Title Page and Porte-Cochère (Doors) Design
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1715
name: label: Print Maker
content: Nicolas Guérard, French, ca.1648 – 1719
label: Publisher
content: Nicolas Guérard, French, ca.1648 – 1719
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Title page and design for a set of double doors (porte cochères) with an arched overdoor panel with oval window decorated with carved paneling featuring, palm leaves, shells, flowers, c-scrolls, mascaron (mask), scrolling leaves (rinceaux), strapwork, and fleurons. The plate is numbered and titled. A scale below the design.
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: 1921-6-443-1
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 38.6 × 26.6 cm (15 3/16 × 10 1/2 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 31 × 17 cm (12 3/16 × 6 11/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 28.7 × 15.9 cm (11 5/16 × 6 1/4 in.)