Fauteuils ovals meublans, en forme de Dormeuse
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: Four designs for armchairs upholstered with floral motifs and decorated with hanging drapery and tassels. The lower two designs have oval backs, upper two are squared. The frames are carved with scrolling leaves (rinceaux), fleurons, rosettes, gadrooning, and lamb’s tongue running patterns. A scale below. 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: 1921-6-395-51
objectType: label: Type
content: furniture
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on paper