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Floral and Acanthus Leaf Design

Alexis Peyrotte1740

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Large ornament design consisting of swirling acanthus leaves, known as raffle leaves, forming C and S scrolls. Amongst the leaves are clusters of flowers with their natural foliage.

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  • Title: Floral and Acanthus Leaf Design
  • Creator: Alexis Peyrotte
  • Creator Lifespan: 1699/1769
  • Date Created: 1740
  • Type: Print
  • Rights: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
  • Medium: Etcher on white laid paper
  • Provenance: From the Collection of Léon Decloux
  • Paper Support: White laid paper mounted on cream laid paper
  • Inscribed: Inscribed on plate, upper left: A; upper right: 4; lower left: Peirotte in; lower right: huquier Sculp et ex a Paris rue des Mathurins C.P.R.; written on plate in graphite, verso: les 6 feuilles/(unreadable, see object); written on mount in graphite, upper right: n° 4
  • Dimensions: 47.8 x 32.7 cm (18 13/16 x 12 7/8 in.)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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