Three Designs for Torcheres in the Chinese Taste (Plate 13 of "One Hundred and Fifty New Designs")
date: label: Date
content: 1756
name: label: Designer
content: Thomas Johnson, English, 1714–1778
label: Engraver
content: Butler Clowes, English, 1714–1778
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Three designs for torcheres in the Chinoiserie style. Right, scroll work, supporting two dolphins with intertwined tails. Center, heavy rocaille, with a dog where the legs intersect, and a dragon on top. Left, rocaille work, with tree branches and a flute player. Bottom, the artists' names and date.
place: label: designed in
content: England
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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: Museum purchase through gift of Agnes Miles Carpenter
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1962-191-6
objectType: label: Type
content: ornament
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 17.6 x 24.9 cm (6 15/16 x 9 13/16 in.)