Ceiling Design
date: label: Date
content: ca.1660–1713
name: label: Designer
content: Nicolas Pierre Loir, French, 1624 - 1679
label: Print Maker
content: Nicolas Pierre Loir, French, 1624 - 1679
label: Publisher
content: Pierre Mariette II, French, 1634 - 1716
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a square or rectangular ceiling with a detailed view of one end. The center is blank and framed by two different moldings (leaves and gadrooning). The border is decorated by ornament framed by moldings featuring winged putti, vase, foliate scrolls, rosettes, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), ribbons, and festoons of leaves. The plate is signed and numbered.
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: 1921-6-333-42
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on paper