Two Designs for Ecclesiastical Ironwork
date: label: Date
content: 1760
name: label: Designer
content: Jean Lamour, French, 1698–1771
label: Print Maker
content: Nicole pere, French, active ca. 1760
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two designs for ecclesiastical ironwork ornamented with rococo motifs, acanthus leaves, flowers, c-scrolls, palmettes, fleurons and winged putti heads. The upper design features the image of a dead Christ with Mary and cupids in a central cartouche, topped with three nails and a crown of thorns, with candelabra along the sides of the arches. The lower design features a central blank cartouche topped with a crown. The lower design is signed and dated.
place: label: published in
content: Nancy, 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: 1921-6-210-16
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on laid paper