Design for a Mirror Frame with Monogram of Marie-Antoinette
date: label: Date
content: 1787–90
name: label: Designer
content: Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96
label: Client
content: Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, French, 1755 - 1793
notes: label: Description
content: Vertically oriented rectangular mirror framed with moldings intertwined with floral garlands at the top. The garlands and other floral motifs frame a sphere with Marie Antoinette's monogram. Top center of frame is decorated with two doves, a garland from which is suspended a wreath with two arrows and a tassel. Below, a six-armed chandelier. Frame is decorated with flower vases, candelabra, acanthus leaves and a basket of flowers at bottom center.
place: label: designed in
content: 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: 1911-28-207
objectType: label: Type
content: furniture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, yellow watercolor, graphite on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 49.8 x 32.2cm (19 5/8 x 12 11/16in.)