Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Two overdoor designs. The overdoor on top features an oval medallion with a cannon in the center, and a plumed helmet above. Around the medallion are attributes of war, including flags, arrows, quivers, and shields. The overdoor below has a round medallion with a monogram made of flowers and scrolls, with a wreath with two doves above it, and a torch and quiver behind. The plate is signed and numbered.
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Designer
- Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96
- Print Maker
- Augustin Nicolas Foin, French, 1726–c. 1759
- Publisher
- Jacques-François Chéreau, French, 1742–1794
- Date
- 1775-1788
- Credit Line
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
- Medium
- Etching on off-white laid paper
- Object Name
- Type
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