"Title Plate," Plate 1 from "Goldsmith Ornament Designs"
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1648
name: label: Artist
content: Heinrich Raab, German, active Nuremberg 1640 – 1650
label: Publisher
content: Paul Furst, German, ca. 1605 – 1666
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A large white on black design for an upright pendant, richly ornamented with naturalistic tulips and roses surrounding a central monogram [IHS surmounted by a cross with three nails below]. A three looped bow with trailing ribbons is fastened to the top of the pendant. Flanking the pendant are two leaf-shaped ornamental designs. On the left, in a stylised leaf shape, tulips and other flowers are asymmetrically arranged around a quill- like stem. On the right, tulips and poppies are clustered in an elongated bouquet. The print bears an imprinted monogram signature and inscription, below.
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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: Museum purchase from Friends of Drawings and Prints Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1999-51-1
objectType: label: Type
content: ornament
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
label: Dimensions
content: Plate: 5.4 x 7.3 cm (2 1/8 x 2 7/8 in. )
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 6.0 x 7.8 cm (2 3/8 x 3 1/16 in.)