Two Chair Frame Designs
date: label: Date
content: 1865
name: label: Designer
content: André-Jacob Roubo, French, 1739–1791
label: Print Maker
content: Auguste Péquégnot, French, 1819 – 1878
label: Printer
content: Pierron, French, active 1849 – 1866
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two ornately carved chair frame designs. The design to the left has an oval back topped with flowers and a scrolling leaf clasp. The seat and back are decorated with laurel leaf molding and the legs with undulating leaves. The design to the right has a pear shaped back decorated with c-scrolls, scrolling leaves (rinceaux) with cabriole legs. The plate is signed with the printmaker, publisher, and original designer, 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: 1921-6-456-15
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on paper