Soffit and Vase Designs
date: label: Date
content: 1775-1788
name: label: Designer
content: Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96
label: Print Maker
content: C. Le Meunié, French, active 1770–1786
label: Publisher
content: Jacques-François Chéreau, French, 1742–1794
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Four square soffit and two vase designs. The soffit on the upper left of the plate is labeled "Bacchus," and has a tambourine trophy in the center, and flower rosettes in the corner. The soffit on the lower left is labeled "Apollon" and has a trophy with a lyre and horns in the center, and surrounded by a laurel wreath. The soffit on the upper right is labeled "Flore" and has a wide mouthed vase filled with flowers in the center, and budding leaves in the corners. The soffit on the lower right is labeled "Cerès" below and has a bundle of wheat in the center surrounded by a wreath of flowers. The two vases are in the center of the plate. The top vase has a narrow neck and a garland of flowers. The lower lidded vase has a wide belly and two upturned, geometrical handles. The plate is signed and numbered, but the top lettering is not visible in the binding.
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: 1921-6-278-53
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on off-white laid paper