Interior Wall Elevation
date: label: Date
content: late 19th–early 20th century
name: label: Print Maker
content: Berthaud frères, French, 1889 – 1911
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Collotype reproduction of an 18th-century interior wall elevation with a central sofa niche, to the right a set of doors, and to the left a mantlepiece. The decoration features neoclassical motifs. Above each section, semi-circular over panels with classical scenes and figures. With putto in between. The background pattern is coffered or a large floral diaper pattern. Vertical panels in between each section features figures on plinths and profile vignettes with animals and insects. The plate is signed and numbered with an inscription in graphite, dating the collotype to 1903.
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: 1921-6-335-41
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Photograph
label: Type
content: Photograph
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Collotype on paper