Moitie du Balçon pose au Chateau d’eau de Commercy
date: label: Date
content: 1759–68
name: label: Designer
content: Jean Lamour, French, 1698–1771
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two sections of the decorative wrought-iron balustrade from a balcony of the Chateau d’eau of Commercy, below each design is the outline of its shape as seen from above. The balustrades are decorated with rococo ornament and motifs, scrolls, acanthus leaves, palmettes, shell motifs, fleurons, flowers, rosettes, emblems, monograms, and the Polish Royal coat of arms flanked by eagles. The plate is titled and signed.
place: label: published in
content: Nancy, 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: 1921-6-210-11
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