Cross Section of a Three-Story Building
date: label: Date
content: 1749-1761
name: label: Designer
content: Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742
label: Print Maker
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
label: Publisher
content: Chez Huquier
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Cross section of a three-story building showing the interiors on the left side of the plate and details of various moldings on the right. The interior features various decorative elements including panel trophies, carved and painted overdoors, allegorical paintings, and ornamental clasps of shells and mascarons. An inscription at the bottom of the page indicates that this is the cross section of the stables of the Palais Royal, the façade of which is illustrated on the title page of the series, 1921-6-216(62). The plate is signed and numbered, but it is trimmed on the right side.
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: 1921-6-216-63
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 laid paper