Rocaille Fountain Design
date: label: Date
content: after 1736
name: label: Designer
content: François-Thomas Mondon, French, 1709 – 1755
label: Print Maker
content: Antoine Aveline, French, 1691 – 1743
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A print from a series of seven designs for rococo ornament, cartouches and vignettes of figures and rocaille motifs. A fantastical fountain within a landscape, featuring C-scrolls, acanthus leaves, foliage, a mask, and shell motifs with a frieze of columns and topped with a rocaille vase, with flowering branches and two birds. The base of the fountain features a female figure and a putti carved in relief. The water from the fountain is flowing into a stream with rocks and foliage. The plate is signed with an address.
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: 1921-6-531-4
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper