Two Designs for Hand Fans or Frames
date: label: Date
content: ca.1734–37
name: label: Designer
content: Bellay, French, active from 1734
label: Print Maker
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two designs for hand fans or hand screens printed on the same plate, side-by-side. The fans or screens feature rococo motifs along the edges with the center left blank. The ornamental frames include sprigs, leaves, flowers, feathers, ribbons, rinceaux, fleurons, c-scrolls, s-scrolls, vases, rosettes, and leaves.
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: 1921-6-490-9
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: 24.2 × 30.7 cm (9 1/2 × 12 1/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 14 × 23.8 cm (5 1/2 × 9 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 13.6 × 23.5 cm (5 3/8 × 9 1/4 in.)