Cartouche with Putti Mounting a Tent
date: label: Date
content: 1738
name: label: Designer
content: François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768
label: Print Maker
content: Franz Xaver Andreas Jungwierth, German, 1720–1790
label: Publisher
content: François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for an upright symmetrical cartouche, topped by a dragon; armorial trophies at upper right and left, vegetal decoration throughout, and a mascaron at lower center. Within the frame, a scene of putti figures setting up a tent or structure by draping fabric over tree branches. One putto sits on a drum and holds a banner.
place: label: made in
content: Munich, Germany
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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: 1921-6-281-87
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on cream laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 23.5 × 14.5 cm (9 1/4 × 5 11/16 in.)