Lit Militaire a la Duchesse vu par les pieds
date: label: Date
content: late 18th century
name: label: Designer
content: Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786
label: Print Maker
content: Jacques Juillet, French, 1739- after 1784
label: Publisher
content: Esnauts et Rapilly, French, active 1766 – 1804
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a bed (front view) with a crown canopy (baldachin) supported by the two headboard poles. The bed has a headboard with two bed posts. The bed skirt and canopy are ornamented with military trophies with arms and armor, flags, and a helmet. The canopy is topped with feather finials, and the bed curtains are drawn back and tied to the poles. The bed linen Is decorated with floral and leaf motifs. The bed posts have axe finials. A scale below. 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: 1921-6-395-36
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on blue paper