Design for the Wall Decoration for Marie-Antoinette's Apartment at Fontainebleau Palace
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1780
name: label: Artist
content: Jean-Siméon Rousseau, 1747 – 1820
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: An elevation of a wall. At the center, an arch rising from a dado, is flanked by two folding doors with decorative panels. The arch is lined inside by a draped curtain. A chandelier is suspended at the center of the arch. A panel with a painting is placed above each door. The scenes in the paintings show Prudence and Justice.
place: 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: 1911-28-155
objectType: label: Type
content: interiors
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, white gouache on off-white paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 45.8 × 57.8 cm (18 1/16 × 22 3/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Frame H x W x D: 59.7 × 74.9 × 2.9 cm (23 1/2 × 29 1/2 × 1 1/8 in.)