Two Medallion or Frame Designs
date: label: Date
content: 1778
name: label: Designer
content: Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786
label: Print Maker
content: Pierre-Gabriel Berthault, French, 1737–1831
label: Publisher
content: Esnauts et Rapilly, French, active 1766 – 1804
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Designs for two medallions or frames, oval and round, decorated with moldings and topped with scientific trophies. The ornament and motifs include measuring devices, rulers, telescope, globe, book, distilling apparatus, palm tree, foliate branches, flowers, scrolling acanthus leaves (rinceaux), and a ribbon and rosette pattern molding. The plate is 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: 1921-6-389-98
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper