Four Tailpiece Designs
date: label: Date
content: 1759–80
name: label: Designer
content: Charles Eisen, French, 1720–1778
label: Designer
content: Charles-Nicolas Cochin the younger, French, 1715–1790
label: Publisher
content: Louis-Joseph Mondhare, French, 1734–1799
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Four individual designs for tailpieces possibly representing the four seasons. The vignettes depict scenes with putti or children in landscapes. Top left: putti swimming in water and sitting near the water, with trees and flowers. Top right: putti surrounded by clouds, textiles with birds, and flowers. Lower left: four putti sitting around a fire, with a textile attached to trees behind them for shelter. Lower right: a group of putti surrounded by wheat, holding agricultural tools, sickles, and a scythe.
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: 1921-6-288-3
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