Title Page
date: label: Date
content: 1749–61
name: label: Designer
content: Alexis Peyrotte, French, 1699–1769
label: Print Maker
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
label: Dedicatee
content: Michel Tanevot, French, ca. 1685 – 1762
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Title page for the first part of a series of twelve plates of designs for rococo ornament by Peyrotte. An oval frame made up of rocaille and foliate motifs, acanthus leaves, flowers, branches, and scrolls, with a bird perched within to the right, a landscape in the background with a built structure and trees. The title is lettered centrally within a cartouche in the upper center of the frame. The plate is trimmed and pasted onto the album page. It is signed and numbered.
place: label: made in
content: Paris, 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: 1921-6-213-1
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
label: Dimensions
content: 47.8 x 33 cm (18 13/16 x 13 in.)