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Designs for Scrollwork Escutcheons

mid- 17th century

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Vertical format sheet with designs for scrollwork escutcheons. Left row, top: a left half, ink, and a right half, chalk, pushed together. The latter shows a fruit festoon. Center: a left half, ink, and at right, chalk, ink. A mark is in the bottom center of the first one. Bottom and right half; a shell forms the field. Right row, top: a left half, with a hand on top. Bottom: a left half, the lower part of which stands in front of a pedestal, is united with a right half of a different design. A mark is in the center top of the former. A festoon connects one of the lateral scrolls with a spiral at the pedestal.

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