Two Floral Tailpieces or Fleurons
date: label: Date
content: 1762
name: label: Designer
content: Jean-Jacques Bachelier, French, 1724 - 1806
label: Print Maker
content: Pierre-Philippe Choffard, French, 1730–1809
label: Publisher
content: Geneviève-Marguerite Chéreau, French, active 1755-1768, d.1782
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Fifth plate from the second series of tailpieces and fleurons originally designed for the 1755-1759 four-volume edition of the Fables de La Fontaine. Two fleurons or tailpieces, one above the other, made of flowers, fruit, leaves, ribbons, and branches. The plate is numbered and signed.
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: 1921-6-234-11
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: Sheet: 26.9 x 21.3 cm (10 9/16 x 8 3/8 in.)