Design for Seven Metal Book Clasps
date: label: Date
content: 1780-1800
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: First plate of a set. The designs are numbered 1 to 6, the first two belonging together. They represent the Evangelists together with Moses and Aaron. Design 2 includes three medallions with female heads. Designs 3 to 6 without figural motifs.
place: label: made in
content: Europe
label: made in
content: 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: 1921-6-67
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving with etching on paper
label: Dimensions
content: Plate: 15.9 × 26.5 cm (6 1/4 × 10 7/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Paper: 18.7 × 26.8 cm (7 3/8 × 10 9/16 in.)