Decorative Monogram Design
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1780
name: label: Designer
content: Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786
label: Print Maker
content: Etienne Claude Voysard, French, 1746 - 1812
label: Publisher
content: Jacques-François Chéreau, French, 1742–1794
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a decorative monogram for the letters R and U, featuring flowers, leaves, and berries. The letters are topped with a crown of flowers. The plate is numbered, signed and hand colored.
place: 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: 1921-6-401-12
objectType: label: Type
content: ornament
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and hand colored in watercolor on paper