Cornice Designs
date: label: Date
content: 1775-1788
name: label: Designer
content: Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96
label: Print Maker
content: Augustin Nicolas Foin, French, 1726–c. 1759
label: Publisher
content: Jacques-François Chéreau, French, 1742–1794
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two cornice designs, one above the other. The top cornice is decorated with, from top to bottom, ribbon twist with dowel, scrolling acanthus leaves, and leaf lamb tongue ornamentation. The profile of the cornice is provided at the left, as is a scale marking of "2 Pouces 4 lignes." The lower cornice is decorated with, from top to bottom, egg and dart, bead course, rosettes interspersed with draped garland of fruit and flowers, and lamb tongue ornamentation. The profile of the cornice is provided at the left, as is a scale marking of "2 Pouces 5 lignes." The plate is signed and numbered but does not indicate an album letter.
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: 1921-6-278-105
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on off-white laid paper