Two Frame Designs
date: label: Date
content: 1785-1788
name: label: Designer
content: Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96
label: Print Maker
content: Augustin Nicolas Foin, French, 1726–c. 1759
label: Publisher
content: Jacques-François Chéreau, French, 1742–1794
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two circular frame (tondo) designs, arranged horizontally on the page. The sight edge of the frame on the left has lamb's tongue and dart molding, surrounded by fluted cove, and bead course ornamentation. The top of the frame features a richly carved ribbon with a wreath of flowers and branches of oak leaf; the bottom of the frame has a smaller carved ribbon and crossing branches of oak. The sight edge of the frame on the right likewise features a lamb tongue and dart pattern, followed by fluted cove in the center, and the egg and dart molding at the back edge. The top of the frame has a carved ribbon in front of a large shell, and garlands of flowers tumbling down the sides; the bottom has scrolling acanthus leaves and branches of oak leaf. 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: 1921-6-278-11
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on off-white laid paper