Two Designs for Ecclesiastical Ironwork
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1764
name: label: Designer
content: Jean Lamour, French, 1698–1771
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two designs for ecclesiastical ironwork ornamented with rococo motifs, acanthus leaves, garlands of flowers, c-scrolls, palmettes, fleurons and gadroon motifs with winged putti heads. The upper design is topped with a cross, and candles on either side of the arch, with a central cartouche with a portrait of a seated man. The lower design is topped with an ornamented cross, with smoking incense burners on either end. A triangle with Hebrew script surrounded by sun rays is in the center of the central arch, below the cross. The plate is numbered.
place: label: published in
content: Nancy, 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: 1921-6-210-14
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on laid paper