AU LECTEUR
date: label: Date
content: 1749–61
name: label: Designer
content: Claude Gillot, French, 1673–1722
label: Print Maker
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Engraved text addressed to the reader explaining the origin and purpose of the series of bifurcated grotesque ornament panel designs. The text is framed by an arch with netting and reeds, with a base at the bottom flanked by two mermen blowing horns. Below in the center is one of the prints with a hand holding a mirror in the center to illustrate the intended use of the bifurcated designs (two per page). With rinceaux, fleurons, c-scrolls, and festoons of flowers below. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
place: label: made in
content: France
label: published in
content: Paris, France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
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: 1921-6-422-2
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