Exterior and Interior Section of One of the Two Halls on the Place Louis le Grand
date: label: Date
content: 1751
name: label: Publisher
content: Jean François Blondel, French, 1681–1756
label: Publisher
content: Marguerite Caillou Chéreau, French, active 1729–1755
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Views of the interior and exterior elevation of the temporary halls constructed on the Place Louis le Grand (now Place Vendôme) for the celebrations in honor of the marriage of Louis Dauphin and Maria Teresa of Spain given on February 23-26, 1745. Between the trellised arches are vignettes of individuals strolling (above, the exterior) as well as people crowding the banquet tables for food and wine, and dancing (below, interior).
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1921-6-207-10
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 62.8 × 87.4 cm (24 3/4 × 34 7/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 46.4 × 79.2 cm (18 1/4 × 31 3/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 45.3 × 78 cm (17 13/16 × 30 11/16 in.)