Design for Ceiling Ornament
date: label: Date
content: 1740
name: label: Designer
content: François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768
label: Print Maker
content: Franz Xaver Andreas Jungwierth, German, 1720–1790
label: Publisher
content: François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Folio 10, plate 2 of series 7. Design for ceiling with trophy motif. Upper left (presumed central ceiling motif) a cartouche with trophy motifs- horn, banner and garland. Below, at right angle, an asymmetric design of putti riding dolphins (at left hoding a paddle, at right holding a triton), a pine tree in center. A goddess holding a banner (center), a goddess with plumage and two horns, the House of Wittelsbach banner and mask below. A rustic god, a putti riding a dolphin, water plants at right. Sections are connected with dotted lines, presumably as a guide to the stucco decor.
place: label: made in
content: Munich, Germany
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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: 1921-6-282-10
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 27.9 x 38.8 cm (11 1/16 x 15 1/4 in)
label: Dimensions
content: Plate: 25.6 x 31.3 cm (10 1/4 x 12 1/4 in)