Two Snuffbox Lid Designs
date: label: Date
content: 1710
name: label: Designer
content: G. Roberday, French, active 1697 – 1713
label: Print Maker
content: G. Roberday, French, active 1697 – 1713
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two designs for snuffbox lids, one above the other, featuring chinoiserie motifs. The upper design includes two figures dressed in Chinese style at a small table within a landscape. The man holds a large parasol with a monkey on top, and the female figure holds a fan. The lower design features a bird with a frog in its beak with another frog jumping away. The borders feature strapwork, scrolling leaves, and fleurons. The plate is signed and numbered.
place: label: made in
content: France
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: 1921-6-423-3
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 14.5 × 9.7 cm (5 11/16 × 3 13/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 11.2 × 7.5 cm (4 7/16 × 2 15/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 10.6 × 6.3 cm (4 3/16 × 2 1/2 in.)