Chaise quarrée Ornée de Sculptures [et] Chaise Ovale Ornée de Sculptures
date: label: Date
content: 1775-1788
name: label: Designer
content: Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96
label: Print Maker
content: Pierre Claude Delagardette, French, 1745 - 1792
label: Publisher
content: Jacques-François Chéreau, French, 1742–1794
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Designs for two chairs, one with a square seat and back, and another with an oval seat and back. The chairs are decorated with textile with ornament pattern, and carved with decorative motifs including garland, striped fluting, and interlaced piastre. Below the chairs are plans for construction, and between the chairs, detail of the carved piastre motif. The plate is signed and numbered.
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: 1921-6-331-36
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on off-white laid paper