Design for a Buffet
date: label: Date
content: ca.1680–1710
name: label: Architect
content: Pierre Cottart, French, ca. 1630 – 1701
label: Publisher
content: Jean Mariette, French, 1660–1742
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A plan, elevation, and section design for a buffet in the Parisian residence of Mr. Thevenin. To the right is an elevation, view of a wall with a buffet in the center. The buffet consists of tiered shelves over a console table and displays ewers, vases, cups, and a large plate. On the wall there is a large, molded frame for a painting or mirror. The walls on either side of the buffet are marble with wall fountains set into arched niches, made up of shell ornament with water pouring out of mask’s mouths into shell-shaped basins below. The fountains and the cornice frieze feature rococo motifs, c-scrolls, s-scrolls, birds, and acanthus leaves. Above each fountain are rectangular plaques depicting vignettes of figures in landscapes, topped with flowers and fruit. To the left, a sectional view of a fountain with water cascading over the first shell-basin and into the circular basin below. And a plan view of the fountain and half of the buffet, with a scale below. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
place: label: made in
content: France
label: published in
content: Paris, France
label: place depicted
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: 1921-6-353-11
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