Title Page
date: label: Date
content: 1656–57
name: label: Designer
content: Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682
label: Print Maker
content: Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682
label: Publisher
content: Pierre Mariette II, French, 1634 - 1716
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Title page for a series of designs for Alcoves in an ‘Italian style’. The title is lettered in the lower center within a round cartouche framed by female figures, putti, festoons of fruit and leaves, and scrolling leaves. Behind, an alcove featuring a bed in the center, flanked by columns, fluted pilasters, portrait busts on plinths within niches and statues on plinths. Leaf molding above, with festoons of leaves and fruit and a central roundel with a profile portrait. Stairs leading up to the alcove, with ornately carved dado paneling and a hanging tapestry along the back wall. The plate is numbered and includes a scale below.
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: 1921-6-341-19
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 19.1 × 26.4 cm (7 1/2 × 10 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 14.8 × 21.4 cm (5 13/16 × 8 7/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 14.2 × 20.7 cm (5 9/16 × 8 1/8 in.)