Vüe de Même (Czartoryski) Sallon du Costé des Glacés (Design for the Salon Czartoryski), plate 85, in Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (Works by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier)
date: label: Date
content: 1748
name: label: Designer
content: Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750
label: Engraver
content: Pierre Edme Babel, French, 1720–1775
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Symmetrical view of interior decoration with four mirrors and central double doors. Each mirror and door decorated with overhanging. Left: two putti in rocaille frame, one playing lute; second from left: group of ladies sitting in a trompe l'oeil balcony as though at the theater; central overhanging: two classical female figures flank empty crowned cartouche; right of center: three formally-dressed ladies in trompe l'oeil balcony; far right: two putti, one with bow and arrow with boar. Each mirror is heavily decorated with shells, leaves and two or four candles.
place: label: made in
content: Paris, 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: 1921-6-212-43
objectType: label: Type
content: interiors
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 25.2 x 50.9 cm (9 15/16 x 20 1/16 in.)