Four Ornamental Frame Designs
date: label: Date
content: 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Designs for four rectangular frames decorated with ornament motifs including rinceaux, scrolls, garlands, architectural motifs, winged mascarons, putti, and vases. The frame at lower right has a winged bull, a winged, a winged lion, and eagle, and an angel, symbols of the four Christian Evangelists (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John). A radiating dove is at top center.
place: label: made in
content: France
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: 1921-6-267-15
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper