Plafon du Salon de Me. la Princesse de Rohan. coté opposé aux croisées
date: label: Date
content: after 1745
name: label: Designer
content: Germain Boffrand, French, 1667–1754
label: Print Maker
content: Pierre Edme Babel, French, 1720–1775
label: Publisher
content: Pierre Patte, French, 1723–1814
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Ceiling decoration for the Salon of the Princess de Rohan in the Hôtel de Soubise, currently a part of the French National Archives.The oval ceiling has at its center an elaborate fleuron with garlands that radiates to the cornice. The cornice is covered in rocaille ornamentation and eight cartouches with trophies inside, and carved putti above. Paintings between the cartouches illustrate the story of Cupid and Psyche.
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1921-6-218-15
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on laid paper