biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Iron Gates of the Mint, Paris
Jacques-Denis Antoine, French, 1733 – 1801, ca. 1776
Pen and black ink, brush and blue, brown, gray wash, with black chalk indications on paper with mounted overleaf
Drawing

The gate set in a rusticated wall.  The gate itself consists of two wings with two vertically oriented panels making up each wing.  Centered in the upper panels are circular medallions with the royal chiffre (initials), surrounded by two laurel branches.  Above entablature is the winged royal coat of arms between two cornucopias and flanked below by laurel twigs.  
The alternate drawing for the lunette is attached at the top to main sheet on a separate piece of paper.  The alternative suggestion shows an enriched variation of the design of the lunette.  An entablature in the shape of a pediment is supported by the points of the cornucopia.  The crown lies upon the pediment with the heads of two maces.  The coat of arms is framed by an oval band with the chain of the Order of the Holy Spirit hanging from the entablature and the badge being in front of the crossing point of the laurel branches, leaves of which help to support the oval band.
Sidewall
, ca. 1860
Block-printed

Irregularly shaped portion of paper with stepped lattice framework and conventional leaf motif at points of intersection. Printed in browns and gray on neutral pink ground.
Textile
, early 19th century
wool Technique: plain weave with supplementary weft patterning

Panel composed of six strips stitched together, fringed on two warp ends. Red stripes at top and bottom with three bands between patterned with triangle and diamond forms, in black, yellow and red on an undyed wool ground.
Demies Commodes à l'Angloise
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for two small dressers. The left dresser has three drawers with ring handles, and ornament motifs including lamb tongue, eggs and dart, acanthus leaves, and scallop shell. The right dresser has curved legs and rosettes. The plate is signed.
Fantastic flower motif from "Nouvelle Suitte de Cahiers de fleurs idéales"
Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808, ca. 1760
Etching a la poupée and ochre, teal, green, rose, and indigo ink on paper
Print

A central branch zig-zags in the center of the sheet, displaying imaginative blossoms and leaves in various hues, with leaves and buds/berries at base.
Design for a Tureen
, 1775–1800
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Tureen with lion paw feet and pilaster legs. Scrolling handles above pilasters. On body, lion masks with drop rings. Finial.
Fragment
, 18th century
silk; tempera Technique: printed and painted on plain weave

Fragment in the shape of a cross. Pale yellow ground has a design of serpentine brown branches interlaced with pink ribbon and bunches of flowers in various types and colors.
Design for a Fantastic Goblet
Jan Lutma, Dutch, ca. 1584 - 1669, 1630–60
Red chalk, brush and watercolor, oxidized white heightening on off white laid paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Foot and shaft consist of a merman as Atlas, intertwined with a dolphin. A fantastic shell has a cover shaped as a dragon. On top of it sits a fantastic animal beside a coral plant.
Flambeau
Jacques III Roëttiers, French, 1707 – 1784, 1748
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for a candlestick with two figures entwined around the shaft. The candlestick is decorated with ornament motifs including garland, scalloping; it is raised on scroll feet with branches. The plate is signed and numbered.
Page of a drawing book
, 1550–1575
Ink on paper
Drawing

Recto: Two nude men erecting a crucifix upon a base, upon which the younger one is kneeling. The older one leans against a boulder (?). Squared with lead pencil. Verso: A nude young man shown standing and leaning upon a club, directed toward right.
Title Page
François Voisin, French, active 18th century, 1788
Etching and aquatint on laid paper
Print

Title page for a series of arabesque ornament designs with neoclassical motifs. The title is lettered upper center with an ornament design below featuring the head of Apollo, festoons of flowers and leaves, ribbons, hanging incense burners, a female figure with a cello or large violin standing on a platform with scrolling acanthus leaves, festoons of flowers, vases, rosettes, a unicorn and deer, head of Medusa, terminal figures holding daggers and torches, fluerons, and flowers. The plate is signed.
Young Pines
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1862
Graphite on brown paper
Drawing

Two studies of young pines on a sketchbook page.  One is shown above the other, with a horizontal line between them.
Mountains near Zapotlanejo, Mexico
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, January 7, 1885
Graphite on off-white wove paper; verso: graphite
drawing

Landscape sketch showing view of mountains near the town of Zapotlanejo in Mexico. At upper left, an immense, pyramidal mountain is shown with a sharp peak and a deep, dark cleft or fissure down its center. At right and oriented to the right, a rugged mountain range is loosely rendered.

Verso: Landscape sketch showing a view of a sloping hillside near the shores of Lake Cuitzeo in Mexico. Steeply descending from upper right to lower left, the hillside has patches of bushes, cacti, and barren, leafless trees. Another brush-covered hill is visible in the background at center.
Project for a Lantern
, late 18th century
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Burning candle visible, framed by mouldings and by protruding volutes. Above, curling acanthus leaves support another entablature, from which more volutes rise. At top, a cross on a ball.
Arabesque Ornament Design
Charles Normand, French, 1765 – 1840, 1787–95
Etching on laid paper
Print

A horizontal plate with arabesque ornament designs featuring Neoclassical and Empire style motifs, a vase in the center flanked by mythological figures surrounded by scrolling acanthus and foliage motifs, rams, hippocamps or seahorses, fleurons, palmettes and rosette motifs. With repeating pattern friezes along the upper and lower sections featuring similar floral motifs. The plate is numbered.
A Flying Putto Supporting a Lyre with His Right Shoulder, and a Wreath with His Left One
Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863, 1820–1850
Graphite, pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Seen in profile, turned toward left.
Fragment
, late 16th–early 17th century
silk, metallic thread Technique: cut and uncut supplementary warp pile (velvet)

Fragment of green cut and uncut velvet on a tan ground originally heavily shot through with fine strips of flat metal. Design of small flowering branches in horizontal rows turning alternately left and right.
A Fountain Group
, 1780–1800
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and sepia on paper
Drawing

A merman holds a nude woman in his arms. The front of a round basin is indicated below.
Pleated fan and case
, ca. 1740
Parchment leaf painted with gouache, gilded and painted ivory sticks, guards inlaid with mother-of-pearl

Pleated fan with paper leaf. Obverse showing a woman or goddess on a cloud with a putti playing with a shield. The reverse shows a seated woman. Central cartouche of putti playing musical instruments. Mother-of-pearl on back of cartouche and inlay on guards. Carved, gilded and painted ivory sticks.
A Father or Guardian Talking to a Girl, Illustration of the Play "Nicht mehr als sachs Schuesseln" by Fredrich Wilhelm Grossman in "Königl: Grosbrit [anische] Genealogischer Kalender auf das 1782 Jahr Lauenberg bey J.G. Berenberg"
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, German, 1726 - 1801, 1781
Line and stipple engraving with etching on paper
Print

He puts his left hand on her right shoulder.
Ornament Design
Jean-Baptiste Huet, French, 1745 – 1811, 1776–89
Crayon manner etching in red ink on paper
Print

An arabesque ornament design featuring a blank roundel framed by scrolling acanthus leaves (rinceaux), foliate scrolls, fleurons, festoon of pearls and flowers, and a flaming torch. The plate is numbered.
Ruins with Vase, Herm, and Colonnade
Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain, French, 1715–1759, mid-18th century
Brush and gray wash, black chalk on paper with additions across upper and lower margin, lined with cardboard and border of blue paper
Drawing

Ruins of a temple shown against a curved colonnade visible in the distance. A broken statue of a woman in the foreground leans against the base of a sepulchral monument surmounted by an urn. Three male figures, one seated on a broken column, are visible in the distance among the ruins.
Nude Study of a Seated Woman
Walter Shirlaw, American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909, 1875–80
Graphite, white chalk, brush and brown wash on cardboard
Drawing

The nude shown in profile from the left rear, the head leans upon the left hand. A cloth lies across her lap.
Bamboo Sketch, Ecuador
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, May–July 1857
Graphite and white gouache on thin, gray wove paper
Drawing

Botanical sketch showing a view of several split bamboo poles in Ecuador. Situated at center, three pieces of bamboo are split in half and rest on top of a whole bamboo pole, shown at lower center. The divided sections of the bamboo are clearly delineated and highlighted in white gouache.
Letter to Dr. Dudley Tenney
Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924, ca. 1895
Pen and brown ink on paper
Ephemera

Center, letter to Dr. Dudley Tenney; bottom; left, stuffed flamingo; right, man sitting in profile with paintbrush and left hand and palette in right paint in front of easel.
Design for a Brooch
, 1810–15
Pen and ink, brush and gray watercolor on light green paper
Drawing

Jewelry design for a brooch. In the center, a circular diamond, between a thunderbolt with arrows pointing towards all four corners. On top of the diamond, an eagle with wings spread. The frame of the diamond has a knotted ribbon below in the center.
Design for a Decorative Ewer
Jean-Charles Delafosse, French, 1734 – 1789, 1765
Pen and black ink, brush and wash, graphite on white laid paper
drawing

Handle of ewer consists of a swan rising from the lap of mermaid. Two putti support a shell which serves as spout. A girl, a child, and rope-like festoons decorate the upper register of the ewer. Fluted lower portion on an acanthus leaf base; verso: design for coffee pot.
Covered Milk Jug
Royal Worcester, English, established 1751, mid- 18th–late 18th century
soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel
jug

Pear-shaped, with painted spout, loop handle, on base ring. Decorated with large flowers and buds on leafy stems, surmounted by a border containing triangular latticed panels. Cover with knob in form of a flower on stem. Decorated with butterfly and floral spray in blue.
Bandbox
, ca. 1830
Block-printed paper, pasteboard support

Blue field; red dogs chasing red deer through forest.
Ripogenus Lake, Maine
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 1856
Graphite on tan wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of Ripogenus Lake in Maine, looking east from near the lake's southern shore. In the foreground, loosely-rendered trees grow on a slope that slowly descends to the water's edge. The lake itself is shown in the middle distance at center left, bounded by a heavily wooded bank at left. At center, the rapids around the lake's inlet are visible, while an abrupt, round hill rises immediately to their right. Behind, a heavily wooded slope descends from the left margin to the center. A faint mountain ridge is included in the background.
Cartouche Designs
Alexis-Nicolas Pérignon, French, 1726 – 1782, 1759
Etching on laid paper
Print

Six designs for rococo cartouches - three on architectural elements, monuments, or plinths - featuring c-scrolls, s-scrolls, trophies, laurel leaf festoons, acanthus leaves, shell, flowers, gadrooning motifs, skeleton masks, fabric, and ribbons. The plate is signed and dated.
Project for a Mantelpiece
, ca. 1730
Charcoal, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Design for mantelpiece with mirror. At top, a broken pediment with crown, shell and swags. Sitting on mantel, two figures and three cases. Plan below.
Figure Study from Nature
Walter Shirlaw, American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909, 1875–80
Graphite on cream wove paper
Drawing

Shown in profile turned toward right. The man is pulling something with raised arms.
Stage Design, Palace Interior
, early 19th century
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Interior of large palace hall richly decorated with sculptures, ornamented coffered ceiling.
Finial
, ca. 1740–50
Gilt bronze

Rococo scrolls with bud on top with a screw-on base.
Char de l'Hymen.
Noël Le Mire, French, 1724–1800, 1751
Engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Chariot drawn by eight horses. The chariot is topped by an altar, at which a winged cupid holding a shield with the profile portraits of the Louis Dauphin and Marie-Josephe of Saxony lights a fire. Billowing clouds and flying putti surround the chariot. Musicians are seated at the front of the chariot.
Valance
, 17th century
silk, linen Technique: embroidered on satin weave

Horizontal panel of light yellow satin with multicolored silk embroidery. Design is a fountain with a lion recumbent in a grotto below it. On either side are trees with climbing Tudor roses and a man with a dog reaching toward a branch. Small flowers are scattered over the foreground. Backed with tan linen. Composed of several fragments. Fringe sewed in scallops on bottom edge.
Man Holding a Sickle
Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808, mid- 18th–late 18th century
Etching on laid paper
Bound print

A chinoiserie-style print from a series of allegorical representations of the twelve months of the year. A seated male figure holds a sickle with two bunches of wheat at his feet, under a wooden canopy, decorated with vases of flowers. A landscape of plants, trees and flowers in the background. The plate is numbered.
Landscape with three buildings
Francis Hopkinson Smith, American, 1838–1915, 1876
Charcoal, white and yellow chalk on gray charcoal paper.
Drawing

Horizontal view of landscape with water in the foreground, and three small buildings with very bold in the distance.
Design for a Pier Table
, 1750–1790
Pen and ink, brush and brown ink, graphite on thick off-white laid paper
Drawing

Elevation of a pier glass above a console table, both with the right hand side decorated with scrolls and floral garlands.
Architectural Details, Temple of Jupiter, Baalbek, Syria
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, May 7, 1868
Graphite on gray-green wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Architectural sketch showing two views of carved decorations in the ancient Temple of Jupiter at Baalbek, Syria. Horizontally oriented, a sketch of the left part of the framing of the fourth niche in the southeastern exedra of the altar court is visible at lower left. Vertically oriented at center, a dual-fish motif occupying the couch of the fifth niche is shown.

Verso: Architectural sketch showing a view of the colonnade that surrounds the exedra in the high altar court of the Temple of Jupiter in Baalbek, Syria. Viewed obliquely at center, the Corinthian colonnade stands on its dado and supports a decorated entablature. Several stones are strewn around its base.
Album of Arabesque Ornament Designs
Etienne de Lavallée, French, 1735 – 1802, 1785–89
Book

An album of arabesque ornament designs from four numbered books (cahier) of designs. The designs feature arabesque and classical motifs, printed in red ink.
Design for a Room
, 1720-1730
Pen and red and black ink, graphite on paper
drawing

Two bays are shown, each containing a representation of a hunting dog and a bird in a setting of trees. A single suggestion is made for the dado and the pilaster stripes. But subdivision in three panels is suggested at left, in two panels as the result of a correction at right. Three panels had originally been suggested at right also.
Designs for Silver Serving Pieces
Pietro Belli, Italian, 1780–1828, early 19th century
Pen and gray ink, brush and gray wash, graphite, ruled borders in pen and black ink on white laid paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Designs for silver serving pieces decorated with female masks from which a bunch of grapes and leaves are suspended. Medusa masks, serpents, and mouldings form the primary decorative motifs. Identifying captions accompany each illustration. In the top row, from left to right: a soup bowl and its plate, the inscription "Zappiera" above and "Piatto" below; a tray with a bottle cooler and four glasses, the inscription "Vaso p[er] Bottigha e Porta bichiere / sotto da Dismetere" above; a coffee pot shown in profile, the handle formed by a snake, the inscription "Caffeteria" above; an ovoidal soup bowl with ovoidal plate, the inscription "Terina" above and "Piatto" below. Center row, from left to right: a salt bowl with the spoon shown over it, the inscription "Salziera" above; an oil cruet with two bottles, the inscription "Portaglio" above; a round tureen with spoon above, the inscription "Sgommvaello [?] / Tazza zil Poncio" surrounding the spoon; a plate, the inscription "Tondino" at center; a plate warmer, the inscription "Scaldavivande" above. At bottom center, a salt bowl, the inscription "Salziera" above.
Landscape Sketch
Eugène Edouard Soulès, French, 1811–1876, ca. 1840
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

At left is a house at a road. In the center, a Gothic church with trees in front. At right, trees and a house. A lake is in the background. Framing lines.
Alexander the Great Offering Campaspe to Apelles
Johann Martin Weis, French, 1711 - 1751, 18th century
Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper
Print

Scene of Apelles painting a portrait of Campaspe, who sits nude with her feet on pillows. In the background, Alexander the Great gestures to Campaspe to offer her to Apelles. The plate is signed but not numbered.
Design for a Vase
Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, French, 1727 – 1801, 1764
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for a lidded vase, decorated with leaves. The handles are in the shape of leaves with bunches of grapes. The plate is signed and numbered.
Imaginary Lake Landscape with a Distant Mountain
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1870–80
Pen and ink on white laid paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing an imagined view of a distant mountain across a wide lake, almost certainly derived from the artist's views of Mt. Katahdin in Maine from nearby Togue Pond or Millinocket Lake. In the foreground at lower left, the nearby shoreline is briefly visible, while just offshore at right, a small sailboat rests with its single sail unfurled. In the middle distance at left, a wooded island is reflected on the lake's surface, while behind it, the opposite shoreline is shown covered in trees. In the background at center, a tall mountain with serrated pinnacles at its summit looms over the scene and is shaded on its left flank. Clouds above at left appear to be variously lit, likely at sunset or twilight.
Madonna and Child
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1813–18
Pen and ink, brush and brown washes on paper
Drawing

On verso: two studies of crests
Design for Painted Decoration of a Wall, with Alternative Suggestions
Unknown, Austrian, 1840–60
Brush and watercolor, graphite on white wove paper
Drawing

Groups of three narrow stripes and a broad stripe alternate above a dado and beneath an entablature, the bottom molding of which is colored green. The lower part of the design suggests waved bands for the stripes, except the central one of the narrow ones, showing ovoids. Strokes shadow the backgrounds. In the upper part are suggested a frieze motif for the broad stripes, a waved band with halves of rosettes in the wedges for the narrow stripes, framing the broad one, palmettes for the central narrow stripe. A garland of vine leaves and hanging blossoms is laid over the tops of the stripes.
Design for a Candelabrum
, ca. 1780
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on white paper
Drawing

Urn-shaped of mottled blue stone with gilt bronze mounting. About base of urn, rayed laurel leaves; at sides: two vertical volute handles with a satyr mask at the point of junction with sides; three branches emerging from top, with foliate decoration supporting each foliate candle socket. Framing ink line and stripe.
Coupe & Profil de la Chapelle du Château Royal de Luneville.
Emmanuel Héré de Corny, French, 1705–1763, 1753
Engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Cross-section and profile of the Chapel of the royal castle at Lunéville. The space is filled with well-dressed figures (staffage), and has a scale bar of "4 Toises" at lower center.
Ironwork Bracket and Sign Design
Jean Tijou, French, active 1689 - 1712, 1693
Etching on laid paper
Print

Ironwork bracket and hanging sign design featuring grapes, vine leaves, masks (mascarons), satyrs/ fauns, a cartouche, angel torso, putto, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), and foliate scrolls. The plate is signed and numbered.
Scene in the Clouds with Putto and Doves
Pietro da Cortona, Italian, 1596 - 1669, ca. 1632
Red chalk on paper
Drawing

Scene in the clouds with putto and doves.
Sidewall
Geffroy, C.H.H., for Nancy McClelland, 1920
Block-printed paper

Printed in art deco style of decoration for Nancy McClelland of New York City. Gold scrolls scattered in a haphazard way over the gray background. Printed in old Roman gold on slate gray.
Dessein d'un Poële de terre vernissée en blanc, avec tous ses ornement, et principales moulures dorés
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1757
Engraving on paper
Bound print

Design for interior wall. At center, a wall niche with a highly decorated ceramic stove. On the lower portion of the stove, a painted figural Chinoiserie scene; in an exotic landscape, a figure at left uses a bellows to blow air at a fire heating a kettle. Seated at left is another figure wearing a triangular hat and smoking a long pipe. Flanking the stove are decorative panels for mirrors (only half in view) with alternative designs. Scale at lower center.
Pocket
, ca. 1870
cotton Technique: printed on plain weave

Pocket with a drawstring closure. Pattern is a small allover floral design in brown and white.
Design for an Iron Balcony
Gabriel Bonthomme, France, active ca. 1775, 1777
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Design for an iron balcony with decorative motifs including a central trophy of musical instruments surrounded by a spray of leaves and acanthus scrolls. The plate is numbered but not signed.
Part of a sheet of a drawing book: figures and architectural plans
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, late 18th century
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, bistre, on paper
Drawing

A group of two women sitting and a man standing are engaged in conversation. He is attired in according to seventeenth century Dutch fashion. Another man, seated at right, is clothed like a Dutch peasant. At left, is a bird's eye view of a structure in wheel form; a sketch of a part of its plan is above the figures.
Button
, late 19th century
Glass and brass

Circular glass button with pressed ornament on under side; brass shank.
Two fenders
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Two fenders.
Medallion or Frame Design
Théodore Bertren, active in France, 18th century, ca. 1771
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for an oval medallion or frame featuring interlaced leaves, festoon of leaves, leaf clasps, and ribbons. The plate is numbered and signed with the artist's monogram.
Room in Artist's House
Carel Nicolaas Storm van 's-Gravensande, Dutch, 1841–1924, ca. 1890
Etching on white paper
Print

View into a dining room, partly covered by draperies on upper foreground. A round table and chair in mid-distance; window behind it. A breakfront and commode at left. Remarque proof below.
Elevation and Plan of a Table
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1787-1796
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Elevation and plan of a table with a brace shelf at bottom with cornucopia. The table is decorated with ornament motifs including fluting, scrolling acanthus leaves, floral garland, and gadrooning. The plate is signed and numbered.