LES ORDRES DORIQUE ET CORINTHIEN
date: label: Date
content: 1768–75
name: label: Designer
content: Louis-Gustave Taraval, French, 1738 – 1794
label: Print Maker
content: Louis-Gustave Taraval, French, 1738 – 1794
label: Publisher
content: Jacques-François Chéreau, French, 1742–1794
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a portico and building façade featuring Neoclassical motifs associated with the classical architectural orders of ancient Greece and Rome. The Stairs lead up to a door framed by a leaf molding, and overdoor inscription in Latin. Corinthian columns on either side supporting an architrave with swags (festoons) of leaves and flowers. Above an oval window framed by putti and a festoon of leaves. The pediment is supported by a frieze of triglyphs and metopes, with a central inscription in Latin. The façade on either side features a balcony with balustrades, fluting, and wave pattern motifs. The plate is signed, titled, and numbered.
place: label: made in
content: France
label: published in
content: Paris, France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
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: 1921-6-485-5
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 28.6 × 21.4 cm (11 1/4 × 8 7/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 17.6 × 14.7 cm (6 15/16 × 5 13/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 16.6 × 14 cm (6 9/16 × 5 1/2 in.)