Designs for Gueridons and Ornamental Sculptural Centerpiece
date: label: Date
content: 1777
name: label: Designer
content: Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820
label: Print Maker
content: Jacques Juillet, French, 1739- after 1784
label: Publisher
content: Émilie-Louise Avaulez, French, active 1777 – 1779
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 Gueridons (Candlestands) flanking an ornamental sculpture featuring an obelisk, palm tree, lion and arms and armor. The guerdons feature neoclassical and military motifs, cartouches, eagles, arms and armor, fleurons, caryatids or terminal figures, and snakes. The plate is numbered.
place: label: made in
content: France
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: 1921-6-482-30
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 46.1 × 29.9 cm (18 1/8 × 11 3/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 37.8 × 23.5 cm (14 7/8 × 9 1/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 36.5 × 22 cm (14 3/8 × 8 11/16 in.)