NOUVEAUX CARTOUCHES CHINOIS
date: label: Date
content: 1738–49
name: label: Designer
content: Alexis Peyrotte, French, 1699–1769
label: Engraver
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Album containing a series of fantastical garden vignettes framed by cartouches with chinoiserie and rococo style motifs and figures. The album contains six plates from Nouveau Cartouches Chinois (New Chinese Cartouches) and a single plate from Second Livre de Cartouche Chinois (Second Book of Chinese Cartouches) both by Gabriel Huquier after designs by Alexis Peyrotte. The sixth plate in the album is from the Second Book and has its original plate number and letter rubbed out and replaced with an inscribed number 6 and letter A in graphite. Chinoiserie is derived from the French word for Chinese (Chinois), used to describe a European style of ornament associated with the Rococo, inspired by Chinese, Japanese and other Asian artistic traditions. The plates are numbered and signed.
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: 1921-6-522
objectType: label: Type
content: albums (bound) & books
label: Object Name
content: Album
label: Type
content: Album
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 33 × 25 cm (13 in. × 9 13/16 in.)