Designer:

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768  Search this

Print Maker:

Karl Albert von Lespilliez, 1723–1796  Search this

Publisher:

Nicolas-Jean-Baptiste Poilly, de, French, 1707 – 1780  Search this

Medium:

Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper

Dimensions:

Platemark: 35.7 x 23.1 cm (14 1/16 x 9 1/8 in.)

Sheet: 44 x 28.6 cm (17 5/16 x 11 1/4 in.)

Type:

ornament

Print

Object Name:

Print

Made in:

Germany

Published in:

Paris, France

Date:

1745

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Design for a cartouche with an upper and lower compartment. The upper compartment contains a scene of a man and a woman in a landscape, sitting under a tent, with the man playing a horn. The cartouche is comprised of ornament motifs including trelliswork, terms, rinceaux, music trophies, dragons, vines, thyrses, a flower bouquet, and scrolls. The plate is signed and numbered.

Credit Line:

Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council

Accession Number:

1921-6-285-54

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4b1f3633f-4dcf-41cd-99a4-50ac1037b4e6

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1921-6-285-54