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Two Panels with Grotesque Designs
François de Cuvilliés1738 and 1745
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Two vertical panels with grotesque designs, which include several putti, flags, and framing elements; on the left, a cartouche with lattice-work pattern. Delicate vegetal decoration throughout.
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Details
- Title: Two Panels with Grotesque Designs
- Creator: Jean-François Cuvilliés
- Creator Lifespan: 1698/1768
- Date Created: 1738 and 1745
- Type: Print
- Rights: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
- Medium: Engraving on off-white laid paper
- Provenance: From the Collection of Léon Decloux
- Paper Support: Off-white laid paper
- Dimensions: Platemark: 36 x 23.5 cm (14 3/16 x 9 1/4 in.)Sheet: 39.2 x 28.3 cm (15 7/16 x 11 1/8 in.)Overall: 3 x 30.3 x 40.1 cm (1 3/16 x 11 15/16 x 15 13/16 in.)Open: 13.5 x 58.6 x 40 cm (5 5/16 x 23 1/16 x 15 3/4 in.)
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