Ornamental Vase Design
date: label: Date
content: 1750-1800
name: label: Designer
content: Louis Doré, French, active 18th century
label: Print Maker
content: F. Brard, French, active 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vase design with two grotesque dragon handles. The dragons' heads face away from the vase, and their stylized tails loop around below the shoulder of the vase and connect with a garland draped across the front. The lip of the vase is scalloped, and the body of the vase is fluted. The bottom of the vase is decorated with stylized long leaves, and the foot of the vase has spiraling fluting. The plate is signed and numbered.
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: 1921-6-523-1
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper