Title Page: Arabesque Ornament Design
date: label: Date
content: 1788–89
name: label: Designer
content: Pierre Thomas Le Clerc, French, ca. 1740 - ca. 1796
label: Print Maker
content: Laurent Guyot, French, 1756 - 1808
label: Publisher
content: Laurent Guyot, French, 1756 - 1808
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Title page and arabesque ornament design featuring neo-classical grotesque motifs, portrait roundels, portrait bust, female herms, baskets of flowers, ribbons, hanging trophies of musical instruments, scrolling acanthus leaves, foliage, birds, rosettes, quivers of arrows, a vase, and festoons of flowers. The plate is titled and signed.
place: 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: 1921-6-337-5
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Aquatint and etching on laid paper