Entryway and Exterior Elevation of the Length of the Room on the Rue de Sève
date: label: Date
content: 1751
name: label: Publisher
content: Jean François Blondel, French, 1681–1756
label: Publisher
content: Marguerite Caillou Chéreau, French, active 1729–1755
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Entryway and exterior elevation of the temporary structure erected on the Rue de Sève for the celebrations in honor of the marriage of Louis Dauphin and Maria Teresa of Spain given on February 23-26, 1745. The entryway has double arches and a carved scene of Bacchus and Ariadne set within an elaborate cartouche at top; the columns are covered in grape vines. The arches along the length of the structure have chandeliers positioned below satyr heads, and statues of nymphs holding aloft grains, fruit, and flowers at each end.
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: 1921-6-207-15
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 62.6 × 45 cm (24 5/8 × 17 11/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 52 × 36.7 cm (20 1/2 × 14 7/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 50.6 × 35.6 cm (19 15/16 in. × 14 in.)