Rocaille Ornament Design
date: label: Date
content: after 1736
name: label: Designer
content: François-Thomas Mondon, French, 1709 – 1755
label: Print Maker
content: Antoine Aveline, French, 1691 – 1743
label: Publisher
content: Étienne Charpentier, French, 1704 – 1793
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A print from a series of seven designs for trophies, rococo ornament and vignettes. A rocaille cartouche within a landscape, ornamented with fluting, shell and acanthus leaf motifs surrounded by foliate branches, a parasol with feathers, a basket, drum, bagpipe, a goat, dog, bird and squirrel and a shepherd. The plate is numbered, signed and with an address below.
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: 1921-6-531-11
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper