Design for a Carriage Box Seat (Driver’s Seat) and Body
date: label: Date
content: 1755–69
name: label: Designer
content: Louis Van Nerven, Dutch, active ca. 1750
label: Print Maker
content: Paty, French, active mid 18th century
label: Publisher
content: Jean-Charles François, French, 1717–1769
label: Publisher
content: Gilles Demarteau, Flemish, 1722 – 1776
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a carriage driver’s seat or box seat with a faint design for a carriage body above. Both ornately decorated with scrolling leaves (rinceaux), festoons of flowers, mascaron (mask), rosettes, cartouches, c-scrolls, s-scrolls, and shell motifs. The seat is covered with an embroidered and tasseled textile with bows. The plate is 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: 1921-6-316-6
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 39.4 × 29.2 cm (15 1/2 × 11 1/2 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 38 × 25.8 cm (14 15/16 × 10 3/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 31.6 × 20.1 cm (12 7/16 × 7 15/16 in.)