Royal Alcove
date: label: Date
content: 1656–57
name: label: Designer
content: Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682
label: Print Maker
content: Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682
label: Publisher
content: Pierre Mariette II, French, 1634 - 1716
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: An alcove with a bed in the center behind a carved balustrade, flanked by doors with views of a garden landscape beyond. The alcove is framed by hanging textiles with fleurs-de-lys, and two angles in the center holding a large French royal crown, with ornately carved paneling and molding featuring scrolling leaves, wave pattern, and gadrooning. The canopy above the bed is supported by caryatids and decorated with scrolling leaves, and festoons of flowers. The plate is signed, numbered and includes a scale below the scene.
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: 1921-6-341-18
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 19.1 × 26.5 cm (7 1/2 × 10 7/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 14.2 × 21 cm (5 9/16 × 8 1/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 14 × 20.5 cm (5 1/2 × 8 1/16 in.)