Mantel Clock Case Design
date: label: Date
content: 1738
name: label: Designer
content: Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742
label: Print Maker
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a mantel clock case, with an oval cartouche framed clock face, decorated with snakes, bat wings, leaves, s-scrolls, cornucopia of fruit, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), masks, shells, running patterns, topped with an eagle, and a diaper and rosette patterned background. The base features a fish scale pattern, shell, animal feet, and a central mask framed in a cartouche. The plate is numbered and signed.
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: 1921-6-376-4
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