Coupe de l’Escalier de l’Appartement des Princes, au Château de Versailles / Plan du premier étage de l’Escalier de l’Appartement des Princes
date: label: Date
content: 1727–42
name: label: Publisher
content: Jean Mariette, French, 1660–1742
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A plate with an architectural section of the staircase for the Prince’s Apartment at the Royal Palace of Versailles in the upper half and a plan of the first floor of the staircase below. The section illustrates a plain ground floor level with two sets of two-leaf doors, and staircase to the right. At the upper level, a set of two-leaf doors with a sculpted rectangular overdoor panel with sphynx; a central arch with a view through to a corridor with more arches and pilasters, and a man next to a vase with flowers in the foreground, to the right. To the right of the archway, a rectangular opening for a door with the same overdoor panel above. Pilasters on the wall in between the doors and the central archway and corbels at the cornice level. The plan below depicts the staircase and ornate flooring with rosette and geometric designs. The plate is labelled.
place: label: made in
content: France
label: published in
content: Paris, France
label: place depicted
content: Versailles, 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: 1921-6-356-4
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on laid paper