Ornements à graver sur les Boette a poudre et autres ouvrages d’orfeverie
date: label: Date
content: late 17th–early 18th century
name: label: Designer
content: Masson, French, active late 17th and early 18th century
label: Print Maker
content: Masson, French, active late 17th and early 18th century
label: Publisher
content: Jean Mariette, French, 1660–1742
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Ornament for use on boxes and other works made by goldsmiths, including designs for circular lids, friezes or borders of repeated patterns, along with box designs outlined in profile featuring strapwork, meander patterns, fleurons, flowers, scrolling leaves, acanthus leaves, rosettes, diaper patterns, mascarons (masks), and gadrooning. The designs are identified with lettered inscriptions. The plate is titled and numbered.
place: label: made in
content: France
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1921-6-430-2
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on paper