Lit a tombeau antique avec doublure retrousse a quatre colonnes vue par le pied
date: label: Date
content: late 18th century
name: label: Designer
content: Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786
label: Print Maker
content: Jacques Juillet, French, 1739- after 1784
label: Publisher
content: Esnauts et Rapilly, French, active 1766 – 1804
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a four-poster canopy (baldachin) bed with the four posts bending inwards to support a smaller crown above. The crown is topped with feather finials, and corner fleurons ornament, with swags of hanging textiles and bed curtains tied to the posts. The headboard features a central feather finial. The bed linen is decorated with floral motifs. The skirt features floral motifs, scrolling leaves, and hanging swags of textiles with passementeries and tassels. A scale below. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
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: 1921-6-395-39
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on laid paper