Ornament Design with Figures
date: label: Date
content: 1736
name: label: Designer
content: François-Thomas Mondon, French, 1709 – 1755
label: Print Maker
content: Antoine Aveline, French, 1691 – 1743
label: Publisher
content: François-Thomas Mondon, French, 1709 – 1755
label: Publisher
content: Antoine Aveline, French, 1691 – 1743
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A chinoiserie (European decorative arts and architectural style inspired by fanciful ideas of China and East Asia) ornament print with a central female figure seated on a fantastical throne, with a bird on her arm, in a landscape, surrounded by rocaille ornament, a flowering vase, a lidded vase, and palm leaves, with a figure and fantastical creature in the foreground. The throne is topped with a canopy. The ornament features scrolling leaves, shells, c-scrolls, fleurons, fretwork, feathers, and fluting. The male figure in the foreground is crouching below the throne, wearing a helmet with feathers, and holding a bow. The plate is numbered and signed.
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: 1921-6-366-4
objectType: label: Type
content: ornament
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
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 23.3 x 17.8 cm (9 3/16 x 7 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 31.9 x 23.5 cm (12 9/16 x 9 1/4 in.)