Title Page
date: label: Date
content: 1736
name: label: Designer
content: François-Thomas Mondon, French, 1709 – 1755
label: Print Maker
content: Antoine Aveline, French, 1691 – 1743
label: Publisher
content: Antoine Aveline, French, 1691 – 1743
label: Publisher
content: François-Thomas Mondon, French, 1709 – 1755
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Title page from a series of seven designs for trophies, rococo ornament and vignettes. The title and date are lettered in the center within a cartouche topped with a crowned coat of arms, ermine and French royale flags. The rocaille frame incorporates c-scrolls, foliate, acanthus leaf, and shell motifs within a garden landscape with a vase to the right, and a thin pyramidal structure with part of a military trophy of flags and armor. In the background trees, and clouds. In the foreground a globe, a male portrait bust, and a putto holding a paper with an ornament design and looking up at the title. The plate is signed, numbered and with the address below.
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: 1921-6-531-14
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper