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Ornamental Design for the Letter B
Gilles-Marie Oppenordtca. 1720
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
B in reverse intertwined with satyr. The forepart of a goat and a snake are at right, another snake at left. Oppenord paraph at lower right.
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Details
- Title: Ornamental Design for the Letter B
- Creator: Gilles-Marie Oppenord
- Creator Lifespan: 1672/1742
- Date Created: ca. 1720
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
- Medium: Pen and black ink on white laid paper
- Signed: Signed in pen and black ink, lower right: Oppenord paraph
- Provenance: Bérard; Léon Decloux, Sèvres, France
- Dimensions: 13.5 x 12 cm (5 5/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
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