Design for a Fan Leaf
date: label: Date
content: 1723-1735
name: label: Designer
content: Antoine Watteau, (French, 1684–1721)
label: Print Maker
content: Louis Crépy, French, 1680?–1760
label: Publisher
content: Louis Surugue, French, 1686–1762
label: Director of Production
content: Jean de Jullienne, French, 1686–1766
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Sheet of arabesque ornament for a fan leaf. The design features the Commedia dell'arte figure, Harlequin, standing under a baldachin of drapery in a landscape. Other decorative motifs of the design include an exotic carpet, garlands, cartouches, scrolls, acanthus leaves, and a theatrical mascaron. 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: 1921-6-224-65
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper