Two Frame Designs
date: label: Date
content: 1785-1788
name: label: Designer
content: Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96
label: Print Maker
content: Augustin Nicolas Foin, French, 1726–c. 1759
label: Publisher
content: Jacques-François Chéreau, French, 1742–1794
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two rectangular frame designs arranged horizontally on the page. From the sight edge to the back edge of the frame on the left, the frame features fluted cove, lamb's tongue, fluted cove, and laurel leaf molding. The top of the frame features a trophy with helmet, shields, and fasces; the bottom of the frame features crossed horns with garlands of ribbon draped around them. From the sight edge to the back edge of the frame on the right, the frame has moldings of bead course, fluted cove, and leaf and dart designs. The top of the frame has a carved vase in front of a torch and quiver, with garland of roses; the bottom of the frame has a lunette at the center with a portrait medallion surrounded by laurel leaves. The plate is signed and numbered.
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: 1921-6-330-9
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