Rampes d’escaliers d’hôtel
date: label: Date
content: early 19th century
name: label: Publisher
content: Alexandre Tessier, French, active 1800 – 1830
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two different designs for staircases featuring scrolling leaves and beads along the balusters and handrails. The column-shaped newel for the lower design is topped with a finial in the shape of a large globe surrounded by candles. The upper design features arched and crossed bands and a simple oval (egg shaped) finial topping the newel. The designs are titled and the plate is numbered.
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: 1921-6-428-3
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