Design for a Garden Parterre of Cut Grass and Colored Gravel, from "Nouveaux Livre de Parterres," in Oeuvres Du Sr. D. Marot..., The Hague: Chez Pierre Husson, c.1702
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1702
name: label: Designer
content: Daniel Marot, French, active in the Netherlands and England, 1661–1752
label: Etcher
content: Daniel Marot, French, active in the Netherlands and England, 1661–1752
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Symmetrical arrangement of parterres de broderie in desgin of fleur-de-lis and cartouches. The spaces between filled witih colored sand or gravel. At upper center, a reflective pool with fountain flanked by putti spewing water. Borders of vertical grass strips flanked by potted evergreens and bands of flowers.
place: label: made in
content: 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: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1988-4-16
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on cream laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 27.5 x 18.5 cm (10 13/16 x 7 5/16 in.), plate
label: Dimensions
content: 33.8 x 22.5 cm (13 5/16 x 8 7/8 in), sheet