Alcove Design
date: label: Date
content: 1655–57
name: label: Designer
content: Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682
label: Print Maker
content: Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682
label: Publisher
content: Pierre Mariette II, French, 1634 - 1716
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: An alcove featuring a tapestry on the back wall with a portrait bust on a plinth and ornately sculpted paneling and moldings, including doors flanking the alcove with overdoors featuring eagles, festoons and sphynx. The paneling and moldings feature scrolling leaves, rosettes, mascarons (masks), flying putti, a medallion portrait of Apollo, festoons of leaves, and cornucopias. The plate is signed, numbered and includes a scale below.
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: 1921-6-341-44
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 19.1 × 26.4 cm (7 1/2 × 10 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 14.5 × 20.7 cm (5 11/16 × 8 1/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 14 × 20.3 cm (5 1/2 in. × 8 in.)