Designs for Tableware, Plate XV of Designs of Chinese Buildings, Furniture, Dresses, Machines and Utensils.
date: label: Date
content: 1757
name: label: Designer
content: William Chambers, British, b. Sweden, 1726–1796
label: Engraver
content: Pierre Fourdrinier, French, active England, 1720 - 1760
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Eight separate objects, some decorated with motifs from nature including lizards, fish, bamboo, and others are displayed in three tiers. The top tier displays three objects: a vase, a three legged burner and at right, a vase shaped like two fish, joined. The second tier displays a teapot at left in the shape of a seated monkey, and at right, a teapot whose shape bears resemblance to a piece of fruit. The third tier at the bottom of the sheet shows a candlestick at left decorated with a lizard and vines, a teapot with bamboo motifs at center, and at right, a candlestick with ecclesiastic motifs.
place: label: made in
content: England
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1984-75-1
objectType: label: Type
content: tableware designs
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on tan laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 46.6 x 30.8 cm (18 3/8 x 12 1/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 54.1 x 34.7 cm (21 5/16 x 13 11/16 in.)