Cartouche Design
date: label: Date
content: 18th century
name: label: Designer
content: Bellay, French, active from 1734
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: Design for a cartouche or frame decorated with rococo motifs – ribbons, fleurons, c-scrolls, scrolling acanthus leaves, a cartouche and mask - with foliate branches on either side. The background is lined, and the center is blank.
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: 1921-6-490-32
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: 23.8 × 30.9 cm (9 3/8 × 12 3/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 13.9 × 9.6 cm (5 1/2 × 3 3/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 13.6 × 9.5 cm (5 3/8 × 3 3/4 in.)