Ornamental Vase Design
date: label: Date
content: 1677-1703
name: label: Designer
content: Georges Charmeton, French, 1623–1674
label: Print Maker
content: Nicolas Robert, French, 1614–1685
label: Publisher
content: Gérard Audran, French, 1640–1703
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vase with monstrous dolphin handles. The lip of the vase is adorned with acanthus leaves. The neck of the vase has architectural ribbing. At the shoulder of the vase are oval rondels with women in antique dress carved on them. The vase has a tiered foot. The high relief of the carving is indicated by strong shadows caused by a bright light source directed from the upper right of the plate. The plate is lettered and numbered.
place: label: made in
content: France
label: published in
content: France
label: published in
content: Paris, France
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1921-6-268-5
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on laid paper