Designs for the Border of the Biblical Chronology for the King , 2nd Plate, pl. 36 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier
date: label: Date
content: 1748
name: label: Designer
content: Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
label: Etcher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Only state. Plate showing two elongated border designs consisting of cartouches decorated with garlands, and pairs of ovals with dates of the history of the world and the years before the birth of Christ. Left cartouche: vertical arrangement of vase, garlands, acanthus leaves, two female figures and one child figure; inscribed in ovals, upper left: 2800; upper right: 1204; lower left: 2000; lower right: 1104. Right cartouche: cornice at top, below inscribed in a square, left: Ans/du/Monde; right: Ans/avant/J. Christ; below inscriptions, shell motif, vase, garlands; six ovals below with inscriptions, upper left: 2600; upper right: 4400; central left: 2700; central right: 1300; lower left: 2800; lower right: 1204.
place: label: made in
content: Paris, 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: 1921-6-212-12
objectType: label: Type
content: ornament
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 32.3 x 15 cm (12 11/16 x 5 7/8 in.)