Rocaille (rococo design), in Nouveaux morceaux pour des paravents (New concepts for screens)
date: label: Date
content: 1730s
name: label: Designer
content: François Boucher, French, 1703–1770
label: Engraver
content: Claude Augustin Duflos, French, 1700–1786
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A shell-work fountain on a mound of rockwork in the foreground, with two monkeys at the left. In the background, a temple portico houses another fountain, with vase and pyramid beside it.
place: label: designed in
content: Paris, France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1931-94-11
objectType: label: Type
content: ornament
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching, engraving on white paper
label: Dimensions
content: 49.4 x 24.8 cm (19 7/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Frame: 60.3 x 44.8 x 2.5 cm (23 3/4 x 17 5/8 x 1 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Mat: 55.9 x 40.6 cm (22 x 16 in.)