Designs for a Panel, Fire Screen, and Andirons
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1782
name: label: After
content: Jean-Baptiste Huet, French, 1745 – 1811
label: Print Maker
content: Gilles Antoine Demarteau, Flemish, 1750 – 1802
label: Publisher
content: Gilles Antoine Demarteau, Flemish, 1750 – 1802
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A sheet with a design for a panel, a fire screen and two andirons from the eleventh book of designs by J.B. Huet. The panel to the left, decorated with arabesque ornament with a vase, flowers, fleurons, garlands, sphynx, a medallion portrait, cornucopia, and a bird. The fire screen in the center is ornamented with flowers, draped textiles, a winged figure, fleurons, friezes, and birds with chestnut finials. The upper right fire screen is a reclining lion on a base and the lower right fire screen is a winged putti holding a flame, riding a griffin on a neoclassical base decorated with friezes and on four ball feet. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
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: 1921-6-321-2
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Crayon-manner in red ink on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 20.6 x 27.8 cm (8 1/8 x 10 15/16 in. ), plate