Designer:

Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96  Search this

Print Maker:

Pierre-Gabriel Berthault, French, 1737–1831  Search this

Publisher:

Jacques-François Chéreau, French, 1742–1794  Search this

Medium:

Etching on off-white laid paper

Object Name:

Print

Type:

Print

Published in:

Paris, France

Date:

1785-1788

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Border design with bands of molding and its cross section at the right. From top to bottom, the molding ornamentation consists of: bead and leaf course, a guilloche of ribbon with cabled bead and leaf and a rosette with leaves in the center, lamb's tongue with leaf-bud darts, bead courses framing a planar panel, and laurel leaf. The plate is signed and numbered.

Credit Line:

Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council

Accession Number:

1921-6-278-22

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq45edc9be8-8fb5-46bb-8abe-d11d4407e179

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1921-6-278-22