Design for the Decoration of a Panel
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1775
name: label: Artist
content: Gilles Paul Cauvet, French, 1731–1788
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A pedestal is supported by lion feet. upon it sit laterally winged, armless mermaids. In the middle rises a plant from which the upper part of the body of a child springs which supports an octagonal medallion with the figure of a woman. Two half figures of winged children sit upon the oblique sides of the medallion. Framing "moulds".
place: label: made 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: Gift of H. O. Havemeyer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1907-13-1
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Red crayon on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 41.8 × 23.8 cm (16 7/16 × 9 3/8 in.)