Conversation Chinoise
date: label: Date
content: 1736
name: label: Designer
content: François-Thomas Mondon, French, 1709 – 1755
label: Print Maker
content: Antoine Aveline, French, 1691 – 1743
label: Publisher
content: François-Thomas Mondon, French, 1709 – 1755
label: Publisher
content: Antoine Aveline, French, 1691 – 1743
label: Dedicatee
content: Alexis II Madeleine-Rosalie de Châtillon, French, 1690 – 1754
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A chinoiserie (European decorative arts and architectural style inspired by fanciful ideas of China and East Asia) ornament print featuring a male and female figure seated in a fantastical landscape surrounded by rocaille motifs and a fantastical bird or dragon. The male figure holds a parasol. The ornament features a vase with leaves, shells, feathers, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), c-scrolls, and batwings. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
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: 1921-6-366-12
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 and engraving on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 23.3 x 17.8 cm (9 3/16 x 7 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 31.9 x 23.5 cm (12 9/16 x 9 1/4 in.)