Corniches d'Impériales de Lit
date: label: Date
content: 1775-1788
name: label: Designer
content: Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96
label: Print Maker
content: Augustin Nicolas Foin, French, 1726–c. 1759
label: Publisher
content: Jacques-François Chéreau, French, 1742–1794
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two cornice designs, one above the other. The top cornice is decorated with, from top to bottom, egg (in the form on pinecones) and dart, bead and bar course, stylized acanthus leaves, and ribbon twist with dowel ornamentation. The cornice profile is provided on the left, as is a scale indicating "2 Pouces 5 lignes." The bottom cornice is decorated with, from top to bottom, bead course, fluting with ornamented channels, stylized acanthus leaves, and ribbon twist ornamentation. The cornice profile is provided on the left, as is a scale indicating "2 Pouces 1 ligne." The plate is signed and numbered, but not with the album letter.
place: 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: 1921-6-330-104
objectType: 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