Design for a Monument Commemorating Systematization of Weights and Measures in France
date: label: Date
content: 1795–1800
name: label: Attributions
content: Jean-Jacques Lequeu, French, 1757 – 1826
notes: label: Description
content: A series of monuments lined side by side. At the center, Liberty and a tricolor with the inscription "LIBERTE" are on top of a pedestal in the shape of a prison tower; laterally are statues representing weights and measurements and columns with attributes referring to science. A snake, topped by an "X" is wound around the left column under a lozenge, representing Night: the top of the column is surrounded by a railing and carries a burning-glass; a thermometer and a weather-cock, "S" and "N" are at the right; the sculptures are shown against the parapet bordering a terrace; behind it rise two cranes, and parts of structures with loggias in Romanesque style.
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1911-28-461
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and black ink, brush and gray, red and blue wash on paper, joined at center
label: Dimensions
content: 21.6 x 47.6cm (8 1/2 x 18 3/4in.)