Panel Design (Left Plate)
date: label: Date
content: ca.1734-49
name: label: Designer
content: Bellay, French, active from 1734
label: Print Maker
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A counterproof of a plate 2 from this series (1921-6-490-16). A design for an ornamental panel, pasted to the left of another design (counterproof). The design features rococo and chinoiserie motifs with ornately decorated frames featuring leaves, sprigs, palm leaves, c-scrolls, feathers, rinceaux, canopies, drapery, fleurons, rosettes, and vases. In the center two figures sit on a garden wall with a vase, a bird in the foreground within a fantastical landscape. The plate is numbered.
place: label: made in
content: France
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: 1921-6-490-25
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving: counterproof on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 24.3 × 30.5 cm (9 9/16 in. × 12 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 21.2 × 11 cm (8 3/8 × 4 5/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 19.8 × 9.7 cm (7 13/16 × 3 13/16 in.)