Design for an Andiron
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1780
name: label: Designer
content: Jean François Forty, active 1775 – 1790
label: Print Maker
content: Augustin Nicolas Foin, French, 1726–c. 1759
label: Publisher
content: Jacques-François Chéreau, French, 1742–1794
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Third plate from a series of six designs for andirons. The andiron features a sphynx with a winged cupid on its back, who is holding a flaming torch, along with fleurons, snake and acanthus leaf ornament, and friezes along its base. The plate is numbered, lettered, and 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: 1921-6-532-3
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