Petites Bibliotheques Ambulantes
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1775
name: label: Designer
content: Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782
label: Print Maker
content: Jean-Baptiste Bichard, French, 1722–after 1774
label: Publisher
content: Le Père et Avaulez, Paris, 1772–1777
label: Publisher
content: Charles Le Pere, French, active 1772 – 1777
label: Publisher
content: Pierre-Michel Avaulez, French, active 1772 – d. 1777
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for two small movable bookcases to be mounted on a wall. The left bookcase is tall and narrow, and features ornament including fluting, bound lead, lamb tongue, and scrolling acanthus leaves. The right bookcase has side shelves and is decorated with wave pattern, lamb tongue, rosettes, garland, bead bands, and scrolling acanthus leaves. The plate is 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: 1921-6-253-61
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on off white laid paper