Designs for a Console Table and Wall Brackets
date: label: Date
content: mid- 18th century
name: label: Designer
content: Nicolas Pineau, French, 1684-1754
label: Publisher
content: Louis Crépy, French, 1680?–1760
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A plate from a series of designs for console table legs, consoles for vases and wall brackets. A blank rectangle lower center, with a design for console table legs above ornamented with fleurons, acanthus leaf scrolls, c-scrolls, masks, strapwork, shell and floral motifs. The legs are supported by phoenixes. Lower left: a vase console ornamented with rococo motifs, c-and s-scrolls, fleurons, birds, masks, flowers, and palmette motifs. The shape of the base of the vase is outlined. Lower right: a vase console ornamented with a mask, gadrooning, a trophy of musical instruments, c-scrolls, and acanthus leaves. The shape of the base of the vase is outlined. The background is shaded with lines.
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: 1921-6-374-5
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on laid paper