Design for an Interior Wall Elevation
date: label: Date
content: 1725–40
name: label: Architect
content: Jacques-François Blondel, French, 1705–1774
label: Publisher
content: Jean Mariette, French, 1660–1742
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for an interior wall elevation featuring paneling, for with spaces for mirrors or paintings, designed by Blondel. The section of the wall features three panels, with highly decorative over panels and cornice, with a painted lunette with figures in a landscape above the central panel. The decoration with rococo and grotesque moitfs features diaper and rosette pattern, herms, putti, fleurons, masks, rinceax, scrolling leaves, and acanthus leaves. The dado paneling is plain with sculpted moldings. And a central diamond design. The plate is titled and numbered with a scale to the left of the design.
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: 1921-6-353-16
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