Porte-Cochère Design
date: label: Date
content: 1707-1742
name: label: Designer
content: Laurent Francart, French, active 1681-1690
label: Publisher
content: Jean Mariette, French, 1660–1742
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a porte-cochère with a sculpted putto seated on the balustrade holding a basket on his head. The two doors have rondels at the top, crowned by mascarons and festoons. At the bottom of the plate is a scale bar of six French feet ("6 Pieds"). The plate is numbered twice, but not signed.
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: 1921-6-243-25
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