Lit en chaire à precher
date: label: Date
content: late 18th century
name: label: Designer
content: Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786
label: Print Maker
content: A.B. Duhamel, French, b. 1736
label: Publisher
content: Esnauts et Rapilly, French, active 1766 – 1804
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two designs for canopy (baldachin) beds with two posts (along one side of the bed) bending inwards to support a smaller crown canopy above. The canopy is topped with feather and acorn finials, with hanging textiles and tassels. The bed curtains are tied back to the poles, which are topped with feather finials. The headboard and footboard are the same height, the back is upholstered with floral motifs. The board is topped with a central feather finial. Below, a design for a canopy bed, view from the front, with the two poles cut-off so the canopy is not included. The bed linen features floral motifs and the skirt is decorated with hanging festoons of flowers and textiles, tied with bows and tassels. The head and footboards are topped with feather finials. A scale below each design. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
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: 1921-6-395-20
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