Gardes d'Epées d'or pour les presens du marriage du Roy en 1725 [Gilt Sword Handle in Honor of the King's Marriage in 1725], pl. 52 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurele Meissonnier
date: label: Date
content: 1748
name: label: Designer
content: Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750
label: Etcher
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: Left hilt: knob engraved with rays, center putti mask, and flowers. Vertical element with bands of leaves and flowers, grotesque mask at bottom. Right hilt: knob engraved with auricular design, vertical element with acanthus leaf design, hands of leaves at bottom. Upper center: knob engraved with three fleurs-de-lis. Details at right: upper cartouche with three fleurs-de-lis surrounded with leaves and shells. Lower cartouche with leaves and shell motifs.
place: label: made in
content: Paris, 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: 1921-6-212-18-b
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 19 x 21.6 cm (7 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.)