Ostrich Rirders, Plate from a Set of Chinoiserie Representations
date: label: Date
content: 1770–1780
name: label: Designer
content: Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808
label: Print Maker
content: Martin de Monchy, b. 1746
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two Chinese figures riding on the back of an ostrich-like bird. One carries a long-handled umbrella with bells. Bottom: "J. Pillement delin." "Demonchy sculp"; top left: "C". Two framing lines.
place: label: made in
content: 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: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1920-36-178
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: 35.9 × 25.4 cm (14 1/8 in. × 10 in.)