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Two Upright Panels, Livre de Paneaux à divers usages (Book of Panels for Various Uses)

Carl Albert von Lespilliez, François de Cuvilliés1738 and 1745

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Two designs for upright panels in Rococo style. Left panel: within cartouche at upper center, a scene with three putti figures swimming in a river or lake. On the shore, in the distance, a building. Cartouche framed by busts of a man and woman. Ornamental scrollwork completes the decorative scheme. Right panel: within cartouche at upper center, a scene with a putto figure riding a bird, flying towards the sun. Decorative scrollwork completes the scheme, additional putti playing and reclining at bottom.

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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