Architectural Ornament Designs
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: Page with two plates printed next to one another. The left plate features consoles, an ornamental clasp, a fountain, and a guéridon; they are decorated with motifs including mascarons, acanthus leaves, scrolls, garlands, rosettes, and shells. The plate on the right has two trophies, with attributes of war: horn, spears, axe, arrows, quiver. The plate on the right is part of another sub-album of trophies (see 1921-6-216-10/11). Both plates are signed and numbered.
place: label: published in
content: Paris, France
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1921-6-216-9
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