Design for a Fountain Supported by Dolphins and Two Dogs
date: label: Date
content: 1690s
name: label: Designer
content: Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Jet of water from sphere atop shell-like tier supported by two upside-down entwined dolphins. water from dolphins' mouths flows into pool at base. Two dogs (one on each side) stand on rocky base with their front paws at tier rim. Each dog holds in its mouth a brach from which water spouts.
label: Description
content: One sheet of paper drawn on recto and verso, mounted onto an album page with window cutout to see verso.
place: label: made in
content: 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: Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1960-102-20
objectType: label: Type
content: albums (bound) & books
label: Object Name
content: Album page
label: Type
content: Album page
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink, watercolor on paper