Panel Design of Grotesque Ornamentation
date: label: Date
content: 1711
name: label: Designer
content: Jean Berain, the elder, French, 1640-1711
label: Print Maker
content: Jacques-François Bénard, French, 16..–1751
label: Publisher
content: Jacques Thuret, French, 1669–1738
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Panel design filled with symmetrical, grotesque ornaments. In the center is a woman in a throne, with figures featuring Asiatic attributes at her side or approaching. Holding up the ornamental architecture are four terms with figural pairs based on the four continents (from left to right: Africa, America, Europe, Asia). The plate is signed and has Thuret's publication information printed at the bottom.
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: 1921-6-201-2
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on laid paper