Doorway Designs
date: label: Date
content: 1749-1761
name: label: Designer
content: Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742
label: Print Maker
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
label: Publisher
content: Chez Huquier
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Page with two plates printed next to one another. On the left is a design for a doorway with a balcony over the entryway; the balcony has a scrolling iron grate and a gorgon ornamental clasp above the balcony doors. On the right is a design for an arched double door; either side features variations on the design; on the left are rocaille ornamentation on the panels, as well as a mascaron bracket and a lozenge pattern with rosettes at the top; the right side has a mascaron and a trophy at the top, as well as carved rocaille ornamentation. Both plates are 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: 1921-6-216-15
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on laid paper