Coupe de l’Escalier de la Reyne, au Château de Versailles / Plan du premier étage de l’Escalier de la Reyne
date: label: Date
content: 1727–42
name: label: Publisher
content: Jean Mariette, French, 1660–1742
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: An architectural section of the Queen’s staircase at the Royal Palace of Versailles in the upper half and a plan of the first floor of the staircase below, with a scale between the two. The section illustrates a plain ground floor with two arches, and an arched set of two-leaf doors to the left with a statue in a niche. The staircase in the center leading up to the upper level with its balustrade. Above, two sets of arched glass-paneled two-leaf doors to the right with a statue in a niche to the far right. A set of wooden two-leaf doors to the left with a rectangular overdoor panel with putti and another statue in a niche to the far left. In the center there is a plain rectangular panel with a trophy of arms and armor above. Corbels at the cornice level. The plate is labelled.
place: label: made in
content: France
label: published in
content: Paris, France
label: place depicted
content: Versailles, 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: 1921-6-356-6
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