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Design of Cartouche with the Arms of the King Centered in a Border
Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier1748
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Only state. Asymmetrical border with center cartouche with the arms of the king, three fleurs de lis, a crown at the top, a putto at left. Border decorated with swirling leaves and garlands.
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- Title: Design of Cartouche with the Arms of the King Centered in a Border
- Creator: Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier
- Creator Lifespan: 1695/1750
- Date Created: 1748
- Type: Print
- Rights: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
- Medium: Etching on off-white laid paper
- Provenance: Jean Léon Decloux (Decloux 173)
- Paper Support: Off-white laid paper
- Inscribed: Inscribed on plate, upper left: F; upper right: 38; lower left: J.A. Meissonnier inv.; lower right: Huquier Sculp. et ex. rue St. Jacques. CPR.; lower center: Development de bordures du Portrait du Roy.
- Dimensions: 12.2 x 21.9 cm (4 13/16 x 8 5/8 in.)
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