LE DAMIER
date: label: Date
content: 1753-1757
name: label: Designer
content: Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin, French, 1721–1786
label: Print Maker
content: Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin, French, 1721–1786
label: Publisher
content: Étienne Fessard, French, 1714–1777
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vignette of two butterflies playing checkers in front of a folding screen. The composition is staged on a rocaille platform of scalloped scrolls, with flowers and ivy. The title, "Le Damier," is printed below the platform. The plate is not signed or 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: 1921-6-402-6
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: Sheet: 25 × 40.2 cm (9 13/16 × 15 13/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 18.1 × 27.7 cm (7 1/8 × 10 7/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 16.8 × 26.5 cm (6 5/8 × 10 7/16 in.)