Designs for Obelisks
date: label: Date
content: 1749-1761
name: label: Designer
content: Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742
label: Print Maker
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
label: Publisher
content: Chez Huquier
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Page with two plates printed next to one another. Each plate features designs for four obelisks with variations on their bases and shaft shape and decoration. The obelisks of the left plate are topped with, from left to right: a base of masks from which emerges foliage; a trophy of helmets, a horn, an axe, and a fasces; an eagle atop a globe with a wreath in its beak; and faceted orb with curved horns and a boar with a crescent moon. The obelisks on the right plate are topped with, from left to right: a pinecone; a grotesque dolphin; an orb with a spear through it; and a crowned orb covered in fleurs-de-lys. Both plates are signed and numbered.
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: 1921-6-216-41
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on laid paper