Print Maker:

Louis-Gustave Taraval, French, 1738 – 1794  Search this

Designer:

Louis Bosse, French, active ca. 1767 – 1777  Search this

Publisher:

Louis François Ollivier, French, 1752 – 1810  Search this

Medium:

Etching on paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 41.5 × 26.4 cm (16 5/16 × 10 3/8 in.)

Platemark: 32.7 × 19.1 cm (12 7/8 × 7 1/2 in.)

Image: 31.4 × 17.6 cm (12 3/8 × 6 15/16 in.)

Object Name:

Print

Type:

Print

Made in:

France

Published in:

Paris, France

Date:

ca. 1791

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Design for a stove heater decorated with neoclassical motifs, in the form of a pedestal decorated with friezes and panels with figures, scrolling acanthus leaves, flying putti, and foliate branches. A vase on top of the pedestal decorated with a frieze of figures, gadrooning and masks. Below the pedestal, a floral diaper pattern, and drapery. The whole is set into an arched niche.

Credit Line:

Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council

Accession Number:

1921-6-407-33

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4325f01a0-432a-4f5e-a466-8e944d1fa21f

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1921-6-407-33