Designs for Andirons, Oval Medallions, and an Incense Burner
date: label: Date
content: 1777–78
name: label: Designer
content: Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820
label: Print Maker
content: Jacques Juillet, French, 1739- after 1784
label: Publisher
content: Émilie-Louise Avaulez, French, active 1777 – 1779
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Designs for two andirons (firedogs), two oval medallions (depicting a landscape on the left and a portrait of a woman on the right), and a central decorative incense burner with smoke, featuring neoclassical motifs including a fluted column, birds, putti, fruit, wave frieze, cartouches, flowers, vases, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), fleurons, foliate branches, and rosettes. The plate is numbered. The plate is a duplicate to plate 48 from the 8th book (1921-6-482-48)
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: 1921-6-482-34
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 44.8 × 28 cm (17 5/8 × 11 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 37.8 × 23.9 cm (14 7/8 × 9 7/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 36.2 × 22.4 cm (14 1/4 × 8 13/16 in.)