Designs for Chinoiserie Flowers
date: label: Date
content: 1760
name: label: Designer
content: Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808
label: Print Maker
content: Pierre-Charles Canot, French, 1710 - 1777
label: Publisher
content: Charles Leviez, French, 1708–1778
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two designs for fantastical chinoiserie-style flowers, from a series of eight prints (including the title-page). The designs feature flowering sprigs with different types of flowers and leaves originating from shared and connected stems. The plate is signed and dated.
place: label: published in
content: London, United Kingdom
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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: 1921-6-214-16
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper