Design for a Pendant Trophy
date: label: Date
content: 1738–61
name: label: Designer
content: René Charpentier, French, 1680 - 1723
label: Print Maker
content: Jacques-François Blondel, French, 1705–1774
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A design for an ornamental pendant trophy from a series of twelve plates. The trophy features arms and armor, a central framed cartouche with a crocodile or alligator, intertwined with palm leaves, ribbons, leaves and a shell, hanging from a tied ribbon from a central shell motif with acanthus leaf scrolls. 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: 1921-6-519-20
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper