Lit Chinois
date: label: Date
content: late 18th century
name: label: Designer
content: Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786
label: Print Maker
content: A.B. Duhamel, French, b. 1736
label: Publisher
content: Esnauts et Rapilly, French, active 1766 – 1804
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two designs for beds in a chinoiseries style (European decorative arts and architectural style inspired by fanciful ideas of China and East Asia). Above, a crown canopy (baldachin) bed topped with feather finials, and hanging swags of textiles, with bells, tassels, and passementeries. The headboard and footboard are the same height, the back of boards feature floral motifs, with hanging festoons of flowers. The frame is carved with fleurons, an acanthus leaf clasp, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), and tassels. The lower design is a bed without a canopy, in the style of a daybed, view from the front. The bed linen features floral motifs, the skirt has hanging swags of textiles with tassels and bows. The bed frame is carved with scrolling acanthus leaves, hanging tassels and bells. A scale below each design. 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: 1921-6-395-17
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