Frontispiece
date: label: Date
content: 1748
name: label: Designer
content: Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750
label: Print Maker
content: Laureolli, Italy, active 18th century
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for title page, asymmetrical cartouche decorated with shell motif, auricular elements with extending foliage, a river god (at right) seated on a fountain. In the center of the cartouche is written: LIVRES D'ORNEMENS/Inventés & Dessines/PAR J.O. MEISSONIER/ARCHITECTE, DESSINATEUR/de la Chambre & Cabinet/DU ROI.
place: label: published in
content: Paris, France
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1921-6-212-6-a
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: 11.3 x 21.5 cm (4 7/16 x 8 7/16 in.)