Designs for Friezes
date: label: Date
content: 1751
name: label: Designer
content: Pierre Germain, French, 1703 - 1783
label: Print Maker
content: Jacques Jean Pasquier, French, 1718–1785
label: Publisher
content: Pierre Germain, French, 1703 - 1783
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Rocaille design for four friezes with ornament motifs including scrolling acanthus leaves, scallop shells, branches, torches, ribbons, dolphins, and bow and arrow. The plate is signed.
place: label: made in
content: France
label: published in
content: Paris, 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: 1921-6-259-2
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 23.3 x 18.5 cm (9 1/8 x 7 5/16 in.)