Interior Alcove
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1651
name: label: Designer
content: Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682
label: Print Maker
content: Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682
label: Publisher
content: Jean Le Blond, French, ca.1594 – 1666
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for an interior alcove with a canopy bed set within a large room with windows and an intricately sculpted ceiling. The alcove is semi-circular with a rounded balustrade surrounding the bed. The canopy and bed curtain are supported by posters in the form of herms, with feather finials. Two men stand in front of the bed. The alcove is framed by columns with a central roundel profile portrait framed by laurel leaf festoons. The cornice and ceiling are highly ornamented with sculpted friezes and paneling, wave patterns, rosettes, laurel leaves etc. The side walls of the alcove feature arched niches with sculpted figures.
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: 1921-6-341-9
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: 19.1 × 26.5 cm (7 1/2 × 10 7/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 13.4 × 19.4 cm (5 1/4 × 7 5/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 13 × 19.2 cm (5 1/8 × 7 9/16 in.)