Rocaille Designs for Frame and Border Decoration
date: label: Date
content: mid- 18th century
name: label: Designer
content: Georg Leopold Hertel, German, active ca. 1780
label: Publisher
content: Johann Georg Hertel, German, 1719–1768
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Designs for ornamented borders or frames with rocaille motifs including scrolls, shells, rinceaux, and garlands. The plate is signed and numbered.
place: label: published in
content: Augsburg, Germany
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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: 1921-6-317-48
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on off-white laid paper