Elévation d'un Cabinet Orné de Pilastre avec Armoires pouvant contenir des livres ou des Morceaux d'histoire Naturelle
date: label: Date
content: 1774
name: label: Designer
content: Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782
label: Print Maker
content: Pierre-Gabriel Berthault, French, 1737–1831
label: Publisher
content: Jacques-François Chéreau, French, 1742–1794
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Elevation and cross section of a private study with an arched entryway and double doors. On either side are cabinets between Corinthian capital pilasters for books or specimens from natural history. At left, the double-door cabinet is closed; it is decorated with branch guilloche, scrolling acanthus leaves, scallops. At right, the rectangular cabinet has an open door to expose the shelves. Above the cabinet is a portrait medallion and carved putto. 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: 1921-6-256-57
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on laid paper