Two Designs for Ecclesiastical Ironwork
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1764
name: label: Designer
content: Jean Lamour, French, 1698–1771
label: Print Maker
content: Dominique Collin, French, 1725 – 1781
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two designs for ecclesiastical ironwork ornamented with rococo motifs, acanthus leaves, flowers, c-scrolls, palmettes, cartouches, tassels and fleurons. The upper design features a central cartouche, surrounded by three dogs with military trophies on either end. The lower design features a central coat of arms, surrounded by three dogs, with two thin pyramids on either end, decorated with trophies associated with ironwork, topped with flames. The lower design is titled and signed. The plate is numbered.
place: label: published in
content: Nancy, 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: 1921-6-210-15
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