Album of Headpieces from Charles-François Saint-Lambert’s Les Saisons, Poëme
date: label: Date
content: 1769–75
name: label: Designer
content: Pierre-Philippe Choffard, French, 1730–1809
label: Author
content: Charles-François Saint-Lambert, French, 1716 – 1803
label: Bookbinder
content: Vauthrin, French, 1848 – 1922
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Album of headpieces from an edition of Les Saisons, Poëme by Charles-François Saint-Lambert representing the four seasons. Each headpiece features roundels or medallions, zodiac signs, and attributes related to each season. The plates are titled and signed. Quarter green leather binding with marbled papers and marbled endleaves. 'Choffard' lettered in gold on spine.
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: 1921-6-438
objectType: label: Type
content: albums (bound) & books
label: Object Name
content: Album
label: Type
content: Album
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 29.2 × 45.3 × 0.9 cm (11 1/2 × 17 13/16 × 3/8 in.)