Wall Elevation with a Buffet-Niche
date: label: Date
content: mid- 18th century
name: label: Publisher
content: Étienne Charpentier, French, 1707 – after 1792
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: An interior wall elevation with ornamental rococo paneling and a central two-tiered buffet-niche. The buffet features vases of flowers and fruits, plates, platters, ewers, cups, and garlands of flowers, with a console table or display table in front of the niche. The decoration on the six carved panels on either side and above the niche features fleurons, leafy sprigs, garlands of flowers, shells, acanthus leaves, and c-scrolls. The larger panel on the left features a wall fountain, decorated with a mask, tiers of shells and leaf motifs. Below the other five panels and the niche is a plain dado level. No dado level for the panel with the wall fountain. Below the elevation is a scale and an outline of the wall paneling, as seen from above, illustrating the shape and depth of the carving.
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: 1921-6-237-2
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