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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Engraved plate of oval snuff boxes with ornate rosette lid, plain lid, and a base with a medallion and garlands.

Boëtes ou Tabatieres

Richard de Lalonde, 1770

Oil study of a still lake with rocky shore, a pointed mountain and distant ridges under a glowing evening sky.

Mounts Katahdin and Turner from Lake Katahdin, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1855

Engraved allegory of Pallas guiding an infant beside Father Time with a scythe, a nursing mother, books, a globe and a palett

The Education of Infancy by Time and Nature

Hieronymus Sperling, 1770

Engraved plate of a classical urn on a pedestal with a central title panel reading III Suite de Vases.

Iiie. Suite de Vases

Jacques-Philippe de Beauvais, 1760

Landscape study of wooded hills, a meadow with a small house, and a warm orange foreground with pencil rock outlines.

Mt. Desert Island ?, landscape

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Etching of the Nativity with Mary holding the infant Christ, angels, and an IHS monogram inside an ornate scrolled frame.

Nativity

Johann Evangelist Holzer, 1700

Engraved print of two floral tailpieces: an upper oak branch with acorns and a lower bouquet of roses, grapes and blossoms.

Two Floral Tailpieces or Fleurons

Jean-Jacques Bachelier, 1760

Painted study of a tall coconut palm above terracotta tiled roofs of wooden houses, with two birds perched on its fronds.

Palm Trees and Housetops, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1857

Painted seascape of a rocky shore with evergreens under a red sunrise sky, with distant headlands over calm water.

Schoodic Peninsula from Mount Desert at Sunrise

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Engraved plate of a cylinder desk with a curved roll top, drawers, and floral and trophy decoration on tapered legs.

Grand Secrétaire, ou Bureau à Cylindre

Richard de Lalonde, 1770

Engraved design of an ornate urn with female head handles, grapevines, fluted body and floral finial on a stepped pedestal.

Ornamental Vase Design

François Voisin, 1780

Loose oil sketch of a calm sea under a pinkish cloudy sky with a thin distant horizon line.

Seascape with Icecap in the Distance

Frederic Edwin Church, 1859

Engraved print of a classical country house with terraced steps, fountains, statues and trees behind it.

Country Home for a Literary Gentleman

Mario Asprucci The Younger, 1800

Engraved design plate of a crowned heraldic cartouche with scrollwork above a lattice-panelled railing.

Comtesse

Laurent Desboeufs de Saint-Laurent, 1770

Oil sketch of a snow-capped mountain above clouds and dark ridges, with smaller study panels of hills at right.

Studies of Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1857

Oil sketch of a snow-capped volcano above brown hills, with green shrubs and a thatched hut in the foreground.

Study of Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1857

Engraving of a seated woman winding yarn in a courtyard with classical columns, laundry, and figures working by a well.

The Italian Yarn-Winder

Jean Baptiste Claude Chatelain, 1750

Engraving of a formal French garden with scrollwork parterres, a central fountain, pavilions, and strolling figures before wo

Veüe du Grand Parterre et de la Demi lune de Richelieu

Adam Pérelle, 1700

Engraved vertical ornament design with winged figures, urns, garlands and a medallion of three classical figures.

Arabesque Ornament Design

Charles Normand, 1780

Engraved plate of a canopied bed, two armchairs and swagged drapery in a paneled room, labeled Tapissier.

Split Interior Elevation Showing Upholsteries

Engraved plate of flintlock gun parts, ornamental scrollwork, and fittings, with a small hunter and dragon motif.

Designs for Firearms Ornament and Fittings

Claude Simonin, 1700

Engraved plate of six ornamental key bows and keyhole escutcheons with floral and wreath motifs, captioned Anneaux de Clefs.

Anneaux de Clefs

Richard de Lalonde, 1770

Engraved design of a neoclassical table with a draped female caryatid supporting a scrolled top and an urn with relief figure

Design for Table, Plate 2 from "Six Tables Grecques & Pendules"

Juste Nathan François Boucher, 1770

Engraved architectural elevations of a building facade and a courtyard half-moon structure with arches and columns.

Elevation du costé de la Maison et de l’edifice de Monsr. Jabba coe il a esté proietté et comme estoit la premiere pe…

Jean Marot, 1630

Engraved architectural elevation and floor plan of a manor house with towers, dormers and central arched entrance.

Profil de la Maison de Monsieur de Bretonvillers

Jean Marot, 1630

Engraved plate of two candlestick designs, one with carved masks and garlands, the other with crossed ribbon ornament.

Bougeoires

Juste Nathan François Boucher, 1770

Engraved rococo cartouche design with an eagle, peacock, grapes, garden tools and shells around an empty central panel.

Design for a Cartouche Representing the Garden

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1740

Engraved plate of two neoclassical armchairs with carved ornament and fluted legs, titled Fauteuil Antique avec Ornement.

Fauteuil Antique avec Ornement

Richard de Lalonde, 1780

Engraved elevation of an ornate wrought iron gate with flanking railings, stone piers, and a carved shield crest above.

Gate Design

Caillouet, 1770

Engraved ornamental cartouche with putti, trophies, a central mask and griffins, on a cream page.

Cartouche Design

Jean-Bernard Turreau, 1710