Title Page
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1700
name: label: Designer
content: Jean-Baptiste Le Roux, French, ca. 1677-1746
label: Publisher
content: Nicolas Langlois, French, 1640 - 1703
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Title page (before lettering) for a series of wall elevations featuring different designs for wall treatments including paneling, doors, chimney pieces, and bookshelves. A central medallion (cartouche) on a pedestal topped with a vase. The cartouche is framed by scrolling leaves, palm leaves, foliate branches, and a mask (mascarons). A curtain frames the whole scene, with a wall elevation in the background featuring arched windows overlooking a garden with fountains. The decorative paneling features trophies, oval medallions, masks (mascarons), pilasters, and a running frieze along the cornice with brackets.
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: 1921-6-132
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 21 × 31.8 cm (8 1/4 × 12 1/2 in.)