Design for a monumental gateway honoring the arrival of Marie Antoinette at Versailles
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1770
name: label: Patron
content: Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, French, 1755 - 1793
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A single arched opening surmounted by the escutcheon of Marie Antoinette witha crown above. At either side of the arch, panels bearing trophies of arms and oval medallions bearing the device of the Dauphin, two "L"s, interlocked. A vista of a city street can be seen through the archway.
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1911-28-97
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and Chinese ink with ink wash
label: Dimensions
content: 43.2 × 55.5 cm (17 in. × 21 7/8 in.)