Design for Fountain in Niche
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1735
name: label: After
content: Edme Bouchardon, French, 1698–1762
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Fountain consisting of a pedestal of two dolphins and a mask which support the basin in which water flows. A shell rises from behind the basin obliquely to the entablature of the niche forming an opening in the wall at the top.
place: label: designed 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: 1908-26-133
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Red chalk on off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 38.3 x 19.2 cm (15 1/16 x 7 9/16 in.)