Interior Wall Elevation with a Bath
date: label: Date
content: 1777-79
name: label: Designer
content: Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786
label: Print Maker
content: Jacques Juillet, French, 1739- after 1784
label: Publisher
content: Émilie-Louise Avaulez, French, active 1777 – 1779
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A design for an interior wall featuring ornately painted panels and a bath with a wall-mounted fountain in a central niche. The panels are decorated with pearls, nets, coral, anchors, shells, leaves, crystals, tridents, and wave motifs. The wall-mounted fountain is in the shape of a vase, surrounded by flowers, leaves, and a large shell below. The basin of the bath is decorated with festoons of textiles, wave motifs and leaves. There is a hanging curtain with tassels framing the niche. The plate is 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: 1921-6-392-9
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 31.8 × 49.6 cm (12 1/2 × 19 1/2 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 26.9 × 46 cm (10 9/16 × 18 1/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 26.5 × 45.6 cm (10 7/16 × 17 15/16 in.)