Ornamental Medallion Designs
date: label: Date
content: 1765-1768
name: label: Designer
content: Théodore Bertren, active in France, 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Three medallion designs aligned vertically. The top medallion is decorated with attributes of the garden including a hat, a spade, a basket, and flowers. The middle medallion has attributes of music, including a lyre, a lute, a violin, a horn, and flowers. The bottom medallion is topped with motifs of the banquet including cups, pitchers, ewers, and grapes; the bottom of this medallion is framed by a grapevine. The plate is numbered but not signed.
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: 1921-6-458-12
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on paper