Petites Bibliotheques Ambulantes
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1775
name: label: Designer
content: Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782
label: Print Maker
content: Jean-Baptiste Bichard, French, 1722–after 1774
label: Publisher
content: Le Père et Avaulez, Paris, 1772–1777
label: Publisher
content: Charles Le Pere, French, active 1772 – 1777
label: Publisher
content: Pierre-Michel Avaulez, French, active 1772 – d. 1777
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Designs for two small movable bookcases. The bookcase on the right is raised on a bracket decorated with acanthus leaves; the bookcase itself has ornament including bound leaf, rosettes, lamb tongue, and an o-shaped pull ring. The bookcase on the right has open wing shelves and is decorated with ornament including ribbon twist, lamb tongue, and a lion head with ring pull with scrolling acanthus leaves. The plate is signed.
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: 1921-6-253-60
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on off white laid paper