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Title Page, Livre de Portion de Plafonds et d'un Poëlle (Book of Portions of Ceilings and of a Stove)

François de Cuvilliés1731–68

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Title page of book of designs for portions of ceilings and for ceramic woodburning stoves. Decorative border along bottom and right edges. At lower right corner, a scene of putti figures fishing from shore, a waterbird below them. Within the frame at left, a farm scene depicting a woman and a cow. Along borders at bottom and right, groups of tools, styled as a trophy.

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  • Title: Title Page, Livre de Portion de Plafonds et d'un Poëlle (Book of Portions of Ceilings and of a Stove)
  • Creator: François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768, François de Cuvilliés the younger, German, 1731 - 1777, François de Cuvilliés the younger, German, 1731 - 1777
  • Date Created: 1731–68
  • Location Created: Paris, France
  • Publisher: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772, François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768
  • Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
  • Medium: Engraving on paper
  • Credit line: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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