Coupe du grand Escalier de l’Hôtel de Toulouse à Paris, prise sur sa plus grande longueur, du Vestibule qui le precede, et de l’Antichambre à la quelle cet Escalier conduit au premier Etage
date: label: Date
content: 1713–42
name: label: Publisher
content: Jean Mariette, French, 1660–1742
label: Architect
content: Robert de Cotte, French, 1656–1735
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: An architectural section depicting the grand staircase from the Hôtel de Toulouse in Paris, with a view of the vestibule entrance on the ground floor and the antechamber on the first floor. To the left, on the ground floor, a set of two-leaf doors topped with an arched tympanum decorated with palm leaves and the interlaced L’s for the king of France, with trophies of arms and armor on paneling flanking the door. To the right, leading to the staircase, two sets of two-leafed doors with glass panels and pilasters. The large staircase leading up to the first floor has an ornate wrought-iron balustrade with rococo ornament and motifs. Upstairs there are two large arched windows with small glass panels, with pilasters. And a view of the inside of the Vestibule with paneling, a chimneypiece and overmantel mirror with a panel above featuring an oval profile portrait and a festoon of flowers. To the left, two-leafed doors with a square overdoor painting depicting a landscape and ruins. There is a scale below and the plate is titled.
place: label: made in
content: France
label: published in
content: Paris, France
label: place depicted
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: 1921-6-356-2
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