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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Engraved pendant design with an armored figure in a central niche, scrollwork ornament, ribbon bow and hanging drops, on a bo

Pendant Design

Flemish Hans Collaert the Elder, 1580

Etched frieze designs with scrolling foliage, reclining figures, fruit garlands and a classical bust in a medallion.

Two Frieze Designs

Jean Le Pautre, 1650

Engraved plan and elevation of a marble sideboard with bronze ornaments, shown in an arched interior niche with sconces.

Plan et Elévation d’un Buffet de marbre avec ornements de bronze et dont le Tableau et plafond sont peints à Paris ch…

Pierre Cottart, 1710

Engraved sheet with three ornamental friezes of scrolls, fruit, a female face, and a flower basket.

Frieze, from the set, "Ornemens à la Mode"

Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau the Elder, 1640

Engraved architectural plate showing an Attic column base and a Corinthian impost and archivolt with module scale bars.

Base Attique. Imposte et Archivolte Corinthien

Richard de Lalonde, 1770

Engraving of a rococo fountain in scrolled ornament, with a standing man at left and a seated woman in a wide gown at right.

Le Rendez-vous

François-Thomas Mondon, 1730

Etching of two French alcove designs with ornate panels, draped fabric, and classically dressed figures in conversation.

Two Designs for French Alcove

Jean Le Pautre, 1650

Engraved plate of six neoclassical pedestal and column designs with garlands, fluted shafts and Corinthian capitals.

Modèles de Guéridons, Guaines, Piédouches, Vases, à l’Usage de Bâtimens et Jardins

Flemish Jean-François de Neufforge, 1760

Etched design of an ornamental urn with figure supports, garland swags and scrolled foot on a book page.

Ornamental Vase Design

Charles Leviez, 1770

Engraved plate of a rococo mirror frame with scrolling ornament, flanked by smaller cartouche and paneling designs.

Frame, Cartouche, and Paneling Designs

Jean-Baptiste Girard, 1750

Engraved chimney piece design with winged figures holding a crown, a battle roundel, flanking candelabra, and a scale bar in

Chimney Piece Design

D. Antoine Pierretz, 1650

Engraved design of an antique dome with a sundial, putti, urns and a bowed female figure atop a pedestal.

Essai d’un Dome Antique terminé dun Piedestal amortize d’une figure pedestre

François de Cuvilliés the younger, 1760

Engraving of Saint John the Baptist holding a cross staff and a book with a lamb, standing in a wooded landscape with a halo.

Saint John the Baptist

Francesco Villamena, 1620

Engraved design sheet of ornate gun parts with floral scrollwork, a helmeted head, a medallion portrait, and a tent scene.

Designs for Gun Parts and Ornament

François Marcou, 1650

Engraved plate of ornamental designs for porringer handles, lids, and knobs, with scrolls, shells, and dolphins.

Ornament Designs for use on Porringer’s (Shallow Bowls), Lids, and Handles

Masson, 1710

Engraved floor plan of the Château de Fayelles showing symmetrical wings, a courtyard with four garden quarters, and a scale

Plan du Chasteau de Fayelles

Jean Marot, 1630

Engraving of townspeople under an arcade, with a figure hoisted in a basket from a tower in the background.

The Poet Virgil Suspended in a Basket

Netherlandish Lucas van Leyden, 1520

Engraved plate showing two balcony balustrade designs, one with interlocking oval rings and one with scrolling ornament.

Two Balcony Balustrade Designs

Caillouet, 1770

Etched print of three vertical trophies with Bacchic attributes like wine cups, grapes, staves, and garlands.

Trophies with Attributes of Bacchus

Richard de Lalonde, 1770

Engraved design of an ornate rococo-style sofa with carved scrolled frame, oval medallion, and cabriole legs on a book page.

Design for a Sofa

Engraved rococo cartouche with a pastoral scene of a flute player, seated figures, a tree, and ruins.

Design for a Cartouche with Vignette

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved rococo interior elevation with chimneypiece, mantel clocks, mirrors, garlands and statues on pedestals.

Elevation of an Interior with Chimneypiece

Johann Michael Hoppenhaupt II, 1750

Engraved elevation of a paneled double door with a pediment, carved capitals, a threshold plan and a scale bar.

Design for a Door

Richard de Lalonde, 1780

Engraved print with six oval views of French hospices, a chapel, and a columned portico, with captions below each.

Vignettes of French Buildings

Antoine Joseph Gaitte, 1700

Engraved architectural plan and section of a house with an English garden, courtyard, and surrounding trees near Beauvais.

Plan general et coupe d’une Maison construite dans l’Enclos du Couvent des Carmelites près Beauvais par Mr. Belanger…

Jean-Charles Krafft, 1810

Engraved architectural plate showing plans, elevations and sections of two garden pavilions at Chantilly, with gothic arches.

Plans Coupes Elévations et detail des deux Chaumières au cidevant jardin de Chantilly/ par le Roy, Architect

Jean-Charles Krafft, 1810

Engraved architectural elevation of a bedroom fireplace wall with an alcove bed, ornate paneling, and cherubs above the chimn

Nouveau dessein du côte de la cheminée d’une chambre a coucher dont le lit est en niche du dessein du Sr. Blondel

Jacques-François Blondel, 1720

Engraved allegory of painting and sculpture with palette, brushes, bust, putto, and a tablet inscribed La Peinture et la Scul

La Peinture et la Sculpture

Clément Pierre Marillier, 1780

Engraved plate of a Gothic window with swagged tasseled curtains, pointed arch, and foliate pilasters, with a feet scale bar.

Croisée Gothique Drapée

Richard de Lalonde, 1780

Engraved plate of an ornate cupboard door flanked by pilasters with relief putti, with a scale bar and floor plan below.

Decoration d'une Porte à placards, traittée dans le même gout que la precedente

Jean Mariette, 1680

Engraved plate of Corinthian entablature sections with cornice, impost and archivolt profiles and a module scale bar.

Developpement de l'Entablement Corinthien avec Corniche, Imposte, Archivolte à l'usage des Portes et Fenêtres

Flemish Jean-François de Neufforge, 1760

Engraved architectural plate with elevations, a courtyard plan, and a dairy section of a country house at Neuilly.

Petite Maison d’agrement, située à Neuilly, joignant au Jardin pittoresque planté en 1791, par Belanger, Artiste Arch…

Jean-Charles Krafft, 1810

Engraved portrait of Galileo Galilei, bearded man in dark dress and white collar, with dedication inscription below.

Portrait of Galileo Galilei (1562-1642)

Galgano Cipriani, 1800

Engraved plate with four rococo wrought iron designs: two balconies, a small balcony and a stair railing, with dense scrollwo

Four Designs for Decorative Ironwork

Jean Lamour, 1750

Engraved ornamental design with a central cartouche, scrolls, and foliate motifs for a headboard or backpiece.

Headboard and Backpiece Designs

Nicolas Guérard, 1710

Engraved sheet of ornamental designs including jewelry pendants, a mirror, clasps, and a decorated book cover with scrollwork

Designs for Jewelry, Clasps, Fans, Mirror, and Bookbinding

Friedrich Jacob Morison, 1700

Engraved print of a woman with downcast eyes holding a curved sword, with Latin verse inscribed below.

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Claude Mellan, 1620

Engraved elevation of a salon garden wall with three arched windows, pilasters and garland reliefs, with a scale bar below.

Elévation d'un Sallon du côté du Jardin

Juste Nathan François Boucher, 1770

Etching of Roman-style ruins with a shepherd, goats, and a group of women with a parasol walking along a path.

The Lady with the Parasol

Herman van Swanevelt, 1650

Red-toned print of a daybed alcove with swagged drapery, floral garlands, tassels, cushions and two cherubs.

Model de Lit de Repos pour Boudoir ou Alcove

Jean Baptiste Huet, 1780

Engraved grotesque panel with winged putti, grape vines, a central urn, female term figures and acanthus scrolls.

Grotesque with Putti and Grape Vines

Master of the Die, 1530

Etching of two chinoiserie figures on a seesaw above a rock, with foliage, tassels and a hanging canopy.

Plate 3, "Cahier de Blançoires Chinoises"

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1770

Engraved title page with an ornamental fountain, mascaron and sea creatures in a circular frame above a lettered cartouche.

Title Page

Edmé Bouchardon, 1730

Engraved plate of fourteen numbered tin objects, including ornate crosses, lidded vessels, lamps and a scrolled crozier.

Potier d’Étain Bimblotier

J.R. Lucotte, 1760

Etching of a calm Amsterdam harbor with sailboats, rowboats, and spired buildings along the waterfront under a dusky sky.

View of Amsterdam

Léopold Flameng, 1860

Engraved rococo frame design with empty oval center, floral garlands, scrolls and fruit with garden tools below.

Frame or Cartouche Design

Pierre Ranson, 1770

Engraved architectural design showing a cornice with egg-and-dart moldings and a frieze of laurel wreaths and rosettes.

Design for a Cornice

Richard de Lalonde, 1780

Engraved plate showing two ornate rococo altar candlesticks with scrolled feet, numbered 25.

Chandeliers d'autel

Pierre Germain, 1740

Etched title page with a juggler, seated figures, a canopy and foliage framing a cartouche with the title text.

Title Page, "Suite de Jeu Chinois"

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1770

Engraved plate showing a park plan with winding paths and two small garden buildings, a gate and an orangery facade.

Partie du Parc de Mr. Davelouis à Soisy sous Etiole ou se trouvent les Fabrique ci-devant detaillée et construite par…

Jean-Charles Krafft, 1810

Engraving of Saint John seated on an eagle among clouds, writing in a book within a radiating halo of light.

Saint John, writing, seated on an Eagle

Giulio Romano, 1510

Pen and ink drawing of a group of robed men with raised arms and kneeling figures, arranged in a dynamic religious scene.

Group of Apostles

Alphonse Alexandre Leroy, 1840

Engraved plate of architectural molding profiles and door and frame sections with French labels and a two-foot scale bar.

Developpement et Profils de diverses sortes d'assemblages à l'usage des Appartements

Flemish Jean-François de Neufforge, 1760

Woodblock print of a coastal scene with Mount Fuji, sailboats on calm sea, pine trees, and a small pagoda on the shore.

Arai From the series the 53 Stations of Tokaido

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1790

Engraved plate of labeled crowns in rows above a grid of heraldic shields showing tinctures and ordinaries.

Designs for Crowns and Coat of Arms

Nicolas Guérard, 1710

Engraved page with three numbered classical vase and ewer designs in framed panels, each with relief decoration.

Three Vase Designs

Charles Normand, 1780

Engraved plate of two ornamental door knockers with scrolls and garlands, flanked by two round rosette escutcheons.

Heurtoirs à Boucles

Richard de Lalonde, 1770

Engraved decorative panel with floral garlands, bouquets, ribbon bows and scrolling ornament in a symmetrical layout.

Decorative Panel Design

Pierre Ranson, 1770

Engraved print of ornamental designs for gun parts with scrolls, putti, eagles and medallion portraits, dated 1660.

Designs for Gun Parts and Ornament

Le Thuraine Thobie Tourneur, 1660

Engraved allegorical plate titled La Terre with a crowned female figure, two rearing animals, cherubs and a central medallion

La Terre

Jean Démosthène Dugourc, 1780

Engraving of a hanging hunting trophy: a fox on a hoop with a horn, rifle, powder flask and game bag beneath a ribbon.

Hunting Trophy

Christophe Huet, 1740

Sepia print of a decorative corner moulding with acanthus leaves and a laurel sprig along a molded border.

Corner Moulding Design

A. Panier, 1790

Engraved plate of a keyhole surrounded by scrolling foliage, with a bird and a winged figure among the ornament.

Plate 7, from Diverses pièces de serruriers (Various Designs for Locksmiths)

Hugues Brisville, 1660

Engraved plate of four ornamental fish knives with decorated blades showing sea creatures, serpents and a figure riding a dra

Couteaux a Poisson

Henri Sallembier, 1800