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Three Designs for Torcheres in the Chinese Taste (Plate 13 of "One Hundred and Fifty New Designs")
Thomas Johnson1756
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Three designs for torcheres in the Chinoiserie style. Right, scroll work, supporting two dolphins with intertwined tails. Center, heavy rocaille, with a dog where the legs intersect, and a dragon on top. Left, rocaille work, with tree branches and a flute player. Bottom, the artists' names and date.
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- Title: Three Designs for Torcheres in the Chinese Taste (Plate 13 of "One Hundred and Fifty New Designs")
- Creator: Thomas Johnson
- Creator Lifespan: 1714/1778
- Date Created: 1756
- Type: Print
- Rights: Museum purchase through gift of Agnes Miles Carpenter
- Medium: Engraving on paper
- Inscribed: Inscribed on plate, upper left: Plate 13; lower left: T Johnson inv. t delin.; lower center: Publish'd according to Act of Parliament. 1756.; lower right: B. Clowes sculp.
- Dimensions: 17.6 x 24.9 cm (6 15/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
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