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Designer:
Nicolas Pierre Loir, French, 1624 - 1679  Search this
Print Maker:
Nicolas Pierre Loir, French, 1624 - 1679  Search this
Publisher:
Pierre Mariette II, French, 1634 - 1716  Search this
Medium:
Etching on paper
Object Name:
Print
Type:
Print
Made in:
France
Published in:
Paris, France
Date:
ca.1660–1713
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
Two plates of ornament designs printed on a single sheet, one above the other. The upper plate features an eagle on a plinth framed by winged women, festoons of leaves, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), and a roundel cartouche with a female figure. The lower plate features a basket of flowers on a plinth with a mask (mascaron), flanked by winged women morphing into scrolling leaves (rinceaux), and ribbons. The plates are signed and numbered.
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Accession Number:
1921-6-333-53
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq401d56d99-24d2-4a26-b047-298928bdaa04
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1921-6-333-53