Designs for Gun Parts and Ornament
date: label: Date
content: 1657
name: label: Designer
content: François Marcou, French, 1595 – 1660
label: Print Maker
content: C. Jacquinet, French, active 1650 – 1660
label: Publisher
content: François Marcou, French, 1595 – 1660
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Designs for gun parts and ornament decorated with grotesque ornament, fantastical animals, mascarons (masks), oval profile portrait, cartouche, heraldry (coat of arms), helmet, terminal figure, fleurons, flowers, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), and foliate scrolls. The plate is signed and numbered.
place: label: made in
content: France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
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: 1921-6-408-27
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 15.6 × 20.9 cm (6 1/8 × 8 1/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 10.2 × 15.3 cm (4 × 6 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 9 × 13.5 cm (3 9/16 × 5 5/16 in.)