Panel Design
date: label: Date
content: ca.1734-49
name: label: Designer
content: Bellay, French, active from 1734
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: A counterproof of a print from this series, plate 16 (1921-6-490-20). A design for an ornamental panel featuring rococo and chinoiserie motifs with an ornately decorated frame of leaves, c-scrolls, rinceaux, fleurons, a cartouche, drapery, vases, canopies, birds, balls, and leafy branches. In the center, two figures play musical instruments (a tambourine and a string instrument) with fantastical structures, screens, and vases in the background. The edges of the print are missing but are drawn with graphite.
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: 1921-6-490-31
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving: counterproof on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 24.2 × 30.8 cm (9 1/2 × 12 1/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 19.8 × 9.6 cm (7 13/16 × 3 3/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 19.2 × 9.3 cm (7 9/16 × 3 11/16 in.)