Design for a Decorative Panel (with Nymphs and Garlands)
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1775
name: label: Designer
content: Gilles Paul Cauvet, French, 1731–1788
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A design for a decorative panel with vertical composition. From the bottom up: two sea creatures (mermen) carry a base upon which two women stand beside an altar with a burning flame. The women are raising a wreath directly above the flame. Next are garlands on which hangs an octagonal medallion, with an image of two sacrificing women. Two half figures of winged children suspend the medallion from a long string/ribbon. The composition ends with a decorative. The panel is inscribed within a frame.
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: Gift of H. O. Havemeyer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1907-13-4
objectType: label: Type
content: wallpaper designs
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Red chalk on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 42.4 x 25.1 cm (16 11/16 x 9 7/8 in.)