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Plate 7, Livre de vases (Book of Vases)
François Boucher, Gabriel Huquierca. 1738
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Folio 7, plate 7 of a series of 12. Design for a vase to be executed in metal, placed on a pedestal. Shell-shaped forms near the neck and lid, the handle connected to the base by a snake-like chain. Sitting on the handle is a crouching dog baring its teeth. Reclining in the slope of the neck, at right, a putto figure.
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- Title: Plate 7, Livre de vases (Book of Vases)
- Creator: François Boucher, French, 1703–1770, Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
- Date Created: ca. 1738
- Location Created: Paris, France
- Publisher: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Etching in red ink on cream laid paper
- Credit line: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
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