Floral Ornament Design
date: label: Date
content: 1738–49
name: label: Designer
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
label: Print Maker
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Fifth plate from a series of twelve designs for rococo ornament by Huquier. The design incorporates chinoiserie elements and is made up of flowers, c-scrolls, acanthus leaf fronds, branches with leaves, flowers, and fruit and a batwing pattern. The plate is trimmed and pasted onto the album page. It is signed, and numbered.
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1921-6-213-17
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 47.6 x 32.7 cm (18 3/4 x 12 7/8 in.)