Décoration de Chambre de parade du côté de l’estrade ou est placé le liet
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1765
name: label: Publisher
content: André Basset, French, active 1749 – 1787
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: An interior wall elevation with a canopy bed set into an alcove with two fluted columns and on either side, with narrow panels, and a carved balustrade in front. Below the columns are ornamental panels with interlaced letters (cyphers) within rococo ornament and molding. The cornice and the panels are decorated with c-scroll, floral, strapwork, and fleurons motifs. The cornice also features six sets of corbels. The bed is decorated with rococo ornament, c-scrolls, acanthus leaf and strapwork motifs, drapery with passementerie, and vase-shaped finials with feathers. The plate is titled, with a scale and the address lettered below.
place: label: published in
content: Paris, France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-6-237-12
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on laid paper