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Designs for Chocolate Cups, Plate 1 from 1st Cahier d'Ornemens et Fleurs

Jean-Baptiste Fay1780–90

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Designs for the decoration of twelve chocolate cups composed of birds and foliate motifs.

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  • Title: Designs for Chocolate Cups, Plate 1 from 1st Cahier d'Ornemens et Fleurs
  • Creator: Jean-Baptiste Fay
  • Creator Lifespan: 1780/1790
  • Date Created: 1780–90
  • Type: Print
  • Rights: Gift of Catharine Oglesby
  • Medium: Engraving on off-white laid paper
  • Paper Support: Off-white laid paper
  • Inscribed: In plate, lower left corner: designer's name
  • Exhibitions: Minneapolis, MN - University Gallery, Iniversity of Minnesota. "Inhabitants of the Enchanted Isle: French Pleasure Gardens in the Age of Grandeur" April 24 - June 5, 1975. [cat. #8]
  • Dimensions: 46 x 29.7 cm (18 1/8 x 11 11/16 in.)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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