Design for Ornament, Plate 17, Second Livre de tableaux d'ornemens et rocailles
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1734
name: label: Designer
content: Jacques de Lajoüe, French, 1687–1761
label: Etcher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A framed rocaille border looking into a scene dominated by a rocaille ornament fountain, which includes shells and a mermaid, and a landscape in the distance. The scene is populated with several figures including putti. Some pour jugs of water while others stand off to the side. Water cascades down the rocaille ornaments on the left side of the frame.
place: label: made 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: 1921-6-327-8
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 20.3 × 76.2 cm (8 × 30 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 29.9 × 44.3 cm (11 3/4 × 17 7/16 in.)