Title Page
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1715
name: label: Designer
content: André-Charles Boulle, French, 1642 – 1732
label: Print Maker
content: André-Charles Boulle, French, 1642 – 1732
label: Publisher
content: Jean Mariette, French, 1660–1742
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Title page for a series of designs for furniture featuring metalwork and gilt bronze mounts. The title is lettered within a cartouche in the lower center. Surrounding the cartouche an interior wall elevation framed by a curtain held up by flying putti. The wall features a central mirror, flanked by paneling with ornate carvings and decoration, vases and sculpture on pedestals and wall brackets. The decoration features grotesque motifs, scrolling leaves, c-scrolls, s-scrolls, hanging trophies, mascarons (masks), shells, floral motifs, fleurons, and gadrooning.
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
label: See more items in
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: 1921-6-449-1
objectType: label: Type
content: furniture
label: Object Name
content: Print (bound book)
label: Type
content: Print (bound book)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 24 x 36.5 cm (9 7/16 x 14 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 20.9 x 29.9 cm (8 1/4 x 11 3/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 20.7 x 29.2 cm (8 1/8 x 11 1/2 in.)