Ornamental Medallion Designs
date: label: Date
content: 1768
name: label: Designer
content: P. J. Bertren, active 18th century
label: Print Maker
content: P. J. Bertren, active 18th century
label: Designer
content: Théodore Bertren, active in France, 18th century
label: Print Maker
content: Théodore Bertren, active in France, 18th century
label: Publisher
content: Jacques-François Chéreau, French, 1742–1794
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two oval designs, one above the other. The upper medallion is adorned with laurel leaves and tools of geometry and astronomy, including a globe, a compass, rulers, and a telescope. The lower medallion has attributes of war, including fasces, a flag, and arrow, a helmet, and a cuirass with leaves sprouting from it. 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: 1921-6-458-18
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on paper