Album of Designs for Furniture (Beds, Chairs, Sofas, Stools) and Waistcoats
date: label: Date
content: late 18th century
name: label: Designer
content: Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786
label: Print Maker
content: Pierre-Gabriel Berthault, French, 1737–1831
label: Print Maker
content: Etienne Claude Voysard, French, 1746 - 1812
label: Print Maker
content: Jacques Juillet, French, 1739- after 1784
label: Publisher
content: Esnauts et Rapilly, French, active 1766 – 1804
label: Publisher
content: Le Campion Frères, French, 1769 – 1790
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Album of designs for furniture: canopy beds, chairs, armchairs, sofas, ottomans, daybeds, stools, and men’s embroidered waistcoats by Pierre Ranson, published in several series. Some of the series are incomplete, and some of the plates appear as duplicates (some of the waistcoats are hand-colored with watercolor). Bound in a late 18th-century or early 19th-century mottled calf binding with gilt double lines framing the edges of the covers.
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: 1921-6-395
objectType: label: Type
content: albums (bound) & books
label: Object Name
content: Album
label: Type
content: Album
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0