POELE Russe, décoré de Cariatides, et surmonté d’un vase antique
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1791
name: label: Print Maker
content: Louis-Gustave Taraval, French, 1738 – 1794
label: Designer
content: Louis Bosse, French, active ca. 1767 – 1777
label: Publisher
content: Louis François Ollivier, French, 1752 – 1810
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a stove heater decorated with neoclassical motifs, in the form of a pedestal supporting a vase. The pedestal is on a base decorated with a diaper and floral pattern. The pedestal is decorated with corner female winged caryatids, and a front panel featuring the head of the god Apollo, with intertwined foliate branches, birds, and a trophy incorporating a flaming torch, quiver of arrows, and a bow. The vase is decorated with a frieze of classical figures, and leaf and gadrooning motifs. The stove is set into an arched niche.
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: 1921-6-407-25
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 41.4 × 26.3 cm (16 5/16 × 10 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 32.5 × 19 cm (12 13/16 × 7 1/2 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 31.1 × 17.8 cm (12 1/4 in. × 7 in.)