Design for a Frontispiece
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1749
name: label: Artist
content: Pierre Edme Babel, French, 1720–1775
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: In the scheme of an entablature and a pediment. Putti decorate an escutcheon with a device. An obelisk is depicted with a garland wound around it. Two stairs are shown as well. Depicts coat of arms of architect Carl Harlernan, friend of Meissonnier.
place: label: designed 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: 1911-28-9
objectType: label: Type
content: ephemera
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and black ink, brush and black ink wash on paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 8.7 x 18 cm (3 7/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)