Le Grand Bassin du Boulingrin à Chantilly (Upper Plate)
date: label: Date
content: late 17th century
name: label: Print Maker
content: Adam Perelle, French, 1638 – 1695
label: Print Maker
content: Gabriel Perelle, French, 1604–1677
label: Publisher
content: Nicolas Langlois, French, 1640 - 1703
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two plates printed one above the other. Detailed views of the Chantilly gardens and parkland. The upper plate illustrates a fountain in the garden of Chantilly, a rectangular basin with jets of water, with trees and topiary and figures walking along the paths surrounding the fountain. The lower plate illustrates the Manse Pavilion, which housed a hydraulic machine to supply water for the gardens at the Chateau of Chantilly. The pavilion in the center background with water in the foreground, bridge, land, and figures. In the background, trees, and buildings. The plates are titled.
place: label: published in
content: Paris, France
label: place depicted
content: Chantilly, 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: 1921-6-533-199
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper