Ornamental Vase Design
date: label: Date
content: 1755-1768
name: label: Designer
content: Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782
label: Print Maker
content: Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782
label: Publisher
content: Geneviève-Marguerite Chéreau, French, active 1755-1768, d.1782
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Three vases placed on pedestals. The central vase is lidded and in the form of an urn; it is decorated with drapery at the shoulder and fluting at the base. The vases on either side, slightly in the background, are in the form of incense burners with smoke billowing from the top. The vase on the left has a meander at its shoulder and angled fluting at the bottom. The vase on the right has a wave pattern on its shoulder and a garland of bound laurel leaves draped over lion heads. The columns of the side vases are adorned with garland; the pedestal of the central vase is inscribed with the title. The plate is signed and numbered.
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: 1921-6-509-1
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on laid paper