Three Vases
date: label: Date
content: 1770
name: label: Designer
content: François de Cuvilliés the younger, German, 1731 - 1777
label: Designer
content: Jean-Charles Delafosse, French, 1734 – 1789
label: Designer
content: Matthäus Günther, German, 1705 – 1788
label: Print Maker
content: Joseph Kaltner, German, ca. 1758 - after 1824
label: Publisher
content: François de Cuvilliés the younger, German, 1731 - 1777
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Three designs for vases in Neoclassical style, each by a different designer. At left, the vase by Gunther stands upon a tall pedestal, the face of the vase decorated with a bow and a quiver of arrows. At center, a vase by Cuvillies topped with a basket of flowers, a bull's head at center surrounded by two putti figures holding a garland of leaves. At right, a vase by Delafosse with a twisting base decorated with leafy festoons. Background with hatching.
place: label: made in
content: Munchen, Germany
label: made 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: 1921-6-282-86
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on paper
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 26.5 × 39.3 cm (10 7/16 × 15 1/2 in.)