Arabesque Ornament Design

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Arabesque ornament design featuring neo-classical grotesque motifs, scrolling acanthus leaves, portrait roundels, fleurons, putti, ribbons and floral festoons, rosettes, and lions. The plate is numbered and signed.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Designer
Pierre Thomas Le Clerc, French, ca. 1740 - ca. 1796
Print Maker
Laurent Guyot, French, 1756 - 1808
Publisher
Laurent Guyot, French, 1756 - 1808
Date
1788
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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