Imposte. Vase et Autel Antique.
date: label: Date
content: 1775-1788
name: label: Designer
content: Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96
label: Print Maker
content: Mathieu Nicolas Goulet de Saint-Morien, French, active late 18th c.
label: Publisher
content: Jacques-François Chéreau, French, 1742–1794
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: On the left, a simple impost with column and part of the archivolt. The vase in the center sit on top of another bowl that is handled and has bead course, a ram's head, and gadrooning ornamentation. The altar at right has a scrolling-footed base and is adorned with acanthus leaf decoration. There are two scale bars on the plate: one of "2 Modules" at the left, and another of three French feet ("3 Pieds") above the vase and altar. The plate is signed and numbered.
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: 1921-6-278-128
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on off-white laid paper