Ceiling Design
date: label: Date
content: 1785-1788
name: label: Designer
content: Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96
label: Print Maker
content: C. Le Meunié, French, active 1770–1786
label: Publisher
content: Jacques-François Chéreau, French, 1742–1794
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Rectangular ceiling design. The ceiling is split along the vertical axis to offer two designs. The left-side ceiling frame has gadrooned burners in the corners, and bands of flowers and lamb tongue ornamentation. The right-side ceiling frame has eagles clutching branches in their claws in the corners, and bands of leaves, lamb tongue, and garlands of flower ornamentation. The plate is signed and numbered.
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: 1921-6-278-78
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on off-white laid paper