Arcove ceintré Antique
date: label: Date
content: 1792–1814
name: label: Designer
content: Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96
label: Print Maker
content: Jean-Baptiste Fay, French, active 1765 – 1790s
label: Publisher
content: Pierre Jean, French, 1754–1829
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Third plate from a series of bed designs. The title is lettered above a wall elevation featuring a daybed set into an arched alcove with paneling on either side, decorated with neoclassical and empire style ornament. The arch is framed by friezes of rosettes and lamb’s tongue. The bed curtain trimmed with passementerie, and tassels hangs from the alcove. The daybed features rosettes, leaf, and fleurons ornament on the textiles and frame with a tapered center support decorated with fluting. The paneling on either side is made up of a blank dado level with large vertical panels above featuring a fluted handled vase, with fleuron and rinceaux ornament, flowers and festoons of flowers and beads. The plate is titled, signed, and numbered.
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: 1921-6-348-3
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