Design for a Cartouche Evoking the Continent of Asia
date: label: Date
content: 1740
name: label: Designer
content: Jacques de Lajoüe, French, 1687–1761
label: Engraver
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Cartouche with symmetrical decoration: at top center, a crescent encircling two sprays of water; at left, a halberd (a 15th or 16th century weapon with an axe-like handle and steel blade); at right, a quiver. Entire composition framed with bouffant design, acanthus leaves and water.
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: 1921-6-326-9
objectType: label: Type
content: ornament
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 24.5 x 18.5 cm (9 5/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 34.5 x 24.3 cm (13 9/16 x 9 9/16 in.)