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Designer:
Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820  Search this
Print Maker:
Jacques Juillet, French, 1739- after 1784  Search this
Publisher:
Émilie-Louise Avaulez, French, active 1777 – 1779  Search this
Medium:
Etching on paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 44.8 × 28 cm (17 5/8 × 11 in.)
Platemark: 37.8 × 23.9 cm (14 7/8 × 9 7/16 in.)
Image: 36.2 × 22.4 cm (14 1/4 × 8 13/16 in.)
Object Name:
Print
Type:
Print
Made in:
France
Published in:
Paris, France
Date:
1777–78
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
Designs for two andirons (firedogs), two oval medallions (depicting a landscape on the left and a portrait of a woman on the right), and a central decorative incense burner with smoke, featuring neoclassical motifs including a fluted column, birds, putti, fruit, wave frieze, cartouches, flowers, vases, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), fleurons, foliate branches, and rosettes. The plate is numbered. The plate is a duplicate to plate 48 from the 8th book (1921-6-482-48)
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Accession Number:
1921-6-482-34
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/kq496bc3643-d822-4653-8e08-d75af97395f0
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1921-6-482-34