La Terre
date: label: Date
content: 1782
name: label: Designer
content: Jean Démosthène Dugourc, French, 1749–1825
label: Print Maker
content: Jean Démosthène Dugourc, French, 1749–1825
label: Publisher
content: Jacques-François Chéreau, French, 1742–1794
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: An allegorical arabesque panel design representing ‘earth’, featuring embracing winged putti, butterflies, squirrels, a medallion with classical figures, the female torso of the goddess Cybele, foliate branches, scrolling leaves, fruit, grapes, festoons of flowers and leaves, scrolling acanthus leaves, a panther, and a lion. The plate is titled, 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: 1921-6-396-35
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on paper