Rocaille Ornament Design
date: label: Date
content: 1749–61
name: label: Print Maker
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
label: Designer
content: Alexis Peyrotte, French, 1699–1769
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Sixth plate from a series of twelve designs for rococo ornament by Peyrotte. A large rocaille ornament design with a winged dragon perched onto acanthus leaf fronds with leafy branches, c-scrolls, gadrooning, fleurons and shell motifs. The plate is trimmed and pasted onto the album page. It is signed and numbered.
place: label: made in
content: Paris, 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: 1921-6-213-6
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 47.9 × 32.8 cm (18 7/8 × 12 15/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 54.5 × 41.4 cm (21 7/16 × 16 5/16 in.)