Designs for Two Vertical Panels
date: label: Date
content: 1738–45
name: label: Designer
content: François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768
label: Print Maker
content: Carl Albert von Lespilliez, German, 1723 - 1796
label: Publisher
content: François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Folio 4, plate 3 of series 6. Within rectangular framing lines, two rocaille designs for upright decorative panels. Panel at left: at bottom, two dragons separated by scrollwork, a mask above. Above, a large ornamental cartouche filled with a landscape scene with architectural ruins. At top, a putto figure plays the drums. Panel at right: decorative ornamental scheme composes bottom of design with a ram's head above topped with an urn filled with flowers. Above, two putti figures holding staffs, a set of bagpipes between them and armorial trophies above. At top, two masks turned towards the center.
place: label: made in
content: Munich, Germany
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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: 1921-6-282-4
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 35.2 x 22.7 cm (13 7/8 x 8 15/16 in.)