Arabesque Design
date: label: Date
content: 1788
name: label: Designer
content: Aubert Henri Joseph A. Parent, French, 1753–1835
label: Print Maker
content: Aubert Henri Joseph A. Parent, French, 1753–1835
label: Publisher
content: Jacques Simon Chéreau, French, 176.–1807
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Arabesque design with an urn filled with fruit and foliage. The arabesque features lion heads, mascarons, birds, turtles, ivy, a torch, two trumpets, and a relief of a bare-breasted woman, reclining and holding a knife (perhaps Lucretia). Above the arabesque is a crown of stars and a head with wings. The plate is signed and numbered.
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: 1921-6-228-8
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 40.8 x 25.7 cm (16 1/16 x 10 1/8 in.)