on an interlaced strip background.
Border
, 1810–25
Block-printed on handmade paper

Decorative architectural molding with a stylized classical motif. Simple acanthus leaf enclosed within tongue-like brackets which end in a rosette. Alternating, daisy-like flower and leaves. Dentilled edging. Printed in yellow, brown, tan, on orange ground.
Textile
, 1850–1900
cotton Technique: e-gasuri (warp and weft ikat) on plain weave

Narrow vertical panel with a design of overlapping circles in weft ikat alternating with a geometric form in warp and weft ikat.
Ceiling paper
Potter Wall Paper Mills, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, ungrounded, liquid mica

Foliate scrolls and floral motifs create a geometric pattern of rectangles and el shapes. Printed in blue, gray, and black on ungrounded paper.
Tora's Rain (Oiso, Tora-ga-ame), 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 rainy scene shows travelers entering the village of Oiso. The town is surrounded by pine trees which also decorate the water's edge. "Tora-ga-ame" translates to "Tiger Rain" or "Tears of Tora." The legend of Tora tells about a heroine of the famous Soga Story. She lived in the town of Oiso and turned into stone by her grief.
salt
, ca. 1810–20
glass

Round bowl with a pouring lip, cut with vertical pillar flutes, alternatingwith small diamonds, 2 prismatic bands below, a short round foot, ground pontil mark on bottom.
Sketchbook Page
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, 1875
Graphite on paper
Sketchbook folio

Sketch of a man's face, cancelled out.
Allegorical Figure Depicting Putti as "Asia" and "Africa"
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present, 18th–19th century
hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
figure

Asia wearing a loin cloth, seated on lion holding a scepter; Africa, black, wearing a loin cloth and elephant headdress, holding coral, seated on scrolled pedestal.
Landscape, Interlaken, Switzerland
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, July 26, 1867
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Sketch of a woodland landscape.
Niagara Falls from the Canadian Side
Thomas Moran, American, b. Britain, 1837–1926, 1885
Etching in black ink on wove paper
Print

View of Niagara Falls from the Canadian side, with the American Falls in the background and the Horseshoe Falls at right.
Band
, 16th or 17th century
linen Technique: embroidered

Long ochre-colored band with a scrolling pattern of a double-headed serpent.
Sidewall
Zuber & Cie, Rixheim, Alsace, France, founded 1797, 1875–1900
block-printed and embossed paper

Crown medallion alternating with diamond-shape rope twist; printed in gold on rust-colored ground.
Tassel
, late 16th–early 17th century
linen Technique: braided and knotted, with bobbin lace

White linen tassel braided over an inner stem, terminating in a round ball from which hang many short braided stems terminating in bobbin lace petals. Center ball surrounded by tiny knots.
Border
, 1830–60
Block-printed paper, gilt, flocked

Green flock surmounted by dentil molding and quatrefoils in buff and gilt.
dado
, 1817–27
Block-printed on handmade paper

Simulates wooden Chinese fretwork railing with elements repeating horizontally. An illusion of depth is achieved by means of shadows against yellow irregular wave background. Printed in purple on yellow ground.
Knife with Engraved Mythical and Biblical Figures
, ca. 1621
silver, steel
knife

Leaf-shaped blade, point broken of, later replacement. Tapered handle with flat sides, openwork scrolls at the top of handle. Engraved figural design: one side "SUSANNA" and a woman in costume, the other side "S.CATHARI" and a man in costume playing the lute. Engraved on handle: "Elisabet * Le * Brun * Sans Dieu Rien. Anno.1.6.2.2."
Sketchbook Page: Man's Face
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, 1883
Graphite on paper
Sketchbook folio

Sketch of a man's face, looking towards the left.
Illustration for "Roman Military Punishment" by John Beaver
Samuel Ireland, English, ca. 1744–1800, 1725-1794
Etching on paper
Print

An execution of a soldier by a firing squad in a town.
Bandbox
, 1835–38
Block-printed paper, pasteboard support

Tall cardboard bandbox covered in wallpaper of geometrical salmon and blue pattern, with brown. Squared, large diamond shapes with seaweed-like fill and symmetrical flower or leaf forms. Inside rim, fragments of two different wallpaper patterns, one salmon on light blue, one blue on yellow. Two wooden bracing strips across bottom.
Smoking Stand (Tabako-Bon)
, 19th century
wood, lacquer, gold, silver, brass
box

Rectangular black, gold and red lacquered box (a) with hinged, rectangular silver handle; rectangular domed cover (b) of pierced and molded silver, depicting two flying cranes among pine trees, small loop handle in form of branch at top; deep, rectangular brass tray under cover, set into top of box.  Four drawers (d/g) in front of box; one drawer (h) in right side. Continuous lacquer decoration around box showing loaded boat floating on waves, floating dingy, cranes with red crests flying among clouds over water and pine branches.  Drawer pulls in wave motifs, hinged pipe hooks on left and right front, and corner guards at base, all of incised silver.
Scenic Plaque
Rookwood Pottery, American, 1880 - 1967, 1913
Glazed stoneware, wood (frame)
Plaque

Rectangular plaque set into a plain oak frame. Cast, white stoneware plaque decorated with misty tropical scene with a tree covered with hanging moss in foreground and palm trees along the banks of a still river; more palm trees and foliage in background. Predominately in shades of greens, blues and blue-grays. Vellum glaze on front and partially on sides; cracklature. Back not glazed.
Sidewall
, 1825–35
Block-printed ?, stenciled, handmade paper

Red sprays of stylized flowers within diamond pattern of green flowers and foliage.
Window Decoration, Probably for the East Wall of the Music Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton
Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859, 1820
Watercolor, graphite on white wove paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Design for the Royal Pavilion, Brighton. Elevation of the east wall, showing a design for the decoration of the five windows which comprise this wall. Festoons of patterned and fringed drapery are held in place by carved snakes. On the piers between the windows are fluted draperies radiating from a central flower, and vertical folds. Carved cornice above.
Sidewall
Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

All-over pattern of scrolling foliate forms. Printed on stippled background.
Embroidered picture
, 17th century
silk, metal-wrapped silk, and silk-wrapped metal embroidery on silk foundation, mica Technique: embroidered in satin, stem, couching, and needlelace (looping, and loop and twist) stitches on 7&1 satin foundation

Queen in a tent greeting a warrior. Leopard, lion, camel, and deer in each corner with other assorted motifs.
Theater Design for a Dining Room
Francesco Nicoletti, 1728 – 1776, before 1776
Pen and black, brown ink, brush and light brown wash, rose watercolor on white laid paper, mounted on blue-green board with gold ruled lines
Drawing

Theater design for a dining room of a lower floor and balcony. Lower floor contains 4 ornate corinthain columns with drapes hanging between them, 2 sculptures on either side, a chandelier and a fireplace. Balcony contains columns with caryatids, hanging drapes, and 5 chandeliers.
Vase
Dedham Pottery, United States, 1896 – 1942, ca. 1896–1908
stoneware

Gray-white stoneware body, thrown. Baluster body with cylindrical neck, slightly flaring; base also slightly flaring; not foot. Exterior covered with an olive green volcanic glaze pitted with yellow-green "craters."  A blue-gray and green glaze flowing over the base glaze extending from rim to shoulder, also pitted. Bottom not glazed. Interior covered with clear glaze.
Square
, 4th–5th century
Warp: S-spun linen. Wefts; S-spun linen, S-spun wool Technique: slit tapestry with supplementary wefts

Central square containing the bust of a man within a wide leafy frame.
Project for a Painted Ceiling
, 1550–1600
Red chalk on paper
Drawing

Octagonal page showing a seated woman holding an escutcheon which is topped by a snake. At her feet, the head of older men.
The Lookout
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1895–96
Black crayon, charcoal, brush and white gouache on cardboard
Drawing

Horiontal view of a sailor in sou'wester, mounting a companionway, with his right arm upraised; a sailing vessel in background.
Two Frieze Designs
Alexis Loir, French, 1640 - 1713, ca.1660–1716
Etching on paper
Print

Two horizontal frieze designs with foliate scrolls, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), male figure, rosettes, flowers, grapes, eagle, lion, and a roundel profile portrait. The plate is numbered and signed.