Arabesque Design
date: label: Date
content: 1788
name: label: Designer
content: François Voisin, French, active 18th century
label: Print Maker
content: Laurent Guyot, French, 1756 - 1808
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Arabesque ornament design with neoclassical motifs. A large vase decorated with scrolling acanthus leaves, a festoon of beads and flowers held by winged terminal figures, with birds and putti. Foliage and corn springing from the vase. The putti at the foot of the vase transform into two swans perched onto a platform decorated with scrolling rococo motifs and fluting. Below the base, scrolling acanthus leaves, fleurons, beading and rosettes. The plate is signed and numbered.
place: label: made in
content: France
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: 1921-6-335-22
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and aquatint on laid paper