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Design of Scissors and Cane Knob

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier1748

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Consisting of five designs; three pairs of scissors, a cane knob, and a detail of the top of the cane knob. Two scissors are in their cases, which are decorated with delicate floral designs at top and bottom. The cane knob is decorated with bands of foliage and acanthus leaves. The top of the knob shows two female figures and two animals.

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  • Title: Design of Scissors and Cane Knob
  • 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: G; upper right; 44; lower left: J.A. Meissonnier inv.; lower right: Huquier Sculp. et ex. rue St. Jacq. C.P.R.; lower center: Ciseaux et Pomme de canne
  • Dimensions: 18.4 x 25.4 cm (7 1/4 x 10 in.)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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