The Sense of Taste
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1740
name: label: Designer
content: François-Thomas Mondon, French, 1709 – 1755
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: At left a man on a ladder gathers grapes which he hands to a woman carrying grapes in her apron. Seated at right are a man and a woman to whom he offers grapes and fruit. Under an arch of trellis-work on which grape vines grow. An apple (?) tree in the background. Bottom: a leopard (?) sits on rocaille and shell motifs over: "LE GOUST. / à Paris chés Charpentier, rue St. Jacques au Coq. Avec privilège du Roy". Bottom left: "Mondon invenit".
place: label: made in
content: 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: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-22-281
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and watercolor on paper, mounted
label: Dimensions
content: 78.1 × 54.7 cm (30 3/4 × 21 9/16 in.)