Orfèvre Grossier, Ouvrages
date: label: Date
content: 1762
name: label: Designer
content: J.R. Lucotte, French, 1733 – 1784
label: Print Maker
content: Robert Bénard, French, 1734–1772
label: Author
content: Denis Diderot, French, 1713–1784
label: Author
content: Jean le Rond d'Alembert, French, 1717–1783
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Plate depicting a silversmith’s workshop in the upper half of the page, with six male figures working. Different objects from the illustration are labelled with letters. In the lower half of the plate, eight labelled designs for objects made of silver including ewers, shallow bowl, bell, bucket or aspersorium, and an aspergillum used for casting holy water. The plate is titled, 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: 1921-6-344-1
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