Arabesque Design
date: label: Date
content: 1788
name: label: Designer
content: Aubert Henri Joseph A. Parent, French, 1753–1835
label: Print Maker
content: Aubert Henri Joseph A. Parent, French, 1753–1835
label: Publisher
content: Jacques Simon Chéreau, French, 176.–1807
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Arabesque design with a vase on top full of flowers; satyrs grip either side of the vase. The arabesque also features ivy, lizards, snakes attacking bird nests, a mascaron with pierced ears at the bottom, and a medallion at the center, strung on beads, with the image of a man playing the lyre (Apollo). The plate is signed and 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: 1921-6-228-10
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 41 x 25.7 cm (16 1/8 x 10 1/8 in.)