Designs for Furniture
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1715
name: label: Designer
content: André-Charles Boulle, French, 1642 – 1732
label: Print Maker
content: André-Charles Boulle, French, 1642 – 1732
label: Publisher
content: Jean Mariette, French, 1660–1742
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Designs for four pieces of furniture and two desk sets featuring inkwells and quills. The designs include caskets, stands, a desk with two design options, a commode (chest of drawers) with two design options, and a fall-front desk. The furniture is decorated with gilt bronze mounts and marquetry featuring scrolling leaves, acanthus leaves, c-scrolls, cartouches, mascarons (masks), putti, rosettes, shells, and gadrooning. The designs are titled, the plate is numbered, and signed by the publisher.
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: 1921-6-449-3
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 24 × 36.5 cm (9 7/16 × 14 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 21 × 31.5 cm (8 1/4 × 12 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 20.3 × 30.8 cm (8 in. × 12 1/8 in.)