Two Snuffbox Lid Designs
date: label: Date
content: 1710
name: label: Designer
content: G. Roberday, French, active 1697 – 1713
label: Print Maker
content: G. Roberday, French, active 1697 – 1713
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two designs for snuffbox lids (one above the other) featuring grotesque and chinoiserie ornament. The upper design includes two monkeys dressed in clothing in the center framed by an ornamental border with snakes, birds, scrolling leaves, a mascarons (masks), and a canopy above the monkeys with draped textiles. The lower design features a dog, birds, and a squirrel framed by scrolling leaves, and strapwork. The plate is numbered.
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: 1921-6-423-5
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 14.4 × 9.6 cm (5 11/16 × 3 3/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 11.4 × 7.9 cm (4 1/2 × 3 1/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 10.8 × 6.6 cm (4 1/4 × 2 5/8 in.)