Design for a Carriage
date: label: Date
content: 1753
name: label: Designer
content: Johann Michael Hoppenhaupt II, German, 1709–ca. 1778
label: Print Maker
content: Johann Wilhelm Meil, German, 1733–1805
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a rocaille ornamented carriage. The roof of the coach is domed with tassels hanging down. Plant ornament encompasses the coach from its door to its wheels; other decorative motifs include a dragon, shells, and masks. The carriage has panels of painted pastoral theme. At the back of the coach, a crown is set upon a cushion. The plate is signed.
place: label: made in
content: Berlin, 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: 1921-6-221-2
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 40.8 x 64.2 cm (16 1/16 x 25 1/4 in