Designs for Two Vertical Panels
date: label: Date
content: 1738–45
name: label: Designer
content: François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768
label: Print Maker
content: Carl Albert von Lespilliez, German, 1723 - 1796
label: Publisher
content: François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Folio 5, plate 4 of series 6. Within rectangular framing lines, two rocaille designs for upright decorative panels. Panel at left: ornamental cartouche with scrollwork and putti figures. Above, a group of figures upon a cloud, including a woman and two putti. At top, scrollwork topped by a bird, an owl, and two dragons. Panel at right: scrollwork designs featuring a mask and putti figures. At top, a figural scene depicting a putto hunting a stag in a forest.
place: label: made in
content: Munich, Germany
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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: 1921-6-282-5
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 35 x 23 cm (13 3/4 x 9 1/16 in.)