Ornament Design with Birds and a Figure
date: label: Date
content: 1736
name: label: Engraver
content: Antoine Aveline, French, 1691 – 1743
label: Designer
content: François-Thomas Mondon, French, 1709 – 1755
label: Print Maker
content: Antoine Aveline, French, 1691 – 1743
label: Publisher
content: François-Thomas Mondon, French, 1709 – 1755
label: Publisher
content: Antoine Aveline, French, 1691 – 1743
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A chinoiserie (European decorative arts and architectural style inspired by fanciful ideas of China and East Asia) ornament print with a figure and fantastical birds. Rocaille ornament in the center featuring cartouches, c-scrolls, feathers, scrolling leaves, and a crescent moon. A male figure wearing a hat with feathers sits atop the ornament, with fantastical birds in the foreground and on the ornament. Sprigs of flowers and leaves to the left. The plate is numbered 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: 1921-6-366-6
objectType: label: Type
content: ornament
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 23.3 x 17.8 cm (9 3/16 x 7 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 31.9 x 23.5 cm (12 9/16 x 9 1/4 in.)