Arabesque Ornament Designs
date: label: Date
content: 1749–61
name: label: Designer
content: Claude Gillot, French, 1673–1722
label: Print Maker
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Eighth plate from a series of bifurcated arabesque/ grotesque panel designs with a different design on the left and right side of the plate. The ornament features a central female nude figure laying down, leaning on a cushion, on a platform, surrounded by a canopy, foliage, a dog, two other female figures on steps, swans, fleurons, rinceaux, scrolling leaves, birds, strapwork, bow and quiver of arrows, architectural details, vases and baskets of flowers, drapery, and netting. The plate is numbered and signed.
place: label: made in
content: France
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: 1921-6-422-8
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper