Design for a Decorative Panel (with Nymphs and Garlands)
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1775
name: label: Artist
content: Gilles Paul Cauvet, French, 1731–1788
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A design for a decorative panel with vertical composition. From the bottom up: a ram's head supports an elaborate pedestal upon which sit two girls. They carry children on their shoulders. The children, standing, fasten festoons to bars, which are projecting laterally from an octagonal frame. At the center of the frame is a representation of a sitting woman and child. This is the central motif on the entire panel. Above, a half figure of a winged girl stands upon the frame. She carries upon her head a basket with long tree branches and vegetal scrolls. The composition is inscribed within a frame.
place: label: made in
content: 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: Gift of H. O. Havemeyer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1907-13-2
objectType: label: Type
content: wallpaper designs
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Red chalk on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 41.8 x 24.6 cm (16 7/16 x 9 11/16 in.)