Exterior Elevation and Interior Section from One of the Short Sides of the Room on the Place du Carrousel
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: Plate showing elevation and cross-section of the exterior and interior of the short axes of the temporary structure erected on the Place du Carrousel for the celebrations in honor of the marriage of Louis Dauphin and Maria Teresa of Spain given on February 23-26, 1745. In these perspectives, a painting of Apollo at his lyre (top) and of putti harvesting wheat (bottom) can be seen. The print also features figures at work, including musicians preparing to set up.
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: 1921-6-207-13
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: 62.9 × 45.2 cm (24 3/4 × 17 13/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 52 × 36.8 cm (20 1/2 × 14 1/2 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 50.6 × 35.7 cm (19 15/16 × 14 1/16 in.)