Ceiling Design
date: label: Date
content: ca.1660–1713
name: label: Designer
content: Nicolas Pierre Loir, French, 1624 - 1679
label: Print Maker
content: Nicolas Pierre Loir, French, 1624 - 1679
label: Publisher
content: Pierre Mariette II, French, 1634 - 1716
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a square or rectangular ceiling with a detailed view of one end. The center is blank and framed by an egg repeat pattern molding. The border is decorated with ornament framed by leaf repeat pattern moldings. The ornament features winged putti torsos, mask (mascaron), shell, rosettes, ram’s heads, festoons of leaves, ribbons, foliate scrolls, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), a vase, cartouche with female figures, cornucopia of fruit, and arms and armor. The plate is numbered and signed.
place: label: made in
content: France
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: 1921-6-333-38
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on paper