Arabesque Design
date: label: Date
content: 1780-1784
name: label: Designer
content: Michel, French, active 18th century
label: Print Maker
content: Jacques Juillet, French, 1739- after 1784
label: Publisher
content: Louis-Joseph Mondhare, French, 1734–1799
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Arabesque design with two satyr children playing pan pipes. At the top of the arabesque is a bird with wings outstretched, standing on a snake. Below the bird are vines, garlands, and reeds forming into candelabra. Hanging down the side next to the satyr children are trophies with musical instruments: on the left, a horn, a violin, and a musical score; on the right, a lyre. Below the satyr children are twisting reeds that terminate in putti forms who hold garlands of flowers. The plate is not signed or numbered.
place: label: made in
content: France
label: published in
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: 1921-6-362-5
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 36.5 x 19.7 cm (14 3/8 x 7 3/4 in. ) (plate)
label: Dimensions
content: 40.0 x 25.4 cm (15 3/4 x 10 in.) (sheet)