Designer:

René Charpentier, French, 1680 - 1723  Search this

Print Maker:

Jacques-François Blondel, French, 1705–1774  Search this

Publisher:

Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772  Search this

Medium:

Etching on laid paper

Object Name:

Print

Type:

Print

Published in:

Paris, France

Date:

1738–61

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

A design for an ornamental pendant trophy from a series of twelve plates. The trophy features arms and armor, a central framed cartouche with a crocodile or alligator, intertwined with palm leaves, ribbons, leaves and a shell, hanging from a tied ribbon from a central shell motif with acanthus leaf scrolls. The plate is signed and numbered.

Credit Line:

Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council

Accession Number:

1921-6-519-20

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4e083754d-6fff-4e83-a102-8bc71d85bbd2

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1921-6-519-20