This image is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions), and as such we offer a high-resolution image of it. See our image rights statement.

 

This and 14 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Book, Album of Prints: Architecture and Ironwork Designed by Various Artists.

Object Timeline

1920

  • We acquired this object.

2017

2025

  • You found it!

Bound Print, Plafon du Salon de Me. la Princesse de Rohan. coté opposé aux croisées

This is a Bound print. It was designed by Germain Boffrand and print maker: Pierre Edme Babel and published by Pierre Patte. It is dated after 1745 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

It is signed

Lettered (faintly) lower left, in plate: Babel Sculp.

It is inscribed

Printed upper center, in plate: Plafon du Salon de Me. la Princesse de Rohan. coté opposé aux croisées.; Inscribed in graphite, upper left, in plate: Existe en cet état 1917; Inscribed in graphite, lower right, in margin: 1921-6-218(15)

Cite this object as

Bound Print, Plafon du Salon de Me. la Princesse de Rohan. coté opposé aux croisées; Designed by Germain Boffrand (French, 1667 - 1754); Print Maker: Pierre Edme Babel (French, 1720–1775); Published by Pierre Patte (French, 1723–1814); France; etching and engraving on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-218-15

This image is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions). You can copy, modify, and distribute this work without contacting the Smithsonian. For more information, visit the Smithsonian’s Terms of Use page.

If you would like to cite this object in a Wikipedia article please use the following template:

<ref name=CH>{{cite web |url=https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18224399/ |title=Bound Print, Plafon du Salon de Me. la Princesse de Rohan. coté opposé aux croisées |author=Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |accessdate=6 February 2025 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution}}</ref>