Dessein des grandes Grilles posées sur la Place Royale de Nancy en 1755 par ordre de S.M. le Roy de Pologne
date: label: Date
content: 1767–68
name: label: Designer
content: Jean Lamour, French, 1698–1771
label: Print Maker
content: Dominique Collin, French, 1725 – 1781
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Foldout print pasted together from four sheets, depicting the large rococo ornamental wrought-iron gates from the Place Royale at Nancy. A large central arch, flanked by two smaller arches. The top of the central arch is decorated with the French Royal coat of arms and two portrait ovals with military trophies, below, a mascaron of Apollo with sun rays. The arch is supported by Corinthian pilasters decorated with military trophies and rococo ornament. The two smaller arches are topped with wrought ironwork designed with rococo ornament and motifs and interlaced L’s. Within the cental arch is a large sculpted fountain with the figure of Neptune, a horse, dolphin, putto and nude female and male figures, on a shell with rockwork, fauna, a snake, and shells below. Below the two smaller arches are fountains sculpted with putti and birds. The title is lettered below and the plate is signed.
place: label: published in
content: Nancy, France
label: place depicted
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: 1921-6-210-3
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving and etching on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 47 x 61.4 x 1.4 cm (18 1/2 x 24 3/16 x 9/16 in.)