Vase de marbre blanc de six pieds trois pouces de haut, dans la grande allée à Versailles
date: label: Date
content: 1744–56
name: label: Print Maker
content: Marie Michelle Blondel, French, active mid 18th century
label: Sculptor
content: François Barrois, French, 1656 – 1726
label: Publisher
content: Jean François Blondel, French, 1681–1756
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a vase form the Great Lawn in the gardens at Versailles. The vase is decorated with fluting and acanthus leaves, with two floral cornucopias, tied to together with ribbons. The lower part of the vase is decorated with shell, c-scroll, and acanthus leaf ornament. The description is lettered on either side of the foot of the vase, with a scale below the base. The plate is signed.
place: label: made in
content: France
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: 1921-6-475-16
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper