Suite de dessins chinois (Album of Chinoiserie)
date: label: Date
content: 1759–71
name: label: Designer
content: Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808
label: Print Maker
content: Pierre-Charles Canot, French, 1710 - 1777
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A suite of 11 pieces (out of 12) representing the months of the year personified by Chinese figures in landscapes; published in London in 1759. Engraved by P.C. Canot
label: Description
content: A suite of 8 pieces, collection of Chinese and other flowers suitable for many purposes
label: Description
content: Designed and executed by J. Pillement. Published in London in 1760
label: Description
content: Additional 2 pieces in red from the first suite, and title of another copy of Chinese parasols invented and drawn by J.J. April 1771
label: Description
content: Bound in a half brown morocco binding with marbled papers, gold tooling on the covers and spine.
place: label: made in
content: France
setName: label: See more items in
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
objectType: label: Type
content: albums (bound) & books
label: Object Name
content: Book
label: Type
content: Book
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Gold tooling, morocco leather and marbled paper on boards, ink on paper.
label: Dimensions
content: 47.5 × 36 cm (18 11/16 × 14 3/16 in.)