Interior Alcove with Figures
date: label: Date
content: 1650–80
name: label: Designer
content: Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682
label: Print Maker
content: Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682
label: Publisher
content: Pierre Mariette II, French, 1634 - 1716
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A design for an alcove with a highly ornate bed in the center flanked by doors with figures dressed in classical Roman attire (togas and tunics) in the center and in the right door frame. The bed is topped by a canopy with a tapestry on the wall behind. The alcove is framed by carving featuring a cartouche in the center, with festoons of leaves, two angels and cornucopia. The doors and overdoors are decorated with paneling featuring portrait busts, a mask, garlands of fruit, and laurel leaf molding. The cornice features a wave and shell pattern molding. A scale below with the publisher’s address.
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: 1921-6-341-14
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 19.1 × 26.5 cm (7 1/2 × 10 7/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 14.8 × 21.2 cm (5 13/16 × 8 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 14.1 × 20.5 cm (5 9/16 × 8 1/16 in.)