Design for Ceiling Ornament
date: label: Date
content: 1740
name: label: Designer
content: François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768
label: Print Maker
content: Franz Xaver Andreas Jungwierth, German, 1720–1790
label: Publisher
content: François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Decoration intended for execution in stuccowork, showing a quarter of a ceiling with its corner element, right, and a central rosette. Upper left (presumed central ceiling motif), a symmetrical design with medallion at center, a putti holding a standard (upper left), a seated putti (upper right). Putti are repeated below. Decoration includes pine trees, garlands, S and C scrolls. Below at right angle, motifs of hunting trophies: birds, arrows, banners, a hunting horn, hounds, foxes, squirrel, an owl, placed among horns, pine trees, arabesques and a corner cartouche with animal head in the center and a hunting goddess at top. Sections are connected with dotted lines, presumably as a guide for the stuccodor.
place: label: made in
content: Munich, Germany
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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: 1921-6-282-13
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 27.8 x 39 cm (11 x 15 5/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 26.5 x 30.3 cm (10 7/16 x 12 1/8 in.)