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Acanthus Leaf Design

Alexis Peyrotte1740

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Horizontal view of large, swirling acanthus leaf design consisting of raffle leaves and a repetitive design of small ovals at the center of the arrangement.

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  • Title: Acanthus Leaf Design
  • Creator: Alexis Peyrotte
  • Creator Lifespan: 1699/1769
  • Date Created: 1740
  • Type: Print
  • Rights: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
  • Medium: Etching on white laid paper
  • Provenance: From the Collection of Léon Decloux
  • Paper Support: White laid paper mounted on cream laid paper
  • Markings: Verso: isolated red chalk markings (see object)
  • Inscribed: Inscribed on plate, upper left: B; upper right: 6; lower left: Peirotte in; lower right: huquier Sculn et ex A Paris rue des Mathurins C.P.R.; written in graphite on mount, lower right: n° 12
  • Dimensions: 30.7 x 48 cm (12 1/16 x 18 7/8 in.)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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