Plate 1, L’Air (The Air), Arabesques (Arabesques)

Jean Démosthène Dugourc1782

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Title plate of a series of six numbered plates. Symmetrically-designed panel with grotesques, including two horn-blowing children standing on an eagle at lower center. Ornamental decoration includes birds, garlands, and flowers.

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Title: Plate 1, L’Air (The Air), Arabesques (Arabesques)
Creator: Jean Démosthène Dugourc, French, 1749–1825, Jean Démosthène Dugourc, French, 1749–1825
Date Created: 1782
Location Created: Paris, France
Publisher: Jacques-François Chéreau, French, 1742 - 1794
Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
Medium: Etching on paper
Credit line: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council

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Jean Démosthène Dugourc Etching France