Dolphin Fountain Ornament Design
date: label: Date
content: 1776–89
name: label: Designer
content: Jean-Baptiste Huet, French, 1745 – 1811
label: Print Maker
content: Louis-Marin Bonnet, French, 1736 - 1793
label: Publisher
content: Louis-Marin Bonnet, French, 1736 - 1793
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Arabesque ornament design in the form of a fountain with water pouring out from the mouths of two dolphins, on a shell motif with foliate branches, reeds, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), rosettes, and a festoon of shells. The plate is numbered.
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: 1921-6-481-12
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Crayon manner etching on paper