biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Olive Tree, Mount of Olives, Jerusalem
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, April 7, 1868
Graphite on gray-green wove paperboard
Drawing

Landscape and botanical sketch of an olive tree and nearby buildings on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. In the immediate foreground at left, the gnarled, knobby trunk and twisting boughs of an olive tree are shown in some detail. Down the slope of the Mount, in the middle distance at right, multiple buildings are shown in varying levels of detail.
Design for a Candlestick with a Clock
Luigi Righetti, Italian, 1780 - 1819, late 18th century
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Design for a candlestick with clock intended to be executed in gilded and green bronze and white and colored marble. Two golden lying dogs at bottom support an oval base. clock situated above between statues of Apollo and Diana, both sitting. Upon the clock are standing two genii respectively holding a lyre and a bow. A column above has on top a large vase with flowers, it is standing in a bowl with leaves, from which two branches for the burning candles are springing. Two cranes are fastened with their backs along the shaft of the column. Scale at bottom.
Ornamental Panel
Flaminio Innocenzi Minozzi, Italian, 1735 – 1817, 1806
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash on two sheets of paper joined vertically, lined with cardboard; rosettes drawn on four separate pieces of paper and laid down on the original sheet
Drawing

Design for an ornamental panel, with vertical orientation.  Above the vase with a sphinx and two griffins, which is located at the bottom of the composition, is a nest of acanthus leaves; springing from it are two rinceaux/scrolls, nearly symmetrically winding up.  The rosettes, terminating the scrolls, have all been replaced by the artist, by pieces of paper pasted over.  Three putti and three birds are placed along the scrolls.  The acanthus scrolls are framed on all sides, except the top edge, by a decorative molding.  Signed at lower left corner.
Design for Cornice of Oblong Ceiling
Jean-Charles Delafosse, French, 1734 – 1789, 1770–80
Pen and black ink, brush and grey and black wash, graphite
Drawing

One quarter of the ceiling is shown. A circular medallion portrait of a woman is obliquely shown over a satyr mask and festoons in the corner. It is topped by a pair of doves, Cupid and Hymen. The sides are to show censers between acanthus spirals and behind festoons.
The Madonna and Child in Glory, Study after Dosso Dossi
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1821–22
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk on white heavy wove paper
Sketchbook folio

At center, Madonna and Child seated on clouds, supported by three putti, with two other putti flying at upper right and left; Child holds crown and palm of martyrdom. Below suggestion of walled city.
Ruins of St. George Church, Lydda (Lod)
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, February 7, 1868
Graphite on tan wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Architectural sketch showing a view of the ruins of the Church of St. George in present-day Lod, Israel. At center, a pointed arch is supported by embedded Corinthian columns and connected to other ruinous walls and pillars. Perspective is from a lateral nave into the apse. An Islamic building is shown in the left rear, trees in the right rear.  The entablature and the capital of the embedded column of the main nave are detailed at left.  Sections of a pilaster of an arch of mouldings and details of capitals are shown at the bottom

Verso: Landscape sketch showing the Plains of Sharon in the foreground, with some grass and bushes, and several buildings in the village of Gezer, located on a rise in the middle distance at center. At upper right, a mounted figure and a figure holding a basket on her head are both shown from behind.
Design for a Fountain
, 1775–1800
Graphite, pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle with candelabra topped by a women holding her breasts from which water flows.
Sculptural Overdoor
, 1600–1750
Pen and iron gall ink, brush and wash, graphite on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Arch with elaborately carved overdoor composed of putti, and a crowned coat-of-arms.
Design for a Wall
Lattanzio Gambara, Italian, 1530 – 1574, mid- 16th century
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

View of a wall seen slightly from below. Space divided horizontally into three bands of ornament. Each level shows pilasters and caryatids supporting an entablature. Between these are figural scenes and trophies.
Console Table Design
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1785-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Elevation of four-legged console table with an inkwell, globe, and candle on top. The table has fluted, tapered legs topped with hybrid capitals. The front of the table is carved with scrolls and lion heads holding portrait medallions (on the left and right) and a helmet with shields and quiver in the center. A trophy with helmets, flags, fasces, a laurel wreath, and a shield with a gorgon head is placed on a low pedestal under the table. The plan view of the table is indicated directly under the elevation. Below the plan is a scale bar of three French feet ("Echelle de 3 Pieds"). The plate is not signed or numbered, although other versions of this plate indicate A. Foin as the print maker, and a plate number of E5.
Stage Design of a Turkish Mosque
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, early 19th century
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

Circular Turkish mosque with apses and showing half moon, on top of roof. People kneeling in front.
Designs for Firearms Ornament and Fittings
Claude Simonin, French, ca. 1635 – 1721, 1705
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Plate six from a pattern book with designs for firearm fittings and ornament featuring grotesque motifs, figures, portrait busts, mascarons (masks), fantastical creatures, birds, foliate scrolls, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), fleurons, and rosettes. The plate is numbered and signed.
Two Designs for Festoons
Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, Italian, 1762 - 1844, 1775–1785
Pen and brown ink, brush and grey wash, graphite framing lines on cream laid paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle showing designs for two festoons. At left, a crown; at right, a helmet and shield. Verso: part of an accounting, ending with 14:8. Sketches with black crayon.
Window
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1879
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of interior with a fireplace, window, and ornamental cornice.
Two Quarters of a Ceiling
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1740–68
Etching and engraving on paper
Bound print

Two quarters of a rocaille ceiling with alternate suggestions, with a central rosette; the corner of the left variant cut.
Nouvelle suite de cahiers chinois a l'usage des dessinateurs et des peintres, no. 3
Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808, 1790–1799
Etching with colored inks à la poupée on off-white laid paper
Print

Irregular cartouche with title card on sheet surrouned by exotic flora.
A Mountain Stream
Thomas Moran, American, b. Britain, 1837–1926, 1869
Lithograph on paper
Print

Vertical view in center foreground of a flowing brook rounding a tree-covered outcropping of rock and forming a pond with steep bare rocky mountain side at left in distance.
Evening Twilight
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1850–70
Brush and oil on paperboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing loosely rendered view of a vivid pink and magenta sunset, likely over the Hudson River Valley. A group of evergreens frame the scene in the foreground right, while a rolling green and brown landscape extends into the background. The clouds above are expressively and loosely articulated in bright shades of purple, pink, and gold. Potentially depicts a sunrise from an elevated point.
Farm Scene
Walter Shirlaw, American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909, 1877
Graphite on cream paper
Drawing

Hogs and chickens by a rail fence enclosing a corn field.
Si quid melius videris
Jean Toutin, French, 1578 - 1644, 1619
Blackwork engraving on paper
Print

Vertical rectangle showing two men sawing a large rectangle with blackwork design balanced on a barrel with pig's feet. Above, a large insect.
Sample sheet
, ca. 1750
paper and wool Technique: fulled plain weave

Sheet of paper pasted with a double row of samples of fulled woolen cloth in browns, greens, black, red, and blues. Each sample is numbered in ink. Intended for export to the eastern Mediterranean region.
Ceiling paper
, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Trellis pattern with foliate scroll and dotted lines, square floral motifs at intersections, with a circular motif filling the void. Printed on a light green ground.
Wall Fixture from "Rockledge" Winona, Minnesota
George Washington Maher, American, 1864–1926, 1912
silver plated, metal, glass
wall fixture

Silver light fixture for an electrical bulb. The bulb is screwed into a covered box-shape with hanging chain and mounted into a rectangular mount that tapers at the top with an arc-shaped top. The mount has two holes for screws at the top and bottom.
Two Dandies in Conversation
Daniel Carter Beard, American, 1850–1941, 1896
Blue pencil, pen and black ink on white cardboard
Drawing

Two overdressed dandies, the one smoking a cigar, stand in conversation. In the background is a crowd of revelers.
Sleeve bands
, 19th century
silk, metallic thread Technique: seed stitch embroidery

Pair of sleeve bands embroidered on blue silk with polychrome silk and metallic thread in a floral pattern.
Sidewall
, 1900–1920
Machine-printed

On beige ground, thin green stripe. Over this, floral pattern of lilies of the valley, tulips, and other flowers in creamy yellow, browns and lavenders. Foliage in shades of green with striping and dotting. Dark green over-printed background color.
Drapery Study for Figure of Peace in "The Beneficence of the Law," Mural at Essex County Court House, Newark, New Jersey
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, ca. 1906
Graphite on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Study of drapery for seated female figure. Outline of figure indicated, with head leaning on right hand and feet together. Squared for transfer.
Sidewall
American Wall Paper Manufacturers' Association, 1879–1887, 1879–1887
Machine-printed paper

Anglo-Japanesque design composed of fountain, lake, pond, and waterfall scenes and depicting various types of architecture, i.e. Russian church, French chateau, Indian gazebo, Turkish mosque. Landscapes with tropical vegetation set in various rectangles, circles, and arches. Each space delineated in geometric framework. Printed in maroon, peach, olive, yellow and brown on olive ground.
Dainagon Tsunenobu (Workers, beside the sea, dyeing cloth), from Hyakunin isshu ubaga etoki (A Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse)
Katsushika Hokusai, 1760 – 1849, ca. 1839
Woodblock print (ukiyo-e) on mulberry paper (washi), ink with color
Print

Scene shows workers, beside the sea, in various stages of dyeing cloth, probably indigo. Japanese characters in upper left.
Sketch of People Canoeing and Window
Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925, 1883
Graphite on light brown paper
Drawing

Left, corner of house, window in Mossley Hall. Right, sketches of people canoeing and sailing,
Sidewall
, 1810
Block-printed on handmade paper

A squared off, repeating, strapwork design in green, surrounding a marbleized horizontal rectangle. The strapwork is outlined in black, and black dots enclose the marbleized portions. The designs interlock in alternating fashion above and below. Printed in green, black and light brown on beige ground.
Sampler
Margaretha Graten, 1852
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross stitch on plain weave foundation

Black silk on natural linen.  Alphabets and numerals on top.  Lower section (unfinished) pattern circles.
Decorative panel
, ca. 1850
Block-printed paper

Stylized motif of urn with pendant pineapple motif, containing bouquet of flowers. Urn is suspended in a pedestal with paw feet. Printed in shades of tan and yellow over a glossy ground of tan combed to imitate wood graining.
Les Vendanges
Jean-Baptiste Huet, French, 1745 – 1811, 1785
cotton Technique: printed by engraved copper plate on plain weave
Textile

Panel of cotton printed in red showing a design of a woman harvesting grapes and a man beating a drum in front of an inn, with vessels of wine around him.
Footed Beaker
, late 17th century
silver, gold
beaker

Cylindrical cup on three ball feet. Lower part, repousse shells and leaves; upper two thirds engraved with strapwork and scrolls with masks of crowned woman, turbaned, bearded man and faun. Three engraved ovals, with woman standing amidst waves (Aphrodite), a fairy-like winged woman, faun with thunderbolt.  Domed cover with repousse band of shells and leaves, and ball knob.
Flat Landscape with Trees and Haystacks
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, 1885–1902
Graphite on cream wove paper
Sketchbook folio

Rough sketch of countryside. One large tree in center middleground, additional trees across composition in distance, with haystacks.
Floral design for printed textile
Louis-Albert DuBois, Swiss, 1752–1818, 1800–1818
Brush and gouache, graphite on white wove paper
Drawing

Multi-colored leaf and berry design on white ground, lined graphite border.
Study of foliage
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, August 9, 1860
Graphite and chalk on paper
Drawing

Sketch of a vine with foliage.
Design for Wallpaper and Textiles: Flowers
, 19th century
Brush and gouache, graphite on cream paper
Drawing

Horizontally-oriented diamond shape made of eight clusters of flowers and foliage at center of page. Seven purple and yellow pansies with foliage form outline, single purple and yellow pansy at center of diamond facing viewer. Guidelines in graphite are visible on the page with the diamond bisected horizontally and vertically.
Warf at Trouville
Félix Hilaire Buhot, French, 1847–1898, 1878
Etching on mulberry paper
Print

View of a wharf with several figures in background. At left, a boat for Le Harve as indicated by a sign on the wharf.
Textile
, late 18th century
silk, metallic thread Technique: plain compound satin with supplementary weft

Flowers and acanthus leaves in gold on silver background. Flowers shaded red, blue, violet and green. Fragment has trimming of silk stripes.
Border
, 18th century
linen Technique: punto in aria needle lace

Border patterned by a symmetrical standing flower plant that is derived from a 17th century plant motif.
Fragment
, ca. 1700
cotton, silk Technique: chain stitch embroidery on twill weave

Small section of a coverlet or hanging showing parts of delicately drawn twining stems, leaves, flowers, symmetrical leaf volutes, and graduated dots, in shades of purple, red, blue, yellow, orange, and green silk embroidered on an undyed ground with a small diamond-shaped diaper pattern.
Window shade
, 1875–1890
Machine-printed

Large rectangular framework, wide band of brightly colored flowers across bottom of shade. Printed on green paper.
Chintz
, 18th century
cotton Technique: mordants (black, brown, 2 reds, 2 purples) and dye (yellow) applied by pen or brush; blue applied by brush; chintz on plain weave

Curving vines enclosing motifs of people, buildings and a quail-like bird. Blue band at top.
Frieze
Liberty Paper & Bag Co., 1900
Machine-printed

Conventionalized tulips and scrolls in gold, every other surrounded by green mottled rectangle. Connecting green flower garlands. On mica-coated paper imitating woodgrain.
Sidewall
Desfossé et Karth, French, 1863, 1850–1875
Block-printed paper

On blue-gray ground, green leafy fill, flowering branches with birds.
Brodeur, from Diderot's Encyclopaedia
Denis Diderot, French, 1713–1784, 1763
Engraving on white paper
Print

A depiction of the various tools used by embroiderers and patterns for stitched knots. Each is labeled with a figure number.
Beaker
, 18th century
Glass

Large clear glass beaker with painted decoration of a stag.
piano
, late 19th century
Silver filigree
Miniature of a piano

Grand piano. Lid can be raised. Scrolled front legs, baluster rear leg. All-over decoration on case and rack of scrolled and rosetted filigree.
Hunting snakes
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, ca. 1595
Engraving on paper
Print

Horizontal rectangle. Hunters and their dogs capturing snakes and bagging them alive. In the center, foreground, a snake devours a frog. Near left center: "Ioan. Stradanus invent."; at lower right: "Corn. Galle Sculp. / Phls Galle excud." Below: "VIPERA IN ITALIAE GAUDET LATITARE PALIDE..."
Decorative panel
Jules Desfossé, French, active 1851 - 1863, 1856–1857
Block-printed paper

Statue of an infant, standing on vine-covered pedestal with burgundy cameo in base. Putti is facing left, supporting a basket of vining flowers. Gold highlights. Printed on a woodgrain background.
Textile
, early 19th century
silk Technique: satin weave with moiré

Silk with blue moiré stripes and narrow red satin stripes has small, isolated designs in white of a hunter pursuing a hare and a small pavilion with trees. Red stripes have a pattern of small white sprigs.
Elevation and Cross-Section of an Opera House
Christian Francis Rosborg, 1881 – 1953, ca. 1900
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on paper
Drawing

Side elevation, above, of a large and elaborate design for an opera house. Below, a section through the same area, revealing the foyer and seating arrangements.
Vargueño and puente
, 16th–17th century
Wood, wrought iron, velvet

Rectangular chest, the drop front with diamond and losenge-shaped decoration covered in worn red velvet; pierced wrought iron hinges, mounts, lock and handles; drop front opens to reveal multiple drawers with columnar and other architectonic decoration. Interior relined. (Shown with trestle stand 1968-140-7).
Panel
, ca. 1600
linen Technique: grid of withdrawn element work with needle lace, reticella style

Panel of reticella, with the grid creating three rows of biblical scenes, one being Judith and Holofernes.
Bowl
, 18th century
Glazed and lustered porcelain

Deep bowl on small foot. Inside, a plant with five flowers in center, and single flowers between vertical bars on sides; outside, on medium blue ground, all-over pattern of flowers. All painting in lustre.
Bracelet
, ca. 1850
Carved and polished limestone, gold sheet and wire

Six cameos of polished limestone joined in gold collets by paired brass chains, and having a small guard chain attached below the cameos at the clasp.  The subjects, in high relif, are profiles of Dante, Arioste, Tasso and three others not yet identified, probably also poets.
Cup and Saucer, from a Tea Service
Spode Ceramic Works, English, established 1776, 19th century
porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
cup and saucer

1992-5-56-a,b: Cup has handle with raised spur. Exterior decorate...
Wall pocket
, 17th century
silk, metal Technique: embroidery on rust-red silk satin in stem, satin and knot stitches using dyed silks; couched gold-wrapped silk and strips of silver foil; plus, attached silver spangles

Wall pocket in red satin, embroidered in polychrome silks and metal threads. Four pockets and a shaped top, each decorated with flowers, worked in satin stitch and shaded, and outlined with metal thread and with couched metal thread for foliage. Fruit, wheat, and birds also feature in the design. Edged with gold lace, bound with linen tape and backed with red brocatelle.
Frieze
Gledhill Wall Paper Co., New York, New York, founded 1900, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Floral bouquet set within a wreath, alternating with medallion containing bouquet. Bands of scrollwork with lattice run along both top and bottom edges.
Fragment
, late 18th century
silk, metallic thread Technique: cut supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a woven foundation

Small fragment in cut velvet of a reclining figure under an arch of small flowers. Ground has silver metallic thread.
Model of a Roof Frame
, ca. 1880
wood
roof model

Model of a roof frame as a conglomeration of frame types: front as a flat, slanted "shed" roof; right side, a roof with a convex curve to create a dome; left side with angled "gambrel" roof line; back left open as if to be mounted on a building. Inside elements arranged as beams and joints of the supporting structure.
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

Eleventh page (recto) of the engraved text describing the festivities, within a rocaille border, featuring trellis and floral motifs, with the French coat of arms on the top, flanked by two angels and sun rays. With the city of Strasbourg's coat of arms on the bottom. Twelfth page (verso) of the engraved text, within a rocaille border, topped with the three fleurs-de-lys within a cartouche, a soldier on either side of the borders, military trophies in the two bottom corners and the city of Strasbourg's coat of arms on the bottom.
Border
, 1810–20
Block-printed and flocked on handmade paper

Orange drapery swag, with grisaille vining floral motif along bottom of drapery. Trimmed with ocher bullion fringe. Above, a border of acanthus and beading. Printed on light and medium gray ground. This object contains 2 pieces.
Design for Stained Glass Windows: Chamber Music Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
Alice Cordelia Morse, American, 1863–1961, late 19th century
Brush and wash, gouache, graphite on paper mounted on tan illustration board
Drawing

Rectangular glass window in yellow and blue; at center four petals; above, lunette in multicolored glasses with blue and pink.
Design for Dining Table "A" of Mahogany on Baluster-Like Support
A.N. Davenport Co., 1900–05
Graphite on thin cream paper
Drawing

Round molded top with dividing stretcher running across center, raised on baluster-like support on rectangular platform, sitting atop molded "X"-shaped base terminating in scroll-like feet on casters.
Tassel
, 19th century
silk, wooden core

Skirt of pink, white and green silk threads, twisted and looped, and each supporting a tassel of its own color. Head is vase-shaped and wrapped in pink, white and green threads in a chevron pattern. Collars are formed by looped threads at the top and bottom. Cord of braided silk threads.
Ornament, christmas tree
, 1850–99
Dough

Shape of an "E."
Sketch of a Woman's Head
Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909, ca. 1895
Graphite on paper
Drawing

At left, woman's head in near left profile. Outline of same, upper right.
Entrance Into a Forest by a Little Wooden Bridge
Antoni Waterloo, 1618–1677, ca. 1650
Etching on paper
Print

A small wooden bridge crosses a stream in which are two ducks. A woods at left and a broad landscape with distant windmill, right.
Fringe
, 17th century
silk Technique: plain weave

Pink and yellow fringe with a heading and looped skirt threads graduated to form scallops; each group of threads supporting a tassel of the other color.
Ornament & vases, pl. 5
William Darling, 1773
Printed black, white oxydized heightening, blue paper
Print

Scroll of foliated moulding. Right top corner: 5; bottom corner: Edwards Delin[t superscript]; Wm. Darling Sculp.
Design for a Wall Niche
John La Farge, American, 1835–1910, 1890–1900
Graphite and watercolor on tracing paper
Drawing

A niche with Renaissance frame, in the form of a lunette supported on a sculptured lintel resting on pilasters. Escalloped motif on back of each niche. Rosettes at corners of outer frame. Design uncompleted.
Fragment
, 17th–18th century
silk Technique: 4-harness broken twill plus a float weave

Medium-scale diagonal repeat of four-lobed, leafy rosettes of yellow-green on a light brown ground.
Neckband
, 18th century
silk metal thead embroidery on silk foundation, backed with linen Technique: embroidered on plain weave foundation

Neckband from a vestment, embroidered in gold and silver with the Madonna and Child and the twelve Apostles.