Design for a Pendant Trophy
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1736
name: label: Designer
content: René Charpentier, French, 1680 - 1723
label: Print Maker
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
label: Publisher
content: Charles Le Pere, French, active 1772 – 1777
label: Publisher
content: Pierre-Michel Avaulez, French, active 1772 – d. 1777
label: Publisher
content: Le Père et Avaulez, Paris, 1772–1777
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A design for an ornamental pendant trophy from a series of twelve plates. The trophy features a central cartouche with a figure holding a caliper. The cartouche is supported by a bird, intertwined with foliate olive branches, and tools for sculpture, a caliper, paper, rulers, hanging from a tied ribbon or textile. The plate is 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: 1921-6-519-6
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper