Interior Wall Elevations
date: label: Date
content: 1696–1740
name: label: Publisher
content: François II de Poilly, French, 1666 – 1741
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: An interior wall elevation with two different options for the design of a wall with glass paneled windows featuring rococo motifs and ornament, including c-scrolls, scrolling acanthus leaves, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), cartouches, festoons of flowers, shells, and diaper patterns with rosettes and pearls. The walls in between the doors include mirrors, over mirrors and ornately carved console tables with intricate details in the legs, including masks (mascarons), male herms or terminal figures supporting the marble tops and festoons of flowers and leaves. Plan views below each console table illustrate the shape of the tabletop from above.
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: 1921-6-385-14
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