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 ceiling frame on the left has bands of leaves and lamb tongue, and a carved central panel with torches, quivers, baskets, and wreaths of flowers. The right side has a larger band of carved scrolling acanthus leaves, thinner bands of lamb tongue and oak leaf, scallop shells in the corners, and a shallow vase filled with flowers in the center of the right edge. 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: 1921-6-278-77
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