Coupe de l’Escalier de l’Appartement des Princes, au Château de Versailles / Plan au rez-de-chaussée de l’Escalier de l’appartement des Princes
date: label: Date
content: 1727–42
name: label: Publisher
content: Jean Mariette, French, 1660–1742
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A plate with an architectural section of the staircase for the Prince’s Apartment at the Royal Palace of Versailles in the upper half and a plan of the ground floor of the staircase below, with a scale between the two. The section above illustrates a plain ground floor with a more intricate first floor. Two sets of two-leaf doors with sculpted rectangular overdoor panels, flanking a central arched niche with a sculpture featuring an oval cartouche with a cypher surrounded by ornate rococo carving and putti on a plinth. The wall features pilasters in between the niche and doors and corbels at the cornice level. The stairs leading up to the floor are visible to the right and a balustrade to the left. The plate is labelled.
place: label: made in
content: France
label: published in
content: Paris, France
label: place depicted
content: Versailles, 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: 1921-6-356-3
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