Cartouche with Obelisk and Palm
date: label: Date
content: 1738–45
name: label: Designer
content: François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768
label: Print Maker
content: Carl Albert von Lespilliez, German, 1723 - 1796
label: Publisher
content: François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Cartouche with nude figure blowing horn and putti, framed by rocaille motif. Architectural background with pointed structure surrounded by wall with putti. Left, female figure holding cornucopia with spewing water; above, fantastic plant formation and putti.
place: label: made in
content: Germany
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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: 1921-6-282-16
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving and etching on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 38.9 x 27.8 cm (15 5/16 x 10 15/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 34 x 20 cm (13 3/8 x 7 7/8 in.)