Soffit and Vase Designs
date: label: Date
content: 1775-1788
name: label: Designer
content: Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96
label: Print Maker
content: C. Le Meunié, French, active 1770–1786
label: Publisher
content: Jacques-François Chéreau, French, 1742–1794
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Four square soffit and two vase designs. The soffit on the upper left of the plate is labeled "Mercure" underneath, and features a Caduceus in the center and rosettes in the corner. The soffit on the lower left is labeled "Amour," and has a bow and arrow in the center, and helmets and wreathes in the corners. The soffit in the upper right of the plate is labeled "Pan," and has a thyrsus and pan pipe in the center, and wreathes in the corner. The soffit in the lower right is labeled "Diane" and has a trophy with crescent moons in the center and acanthus leaves in the corners. The two vases are in the center of the plate. The top vase is a pitcher with a scrolling handle. The lower vase has flowers and fruits emerging from the top. The plate is signed and numbered, but the top lettering is not visible in the binding.
place: 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: 1921-6-278-52
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