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Plate 3, Livre de vases (Book of Vases)

François Boucher1738–72

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Folio 3, plate 3 of a series of 12. Folio 2, plate 2 of a series of 12. Design for a vase or perfume burner to be executed in metal with curving fluted forms, placed on a pedestal. Two climbing figures of putti decorate the lid. At the sides, busts of winged female figures. At the front, a shell-like form. Smoke clouds in the background. At the base of the vase, leafy branches.

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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