Two Ornament Designs
date: label: Date
content: ca.1660–1713
name: label: Designer
content: Nicolas Pierre Loir, French, 1624 - 1679
label: Print Maker
content: Nicolas Pierre Loir, French, 1624 - 1679
label: Publisher
content: Pierre Mariette II, French, 1634 - 1716
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two plates of ornament designs printed side-by-side on a single sheet. The designs feature winged putti standing flanking plinths featuring an oval with a standing female figure, vases, flowers, a cartouche with a putto, fruit, shells, mask (mascaron), ribbons, festoons of leaves, fleurons, foliate scrolls, and scrolling leaves (rinceaux). The plates are signed and numbered.
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: 1921-6-333-62
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on paper