Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Design for interior wall. A framed painting or tapestry at center depicting a still life of fruit with monkeys at left, architectural ruins and partial view of landscape in background; the frame of the scene topped with an armorial trophy. Below the painting, a narrow marble console table with two matching pillars topped with matching gilt bronze candelabra. Flanking the painting are partial views of decorative wall panels (wainscoting). Scale at lower center.
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Designer
- François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768
- Print Maker
- Carl Albert von Lespilliez, German, 1723 - 1796
- Publisher
- Nicolas-Jean-Baptiste Poilly, de, French, 1707 – 1780
- François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768
- Date
- 18th century
- Credit Line
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
- Medium
- Engraving on paper
- Object Name
- Bound print
- Type
- Bound print
