Interior Wall Elevation with a Bath
date: label: Date
content: 1779-84
name: label: Designer
content: Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786
label: Print Maker
content: Jacques Juillet, French, 1739- after 1784
label: Publisher
content: Le Campion Frères, French, 1769 – 1790
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A design for an interior wall featuring ornately painted panels and a bath with two wall-mounted fountains in a central niche, decorated with ‘turquerie’ (Turkish style) motifs. The panels are decorated with netting, flowers, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), spears, crescent moons, fish, baskets, coral, and pearls. The frieze above features two repeating patterns with leaves and wave motifs. The bathtub is decorated with leaves, chains, crescent moons, and water motifs. The fountains in the corners, with water spilling into the tub are in the shape of leaves and shells. Draped above is a scalloped curtain with festoons of flowers and crescent moons, topped with feathers and held up by ropes with tassels. The plate is numbered.
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: 1921-6-392-15
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
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 31.7 × 49.5 cm (12 1/2 × 19 1/2 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 27 × 46.2 cm (10 5/8 × 18 3/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 26.5 × 45.8 cm (10 7/16 × 18 1/16 in.)