Calendrier Perpétual
date: label: Date
content: 1790–1800
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Engraving of a perpetual calendar in the form of a monument within a decorative border. The calendar is hand colored with shades of beige, gold, blue. "Calendrier Perpétual" is printed in the plinth, the base is a scene of Cronos (Father Time) rowing a boat with a scythe. Two columns rise from the base. The left column shows seven empty oblongs for the days of the week and is topped by a figure of Athene. "Jours/de la Semaine" is written in the base of the statue. The right column shows the dates of the equinoxes and solstices and is topped by a figure of Hope. "EPOQUES/des Saisons" is engraved on the base. The columns are connected by a tablet with squares containing figures. Upon the tablet stands an hour glass on a triple base with the words "QUANTIEME DU MOIS". A trophy on top contains a scheme for "COUCHER/du/SOLEIL".
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 through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1945-18-3
objectType: label: Type
content: ephemera
label: Object Name
content: Calendar
label: Type
content: Calendar
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and watercolor over engraving on light blue laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 35.6 x 27.0 cm (14 x 10 5/8 in. )