Design for a Framed Print
date: label: Date
content: 1780-1790
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A molded frame before a tablet was evidently intended as the inner frame for something printed (but the proportions are not those of a book). The Tablet is topped by a girl with a lily spray seated before rays and a trophy of colors. She is accompanied by two children, one of whom busies himself with a garland. Another garland is suspended by a festoon. Seven medals are shown in the center of the frieze of the entablature. The central one shows the legend: "LUD. XV D.G.F. Rex." The second at left shows a Fredericus. Pairs of burning hearts, crowned monogram L and triglyphs decorate the frieze laterally. Flower garlands are suspended from the sides of the lablet.
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1911-28-300
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink, brush and sepia wash, graphite on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 40.3 × 35.5 cm (15 7/8 in. × 14 in.)