biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Study of Thistles and Grass, Harlem Flats
Walter Clark, American, 1848–1917, November 10, 1884
Graphite on paper
Album page

Sketch of thistle plants and grass.
Drawing
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, About 1801 (?)
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over back chalk, on rolled paper.

Vertical Rectangle Octagonal frame. The Muse carrying a flute and a paper scroll with notes sits in the centre in the pose of the Delphic Sibyl by Michelangelo in inverse direction. At right stands Apollo playing the lyre which stands upon a pedestal. At left is an altar. The scene is a circular hall with a cupola.
Fragment
, 18th century
silk Technique: plain weave with supplementary weft

Fragment with serpentine floral sprays in green and rose on a white background patterned with lace-like bands and delicate foliage.
Drapery Study
Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909, ca. 1895
Graphite on tracing paper
Drawing

Moving figure, facing frontally, his right arm extended to the left.
Textile
, 1760–1800
cotton Technique: printed by engraved copper plate on plain weave; block printed on plain weave

Valence shaped piece and three fragments, printed by plate with color added by block; design: "Toilet of Venus". A) Valence shows a canopy in red and blue, below which is part of scene of Venus and attendants. Other fragments show mill, landscape detail, part of temple. Probably Nantes.
Page Three from "Premier Livre De Differents morceaux A l'Usage de tous ceux qui s'appliquent aux beuax Arts Inventé Par G.M. Oppenort Architecte du Roy Et Gravé par Huquier," Serie A (Moyen Oppenord)
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, after 1751
Etching on paper
Print

A decorative filling of a rectangular field: a female allegorical figure and allegorical figure of Time against an arched molding flanking a pedestal with voluted top. Inscribed, upper left: "3"; upper right: "A"; lower left: "oppenort inv."; center: "Avec privilege du Roy"; lower right: "Huquier sculp. et ex".
Plate 3, from Suite of Vases
Benigno Bossi, Italian, 1727 – 1792, 1764
Etching on white paper
Print

A large vase with a wide, beaded rim. The upper half of the body has a smooth surface; the lower half, vertical ribbing, joined to a short narrow pedestal decorated with acanthus leaves and laurel. Three handles rise vertically from the bottom of the vase to curve in three-quarters of the distance to the rim.
Bell pull
Thomas Bentley, English, 1730 – 1780, ca. 1780
Tinted and molded stoneware (Jasperware)

1952-166-109: Blue and white jasperware baluster shapes, pierced...;     1952-166-110: Baluster shape, pierced longitudinally for passage...
Textile
John Marshall & Sons, 1818–24
cotton Technique: roller printed

Printed in brown with scenes of country dancing, drinking and courtship. Some men in uniform of Napoleonic era with tricorne. Women in Empire-style light dresses; some in 18th century-style court dress. Man crouching before wooden barrels inscribed JM&S No 19.Scenes interspersed with large, exagerrated palm trees.
Peep-show, Vue de Blackwall, en Regardant Vers Greenwich, 62
, ca. 1750
Engraving in ink with washes of watercolor on paper, mounted on scrapbook page
Print

Peep-show print
Peep-show, View of the Pond Near the Shooting Garden in the Hague
Georg Balthasar Probst, German, 1732 - 1801, 1732-1801
Engraving on paper
Print

View of The Pond Near The Shooting Garden, In The Hague
Two Evening Landscapes
Leon Dabo, American, 1868–1960, ca. 1890
Pastel on dark blue paper
Drawing

Two landscapes with water, at twilight, showing reflections. Landscape with moonlight above, setting sun below.
Sampler
, 1800–1850
linen and silk on linen Technique: cross and eye stitches on plain weave foundation. Counted stitches.

Zigzag border enclosing three alphabets and various practice letters with assorted motifs dominated by a ship at the bottom.
Textile
, early 18th–late 18th century
silk Technique: plain weave with discontinuous supplementary warp patterning (brocaded)

Silk textile with brocaded pattern showing a cream-colored meandering grapevines, and polychrome bouquets of flowers and grapes that form lines which follow the curves of the grapevines.
Honeysuckle
May Morris, British, 1862–1938, 1883
Block-printed paper
Sidewall

All-over pattern of meandering honeysuckle flowers and foliage. Printed on off-white ground.
Textile
Oberkampf & Cie., Jouy-en-Josas, France, 1759–1815, ca. 1765
linen warp, cotton weft Technique: block printed on plain weave

Design of dolphins and roses on a picotage ground. Addorsed dolphins alternate with clusters of large naturalistic roses. Simple vertical arrangement between bands of intertwined garlands, laurel sprays, and diamond shapes. Colors are red, green, dark orange, blue, and sepia.
LE FRILEUX
Antoine Watteau, French, 1684–1721, 1723-1735
Etching on laid paper
Bound print

Vignette of man wrapped in clothes, holding a stick with a bag at the top. The figure stands beneath a canopy of ornament of leaves, a bouquet, scrolls, and masks. The plate is signed.
Ribbon
, late 19th century
silk Technique: woven

White silk moiré center with borders of tiny roses and foliage in extra warps of green and rose silks.
Ribbon samples
, 1860–70
silk Technique: taffeta, satin weave

Two pieces of ribbon with a patterned satin border. The first is ombré pale blue with a white border. The second is ombré pale purple with a green and white border.