Designs for Firearms Ornament
date: label: Date
content: 1730
name: label: Print Maker
content: de La Collombe, French, active 1702 – 1739
label: Publisher
content: Gilles Demarteau, Flemish, 1722 – 1776
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Designs for flintlocks and flintlock components alongside various designs for firearms ornament, featuring mascarons, animals, birds, trophies, shells, heraldry, the Royal coat of arms of France, cornucopia, mythological figures, strapwork, fleurs-de-lys, crowns, fronds, leaves, and sprigs. The plate is signed and dated.
place: 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: 1921-6-325-6
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