Two Panel Designs
date: label: Date
content: ca.1734-49
name: label: Designer
content: Bellay, French, active from 1734
label: Print Maker
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two designs for ornamental panels printed on the same plate, side-by-side. The designs feature rococo and chinoiserie motifs with ornately decorated frames featuring leaves, c-scrolls, feathers, ribbons, shells, rinceaux, fleurons, drapery, vases, bells, and birds. In the center of each panel are figures within fantastical landscapes. To the left, a figure seated next to a plinth with a dragon in the foreground. On the plinth is a vase with two snakes interlaced around it. Above, a platform stemming from the frame ornament, with a man seated cross-legged. To the right, a figure seated by some rocks fishing with a dragon biting at the line. In the foreground there is a platform with a vase and another vase on a plinth. The plate is numbered and signed.
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: 1921-6-490-22
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 24 × 30.9 cm (9 7/16 × 12 3/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 21.2 × 22 cm (8 3/8 × 8 11/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 19.9 × 20.7 cm (7 13/16 × 8 1/8 in.)