Ceiling Design
date: label: Date
content: 1760–73
name: label: Designer
content: Jacques-François Blondel, French, 1705–1774
label: Publisher
content: Nicolas-Jean-Baptiste Poilly, de, French, 1707 – 1780
label: Publisher
content: Jean François Daumont, French, active 1740-1775
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A ceiling design with highly ornamented cornice, with rococo and grotesque motifs, masks, putti, birds, c-scrolls, s-scrolls, gadrooning, fleurons, drapery, mythological figures. The center of the upper and lower cornice is decorated with a scene with putti in landscapes with trees, rockwork, plants, and animals. The corners include mythological figures with putti and trees. The plate is signed, numbered and with the address.
place: label: made in
content: France
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: 1921-6-374-12
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