Chaire de l’Eglise de St. Nicolas du Chardonet sur le dessein de Mr. Le Brun
date: label: Date
content: 1657–1716
name: label: After
content: Charles Le Brun, French, 1619–1690
label: Publisher
content: Pierre Mariette II, French, 1634 - 1716
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a Pulpit from a series of six Pulpits from Parisian churches. The Pulpit is illustrated in profile on the right side, with seven smaller line details for the moldings and cornice elements, some show ornament such as acanthus leaves, an angel herm and vase with flowers. The sculpted railing is shown in the upper left, decorated with strapwork design, rosettes, and foliage. A plan of the staircase leading to the pulpit is in the lower left with the title lettered within. There is a scale along the right margin within the plate. The pulpit is richly decorated with sculptural motifs such as an angel, herms, vases, garlands, vignettes with figures and scenes, and ornamental friezes.
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: 1921-6-354-2
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper