biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Bandbox and lid
, ca. 1830
Block-printed paper, pasteboard support

Two figures riding horses: woman is riding sidesaddle, wearing a veil, man is turned around waving to figure standing in door of small house or cabin in the distance. Sticker with number 470 on side of box. Printed in pink and green on light yellow ground. Lid rim is covered with blue floral print paper.
Design for Magazine Cover
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, ca. 1900
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Sketch of a female figure draped in a gown and holding a staff with her right hand.
Sidewall
, 1820–30
Block printed on handmade paper

A large-scale acanthus rosette or medallion with eight foliate "branches". The rosette is printed in grisaille on an irise or rainbow background that shades from blue to yellow. the rosettes are surrounded by a framework of hexagons composed of a Greek key or fretwork motif with a small rosette at the intersections.
Fragment
, 19th century
silk, paper with applied gold foil Technique: plain compound twill

Fragment of woven silk with a peony and crane motif in blue and gold.
Title Page
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Etching on cream laid paper
Print

Title page with arabesque leaf garland around the printed words, and a vase with scroll handles and scrolling foliage.
L'Escadre Verte ayant été accueilli d'une Violente Tempéte dans la riviere de St. Laurent (The Green Squadron, having been met with a Violent Storm in the St. Lawrence River)
Hand-colored etching on paper; verso: fabric
Bound print

Perspective view of ships caught in a storm in the St. Lawrence River. At left center, a ship is tossed by turbulent waves, leaning dramatically to the left. A bolt of lightning strikes the boat, and several of its sails are torn. The windows along the front side of the ship are cut out, with fabric visible through the openings. Another storm-tossed ship is visible in the distance. At right, two women are perched on a rocky outcropping. One stands with her hands clasped, skirt and apron billowing around her. The other reclines along the rock, crying and holding a handkerchief to her face. Storm clouds fill the sky, and the portion of sky along the top margin is colored in vivid blue. Printed along bottom margin: A Paris chez Basset rue St. Jacques / Gravé d'aprés le dessein dan Officier de l'Escadre / l'Escadre Verte ayant été accueilli d'une Violente Tempéle dans la riviere de St. Laurent le lo [---] ba sur le laissea Imiral qui en sul consumé : il n'y ent de Sauvé de tout l'Equipagé que deux femmes etrangeres, qui se Jetterent à la mer, et d[---]gnerent la painte d'[---] Rocher qui doit proche

Verso: Patches of colored fabric.
Design no. 15 for the Embroidery of a Man's Waistcoat, Unfinished
, 1780–1790
Graphite, brush and gouache, white on paper
Drawing

Design for the embroidery of the left bottom corner of a man's waistcoat, unfinished. Traced design on the pocket. Landscape with a temple in ruins. Flower rinceaux and boughs. Bunch of flowers over a border in which flowers alternate with a motif composed of buds and leaves.
Oasis at Kadesh Barnea, Jordan
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, February 22, 1868
Graphite on gray wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Landscape and figure sketch showing a view of camels resting among vegetation of an oasis near Petra, known to Church and his fellow travelers as the Biblical oasis of Kadesh Barnea. At center, two camels sit facing each other over a small pool of water. Grass and other vegetation is visible across the composition. Another camel stands at far left, facing the viewer. A figure stands nearby at right. Mountains rise in the background at right. 

Verso: Figure sketches showing three views of saddled camels at right--two viewed in profile and one frontally--and, at left and oppositely oriented, one of Church's Bedouin guides sleeps in his draped clothing, with his spear standing upright in the ground nearby.
Tapestry Design: Apollo in his Chariot Led by Aurora
Fedele Fischetti, Italian, 1734 - 1789, 1760–89
Pen and brush and black ink, gray wash on off-white laid paper, ruled border in pen and black ink, lined
Drawing

Design is based on Guido Reni's "Aurora," Palazzo Rospigliosi, Rome. The clouds rise from the sea and carry Apollo in his chariot. He is accompanied by the Hours; the group is preceded by Aurora and two genii holding a jar and flowers. In the lower right, Neptune stands onshore; he holds the reigns of his horse and his trident.
Plate from 12 Stick Zum Verzaighnen Stechen Ver Fertigt (Set of Twelve Designs for Engraved Vessels)
Bernhard Zan, Germany, active ca. 1580, 1580
Punch engraving, pen and black ink, graphite on off-white laid paper
Print

Scrollwork frieze above, with ornamental foliage surrounding an urn or flower vase.
Ornamental Design with Small Red Flowers and Berries, from Nouvelle suite de cahiers de flerurs naturelle a l'usage des dessinateurs et des peintres, No.1
Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808, after 1775
Etching with colored inks à la poupé on cream laid paper tipped in cream paper
Print

Floral motif. Upper level: small red flowers with green leaves; lower level: blue berries with yellow, green, and brown feather-like leaves.
Design for a Silver and Crystal Compote
Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799–1868, 1827–35
Pen and black ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

A crystal bowl with scalloped edges rests on three silver dolphins, which appear as if on the crest of a waterfall (probaly also intended to be executed in crystal). Silver base, with scalloped edges, resting on ball feet.
Figures
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1882
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Recto: Left, partial sketch of heraldic lions; Right, partial sketch of male and female figures; Verso, Sketch of two female figures.
Design for Ornament
Pierre Germain, French, 1703 - 1783, 1751
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Rocaille ornament in the form of a cartouche of scrolling acanthus leaves and with a trophy at the bottom. The plate is signed.
Design for an Ornamental Border Used for the Surround to the General Chart in John Pine's "Tapestry Hangings in the House of Lords"
Gravelot, French, 1699 - 1773, active in England, ca. 1739
Brush and brown ink and brown wash over gray ink on white laid paper in six sections, laid down
Drawing

The central shape and four not quite complete circles (intended for globes) in each corner are cut out.  At the top center of the ornamental framing border (which incorporates scroll-work), there is a diadem made of ship prows; at the bottom center, the head of Neptune with some of his attributes.  At the upper right of the ornamental border, the seated figure of Britannia holds a sword and shield to vanquish the figures (at lower right) of Envy (a bare-breasted woman holding a snake), Superstition (a blindfolded figure holding a torch) and Spain (a fallen man, holding a sword, next to a tower and lion).   At the upper left, the personification of True Religion (a draped, seated woman holding a book and torch) presides above lightning and the fleeing figures of Hypocrisy, Ignorance and Popery (woman and fox, devil, monk at lower left).
LE LOUVRE
Gabriel Perelle, French, 1604–1677, late 17th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

View of the Louvre Palace in Paris, from the street Frementeau. In the foreground, figures, carriages, and sedan chairs. The façade features windows, rustication, pediments, and chimneys. A short description of the palace and its architectural history is lettered below. The plate is signed and titled.
Design for a Bedroom Alcove
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca, 1790
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper
Drawing

A variation of -1638, above. The gaines - figures springing from bunches standing upon short columns - are nearer to the walls than to each other. The vaulted lower part of the ceiling has triangular compartments, the upper decorated with festoons and a medallion, the lower with what possibly is a sphinx crouching upon a high pedestal with figures, and two figures sitting beside. Unusual background.
Rocaille Fountain Design
François Boucher, French, 1703–1770, 1736
Engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Folio 7, plate 7 of a series of 7. Design for a fountain. Rocaille fountain design with three putti playing upon a large shell brimming with water and supporting another shell above their heads.
Moonlit Sky at Sea, Egypt
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, January 1868
Graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of a cloudy sky illuminated by the light of the moon, at center, which is reflected off of the ocean waters below.

Verso: Mixed sketches around Suez, Egypt, showing three scenes of a steam boat, two laden row boats, and the facade of a structure. Along upper margin, a steamer is visible at sea with its smoke billowing across the scene to the left. At center, two rowboats are obliquely shown hauling blocks of concrete for the construction of the breakwater at the Suez Canal. Below, at left, a sketch of a building's facade is visible.
Panel with the Letter "N" from the "Newes ABC Büechlein"
Lukas Kilian, German, 1579 – 1637, 1627
Engraving on off-white laid paper
Print

Two boys pull a fool's cap ("narr").
Child's tunic
, 9th century
linen, wool (warp – S-spun linen warp; weft – Z-spun linen, Z-spun undyed wool, Z-spun red wool, Z-spun green wool, S-spun red wool in the three spots of clavus bands) Technique: plain weave with tapestry woven areas; one weft carried at a time

A whole child's tunic of linen with in-woven tapestry decorations. The back is approximately 18 cm shorter than the front due to a wide, horizontal tuck that was taken in it originally and stitches from a similar tuck remain in front of the tunic. Selvage at bottom of front and back and at inside of sleeves. Neckline is a slit which has been finished with two rows of red crocheted edging. Sleeves similarly finished, in tan, with only one row. At shoulders, circular tapestry-woven decorations - a green and red floral design with red border. Green and red simple, narrow decorative clavi, front and back, passing over the shoulders. Tapestry-woven medallion containing red bud with green stem in red border, at lower corners front and back, only two remain in whole condition.
Three Women with a Palette and Sketch of a Design
Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian, active England, 1727–1815, 1760-1770
Engraving in brown ink on beige paper
Print

The woman, center, wears a huge turban-like hat, her right hand holding brushes, and touching the palette, her left hand supporting the design of a woman in drapery. The two other women look on, at either side. Below the artists' names.
spoon
Massat Freres, 19th century
silver

Oval bowl, shaped stem engraved with wrigglework, punching and lozenges with oval crusher terminal.
LE CHASTEAU DE ST. CLOU
Adam Perelle, French, 1638 – 1695, 1680–1703
Etching on laid paper
Print

View of the front façade of the chateau of St. Cloud with its courtyard and wrought-iron gate topped with the Royal French coat of arms. A ramp leading down to a lower section in the foreground with a wall lined with planted pots. Figures, horseman, and horse-drawn carriages in the grounds. Trees in the background. The plate is titled with a short description of the chateau.
Project for Tapestry Dedicated to Farm Life
Jean-Baptiste Huet, French, 1745 – 1811, 1780–95
Pen and black ink, brush and wash on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Colonnade of Ionic order with garlands of flowers twisted and festooned between the fluted columns. Suspended in the intercolumniations are trophies of garden implements and other attributes of agricultural life. On the ground, behind the colonnade appear dogs, peacocks, fowl, a fox in a trap and geese. Border in ink frames scene.-Based on text by R. Berliner
Designs for Flowers: Single Hyacinth, Double Hyacinth, Single Anemone
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1778
Etching on laid paper
Print

Designs for flowers with their leaves, numbered with a legend below: Single hyacinths, double hyacinths, and single anemone The plate is numbered.
Ornamental Vase Design
L.N. Percenet, French, born 1736, 1761
Etching on laid paper
Print

Vase with two mascaron pulls on either side with rings in their mouths. There is a meander along the shoulder of the vase, and drapery across the concave belly. The base of the vase has gadrooning and a band of bound laurel leaves; it sits upon a small plinth. The vase is elevated on a platform that extends to the edge of the image. The plate is signed and numbered.
The left half of a frieze
, 1825–50
Pencil, brush, sepia, yellow watercolor, paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. The half-figure of a griffon with a rinceau standing beside a foliated candelabrum with a burning fire on top.
The River Darro, Granada
Samuel Colman, American, 1832–1920, 1870–75
Graphite, pen and blue ink, brush and blue and gray washes on cream wove paper
Drawing

Verticle rectangle. Water and two figures in foreground. Backs of houses and porches on both sides of the stream. A bridge over the water and other bridges beyond.
Study of Hemlock and Beech, White Lake
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, August 20, 1847
Graphite and white chalk on grey paper
Drawing

Dead limbs in foreground. Two large trees, at right, and a third tree, in the distance, center.
Trimming
, 18th century
silk Technique: uncut supplementary warp pile in a satin foundation (velvet)

Green, white and yellow trimming fragment in a design of large and small leaves on a serpentine stem.
Edging
, ca. 1890
cotton Technique: Machine made

White imitation Carrickmacross; pattern of floral sprays cut in muslin and applied to machine net; one ornamental edge.
Tile
Zachariah Barnes, 1743 – 1820, ca. 1778
Tin-enamelled earthenware, transfer-printed back on white

Square tile. "Mr. [William Thomas] Lewis in the Character of Douglas". Standing figure, armed, body facing observer, head to left, one hand resting on bow at left. Latticed border with trophies and a banderole. Design from Bell's British Theatre, 1776-78.
Design for a Teapot
, ca. 1780
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, graphite on paper
Drawing

Teapot with lion's feet; bowl in shape of ship with dragon head as spout on left and putto playing harp as handle. Crown-like elements circulating top with flowers with long stems as finial.
Fire screen
, 18th century
Label: hand-colored, engraved paper leaf; wooden stick

Large, hand-held fire screen on a wooden stick. The obverse has a scene of a older man at a desk approached by a younger man, with two servants in attendance, entitled "Le fils prodigue fait rendre compte a son Pere de son legitime" (The Prodigal son makes claim to his father for his legitimacy). On the reverse is a scene of a woman seated at a writing desk, with music and lyrics for two songs, "Le Berger amoureux" and "La Bergere contente" (The Shepherd in Love and The Happy Shepherdess).
Heur et Malheur (Happiness and Woe)
Raymond Gayrard, French, 1777 - 1858, early 19th century
Cast silver
Medal

Octagonal gambling token. Obverse shows the double bust of young Janus. Inscription: HEUR ET MALHEUR (happiness and woe) / GAYRARD-F. Reverse shows the three Muses.
Cartouche Design
Pierre-Philippe Choffard, French, 1730–1809, ca.1760–75
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for a blank oval cartouche or shield, topped with a crown, with ribbons and sprigs of flowers and leaves on either side. The plate is numbered
Unfinished Design for a Waistcoat
, 1780-1790
Pencil and various gouache colors on paper
Drawing

Unfinished design for the embroidery at the left bottom corner of a man's waistcoat. Two bunches of seeds, moss, boughs are shown beneath the bottom curves of the pocket. A fantastical flower hangs from the bottom point. Garlands leaf boughs. An urn stands near the left corner.
Cartel with Scientific Motifs
Pierre-Gabriel Berthault, French, 1737–1831, 1748–1776
Engraving on paper
Print

Cartel with Scientific Motifs
Sidewall
, 1675–99
Block-printed and flocked canvas

Two widths, sewn together, giving in complete repeating pattern of plain and foliate scrolls, with conventional clusters of flowers.
Table with Sphinx Base
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1790
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Elevation of a table, the base in the form of a sphinx with outstretched wings.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk and metal Technique: appliqué of quatrefoil shape with couched metallic edging on silk and metal brocaded plain weave

Fragment of a stole or maniple. Gold quatrefoil on fabric of green ground with white (originally silver) and gold floral shapes. Edged with woven metallic tape.
Button
, late 18th century
Stoneware

1925-2-18: Circular medallion in the style of Wedgwood Jasper...
Ducks
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1879
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of three ducks.
Design for a Panel
Jean-Guillaume Moitte, French, 1746–1810, ca. 1765
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor, sepia on paper
drawing

Vertical panel with candelabrum motif. At center is a blue oval with centaurs, within an octagonal frame. At top, a swan.
Title Page
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, 1749-1761
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Page printed with two plates of designs for pendules, or clocks. The face of the left plate design has in it the title of the series and grotesque dragons and a mascaron at the bottom. The pendule of the right plate features a landscape around the face, with dogs and a trophy with hunting attributes. Both plates are numbered; the plate on the right is signed.
Designs for Stoves
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1780-1789
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Designs for two stoves. The stove on the left features a large urn at top, and is decorated with ornament motifs including egg and dart, lozenge and bead, and sphynxes. The stove on the right features, on top, a fasces with flags and arrows surrounded by two sitting putti holding shileds. The base of the stove features a lion head mascaron with garland, egg and dart, and lozenge ornament. The plate is signed and numbered.
Design for a Square Ceiling, with Alternative Suggestions
Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682, 1640-1650
Etching on paper
Print

One half is shown. View of a dome in the center. Pairs of female half-figures holding crowns are obliquely shown in the corners. The crowned chiffre, MA is shown.
Trimming
, 19th century
silk Technique: woven

Trimming fragment in a design of alternating ornaments comprised of leaves, scrolls and dots in yellow on a green ground.
Female Nude, Study for "A Magdalen"
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1852
Graphite and white chalk on buff wove paper
Drawing

Female nude facing towards the right, her hands together as if praying or pleading. Verso: A three-quarter nude of a young man, shown from below. A roll of paper in his right hand.
Ruins at the Acropolis, Athens, Greece
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, April 24, 1869
Graphite on light brown wove paper
drawing

Architecture and landscape sketch showing a view of ancient ruins at the Acropolis of Athens, Greece. In the middle distance at center, a doric column stands intact atop a small rise in the terrain, while the interceding ground is blanketed with column fragments (or drums) and other ruinous blocks. Most column drums are fluted. At lower left, a large stone juts out of the ground. In the background at left and right, two colonnades are faintly rendered.
Joseph, Flees the Wife of Putiphar
Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682, 1650–80
Etching on laid paper
Print

An alcove with a bed in the center supported by columns, tapestry along the back wall, sculpted leaf and fruit molding along the cornice, and a hanging textile in the center held up by two putti with a hanging oval profile portrait. Figures within the alcove in Classical dress, a woman seated on the bed clutching at a man who appears to be running away, with a group of soldiers to the right, holding spears and shields. A scale below the scene along with the publisher's address.
Design for an Embroidered Veritcal Border
, 1780–1800
Brush and gouache on paper
Drawing

Two bunches of naturalistic flowers of identical designs are shown beside two strips, the inner one of which is composed of oblongs and stars.
Sidewall
, 1860–75
Block-printed paper

Egyptian-revival motif in center of lozenge shape.
Album of Prints: Designs for Frames by Pierre-Gabriel Berthault
Pierre-Gabriel Berthault, French, 1737–1831, ca. 1758
Album

Album of prints containing the 8 plates of designs for frames for use in architecture, painting, and sculpture, by Pierre-Gabriel Berthault.
Sampler
Abigail Pearson, American, 1802
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross stitch on plain weave foundation

Two fragments of a long sampler stitched together, embroidered in black, green and yellow on a darkened linen ground.  The top half has alphabets and the inscription with a floral vine border; the lower half has many horizontal bands of simple stitches and patterns, and an alphabet.
Waistcoat
, ca. 1775
silk, metallic thread, metal sequins Technique: embroidered

Right front of man's waistcoat in cream-colored silk with multicolored floral embroidery down the front and along the bottom. In a cutaway style with wide standup collar and pointed pocket flaps. Body of the waistcoat is decorated with sequins and single leaves.
Textile
Unknown, ca. 1912
cotton Technique: printed on plain weave

Length of sheer black fabric printed with a staggered repeat of three roses in dark orange connected vertically by twisted green cords.
Textile
, ca. 1835
cotton Technique: roller (resist or discharge) printed on plain weave

Radiating floral medallion in white on a field of pink scales on red.
NOUVEAUX CARTOUCHES CHINOIS
Alexis Peyrotte, French, 1699–1769, 1738–49
Album

Album containing a series of fantastical garden vignettes framed by cartouches with chinoiserie and rococo style motifs and figures. The album contains six plates from Nouveau Cartouches Chinois (New Chinese Cartouches) and a single plate from Second Livre de Cartouche Chinois (Second Book of Chinese Cartouches) both by Gabriel Huquier after designs by Alexis Peyrotte. The sixth plate in the album is from the Second Book and has its original plate number and letter rubbed out and replaced with an inscribed number 6 and letter A in graphite. Chinoiserie is derived from the French word for Chinese (Chinois), used to describe a European style of ornament associated with the Rococo, inspired by Chinese, Japanese and other Asian artistic traditions. The plates are numbered and signed.
Window shade
, late 19th century
plain weave cotton Technique: printed

Fabric intended to be made up as a window shade. Design in the shape of an elongated oval showing a woman in a rural setting. Polychrome.
Figure of Africa
Julius Goltzius, Dutch, died ca. 1595, late 17th–early 18th century
fruitwood
Panel

Panel in gadrooned frame. Nude female figure, holding tambourine and feather parasol, seated in chariot with crocodile arm rests, drawn by two lions; in foreground, scaly quadruped; in background, two elephants, camel, lion and ostrich. At top right, labeled "Africa".
Design for Six-Legged Round Dining Table
A.N. Davenport Co., 1900–05
Pen and black in , graphite on thin cream paper
Drawing

Round table top with dividing stretcher running across center, raised on 6 plain, straight, tapering legs on cup casters; legs clustered in pairs, one pair at either end and one pair center.
Chair Designs
William Delacour, French, 1741 – 1767, 1743
Engravings on white laid paper, bound in half-calf and marbled boards
Bound volume

First book (dedicated to Lord Middlesex): title page and six plates, dated 1741, of rocaille cartouches; second book (dedicated to the Earl of Holderness): title page and five rocaille motifs, dated 1742; third book (dedicated to the Duke of Rutland): title page and six plates of cartouches, dated 1743; fifth book; title page and fourteen plates (one bound upside down) of furniture, dated 1743; sixth and seventh books: title pages (half-size) and fourteen plates of cartouches, undated; eighth book: title page and six plates of jewelery, dated 1747.