Album of Balustrade (Rail) Designs
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1775
name: label: Designer
content: Gabriel Bonthomme, France, active ca. 1775
label: Publisher
content: Jean-Baptiste Crépy, French, active 1753 – d. 1796
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Album featuring two series of wrought iron balcony balustrade (rail) designs by Gabriel Bonthomme. The designs feature scrolling leaves, c-scrolls, s-scrolls, meandering (Greek-keys) bands, beads, and diaper patterns. Some of the plates are signed.
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1921-6-488
objectType: label: Type
content: albums (bound) & books
label: Object Name
content: Album
label: Type
content: Album
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0