Lit a la Polonaise
date: label: Date
content: late 18th century
name: label: Designer
content: Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786
label: Print Maker
content: Pierre-Gabriel Berthault, French, 1737–1831
label: Publisher
content: Esnauts et Rapilly, French, active 1766 – 1804
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a canopy bed (view from the footboard or headboard) with upholstered headboard and footboard of the same heights. The posts bending inwards to support a smaller crown canopy above, topped with feather finials. The bed linen is decorated with flowers, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), fleurons, bow, quiver of arrows, festoons of flowers, and birds. The bed curtains are scalloped with passementerie and tassels. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed. A scale below.
place: 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: 1921-6-395-3
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