Vase with Flowers
date: label: Date
content: late 18th century
name: label: Designer
content: Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786
label: Print Maker
content: Louis-Sébastien Berthet, French, 1750 – 1812
label: Publisher
content: Louis-Joseph Mondhare, French, 1734–1799
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a vase, on a support or bracket, with sprigs of flowers and leaves intertwined. The vase features rococo and ‘chinoiserie’ (European decorative arts and architectural style inspired by fanciful ideas of China and East Asia) motifs, with a lid and neck decorated with ornament resembling shingles. The body features bulbous cartouches, scrolling acanthus leaves forming three feet, and two scrolling handles with rings suspended.
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: 1921-6-394-13
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