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Design for Two Bronze Key Plates

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Both key-plates are formed by foliate arabesques; that on the left is decorated with garlands, and that on the right with a wreath suspended at the bottom.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Artist
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96
Date
ca. 1780
Credit Line
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Medium
Pen and black ink, brush and wash, graphite on white laid paper
Dimensions
16.7 x 27.8 cm (6 9/16 x 10 15/16 in.)
Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)
Type
metalwork
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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