Profil et Elévation d'une Voyelle [et] Duchesse brisée ou Chaise longue
date: label: Date
content: 1775-1788
name: label: Designer
content: Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96
label: Print Maker
content: Pierre Claude Delagardette, French, 1745 - 1792
label: Publisher
content: Jacques-François Chéreau, French, 1742–1794
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Profile of a Voyelle chair, as well as an elevation of the chair back and a plan of its seat. This type of chair was used for game playing, where an individual could kneel on the seat and lean against the back to better see the table where games were being played. The plate also features a design for a long lounging chair. The plate is signed and numbered.
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: 1921-6-279-21
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 36.8 × 22.6 cm (14 1/2 × 8 7/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 30.5 × 18.6 cm (12 in. × 7 5/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 27.2 × 16 cm (10 11/16 × 6 5/16 in.)