biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
The City of Charleston, South Carolina, Looking Seaward and Showing the Burned District, from Harper's Weekly, December 28, 1861, p. 822.
Harper & Bros., New York, New York, USA, December 28, 1861
Wood engraving black ink on newsprint paper
Print

Horizontal view of the city, looking toward the sea: masts of ships rise above the roofs in the distance and a troop of soldiers march down the avenue at left.
Advertisement for Beer
, ca. 1898
Lithograph on paper
Print

Vertical rectangle. Six smiling bearded gnomes in the grassy woods, holding steins of beer, many raising their steins in the air. Each wears a brown hat with a red feather, brown shirt, pants, shoes, and green stockings. Gnome at left leans against a large wooden barrel. To his left are bowling pins and balls.
Frieze
, 1885–89
Machine-printed, embossed

Large bunches of pink carnations repeat horizontally above a continuous wave. Design richly laid with gold leaf. Floral bands at bottom. Graded cream and brown ground. Gold leaf.
The Golden Tiffany
Sears, Roebuck and Co., founded 1886, 1914
Machine printed on embossed paper
Sidewall

Blocks of foliage grow off a central trunk.  The foliage is arranged in ashlar block fashion.  The background is printed with an irridescent pigment, inspired by the Tiffany favrile glass.
Textile
, 1840s
cotton Technique: engraved roller printed on plain weave

Half-drop repeat of a flowering, thorny vine twisting around Gothic style towers.
Frieze
, 1905–1915
Machine-printed, mica, liquid

Printed two across. Floral and foliate scrolls linked together appearing like rinceau design.
"Cat, Answered François; "Dat's Mister Lynk,'" Illustration for Mooswa & Other of the Boundaries (William Briggs, 1900, p. 103)
Arthur Henry Howard Heming, American, b. Canada, 1870–1940, 1900
Ink on paper
Print

Trial proof for illustration. Two Indian hunters, their guns over their shoulders, trudge through heavy snow.
Table cover
, 18th century
linen, silk, metallic thread (gold on silk core) Technique: satin, knot and couching stitch embroidery

Oblong cover of cream-colored linen embroidred in colored silks and gold thread. Trimmed with a narrow silver lace edge. Corner designs of conventionalized flower sprays with rose or carnation as main flower. Center design of four similar flower sprays springing in cruciform arrangement from center, where a bird with spread wings and crest is seen in profile. If peacock, possibly a symbol of immortality. Border of conventionalized vine, small flowers and strawberries. Pattern arrangement and type of flowers suggest piece was made for liturgical use.
Edge
, 17th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace, peasant style

Fragment of a band with small rosettes forming tabs.
Sidewall
F. Arthur, 1875–99
Machine-printed

Iris in shades of brown and peach over yellow, mica ground.
Fragment
, 13th–14th century
cotton Technique: block-printed on plain weave

Two small horizontal panels joined by vertical seam. Left panel: Islamic inscription framed top and bottom by plait border, guilloche on right side - reserved on blackish ground. Right panel: rosette interlacing with lotus fillings and narrow interlacing boarder - reddish outlined on undyed ground.  Seemingly part of a cap-band with coarse undyed cotton lining and inner lining.

Translation of Islamic inscription: Glory to our Lord the Sultan.
Sampler
Elodia Altamirano, 1870
wool embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in long-armed cross, cross, and double running stitches on plain weave foundation

Motifs and bands in brightly colored wools.
The Rhinoceros
Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528, 1515
Woodcut on laid paper
Print

A standing rhinoceros facing right. Printed text across top of sheet.
Chalice cover
, late 16th–early 17th century
linen Technique: cutwork

Central pattern is a rosette enclosed by symmetrically placed floral and foliated forms. Outer border is in a pattern of running floral and foliated branches.
Frieze
Wm. Campbell Wall Paper Company, 1872, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Elaborate tulip design with each enclosed in a medallion, alternating tulip on stem with just the flower. Horizontal stripe pattern across lower portion. Printed in metallic colors on tan ground.
Sidewall - sample
, 1906–07
Machine-printed

Vertical stripes three inches wide, 6 3/4 inches apart with bouquets of lilacs and fancy designs connecting the motifs. Between the stripes moves fancy arrangement of cinquefoil and horizontal fine lines. Printed in purple, green, gray and white on light beige background.
Sidewall - sample
, 1906–1908
Machine-printed paper

Architectural design of a coffered or relief design. Octagon shape defined by a molding enclosing an octagon egg-and-dart frame. Center shows a hexagonal rosette. Printed in sepia tones.
Sidewall
Wallace Wall-Paper Co., Cortland, New York, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

On light green-blue ground, treillage composed of beads with floral vase motifs in turquoise and yellow at interstices.
Band
, 1400
cotton, wool Technique: dove-tailed tapestry (for all verticals) 1:1 general, 2:1, 2:2 some; slit tapestry (for all diagonals) generally with 2 shots non-horizontal weft between color areas; double-faced; sides both intact, end are cut

Band with a design of continuous lozenges and small squares in tan and off-white on a red background.
Sidewall - sample
, 1906–07
Machine-printed

Peaches and pears with foliage and clusters of grapes are fastened to horizontal and vertical poles. Fine wavy vertical lines fill the background. Printed in shades of red, purple and green on an off-white background.
Border
, 1835–50
Block-printed and flocked on handmade paper

Rococo revival design. Scrollwork molding and floral cartouches. Printed in burgundy flock, grays, blues, greens, red, and pink on cream ground.

H# 65
Virgin and Child with Saint Anne
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, ca. 1580-1605
Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink, brush and brown and black washes over black chalk on laid paper
Drawing

1947-58-5: Recto: Holy Family with the Virgin Mary seated, ho...;     1947-58-6: Recto: Virgin seated under a tree holding the Infa...
Study for "The Mermaid Window," A.H. Barney Residence, New York, NY
Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923, 1882
Pastel crayon, brush and wash on wove paper
Drawing

Narrow flanking panel for central composition. Pearl rocaille escutcheon swings from branch of under water plant, with fish swimming about. Large conch shell at bottom.
Eight of Spades from Set of "Jeu Imperial–Second Empire–Napoleon III" Playing Cards
B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France, 1858
Lithograph on glazed paper
Playing Card

Eight of Spades from Set of "Jeu Imperial-Second Empire-Napoleon III" Playing Cards.
Foreground Studies, Ramapo
Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925, 1888
Graphite and white heightening on brown paper
Drawing

Man in left profile, left. Plants, right.
Box
, ca. 1880–1900
wood

Tartanware, Specifically made for American market
Croix d'Autel (Cross of the Altar), plate 79, from Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (Works by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier)
Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750, 1695–1750
Engraving on white laid paper
Print

Design for a cross on footed platform; a seated robed woman holds a tablet to which she points. Above, the body of the cross is fluted and ornamented with four putti heads, clouds and vines, leading up to the cross with an X behind and a crown of thorns.
Autumn in the Mountains
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1865–1882
Brush and oil on brown paperboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of a bucolic mountainous landscape, possibly in Vermont or elsewhere in New England. Light grey ground covers the entire lower portion of the leaf. In the foreground, a barn and another out building are visible in a grassy, sloped pasture that descends from right to left. At right, a grove of reddish-brown trees is visible. Beyond this pasture, low-lying clouds intercede between this hill and another in the middle distance at center left. This distant hill is covered in trees, many of which have turned orange or red for the autumn. In the background at left, the summit of distant and heavily wooded mountain is also visible, while the cloud bank comprises the majority of the scene at right. A clear and open sky is shown above.
Design for a Waistcoat
, 1785-1795
Pencil and various gouaches on paper
Drawing

Design for the embroidered border of a man's waistcoat. A fantastical blossom and boughs rise, two leaves and two small scale floral motifs hang, from a scroll. Somewhat more than one repeat is shown. A brown stripe rises at left.
Four doorframes
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1786–1790
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Top row: roughly outlined sketch with measurements. An arched door opening. Bottom row: an arched door opening with an entablature including a triglyph frieze. Outline of a door opening.
Braziers and Ornament Designs
Alexis Loir, French, 1640 - 1713, ca.1660–1713
Engraving on paper
Print

Designs for braziers and details of ornament featuring masks (mascarons), terminal figures, satyr, sphynx, griffins, ram's heads, dragon, shells, flaming cannon ball, gadrooning, festoons of leaves, shells, foliate scrolls, and scrolling leaves (rinceaux).
VEUË GENERALE DE ST. CLOUD
Gabriel Perelle, French, 1604–1677, late 17th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

View of the chateau of St. Cloud within the larger park and surrounding garden featuring trees, parterre, cascade, fountains, and buildings. The river in the foreground with barges, figures, and horse-drawn carriages. Figures and carriages visible in the gardens. A townscape in the background. The plate is titled.
Design for a Grotesque Pendant
, 16th century
Pen, brush and sepia on paper
Drawing

The half figure of a boy with outstretched arms resting upon scrolls of rinceaux who form the legs and frame two gems. A gem dropping below. Above, a ring.
Mount
, ca. 1785
Gilt bronze.

Garlands of lowers over acanthus swags surrounding female heads.
Two Alcove Designs
Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682, 1665
Etching on laid paper
Print

Two half scenes with beds in alcoves and figures. To the left, a figure leans over the bed, while a man walks away with a barrel over his shoulder. The room is decorated with columns, drapery, a tapestry, hanging medallion portrait, and a statue on a plinth. To the right, a male figure pulls back the curtain of an alcove, many other male figures standing to the right and visible through a doorway. The alcove is framed by an arch, festoons of leaves and flowers, scrolling leaves, moldings, fluted pilasters, and a balustrade. The plate is signed.
Design for a Sofa
A. Duval, French, active 18th century, 1862
Etching on paper
Print

Design for an upholstered sofa with an ornately sculpted wooden frame and cabriole legs. The frame features doves, quivers of arrows, flaming torches, shells, flowers, waves, festoons of flowres, c-scrolls, and scrolling leaves. The textile features flowers, diaper pattern, and a central cartouche with two pierced hearts. The plate is signed with the printmaker, publisher, and original designer, and numbered.
Design for Embroidered Waistcoat, pattern 1777 of the Fabrique de St. Ruf
Mademoiselle Montalent, ca. 1785
Brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper
Drawing

Left bottom corner with slightly rising bottom edge. Leaves at edges. Flower boughs, budding flowers, dots. A bough is suspended by a slope. Leaves and brush motifs alternate in the field.
spoon
, 19th century
silver

Oval bowl, the shaped stem embossed with berried sprig at mid-stem and ribbon-tied, bell flower surrounded oval cartouche above, with oval crusher, the underside chased with gadroons.
Sketch of Trees
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, ca. 1840
Graphite on cream wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of a group of trees. Large trunk, left, with vines around it. Two other trunks, right, with some foliage.
Design for a Chimneypiece
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1780-1789
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Elevation and profile of a chimneypiece with caryatids on either side. The plate is signed and numbered.
Wall with Chimneypiece and Mirror
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 18th century
Engraving on paper
Bound print

Design for an interior wall decoration with applied ornamental stuccowork. A chimneypiece at center with a large mirror above. On either side, double doors with overdoor paintings depicting architectural ruins. Scale at bottom center.
Decorative door boss and nail
, 15th century
Wrought iron

Hemispherical boss with six applied serrated lugs dividing it into six triangular sections which are further divided by pairs of parallel lines. Nail head is a spherical bell bounded by a serrated band, on a square shank.
Design for a Woven Fabric, Fragment
, 1815-1840
Olive, red, and black gouache on oily tracing paper, mounted
Drawing

A leaf scroll and two flower boughs.
Ornament Design
Jean-Bernard Turreau, French, 1672 - 1731, 1716
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for ornament, possibly for decoration within a pediment, along a semicircular base featuring grotesque motifs, scrolling leaves, rosettes, fleurons, foliate scrolls, griffins, birds, putti, mascarons (masks), shells, diaper pattern, rosettes, snakes, festoons of leaves, flowers, and a pedestal. The plate is signed.
Immortelle et Barbeaux
Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin, French, 1721–1786, 1757–68
Etching on paper
Print

A floral bouquet of Immortelle and Barbeaux, sprigs with flowers and leaves. The plate is titled and numbered.
Design for Four Gondolas
Antonio Zona, Italian, 1813 - 1892, ca. 1850
Lithograph on paper
Print

Four separate designs for festival gondolas of which most are carrying pavilions and decorated with draperies. Inscriptions under each design.
Stage Designs
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Stage Designs.
Pleated fan
, 1850–1900
Silk lace leaf with silk gauze, embroidered with steel cut beads and spangles, carved and piquéd ebony sticks, silk cord and tassel

Pleated fan. Black lace leaf with black gauze insets, embroidered with steel cut beads and spangles. Sticks are carved and ornamented with steel (?) piqué. Black cord and tassel.
Fragment
, 19th century
silk Technique: embroidery on net

Black silk thread hand run on net. Border design of a cone pattern with smaller blossoms scattered over ground.
Lit à la Chinoise
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for a bed with a sharply peaked canopy decorated with bells. The plate is signed.
Designs for Tobacco and Powder Boxes, Watches, Seals, and other Goldsmith Ornaments, from the set "Neues sehr dienliches Goldschmids Büchlein"
Paul Decker, 1677–1713, ca. 1705
Engraving on paper
Print

The numbers have been erased. Four boxes, two seals, three ornaments.
Elevation of a Country Villa
Unknown, Italian, ca. 1820
Pen and black ink, brush and rose, brown and blue watercolor, black wash, with black chalk indications on paper
Drawing

Elevation of a free standing villa.  The central part of the building has two stories, the upper one being octagonal.  Steps are leading to a porch with two Ionic columns.  In the flanking walls is a window and a frieze above it; another one above the door.  Two narrow receding wings project from the walls, each is decorated with a niche occupied by a statue and a frieze.  Additional two statues are standing beside the front window in the upper floor.  At the ground level, at both ends, are somewhat more receding terraces with a balustrade and a fountain, supported by swans standing in a basin as the concluding motif.  The building is elevated on a mass of land
Project for a Catafalque for the Funeral Service for Pope Pius VI in Forli
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1799
Pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

The catafalque with obelisk topped with a star. Flanked by two burning candelabra. Letters PM below a triangular pediment. At base, coat-of-arms. Suggestion of figures at left and right.
Mantel and Paneling for an Apartment
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, 1749-1761
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Divided design of a mantel and paneling for an apartment interior, decorated with ornamental motifs including fleurs-de-lys, scrolls, strapwork, rondels, mascarons, shells, goat heads, birds, bat wings, vases, and garlands. A graphite inscription indicates that this design was for the apartments of the Palais Royal in Paris. The plate is signed and numbered.
Design for a Hot Water Spout
, late 18th century
Pen and ink, brush and sepia wash, gray, yellow watercolor, graphite on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Design for a hot water spout, attached at a wall, intended to be executed in yellow and white metals. The bowl is supported by three cherubim in clouds. Above, a pediment with a cherub inside and a cross on top of the upper circular entablature.
Military Trophy after Polidoro da Caravaggio
Polidoro da Caravaggio, Italian, 1499 - 1543, 1775–1800
Pencil, pen and ink, brush and sepia on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle showing a design for a military trophy. At center, a helmet in the antique style with a lion's head and eagle crest. Below are shields, spears and other instruments. At left, a boar head; at right, a lion head.
Design for a Thurible, Boat and Spoon
Thomas Lainé, French, 1682 – 1739, late 18th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

A printed sheet from a series of thirty designs for moldings, carved frames, doors, chimneys, and liturgical objects. In the upper section of the print, a design for a smoking thurible hanging from three chains, decorated with floral fretwork, fleur-de-lys, fleurons, and acanthus leaf ornament. With two winged putti heads on the sides and a profile portrait in a roundel in the middle of the lower section. Below there is a design for a footed boat, with two-hinged lids, decorated with acanthus leaf ornament and a winged putti mascaron on the front. A spoon is placed in front of the boat, leaning on the foot. The plate is signed and numbered.
Two Vase Designs with Flowers
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1778
Etching on laid paper
Print

Two designs for vases with flowers, fruit, and festoons of flowers decorated with neoclassical motifs and shapes including a meandering or ‘Greek' key motif, gadrooning, and scrolling acanthus leaves (rinceaux). The plate is numbered.
Landscape
Walter Clark, American, 1848–1917, ca. 1885
Pastel on grey paper
pastel

Distant view across water and a plain. The sun is setting or rising veiled by clouds. A ship is shown in the right foreground.
Royal Temple
, ca. 1780
Cut paper on wood frame
Lantern slide

Magic lantern slide, optical toy. On black field, garden pavilion with eight twisted columns; broken out in a semicircle in central portion, which is crowned with a dome. In central intercolumniation, the shield of the House of Savoy with charioteers' heads in the quarterings. In right and left intercolumniation, ciphers set in lozenges. At top, five-pointed star from which dart lightning bolts.
One of a set of twelve projects for the decoration of a wall to be placed at a height. Preceded by a title page.
, 1675–99
Pen, brush, sepia
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Left side with angel.
Title Page
Paul Androuet Du Cerceau, French, 1623/30 – 1710, 1669–93
Etching on laid paper
Print

Title page from a series of six ornament plates featuring mythological scenes. The title is lettered in the center within a medallion resting on a plinth. Two claws on either side of the base of the plinth, with foliate scroll arabesques emanating from each claw, surrounding the central medallion. The ornament features acanthus leaves, wheat sprays, scrolling branches with leaves and berries, garlands of fleurons, rosettes with a central rosette and ribbons surmounting the medallion. The plate is numbered.
Button
, 1830–48
Brass,lead foil

On card J
Design for an Altar Mensa
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720–1778, 1764–66
Pen and dark brown ink; graphite on off white laid paper
Drawing

Drawing of a centraly projecting altar mensa with two alternative suggestions for the lateral pillars. The right one applies a baluster form. The sarcophagus is angular. In the central panel is the monogram of Christ; crossed palm branches are on the cover. Two lions heads are connected by a festoon. In the panels of the lateral parts are escutcheons displaying a prelate's coat of arms with an eagle.
Ornamental Vase Design
Jacques-Philippe de Beauvais, French, 1739 – 1781, 1760-1764
Etching on laid paper
Print

Oval vase with lid. The vase is decorated with laurel leaf, meander, and rosette ornamentation. The vase is elevated on a low, simple plinth. It appears that the plate was signed and numbered, but that this has been burnished out.
Sunset in the Rhone Valley, Belalp, Switzerland
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, August–September 1868
Oil and graphite on tan paperboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of the Pennine Alps and the Rhone Valley from Belalp, Switzerland. In the foreground, a steep slope frames the view at right before descending to two rounded hilltops covered in conifer trees, at lower left. Beyond this nearby mountainside, the valley foor and possibly the Rhone River are visible at lower center, before the opposite valley face rises abruptly. This foremost, rocky mountain prominently visible at center is known as Glishorn. It catches the pink light of setting sun as its peak leads to an expansive, snow-covered massif. In the background, the immense, snow-capped peak of Fletschhorn is partially veiled in clouds. The sky above is open and blue.
Morning Mist over Berchtesgaden, Germany, Part One
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 1868
Graphite on tan wove paper
drawing

Landscape sketch showing morning mist rising of the town of Berchtesgaden, Germany. In the foreground, a wooded landscape with one structure leads to a middle distance veiled by mist, which rises upward to the right. In the background, the sharp, snow-capped, twin peaks of the Watzmann loom over the scene.

Verso: Landscape sketch showing a continuation of the scene on the recto. Rising mist obfuscates the wooded, rolling landscape immediately around Berchtesgaden in the foreground and middle distance. In the background, the sharp peaks of the Bavarian alps rise over the scene. A standing figure is also shown at upper right and oppositely oriented.
Title-page from Recueil de Differents Panneaux Chinois Inventé et Dessiné par jean Pillement
Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808, 1760
Etching on paper
Print

Title-page for a series of prints after designs by Jean Pillement for panels in the chinoiserie style, featuring flowers, trees and rockery. The title is lettered within a central cartouche decorated with rococo ornament featuring fronds, c-scrolls, webbing and trellis work. Three Chinese figures sit on top of the cartouche with a canopied structure behind them within a garden landscape. The publisher's address is lettered below, within the plate.
Two Panel Designs
Bellay, French, active from 1734, ca.1734-49
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Two designs for ornamental panels printed on the same plate, side-by-side. The designs feature rococo and chinoiserie motifs with ornately decorated frames featuring leaves, sprigs, palm leaves, c-scrolls, wings, feathers, rinceaux, bells, roof-like structures, platforms, and vases. In the center of each panel are figures within fantastical landscapes. To the right, a seated figure holds a fishing rod above the water. To the left, two figures on a platform (forming part of the frame ornament) gesture towards the landscape with a dragon and two birds. The plate is numbered and signed.