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Design for Ornament: Two Seated Women

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Oval ornament design with a decorative foliate motif throughout and featuring two central seated female figures each with one arm raised towards and holding a leafy branch. Above the branches is a winged upright female figure.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Designer
Etienne Delaune, French, 1519 - 1583
Date
ca. 1580
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane
Medium
Engraving on off-white laid paper
Dimensions
6.4 x 4.4 cm (2 1/2 x 1 3/4 in.)
Type
ornament
Object Name
Print
Type
Print
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