Decorative Monogram Design

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Design for a decorative monogram for the letters B and X featuring flowers, berries, and leaves. The letters are topped with a crown of flowers. The plate is numbered, signed and hand colored.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Designer
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786
Print Maker
Etienne Claude Voysard, French, 1746 - 1812
Publisher
Jacques-François Chéreau, French, 1742–1794
Date
ca. 1780
Credit Line
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Medium
Etching and hand colored in watercolor on paper
Type
ornament
Object Name
Print
Type
Print
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