Two Frame Designs
date: label: Date
content: 1785-1788
name: label: Designer
content: Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96
label: Print Maker
content: Augustin Nicolas Foin, French, 1726–c. 1759
label: Publisher
content: Jacques-François Chéreau, French, 1742–1794
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two square frame designs, arranged horizontally on the page. The frame on the left has a circular sight edge with bead course and garland of roses molding. Excised from the corners of the frame, within fluted cove molding, are triangles with leaves within. The back edge border has waterleaf and tongue ornamentation. The top of the frame features a carved torch and quiver, with a wreath of roses and branches of leaves. The frame at the right has an octagonal sight edge comprised of bead course. The interior of the frame has fluted cove carving, and rosettes in each corner. The square back edge has ribbon twist ornamentation. There is carved ornamentation at the top and bottom of the frame: at the top, a bow of ribbons; at the bottom, scrolling acanthus leaves. The plate is signed and numbered.
place: label: published in
content: Paris, France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
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: 1921-6-330-10
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on off-white laid paper