Design for a Frieze Decoration with Ermine and Monogram of Anne of Brittany (recto); Design for a Wall Decoration with Coat of Arms of Anne of Brittany (verso)
date: label: Date
content: 1830–60
name: label: Maker
content: Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc, French, 1814 – 1879
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Recto: On a squared ground, a polychrome frieze design in two registers (1 is partial), each banded at top and bottom with a thin dark (black/blue/brown) band and thick red band. Frieze decoration of stylized blue and gold acanthus leaves with a white ermine whose collar bears the arms of Anne of Brittany (1477-1514) and with a blue and pink banderole inscribed in Latin (to be translated) winding through its legs. The ermine is tied to a large gold, gothic capital letter "A." In second register, partial frieze of stylized acanthus leaves and crown (partial) of Anne of Brittany.
label: Description
content: Verso: Over a squared ground, the heraldic coat of arms of Anne of Brittany with a shield in blue and white surmounted by her crown in red-orange. Below, an ermine, with a banderole saying "Anna vie" winding around its body, is tied to the shield. Holding the shield to the left, a kneeling angel in white with red-orange and blue wings and a banderole above with the words "Te Anna [rest to be translated], kneels on a gold ornamental leaf pattern. Supporting shield on the right, an orange lion, with a banderole above reads [to be translated] stands on gold ornamental leaf pattern. Decoration forms a partial circle on the bottom suggesting it was to painted above a circular window or medallion ornament.
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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: Museum purchase from Drawings and Prints Council Fund through gift of Nancy and Edwin Marks
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1998-51-1
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and watercolor, graphite, white gouache, black wash on heavy dark-cream wove paper, partially squared in graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 23.3 x 36.3 cm (9 3/16 x 14 5/16 in. )