Chatelaine Design
date: label: Date
content: 1771
name: label: Designer
content: Pierre Moreau, French, 1722 – 1798
label: Print Maker
content: Pierre Moreau, French, 1722 – 1798
label: Publisher
content: Jean-Baptiste Crépy, French, active 1753 – d. 1796
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Within a double-lined frame, a design for a chatelaine, with medallions, chains with a seal, egg-shaped charm and a round watchcase decorated with birds, flowers, and bands. The upper section of the chatelaine is decorated with a framed cartouche featuring a trophy of musical instruments and ornamented with a hanging garland of flowers, surrounded by fleurons, ‘rocaille’ scrolls, acanthus leaves, bows, shells, and a scale pattern, The three hanging medallions feature flowers, a bird, and a dog, each framed by two cornucopias. The plate is signed, numbered, and dated.
place: label: made in
content: France
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: 1921-6-418-10
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