Designer:

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742  Search this

Print Maker:

Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772  Search this

Publisher:

Chez Huquier  Search this

Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772  Search this

Medium:

Etching and engraving on laid paper

Object Name:

Bound print

Type:

Bound print

Published in:

Paris, France

Date:

1749-1761

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Title page before lettering. The empty text space is set within an architectural frame. The pediment is topped with sphinxes and a pinecone finial, and has at its peak an empty cartouche over which a lion emerges from a niche. Herms on either side support the text plate. The plate is signed. The lettered version of this plate is 1921-6-216-2.

Credit Line:

Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council

Accession Number:

1921-6-216-1

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq44589ce59-ea15-4c0a-a3fd-b881f5e28129

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1921-6-216-1