Design for Chinoiserie Wall Decoration
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1720
name: label: Maker
content: Daniel Marot, French, active in the Netherlands and England, 1661–1752
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Wide central and two narrow lateral panels are flanked by pilaster strips. Each of these and the two halfs of the dado show alternative suggestions for the decoration. The panels show representations of Europeans in stylised Chinese landscapes. At left a party is shown in the open; at center a reception is shown; at right a group of hunters. Rinceaux ornament decorates the ceiling cove.
place: label: made in
content: Netherlands
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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: 1911-28-213
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture, interiors
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and black ink; brush and rose, yellow and light blue watercolor, white gouache; graphite on off white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 29.3 x 47.9 cm (11 9/16 x 18 7/8 in. )