Ornament Detail and Designs for Decorative Ironwork
date: label: Date
content: 1759–68
name: label: Designer
content: Jean Lamour, French, 1698–1771
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two plates printed on a single sheet, The upper plate is a detail of a design for rococo ornament with a shell motif, flowers, fleurons and an acanthus leaf scroll. The lower plate features three designs for sections of decorative wrought-iron balustrades, with rococo ornament and motifs, acanthus leaves, c-scrolls, palmettes, foliage and fleurons. Both plates are numbered and the lower is signed.
place: label: published in
content: Nancy, 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: 1921-6-210-22
objectType: 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