Burner and Vase Designs for Pedestals
date: label: Date
content: 1785-1788
name: label: Designer
content: Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96
label: Print Maker
content: Augustin Nicolas Foin, French, 1726–c. 1759
label: Publisher
content: Jacques-François Chéreau, French, 1742–1794
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The plate is divided into two, with a vase on a pedestal in the upper half, and a burner on a pedestal in the lower half. The vase at top is ovoid, filled with flowers, and draped with garland. It sits on a wide, low pedestal that has a pinecone finial on the left side, and a frieze of swirling acanthus leaves. The burner on the lower half of the page is decorated with fluting and has a garland of leaves draped across it. A pinecone finial sits atop the low, wide pedestal at the right side; the pedestal is decorated with rondels and a draped garland of flowers. It has fluted feet. The plate is signed and numbered.
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: 1921-6-330-93
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on off-white laid paper