Ornamental Vase Design
date: label: Date
content: 1786-1789
name: label: Designer
content: François Voisin, French, active 18th century
label: Publisher
content: Louis-Joseph Mondhare, French, 1734–1799
label: Publisher
content: Pierre Jean, French, 1754–1829
label: Publisher
content: Chez Mondhare et Jean, 1784 – 1793
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Lidded vase with an elaborate finial comprised of a swan with cygnets in a nest. The finial is framed by two winged putti who are held aloft by female terms with baskets on their heads. The vase is decorated with many grotesqueries and has a central band with a lozenge pattern filled with acanthus leaves and a stylized geometrical rosette. The vase is supported by a slender, tapered foot with fluting. The print is numbered but not lettered.
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: 1921-6-457-3
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on paper