Cartel Clock Case Design
date: label: Date
content: 1738
name: label: Designer
content: Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742
label: Print Maker
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a cartel clock case, with a frontal view on the right and profile view on the left. The clock face is round decorated with a stick and ribbon pattern frame and a diaper and rosette background pattern to the body of the clock case. The top is decorated with leafy branches, a vase, with fruit, c-scrolls, and rosettes. The lower part of the clock case is decorated with a dragon, scrolling acanthus leaves, cartouches, masks (mascarons), shell, and scrolling leaves (rinceaux). The plate is numbered and signed.
place: label: made in
content: France
label: published in
content: Paris, France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
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: 1921-6-376-3
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