Design for Sofa and Mirror, Portrait Room, Royal Palace; Warsaw, Poland
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1766
name: label: Artist
content: Jean Louis Prieur, French, 1732 - 1795
label: Architect
content: Victor Louis, French, 1731 - 1802
label: Client
content: Stanislas Augustus II, King of Poland, 1732–1798
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A sofa with two end seats separated by gaines from the central section; a double-headed spread eagle, top center, from which festoons hang toward the bottom of the mirror frame, topped by a canopy with feathers; above, curtains are held up by putti crouching at the corners; a circular medallion under the canopy contains the monogram SIR, referring to King Stanislas Augustus II of Poland (l732-1798).
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1911-28-68
objectType: label: Type
content: furniture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, rose watercolor on cream laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 40.4 x 30.8 cm (15 7/8 x 12 1/8 in.), irregular