Design for an Interior Wall Elevation
date: label: Date
content: 1686–1740
name: label: Publisher
content: Jean Mariette, French, 1660–1742
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for an interior wall elevation featuring a set of arched double doors with glass panels, flanked by paneling. The paneling and cornice are decorated with chinoiserie (in the Chinese style) and grotesque motifs, with rosettes, fleurons, rinceaux, beading, scrolling leaves, masks, dragons, webbing, putti, terminal figures, and herms. The two panels flanking the doors feature central brackets with lidded vases displayed. A scale along the left side of the design. The plate is titled, signed, and numbered. The decoration is similar to another plate in this album - 1921-6-353-15.
place: label: made in
content: France
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: 1921-6-353-17
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