biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Button
, 19th century
Brass

Convex button showing coat of arms; two shields with heraldic devices surrounded by chains, lions supporters, crown above and below, ribbon with "Porro unum est necessitarium". Brass back and shank. On reverse, "Firmin and Sons, 153 Strand London".

On card i80
Page from an Antiphonal
, ca. 1525
Pen and black ink, brush and red, blue, and yellow wash on vellum
Illuminated Page

Six lines of music, accompanied by words in Latin, beginning with "Quia e duxite …" with capitals in illumination. Verso: continuation of recto.
Design for Gilet, pattern 1732 of the Fabrique de St. Ruf
Mademoiselle Montalent, ca. 1785
Brush and gouache on laid paper
Drawing

Rectangular corner, but a correction of the decoration as first suggested, intended to show a blue spherical triangle in the corner. Five buttonholes are shown. Plants grow along the edges. A lilac grows to the top passing behind the oblong pocket.
Sketch for “An Art Reform”
Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924, 1877
Pen and black ink, graphite on paper
Ephemera

Various figures scrambling and fighting, some are climbing ladders, others are using framed pieces of work to hit one another, two lay defeated on the ground.
Figures
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1880
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Partial sketches of two figures.
Designs for Firearms Ornament and Fittings
Claude Simonin, French, ca. 1635 – 1721, 1705
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Plate four from a pattern book with designs for firearm fittings and ornament featuring grotesque motifs, soldiers, fantastical creatures, animals (dogs, hares), birds, foliate scrolls, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), fleurons, rosettes, and a vase. The plate is numbered and signed.
Landscape
Charles Nicolas Ransonnette, French, 1793 - 1877, 1850-1875
Graphite, brush and grey and partly oxidized white wash on grey paper
Drawing

Water and trees.
Designs for Rocaille Motifs
Franz Xaver Habermann, German, 1721 – 1796, mid- 18th century
Etching on off white laid paper
Print

Four designs of rocaille motifs comprised of scrolls, rinceaux, batwings, dripping verdures, branches, and leaves. The plate is signed and numbered.
Decoration for the marriage of Prince Paluzzo Altieri
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1793
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Top row: two flying angels carry a curtain. In front of its upper part is the portrait of Pope Pius and below it those probably of Ferdinand I and Queen Maria Carolina (N.B. this reference was crossed out by PDM). Two crossed branches are below the latter. A supporting column is roughly indicated. At right in smaller scale. An entablature is supported by a column at left, a gaine at right. A curtain is in the intercolumniation with three portraits similarly disposed as at left. A flying angel supports the frames of the couple. Bottom row, at left: a design similar to the last one described, showing two gaines and no supporting angel. Two angels seem busy and are similar to those in 1901-39-1447. At right: a similar design. Not entirely shown. The portrait of the Pope is fastened in front of the entablature. The circular frames for those of the couple are connected like spectacles and supported by a support looking like a herm. Colored background.
Design for an Earring
, late 18th century
Pen and black ink, brush and gray, red watercolor on paper
Drawing

Jewelry design for an earring. The central diamonds of the disk and the drop are red, as is the diamond in the middle of the central part, framed by two vertically disposed scrolls of ribbons. Bevelled corners.
Ornamental Vase Design
François Boucher, French, 1703–1770, 1742-1750
Etching on cream laid paper
Bound print

Vase in the form of a perfume burner, with curving fluted forms, placed on a pedestal. Two climbing putti decorate the lid. At the sides are busts of winged female figures. At the front, a shell-like form and coral. Smoke clouds in the background. At the base of the vase, leafy branches. The plate is signed and numbered.
Belltower
Giovanni Pividor, Italian, 1812 - 1872, 1862
Graphite, pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Elevation view of belltower for St. Peters.
LARCHITECTURE
Jacques de Lajoüe, French, 1687–1761, 1738
etching and engraving on paper
Bound print

Print after an overdoor painting of an allegory of architecture. A group of putti working with tools, pulling blocks of stone, working with wooden beams, building a large garden terrace with two staircases, a fountain, decorated with columns, and a sculpture group above the fountain. Scaffolding and large pulley apparatus' in the background, with wheels and ropes. The title is lettered below, and the plate is signed.
The Road to Caprarola
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, ca. 1813
Black chalk, pen and black ink, brush and brown watercolor, graphite on cream laid paper
Drawing

A road passes a gorge. A Madonna shrine is fixed to a trunk of a tree. A man with a cart on the road. Framing line, caption: "la Strada di Caprarola," above: "22". On verso: two sketches for vaulted ceilings, three decorated panels and friezes and moldings. Friezes showing festoons, candelabra and winged genii; putti ride upon festoons; putti riding upon sea monsters. Numbered "23."
Ornament Designs
Jean-Bernard Turreau, French, 1672 - 1731, early 18th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

Ornament designs with a central vertical panel and four small ornamental motifs in the corners (vases on brackets). The designs feature grotesque motifs including mascarons (masks), griffins, herms, birds, canopy, oval profile portraits, incense burner, flaming torches, vase of fruit and flowers, vases, cartouches, festoons of leaves, shells, palmettes, palm leaves, gadrooning, fluting, fleurons, foliate scrolls, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), and diaper rosette pattern. The plate is signed.
Distant Mountains, Mexico
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, February 24, 1890
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of a distant mountain range in Mexico. The foreground and middle distance are comprised of a wide, flat, and largely unrendered plain covered in dead grass. In the background, a rugged, serrated mountain range extends across the horizon with a particularly sharp peak at center. Two shorter mountains before the peak are shaded.
Two Alcove Designs
Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682, 1665
Etching on laid paper
Print

Two half scenes with figures in Classical dress in alcoves. The alcoves and surrounding walls feature leaf pattern moldings, ornate paneling, medallion with double profile portraits, festoons of flowers, and foliate branches. Landscapes in the background, possibly tapestries. The plate is signed.
Trimming
, 19th century
silk Technique: cut supplementary warp pile (velvet) on compound ground

Red trimming fragment in a design of a serpentine stem with leaves.
Stage Design, Group of Antique Buildings
Giuseppe Borsato, Italian, 1770 - 1840, ca. 1800
Pen and ink, graphite, brush and sepia wash on paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Group of antique buildings. At center, square building with flat cupola. Verso: architectural sketch.
LE MAITRE A DANCER
Christophe Huet, French, 1695 – 1759, 1743
Etching on laid paper
Bound print

Plate 6 of a series of 23 prints featuring monkeys acting as humans in various figural scenes. Two monkey figures dancing, the animal at left is nude, while the monkey at right is dressed in elaborate court costume, including a sword at his hip, a sash, and a large feathered hat. He holds the hand of his partner, instructing him in the dance steps. In his left hand, he holds a violin and bow.
Overlooking El Arabah
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, February 21, 1868
Oil paint and graphite on paperboard
Drawing

Landscape study showing a view overlooking the plains of the Wadi Arabah in present-day Jordan, witnessed by Church during his expedition to Petra. Two rocky, sandy prominences are visible in the foreground--one, at right, with a figure on its summit. Flat terrain with desert scrub brush extends from the middle distance into the background, where it meets the rugged Mountains of Edom. Defining the horizon, the mountains fade into a haze at left. Above, three light clouds hang in the blue-green sky.
Study for "Scientific Group"
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1858
Graphite on lined blue laid paper
Drawing

Man in an armchair, facing left, his arms folded and knees crossed.
Rank badge
, 19th century
silk, canvas linen Technique: embroidery in tent stitch

Mandarin Square (P'u-Tzu) for military official of the second rank. Lion on a rock surrounded by wave and cloud forms as well as the Eight Auspicious Signs, worked in a tent stitch. Border of Chinese character alternating with bat motif. Lined with linen.
A street Scene of Edo
Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858, 1797-1858
Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
Print

This wide street scene depicts an old Edo street. The white buildings contrast the orange horizon, dimly highlighting the vantage point. A few people are scattered around the street carrying packages and work materials.
Grotesque Design
, early 17th century
Charcoal, pen and bistre, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Oval escutcheon within a rectangular frame. The spandrels show digs and birds. At center, a grotesque frame of masks, snakes and a large crown.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk Technique: supplementary warp forming cut and uncut raised pile in plain weave foundation

Trellis pattern containing scrolling leaves on a tan background.
A Road in a Village
Charles Nicolas Ransonnette, French, 1793 - 1877, ca. 1850
Graphite, black crayon on paper
Drawing

The house of a peasant is near the road, lined with trees and leading to the open country. Another house is shown in the right middle plane.
Sidewall
, 1840s
Machine-printed on paper

Full width of paper with geometric design of green figure set with red melon-like figure, and surrounded with red and yellow lines, alternating with red rectangle enclosing white cross.
Ornamental Vase Design
A. Panier, French, active 18th century, 1767-1771
Crayon-manner engraving with red ink on paper
Print

Lidded vase with a flame-like finial. The two curving handles of the vase are formed from stylized acanthus leaves. The vase has a rosette medallion in the center, over top of which is draped a garland of oak leaves. The vase has a tapered foot with long layered leaves on it. There is some indication of a ground of grasses below the vase. The print is engraved in red ink (sanguine) crayon manner. The plate is titled and numbered.
Textile
, 1870–80
cotton Technique: roller printed on plain weave

Brown, green and black on a white ground in a close allover pattern of leafy sprigs and scrolls.
Design for a Painted Porcelain Salad Bowl
Jacques-François Micaud, French, ca.1732–1811, ca. 1775
Brush and watercolor, pen and ink, black chalk on cream laid paper
Drawing

Salad bowl in elevation (above) and plan (below) with slightly scalloped border painted in gold and blue.  Interior and exterior of bowl decorated with scattered sprays of flowers including roses, irises, and tulips.  Some shading above the foot of the bowl (in perspective view) and at left and lower right of interior view.
Designs for Gobelins Tapestry, April (Les Mois Grotesques par Bandes)
Claude Audran III, French, 1658 - 1734, 1709–10
Red chalk, pen and brown ink on cream laid paper
Drawing

Three vertical panels depicting the months of April, June and October, in reverse from the engraved designs for tapestries."April" shows the bull in a wreath medallion at top, with Venus and Cupid in a frame at the center of the drawing. Below the frame is a swan between billing pairs of doves, all resting on a pedestal supported by dolphins. In "June", Cancer is omitted. Mercury is placed in the central framing structure surmounted by a cock.  A ram is below. "October" shows Scorpio in a wreath at top, Minerva in the central frame, and Arachne(?) making a tapestry below.
Vestment
, late 17th century
silk and metal thread on linen; lined with linen Technique: laid stitch embroidery on plain weave

a) front and b) back of chasuble. Central vertical panel in each of straight stem with blossoms, foliage and ribbons. Side panels of serpentine branch with large curling leaves, blossoms and perching birds. Brilliant polychrome silks and gold metal thread, all in laid stitches. Background of silk laid work.
Etching with aquatint: Architecture
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1797
Hand-colored etching with aquatint on paper
Print

Horizontal composition with a personification of architecture shown in profile, looking to the right at a winged male writing on a monument: "Ratiocinatio/Et Fabrica" "An./MDCCXCVII." Attributes of architecture and a globe are on the ground at left and right. Bottom center: "Felix Giani inv. et sculp." Four framing lines.
Study for a Painting: Saint Sebastian
, 1800–1825
Pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Shown standing and bound to a tree. The right arm is not shown. A tree is in the left foreground. Framing lines. Caption: S. Sebastiano. On verso, in opposite direction: the drawing had been begun with the head. The oblong is framed; written at its bottom: 9; below is the caption as on the recto.
Design for Serving Table on Wheels
A.N. Davenport Co., 1900–05
Graphite on thin cream paper
Drawing

Side view of serving table on wheels with 2 large and one small rectangular shelf; large spoked front wheels and small rear wheels; large "S" shaped steering handle attached at back of lowest tray; vase [?] suggested on middle shelf shelf.
Design for Music Cabinet "A" of Mahogany and Inlay
A.N. Davenport Co., 1900–05
Graphite on thin cream paper
Drawing

Rectangular body with hinged upper drawer and 2 open lower shelves with stacks of books and music notebooks separated by molded dividers; raised on 4 small tapering en toupee feet; flower vase and open book atop cabinet.
Border
, 1880–90
Block-printed paper

Wide central band of four different stylized flowers on vine, all printed in shades of green. Narrow pinstriped bands along top and bottom edge. Printed on a green ground.
Vase Design
Charles Dupuis, French, active 1760 – 1791, ca. 1763
Etching on paper
Print

Design for a vase decorated with a festoon of leaves, an oval male profile portrait, mascarons (masks) with rings hanging from their mouths, and seated mermen supporting the neck of the vase.
Band
, 18th–19th century
linen Technique: bobbin made continuous tape with net added

Scrolling tape pattern in field of square mesh.
Two Soldiers and Two Women, from the Vari Capricci
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian, 1692 - 1770, 1750–1760
Etching on laid paper
Print

Only state
Tile
, 18th century
Earthenware

Figure of a man with a catapult. Corners decorated with scrolls. Groove cut into back. Edges have been glazed and decorated with scrolls, but glazing remains only on bottom and side edges.
Fragment
, 10th–12th century
silk tapestry, linen foundation Technique: slit tapestry in plain weave foundation

Two broad bands of slit tapestry with small dagger-like motifs in plain weave.
ornament, christmas tree
, 1850–99
Dough

Shape of an "R."
Mercury and Argus in a Wooded Landscape
Antoni Waterloo, 1618–1677, ca. 1650
Etching on paper
Print

In a rocky wooded landscape, opening into rolling country at left Mercury and Argus are seen resting in the right foreground, accompanied by Io in the form of a cow.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk Technique: 5-harness satin damask

Tan damask with vertical and horizontal rows of ogives framing stylized floral forms in beige.
Pair of Salvers
Edward Barrett, Irish, active 1698 – 1722, 1708–09
silver
salvers

Both salvers: slightly concave foot, spreading at bottom, ending in flat rim. Flat top with molded rim. Engraved in center circular-oval shield, three roses, lion rampant, three heads of stags. Scrolled framing. Inscribed on back.
Coverlet
, 17th century
cotton, tussah silk Technique: chain stitch embroidery

Indo-European figural groups, plant and animal combinations, in large lobed medallions in horizontal-vertical arrangement on a ground filled with small figures, floral motives, birds and animals. In coarse yellow silk chain stitch on undyed cotton ground.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk Technique: velvet, supplementary warp forming pile, then stamped (embossed)

Irregularly shaped green velvet with stamped pattern of diagonal floral shapes.
Vignette, Saint Joseph with the Christ Boy
, ca. 1845
Wood engraving on paper
Print

Joseph holds the boy with both arms.
Portrait of Joannes Malderus, Bishop of Antwerp
, ca. 1700-1730
Engraving on paper
Print

Within an oval frame is the bust portrait of a cleric, wearing a beretta, a van dyck beard, and side whiskers. Below, his escutcheon and motto, and inscription.
Fringe
, 19th century
gilt foil on a silk core Technique: woven

Gold fringe with a plain-woven heading and a scalloped edge of looped threads.
Fragment
, 18th century
silk Technique: cut and uncut supplementary warp pile in a satin ground (ciselé velvet) Label: Silk cut and uncut velvet

Ciselé velvet in orange cut and uncut velvet. Ground in uncut pile. Figure of small round flowers in cut pile. Curving zigzag lines and also buds of flowers, voided in satin ground.
Band
, 19th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace (Lille-style with heavy outlining thread)

Bobbin-made lace (Lille style).
Vase
, 1660–1720
Enameled and glazed hard-paste porcelain

'famille verte decoration; the body with swastikas, character medallions and lotus blossoms???
Self-Portrait of Leonardo da Vinci, from "Original Designs of the Most Celibrated Mastesr of the Bolognese, Roman, Florentine, and Venetian Schools, in his Majesty's Collection"
Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian, active England, 1727–1815, 1795
Stipple engraving in sanguine ink on brown paper
Print

Frontispiece. The face in profile, facing left.
LE THEATRE
Antoine Watteau, French, 1684–1721, 1723-1735
Etching on laid paper
Bound print

Page of arabesque ornamentation framing a central vignette of well-dressed figures playing music and lounging in a stepped landscape with fountains. At the center of the steps is a mascaron spewing water into a basin with cat tails and swans. The scene is framed by branches, garlands, a rose wreath, and scrolls, on top of which sit monkeys playing music (singeries). The plate is signed.
L'ESCARPOLETE
Antoine Watteau, French, 1684–1721, 1723-1735
Etching on laid paper
Bound print

Vignette of a young man pushing a woman on a rope swing suspended between two trees. The landscape is framed by arabesque ornamentation with motifs including scrolls, goat head, reeds, branches, vases, meanders, a satyr mask, and a trophy with a straw hat, bagpipes, and basket. The plate is signed.
Study of a Man's Head
Antoine Watteau, French, 1684–1721, 1734
Etching on laid paper
Print

Study of an elderly man's head, looking to the right. He has a beard and wears a cap and spectacles, with some of his hair visible from under the cap. Part of his right collar is sketched. The plate is numbered and signed.
Dining Room Table and Chairs, Henry J. Allen Residence, Wichita, Kansas
Frank Lloyd Wright, American, 1867–1959, 1917
Graphite, color pencil on cream tracing paper
Drawing

Sheet divided into upper and lower sections. In upper part, from left to right: elevation views of table, one from side and other from front. A green cloth, floral arrangement, and bowl sit atop table. Elevation views from side, back and front of slatted, high-backed side chair cushions. Lower part shows plan of table and side chair.
Sampler
Margereta Whann, American, 1800–1830
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, stem, chain and cross stitches on plain weave foundation

In the center, an oval framing device with a bunting at the top contains a scene of a house flanked by trees on a large lawn. The oval is surrounded by motifs symmetrically arranged: baskets of flowers, pairs of birds, flowering trees, and butterflies, with a strawberry vine border on four sides. Outside the border, additional sprays of flowers appear. The inscription appears below the scene, and at the very bottom the names Margereta Whann and George Terrell are embroidered.
Bird and Anemone
Morris & Co., London, England, designed 1882
cotton Technique: printed
Textile

Medium-scaled design of flowering branches with perching birds. In deep golden yellow on a white ground, with plain unprinted selvedges.
Design for a Cipher (Interlaced Letters)
Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin, French, 1721–1786, 1766
Etching on paper
Print

Design for the crowned letter D, interlaced and comprised of scrolling leaves, feathers, and flowers. The plate is signed and numbered.
Fragments
, 17th century
silk Technique: supplementary warp forming raised pile (velvet)

Tile pattern of eight-pointed stars and interlocked squares in tan.
Fragments
, 16th–17th century
silk, metallic Technique: supplementary warp forming cut and uncut raised pile in plain weave foundation (velvet) with supplementary wefts

Scrolling lattice in red on gold.
Textile
, 1785
cotton Technique: printed by engraved copper plate on plain weave

Textile printed in red on white showing six satirical scenes with horsemen riding to military encampments. On a barn are the initials "A I" and on the end of a drum "Royal Artillery G III R".
Bandbox fragment
, ca. 1830
Block printed with distemper paints

The scene portrays a landscape with a train of three loaded freight cars pulled by one horse. Driver is on a seat in front car. There is a house and windmill in the background with "Wind-Mill - Rail Road" printed across top of windmill. Same scene as 1913-17-18, box no. 12. The field is blue, the scene is printed in dark green, tan and off-white.
Designs for embroidery
, ca. 1890
Black crayon on tracing paper
Drawing

Designs of abstract floral patterns for panels and borders. Each drawing stamped at top: "Dessin original a broderie." Designs numbered 121 (A)
Ceiling paper
, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

Two-flower bouquets, surrounded by foliate scrolls that form a diagonal treillage pattern with smaller two-flower bouquets and foliate tendrils in the resulting square negative spaces. Ground is white and embossed in a grid-like pattern. Printed in green, yellow, gold mica, and brown.
Pool in the Woods
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, 1874
Brush and wash, traces graphite on wove paper.
Drawing

Woodland scene with two tall trees at lower right arching over stream that meanders from foreground to waterfall in the right distance. Other trees occupy middle to distant plane at left.
Shawl
, 19th century
wool Technique: 2/2 twill tapestry (field); 2/2 twill double interlocked tapestry (inner border); 2/2 twill tapestry patches embroidered mainly in stem stitch

Square shawl with red center or field made to folded on a diagonal and worn as a triangle. Inner border has Kashmir woven strips with Kashmir woven inserts. Outer fringed border with patchwork and embroidery of above average quality. Embroidered inscription on one corner.
Office Hongrois
Wilhelm Wörnle, Austrian, 1849 - 1916, 1873
Etching in dark brown ink on white satin
Print

A Hungarian cavalry officer, mounted on his stead, approaches toward the left. In the background other officers are grouped about a battle standard.
Sampler
Mary Halbert, English, 1817
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross and eyelet stitches on plain weave foundation; patches of cotton

"Motto./ Letters were first designed to instruct and bless mankind/ Seize pupils seize the present fleeing hour/ Improve the passing moment as it flies/ Youth will soon be past man is a flower/ Whose bloom soon fades alas how soon he dies./ Virtue and truth when are combined/ Refine the manners form the mind/ And when with industry they meet/ The female character is complete/ Mary Halbert sampler wrought in Westmoreland/ July 31st in the year of our Lord 1817.  A Hart Instructress./ The needle and pen teach wisdom."