Gunmakers Workshop Surrounded by Ornament and Names of Parisian Gunmakers
date: label: Date
content: 1660
name: label: Print Maker
content: C. Jacquinet, French, active 1650 – 1660
label: Designer
content: C. Jacquinet, French, active 1650 – 1660
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: In the center, an interior view of a gunmakers workshop with two men and a young apprentice working with tools. Large workbench along the walls with open arched windows with a view onto the street. Gun parts and tools on the work bench/ desk with firearms leaning against a bar in front of the arched window. Names of Parisian gunmakers surrounding the scene, lettered within ornament and gun parts. Text lettered below. The ornament features grotesques, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), mascarons (masks), foliate scrolls, fleurons, fantastical animals, terminal figures, and cartouches.
label: Description
content: The gunmakers listed include the following: Jean Chappus des Granges, Nicolas Le Conte, Mathieu de Foullois, Nicolas Laligan, François Golle, and Claude or Charles Naudin. (Names and biographical information listed by Herbert Houze, ‘Claude Roy: Graveur Sur Tous Metaux Au Chariot d’Or’ Reprinted from the American Society of Arms Collectors Bulletin 2017,116:24-41)
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: 1921-6-408-14
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 15.8 × 20.6 cm (6 1/4 × 8 1/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 12.2 × 13.8 cm (4 13/16 × 5 7/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 12 × 13.7 cm (4 3/4 × 5 3/8 in.)