Designs for Gun Parts and Ornament
date: label: Date
content: 1657
name: label: Designer
content: François Marcou, French, 1595 – 1660
label: Print Maker
content: C. Jacquinet, French, active 1650 – 1660
label: Publisher
content: François Marcou, French, 1595 – 1660
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Designs for gun parts (flintlock and ornament) decorated with grotesque ornament, figures, mascarons (masks), fantastical animals and birds, foliate scrolls, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), fleurons, flowers, rosette, and a military trophy with a figure in armor. The plate is signed and numbered.
place: label: made in
content: France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
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: 1921-6-408-23
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 15.6 × 20.9 cm (6 1/8 × 8 1/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 10.3 × 15.4 cm (4 1/16 × 6 1/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 9.7 × 14.8 cm (3 13/16 × 5 13/16 in.)