Designs for Rocaille Ornament
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1719 – 1768
name: label: Designer
content: J. Matthaeus Schmahl, German, active 18th century
label: Publisher
content: Johann Georg Hertel, German, 1719–1768
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Rocaille ornament designs of rinceaux, scrolls, and branches and roots for use in molding and frames. At lower left is a vignette of a rocaille scroll on the ground sprouting leaves. The plate is signed and numbered.
place: label: published in
content: Augsburg, Germany
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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: 1921-6-317-43
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on off-white laid paper