biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Design for Sideboard with Nine Drawers
A.N. Davenport Co., 1900–05
Graphite on thin cream paper
Drawing

Rectangular sideboard with four straight tapering legs; at top, four small drawers across entire front; below these at center only, two larger drawers side-by-side, and below them a single very large drawer; the latter three drawers flanked by a single cabinet door on each side; slight sketch at right of side view indicating depth of sideboard top.
Design for Oblong Sideboard with Eight Legs
A.N. Davenport Co., 1900–05
Graphite on thin cream paper
Drawing

Oblong sideboard with eight straight tapering legs decorated with floral garlands; rounded corners have patera medallions center; molded tri-partite front has slightly indented central section with two doors topped by large drawer flanked by narrow side doors, each with a small drawer atop; low backsplash has horizontal patera medallion center.
Plate, from a Dessert Service
Spode Ceramic Works, English, established 1776, 1833–1847
porcelain (feldspar), vitreous enamel, gold
plate

1959-155-1-f: Circular form with scalloped edge and shallow well...
Design for a Surtout de Table, for State Porcelain Service of Ismail, Khedive of Egypt
Gaetano Lodi, Italian, 1830 – 1886, 1873–76
Brush and watercolor, gouache, gold paint, black ink and wash, traces of graphite or black chalk on heavy tan wove paper
Drawing

Composite design for side view and end view of a large table centerpiece.  The side view (to the left) consists of a tall base decorated in the middle with a rectangular cartouche filled with Egyptian motifs, including vertical bands of papyri, on either side of a central field of double rings, joined by a stylized flower, above double necklace motifs. The edge of the base has a band of stylized papyri and scarob beetles.  Above the base, a blue hippopotamus, painted with flying birds and stylized papyri, supports a large shallow bowl with flaring rim also decorated with papyri and a band of scarobs alternating with necklaces.  The end view of the surtout (to the right) shows a large roundel with state insignia in the middle including the ankh and the royal whip. The same border of papyri decorate edge of base with a central mask.  Above the base is a partial view of a blue hippopotamus supporting a shallow bowl.
Border
, 1900–1910
Machine-printed paper

Pond with water lilies, surrounded by curving road. Two tall trees in foreground next to very over-scale iris. Printed in blue, green, and white on mauve ground.
Model of a Baptistry or Church
, 1782
bone veneer, gilt metal, wood
architectural model

In the form of an Italian Renaissance octagonal chapel with domed roof above two stories of windows within pediments on columns.
Alfred Peats Wallpaper, No. 5
Alfred Peats Company, 1915
Machine-printed paper
Sample book

Selection of wallpaper samples, bound in embossed black paper cover. Samples include Tekko, ingrain, oatmeal, embossed border, crepe, imitation grasscloth and leather, sanitary papers with borders, and ceiling papers.  Each design is shown in multiple colorways.
DESCRIPTION DES FÊTES DONNÉES PAR LA VILLE DE STRASBOURG Pour la Convalescence du Roi : à l’arrivée et pendant le séjour de Sa Majesté en cette Ville.
Johann Martin Weis, French, 1711 - 1751, 1745
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Thirteenth page (recto) of the engraved text describing the festivities, within a rocaille border, with the French royal coat of arms within a cartouche on the top, fountains in both bottom corners and the coat of arms of the city of Strasbourg on the bottom center. Fourteenth page (verso) of the engraved text within a rocaille border with the royal cipher (interlaced L's) within a cartouche on the top and the city of Strasbourg's coat of arms on the bottom.
St. Catherine brought to Emperor Maxentius by her jailors
, 15th century
silk, gold thread Technique: embroidery
Roundel

Five small roundels embroidered in colored silks and gold.  Three illustrate scenes from the legend of St. Catherine of Alexandria;  two others scenes from the life of St. Martin.
Plate 4, from a series of eight pendant designs with the cardinal virtues
Johann Theodor de Bry, German, 1561 - 1623, 1616–1623
Engraving on paper
Print

Pendant design with scroll motifs and hanging pearls.  Central Image:  Figure of Charity next to a child and  Two Saints (?)   Inscribed below: "CHARITAS".   Surrounding the pendant are blackwork ornament designs for enamelists, mostly showing possibilities for the top and sides of rings.   (Matted with 6161.1/3.2000)
Panel Design
Claude-Louis Desrais, French, 1746–1816, 1789
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Second plate from a series of six of arabesque panel designs, featuring neo-classical ornament. A clock in the center, decorated with palm leaves, and a shell motif on a plinth, flanked by winged putti, below arabesque ornament featuring fleurons, mascarons, acanthus leaves and garlands of flowers. Above the clock, a vase with a tree of flowers and leaves planted within surrounded by branches with leaves and ornamental motifs above. The plate is signed and numbered with an inscription in red ink along the left side.
Snow scene at Gongen Temple of Nezu
Kawase Hasui, Japanese, 1883 – 1957, ca. 1920
Woodblock print (ukiyo-e) on mulberry paper (washi)
Print

A forecourt bordered by a group of temples. A woman and child approach one from the left foreground. Snow is falling.
Textile
, 1700–1750
silk, metal-wrapped silk-core threads Technique: plain weave with discontinuous supplementary wefts (brocaded)

Length of woven silk, brocaded with an undulating pink ribbon forming an overall S-curve, interspersed with baskets of flowers, in red, rose, yellow-green, dark green, and blue, on a white ground woven with a monochrome honeycomb pattern.
Printer's sample book
Old Pacific Print Works, Lawrence, MA, USA, 1877–78
leather, paper, cotton

Small notebook with handwritten formulas for dyestuffs used for printed textiles. Contains 157 samples in various designs.
Gros Horloge, Rouen
Joseph Pennell, American, active England, 1857–1926, 1907
Etching in black ink on paper
Print

The archway with the great clock spans the street. In the far distance is a church tower.
Twin Whistling Pot
, 1300–1400
Earthenware, slip
Vessel

Two globular bodies connected, on high feet. One with tall, narrow neck, the other with the figure of a stocky man, a monkey perching on his head, and his shoulder connected with the tall neck of the other vessel by a strap, one end of which has a hole. White clay, except for dark paint on man and monkey.
Trailing Vine
, mid-19th century
cotton Technique: appliquéd plain and roller-printed fabrics, quilted
Crib quilt

Crib quilt of white cotton with appliquéd design of red flowers and a green vine in printed cottons. Edged with the same green printed cotton. Quilted in the trapunto style, with heavily padded hearts and ferns.
Landscape
Leon Dabo, American, 1868–1960, ca. 1913
Graphite on heavy paper
Drawing

A view looking across flat space with objects against cliffs in the distance (possibly view across Hudson River with the New Jersey Palisades in the distance).
Hercules and Antaeus
Hans Sebald Beham, German, 1500–1550, 1542–48
Engraving on off-white laid paper
Print

Horizontal rectangle. Hercules is represented lifting Antaeus in the air strangling him. Rock formations in the background.
Textile
Petitpierre et Cie, Nantes, France, 1770–1848, ca. 1785
cotton Technique: printed by engraved copper plate on plain weave

Panel of cotton printed in red on a white ground. Chinoiserie design inspired by an opera by André Ernest Modeste Grétry (1741-1813) entitled "Panurge dans l'Isle des Lanternes." Design has horizontally arranged vignettes of performers on a stage, elaborate processions, personages in fantastic dress, and small groups of observers. Opera first performed in 1785.
Floral design for printed textiles
Louis-Albert DuBois, Swiss, 1752–1818, 1800–1818
Brush and gouache, graphite on cream wove paper
Drawing

Pink, purple, orange flowers intertwined with small white flowers with blue centers, trailing green vines on black and rust patterned ground.
...vino pellite curas (Horace's Odes)
Giovanni David, Italian, 1743 - 1790, 1775
etching
Print

The barrel being empty the participants of the fest, human and Satyr, sleep.
Leadenhall Market, II
Joseph Pennell, American, active England, 1857–1926, 1903
Etching in black ink on paper
Print

An elaborate arched entrance to a covered market area. Throngs of people in the market.
The Front Elevation of a Villa in Benoille
, 1725
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Corresponding to the print, in opposite direction. Traced. Reverse: reddened.
Mountain Landscape
, 17th century
brush and black ink on silk, mounted, and with a gray brocade mat
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Mountain in background, with groups of trees in the foreground, a small bridge in right middle distance and above, a house.
mask
, possibly 19th century
wood, carved and painted

Carved and painted in trational Beshi character (strong man). Distorted features, wide mouth. Gold painted eyeballs.
Fragment
, ca. 1764
silk Technique: printed then painted

Fragment of blue-green silk, showing portion of painted design; large scale group of grapes, leaves, and peony painted in shades of red, vermillion, yellow, violet. At lower left appears tail of a bird, one leg and claw clutched to stem. Bird's back is green, breast white and rose, leg vermillion.
Waistcoat
, 18th century
cotton, linen Technique: trapunto

Man's coat of white cotton, lined with white linen, with deep cuff ornamentation, all of white quilting with sections of punched work and embroidered French knots. The design is an elaborate flower pattern common during the early 18th century.  The shoulder seams, the uneven placing of design in the back and interception of pattern at the neck would indicate that this back has been added from something else, probably a waistcoat, and that this coat has been recut.
Fragment
, 18th century
silk Technique: satin woven with supplementary weft patterning (brocaded)

Taupe ground as design of green foliage with large leaves with several varieties of flowers in purple, pink, cream, and taupe silks.
Textile
, mid-19th century
cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller on plain weave

Floral print with a large-scale repeat of exotic and stylized flowers in a faded shade of reddish-brown.
Sketches of Nude Figures
Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909, ca. 1895
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Two sketches of a nude female figure laying back to the right. Lower right, dancing or moving figure with drapery. Sketches of arm and foot, lower left.
Study for "Diana and Her Attendants among the Constellations"
Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909, ca. 1894
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Sketch of a nude female figure reclining.
Medal
Thomas Suria, 1809
Gilt bronze

Front with portrait bust of Ferdinand VII of Spain, commemorated as the protector of commerce in Mexico.
Card case
, mid-19th century
Stained, embossed, tooled, and gilded leather

In the form of a book, with the words "Nouvelle annee" on the spine, and with a love alter with doves, hearts, flaming torch and quiver of arrows on the covers. Opening across the middle to reveal  the card holder.
Bag
, 1824
silk Technique: painted

Bag of silk, printed on both sides, commemorating the landing of General Lafayette at Castle Gardens N.Y. in 1824.
Theater Curtain: View of a Classical Amphitheater, Marsigli-Rossi Theater, Bologna
Antonio Giuseppe Basoli, Italian, 1774–1843, 1808
Pen and brown ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle: in the front, a stage separated from background, showing antique theatre, by corinthian columns; some men are wrestling and resting. On either one of the sides Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux equestrian statues. Parts of the frame of the stage as well as theatre boxes are to be seen.
Purse
, early 19th century
silk, metal Technique: knitted

Small bag of knitted silk with a silver gilt frame. Striped with geometric patterns in yellows and pink rosebuds on a white ground. Inscription at the top "L.W. ALSOP".
Study of an Angel with Drapery
Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909, ca. 1895
Graphite and black crayon on tracing paper
Drawing

Angel in drapery, arms raised, possibly lying on a cloud.
napkin ring
, ca. 1880
wood

-11 = Napkin ring, ''Bunker Hill Monument /4.'' -12 = Needle case, ''Alloway Kirk/Burn's Cottage/Made of wood which grew near Alloway Kirk on the banks of the Doon'' -13 = Pin cushion, cows & coat of arms -14 = Chatelaine/Glasses case, ''Edinburgh Castle/Scott Monument, Edinburgh''???
Head of Christ
Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian, active England, 1727–1815, 1802
Stipple engraving in color and black ink on white paper
Print

Head of Christ looking upward. Inscribed lower left, right, and center.
Design for a Mass-Operational House Designed by Hector Guimard, Lintel Designs
Hector Guimard, French, 1867–1942, October 1920
Pen and black ink, graphite on tracing paper
Drawing

Design for a mass-operational house by Guimard, detailing the construction of cement lintels.
Design for a Mass-Operational House Designed by Hector Guimard, Construction of the Walls
Hector Guimard, French, 1867–1942, October 1920
Pen and black ink, graphite on tracing paper
Drawing

Design for a mass-operational house by Guimard, detailing the construction and height of the walls on the ground floor.
Textile
Oberkampf & Cie., Jouy-en-Josas, France, 1759–1815, ca. 1796
cotton Technique: block printed (black, 2 reds), other colors applied by brush, plain weave foundation

Exotic flowering plants in bright colors scattered on a white background.
Band
, 19th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace

Lace insertion in a pattern of ornamented lozenge shapes alternating with leaf forms. In a provincial style.
Textile
, 17th–early 18th century
silk, metallic thread Technique: plain compound weave with discontinuous supplementary weft (brocaded)

Central symmetrical large-scale floral motif, derived from a pomegranate, is brocaded in gold on a white ground. On either side are green ribbon-like serpentines with rosettes. Small floral sprigs brocaded in blue, pink, tan, yellow, and gold thread are interspersed symmetrically throughout.
Box
, 1880–1890
wood, paper

a) Rectangular wood box, covered with paper simulating wood grain.
b) Flat cover with attached ribbon and "View of the Merchants' Exchange, Wall St. New York . . . "
Border
, 1825–40
Block printed on paper

Band of green flowers and grisaille wheat stalks on maroon flocked ground, with bamboo-like bands along either edge.
Frieze
Liberty Wall Paper Company, Schuylerville, New York, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Scrolling wild flowers above waving green lines.  Rinceau running along green band on bottom.  Fleurons hanging from green band on top. Printed in green and white on texture simulated background.
Landscape, Interlaken, Switzerland
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, July 25, 1867
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Sketch of a park with figures playing with a dog.
Frieze
Gledhill Wall Paper Co., New York, New York, founded 1900, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Art nouveau style. Stylized stemmed flowers, alternating beween large and small. The large flowers are encircled by swirling leafs. The base of the smaller flowers are also framed by curling leafs. The lines are jagged, giving the paper an embroided effect of The background consists of short, horizontal, brown and black lines. Printed in green, black, cream, and shades of brown.
Knife from an Ivory Cutlery Set
, 1680–1700
steel, ivory
knife

1985-103-146/148: Two long straight tines, curved shoulders, neck wi...;     1985-103-146: Fork with two long straight tines, curved shoulder...;     1985-103-147: Spoon with oval bowl and rat-tail reverse. Pistol-...;     1985-103-148: Knife with blade with straight lower edge, upper e...
Rufus-Bellied Flycatcher, Plate 4 from Birds of Western Africa
William Home Lizars, Scottish, 1788 - 1859, 1837
Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper
Print

Long-tailed brown bird with partially black wings and a black head and crest. Perched on a branch with plain and mountains beyond. Title and artists' names below.
Fragments
, ca. 1800
cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller on plain weave

Printed in red on white ground with a design of peacocks and pea hens, back-to-back, in a staight repeat. Birds perch on ornate rococo scrolls and are surrounded by lush foliage and fruit.
Pair of Wine Bottle Coolers (Seaux à Demi-Bouteille)
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756, 1782
soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
wine coolers

Curved and shaped bowls, slightly flaring, on cavetto feet. Loop handles ending in leaves. Plum blossom relief on sides. Edges and leaf-forms on and below handles decorated with blue peigné and gold.
Beach View of Rocky Promontory, Boats, and Ruins
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, late 19th century
Brush and white gouache, watercolor, graphite on white paper, lined.
Album page

Beach scene with view of rocky promontory with ruins, boats offshore and land mass in right distance
Dinner Fork from Rockledge Service
George Washington Maher, American, 1864–1926, 1911–12
silver
fork

Dinner fork, part of flatware service designed in "Martelé" silver for "Rockledge Estate" in Winona, Minnesota. Four straight, elongated tines with curving squared off bowl. Narrow join, leading thick flat handle, with gently rounded sides, widening towards terminal. Obverse side decorated with lily motif within border, stemming from join of handle, continuing up handle with three sets of mirroring leaves on either side of central stem, terminating in mirroring lily blossoms encasing mongram 'EKG.' Terminal in form of segmented or flat arch, with slight upturn at tip. Reverse side of handle undecorated with plain textured hammered suface. Textured hammered surface visible throughout tines and handle.
Boutique de Tailleur à Venise
William Unger, German, 1837 - 1932, 1876
Etching in dark brown ink on white satin
Print

In a Venetian interior, a man is being measured for a suit of clothes, while three seamstresses, seated at the right and another tailor look on.
Jug
, ca. 1800–10
glass

Oval straight-sided body with extended pouring and in-turned top lip; wide loop handle notched; sides cut with 2 encircled stars either side of handle, around the front wit a band of diamonds. flutes above; heavy' glass clear.
Manicure set
, probably 19th century
Gilt and filigreed silver, turquoise

Filigree and modeled disks bordered with half-rings, on filigree form set with three turquoises.
Cover
, 18th–19th century
linen on linen Technique: counted stitche and satin stitch embroider; overcasting creating deflected element work on plain weave

White cover with white embroidery made in a sixteenth century style and pattern. At each end a three inch band has been divided by zigzags to create triangles filled with fantastic animals or plants which do not repeat. Above and below the wide bands are narrower bands filled with a pattern of a curving vine.
Ceiling paper
Howell and Brothers, 1835 – 1900, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Small floral springs printed in columns or diagonal rows. The fill in between contins very petite floral sprigs and foilate sprigs. Printed in green, blue, and metallic gold on light green ground.
Border
, 19th century
linen, silk Technique: long floating satin stitch and applique on plain weave

Part of a border, probably for a dress, with a main section composed of vertical lancet leaves alternating with a floral sprig. Every third sprig is the stem for a large exotic flower reaching up into the field. Narrow lower band a repeat of small rosettes and short bands. Colors are predominantly green, tan and brown on a natural linen ground.
Textile
, 1750–1800
cotton Technique: block printed, with blue and yellow applied by brush, on plain weave

Fragment of printed cotton with a flowering tree in which a bird is perched; another small branch with roses fills the space above the tree, and large blossoms at the base of the tree.
Frieze
S.A. Maxwell & Co., 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

On tan ground row of small and large brownish-yellow abstract tulip with green leaves connected by plain green vine. Above, dotted border in square shape with abstract tulip, trellis background.
sugar bowl
, 18th century
earthenware

Bowl with feet and lid, dark red-brown with allover white dots; applied twisted leaf and ribbon motifs; lid has yellow circles and finial of large green and white curls topped with green spherical knob.
Frieze
Becker, Smith & Page, Inc., founded 1899, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

A repeating geometric design of alternating large and small medallions of tan, green, pale blue, dark blue and yellow, hanging from a geometric border of complementary colors upon a cream background.
"Detail de la base des mats places sur le pont-neuf en Juillet 1838"
Félix Duban, French, 1797 - 1870, 1838
Graphite Support: tissue paper mounted on light tan paper
Drawing

Design for the lower portion of a polyhedron column that is decorated with arabesque designs.  Pegs extend out from the sides of the column at regular intervals.  The column rests on a tall, multi-part, graduated base, the uppermost portion consisting of a polyhedron platform with a simple, central band of palmettes.  Below is a large fluted, bell-shaped form with projecting cascading scrolls at the ribs, which in turn rests on a polyhedron plinth with rectangular marble insets.
Border
, 1835–1855
Block-printed and flocked on machine-made paper

Passementerie border with narrow cable molding or rope twist. Alternating between two blue flock twists and one white twist. Printed on gray ground.

H# 528
Sketchbook Page: Bracket Supports, Niagara
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, 1874
Graphite on paper
Sketchbook folio

Recto: Sketches of bracket supports from the side and above. 
Verso: Sketch of five-pronged leaf, above; sketch of flower with three petals, below.
pointing left hand and wrist
Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923, ca. 1890
black crayon, white chalk on blue-gray paper
Drawing

pointing left hand and wrist
Borders
, 1820
Block-printed on handmade paper

Two bamboo trellis borders to the width. Black bamboo on pink ground. Series stops and resumes again at one end.
Fragments
, late 17th century
wool on cotton Technique: crewel emroidery

Irregularly shaped scraps of cotton heavily embroidered in blue or green wool.
The Children's Bath
Israhel van Meckenem, German, ca. 1440 - 1503, before 1500
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Two children stand in a large wooden tub of water surrounded by four children who play outside the tub.  At the right, a nude woman, seated on a gothic-style bench, bathes another child who is lying across her lap.
Textile
, late 19th century
cotton Technique: indigo dyed with resist applied with stencil (katazome); plain weave foundation

Design of hats on curving vine in white on dark blue with details in red.
Textile
, mid- 18th century
silk Technique: damask

Green and white silk damask in a symmetrical pattern of flowers and a castle flanked by rampant lions and addorsed stags and birds.
Study of foliage
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, July 27, 1864
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Sketch of a tree with foliage.
Border
, 1805–1815
Block printed on handmade paper

Gathered blue drapery with lace edging in white. Blue ribbon caught with medallions along bottom edge; was probably meant to be cut out to use as chair rail. Both motifs are ornamented with white pearls and black scroll and bead design.
Frieze
Carey Bros. W.P. Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded 1882, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, mica flakes

Flitter frieze with large swags of grapes and grape leaves, suspended from foliate band running along top edge. Printed in shades of green, metallic green, lavender,  tan and gold mica flakes on a background tan at bottom and lighter off-white at top.