Title Page
date: label: Date
content: 1669–93
name: label: Print Maker
content: Paul Androuet Du Cerceau, French, 1623/30 – 1710
label: Publisher
content: François de Poilly, French, 1622 - 1693
label: Designer
content: Paul Androuet Du Cerceau, French, 1623/30 – 1710
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Title page from a series of six ornament plates featuring mythological scenes. The title is lettered in the center within a medallion resting on a plinth. Two claws on either side of the base of the plinth, with foliate scroll arabesques emanating from each claw, surrounding the central medallion. The ornament features acanthus leaves, wheat sprays, scrolling branches with leaves and berries, garlands of fleurons, rosettes with a central rosette and ribbons surmounting the medallion. The plate is numbered.
place: label: made in
content: France
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: 1921-6-297-1
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper