Ornamental Vase Design
date: label: Date
content: 1750-1800
name: label: Designer
content: Louis Doré, French, active 18th century
label: Print Maker
content: F. Brard, French, active 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Lidded globular vase design with snake handles. The snakes loop around themselves; their tails intertwine in the middle of the vase, and their heads terminate above the vase at a hanging cone shape. The body of the vase is decorated with wavy gadrooning. The foot of the vase is tapered, and the vase is elevate on a low plinth. The plate is signed and 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: 1921-6-523-5
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper