DÉCORATION DU SALON COMPOSÉ DE TRANSPARENTS. Qui a eté élevé sur deux batteaux placés sur la Seine le 29 Aoust 1739, jour de l’illumination et des Feux d’Artifice ordonnez par Monsieur Turgot Prevôt des Marchand et Messieurs les Echevins de la Ville de Paris, Exécutée sur les desseins du Chevalier Servandony, et rempli par les Musiciens qui ont Conserté devant leurs Majestez, aussitost qu’elle ont été placées sur le Trône qui leur avoit été dressé au pavillon du Jardin de l’Infante, vis-à-vis...
date: label: Date
content: after 1739
name: label: Publisher
content: François Baillieul, French, 1697? – 1754
label: Publisher
content: Jacques-Philippe Le Bas, French, 1707–1783
label: Designer
content: Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian, active in France, 1695 – 1766
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A festival print illustrating an ephemeral structure in the river Seine, along with other boats for the festivities, illuminations and fireworks given by the city of Paris in 1739. The large structure in the center, appears to be on a rocky island, with a central tall column topped with a globe and flag, with a surrounding colonnade, topped with flags and decorated with ornament. The whole structure is fitted with illuminations, with a group of musicians in the middle, below the column. Other boats with figures and illuminations float around the central island structure. There also fountains on the river along with two fountains in the form of dragons. Facades of the buildings along the Seine are visible in the background. The title and description are lettered above, and the address lettered below.
place: 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: 1921-6-235-3
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper