Fire Screen: The Sense of Taste
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1750
name: label: After
content: François Boucher, French, 1703–1770
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Screen design depicting two Chinese boys, one eating a slice of melon, while the other points his finger and holds a melon still attached to the tree above them. Image framed by rocaille design with vegetal and floral motifs.
place: label: designed in
content: France
label: designed in
content: 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: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-22-280
objectType: label: Type
content: furniture
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching, printed from two plates, hand colored with brush and watercolor on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 79 x 55.2 cm (31 1/8 x 21 3/4 in.)