Ornament Composition

Pierre Edme Babel, French, ca. 1720-1775ca. 1745

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Trellis architecture, showing at its center a fountain with water spouting from a bird's beak. In lower right-hand corner, there is a vase of some sort with plants sprouting up from it. Foliage and wood work mingle as they wind around the center fountain.

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Title: Ornament Composition
Creator: Pierre Edme Babel, French, ca. 1720-1775
Date Created: ca. 1745
Original Source: http://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/18466
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, black chalk on white laid paper
Credit line: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Chalk Ink Laid paper Pen Pigment