Interior Wall Elevation with a Sofa
date: label: Date
content: 1777-79
name: label: Designer
content: Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786
label: Print Maker
content: Jacques Juillet, French, 1739- after 1784
label: Publisher
content: Émilie-Louise Avaulez, French, active 1777 – 1779
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A design for an interior wall featuring ornately painted panels and a sofa / daybed in a central niche. The panels are decorated with festoons of leaves and flowers, sprigs of leaves, palm leaves, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), birds, tassels, swords, banners, floral crowns, and ribbons. The niche is framed by a scalloped lambrequin or valance with hanging tassels decorated with festoons of flowers and palm leaves. The plate is 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: 1921-6-392-8
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
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 31.8 × 49.5 cm (12 1/2 × 19 1/2 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 26.8 × 45.8 cm (10 9/16 × 18 1/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 26.2 × 45.3 cm (10 5/16 × 17 13/16 in.)