Title Page: Arabesque Ornament Design

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Title page and an arabesque ornament design featuring vases, scrolls, festoons of flowers, leaves and fruit, acanthus leaf motifs, vases, cornucopias, winged head of Apollo, an angel, and a female figure with acanthus leaves for legs. The plate is titled and signed.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Designer
Etienne de Lavallée, French, 1735 – 1802
Print Maker
Laurent Guyot, French, 1756 - 1808
Publisher
Laurent Guyot, French, 1756 - 1808
Date
1788–89
Credit Line
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Medium
Aquatint and etching on laid paper
Object Name
Print
Type
Print
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