Interior Wall Elevation with a Sofa
date: label: Date
content: 1779-84
name: label: Designer
content: Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786
label: Print Maker
content: Jacques Juillet, French, 1739- after 1784
label: Publisher
content: Le Campion Frères, French, 1769 – 1790
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A design for an interior wall featuring ornately painted panels and a sofa in the center with a large mirror above, decorated with ‘turquerie’ (Turkish style) motifs. The panels are decorated with festoons of pearls and flowers, sprigs of flowering branches, crescent moons, tassels, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), and Turkish style turbans with feathers. The frieze above features a repeating pattern of fabric, pearls, and crescent moons. The sofa is decorated with feathers, scrolling leaves, and floral textiles with tassels and passementeries. Cushions on the floor on either side. 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: 1921-6-392-16
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: 31.6 × 49.6 cm (12 7/16 × 19 1/2 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 26.9 × 46 cm (10 9/16 × 18 1/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 26.4 × 45.6 cm (10 3/8 × 17 15/16 in.)