Panel Design (Left Plate)
date: label: Date
content: ca.1734-49
name: label: Designer
content: Bellay, French, active from 1734
label: Print Maker
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A counterproof of a print from this series (1921-6-490-19). Two designs for ornamental panels printed from the same plate but cut and pasted side-by-side. The designs feature rococo and chinoiserie motifs with ornately decorated frames featuring leaves, c-scrolls, feathers, shells, rinceaux, cartouches, bells, fleurons, a bow and quiver of arrows, and vases. In the center of each panel are figures within fantastical landscapes. To the right, a man sits crossed legged on a river bend with canopies and a fantastical monument behind him. To the left, two figures sitting on the platforms/ steps stemming from the borders, one of them holding an axe, with a bird flying above.
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: 1921-6-490-27
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving: counterproof on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 24 × 30.8 cm (9 7/16 × 12 1/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 21.5 × 11 cm (8 7/16 × 4 5/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 19.9 × 9.7 cm (7 13/16 × 3 13/16 in.)