Design for a Carriage Body
date: label: Date
content: 1755–69
name: label: Designer
content: Louis Van Nerven, Dutch, active ca. 1750
label: Print Maker
content: Paty, French, active mid 18th century
label: Publisher
content: Jean-Charles François, French, 1717–1769
label: Publisher
content: Gilles Demarteau, Flemish, 1722 – 1776
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for the body of a carriage with three windows decorated with military emblems, putti and rocaille ornament topped with a trophy of arms and armor (armor and spears, and quivers of arrows). The ornament includes festoons of flowers and leaves, scrolling leaves, c-scrolls, s-scrolls, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), cartouches, shells, an eagle, and putti. The door panels feature female figures dressed in armor with putti. The plate is titled, signed, and 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: 1921-6-316-4
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 39.3 × 29.2 cm (15 1/2 × 11 1/2 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 38.5 × 29 cm (15 3/16 × 11 7/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 32.6 × 28 cm (12 13/16 × 11 in.)