Lit à la Chinoise
date: label: Date
content: 1779-90
name: label: Designer
content: Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786
label: Print Maker
content: Jacques Juillet, French, 1739- after 1784
label: Publisher
content: Le Campion Frères, French, 1769 – 1790
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a bed (view from the side) with a crown canopy (baldachin) projecting from the wall and held by bed posts along the side of the bed. The headboard and footboard are the same height and decorated with a diaper floral pattern, fleurons, and textiles, with acorn and feather finials. The bed linen is striped. The canopy is topped with feather finials, and decorated with scrolling leaves (rinceaux), flowers, bells, and beads. The bed curtains are tied back. The plate is titled, 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: 1921-6-395-68
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