Designer:

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

Print Maker:

Pierre Claude Delagardette, French, 1745 - 1792  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:

1775-1788

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Design for a screen, including the designs for the carpentry joinery and the final product, as well as details of the carving of the feet and its joints. The finished screen is decorated with ornament motifs including ionic capitals, fluting, bead course, rosette, acanthus leaf, and, at top, and eagle clutching a torch and a quiver, from which hangs two tassels. The plate is signed and numbered.

Credit Line:

Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council

Accession Number:

1921-6-279-22

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4a528b7ac-ee98-4102-99e0-f8f642c180d1

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1921-6-279-22