Lit Militaire, vue de côté
date: label: Date
content: late 18th century
name: label: Designer
content: Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786
label: Print Maker
content: Jacques Juillet, French, 1739- after 1784
label: Publisher
content: Esnauts et Rapilly, French, active 1766 – 1804
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a crown canopy (baldachin) bed with the canopy supported by the two headpoles and projecting from the wall, view from the side at an angle. The crown is topped with feather finials and a feathered helmet at the front. The bed curtains are tied back to the poles. The headboard and bed linen are decorated with leaf motifs. The bed skirt is decorated with stripes, hanging swags of textiles, tassels and a cartouche with palm leaves and festoons of flowers. The foot posts are topped with feathered helmet finials. A scale below the design. The plate is titled, 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: 1921-6-395-56
objectType: label: Type
content: furniture
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on blue paper