Heurtoirs et Boutons
date: label: Date
content: 1775-1788
name: label: Designer
content: Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96
label: Print Maker
content: Mathieu Nicolas Goulet de Saint-Morien, French, active late 18th c.
label: Publisher
content: Jacques-François Chéreau, French, 1742–1794
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Designs for two doorknockers with two buttons in between. The doorknocker on the left has a crown with flower and bead motifs, and sits above an Ionic scroll. The lower part of the knocker is formed from acanthus leaves. The doorknocker on the right has a crown on it with a band of acanthus leaves and beads, and sits on inward turning scrolls. The bottom of the knocker has a rosette surrounded by flowers, a basket filled with flowers, and bead course along the inner edge of the knocker. The plate is signed and numbered.
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: 1921-6-278-136
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