AU LECTEUR
date: label: Date
content: 1749–61
name: label: Designer
content: Claude Gillot, French, 1673–1722
label: Print Maker
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: Engraved text addressed to the reader explaining the origin and purpose of the series of bifurcated arabesque/ grotesque ornament panel designs. The text is framed by an arch with netting and reeds, with a base at the bottom flanked by two mermen blowing horns. Below in the center is one of the prints with a hand holding a mirror in the center to illustrate the intended use of the bifurcated designs (two per page). With rinceaux, fleurons, c-scrolls, and festoons of flowers below. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
place: label: published in
content: Paris, France
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1921-6-421-2
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