Interior Wall Elevation
date: label: Date
content: 1696–1740
name: label: Publisher
content: François II de Poilly, French, 1666 – 1741
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: An interior wall elevation with an alcove in the center containing a mirror and a sofa (lit a l’anglaise), flanked by paneling (boiseries) featuring oval panels, and doors with overdoor frames decorated with rococo motifs and ornament including, palmettes, feathers, cartouches, c-scrolls, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), s-scrolls, acanthus leaves, fleurons, masks, diaper and pearl patterns, and festoons of fleurons. The frieze of the entablature has a combination of strapwork, masks (mascarons), scrolling leaves (rinceaux), and plamettes motifs. A scale and plan view of the niche below.
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: 1921-6-385-15
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