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 40 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Arabesque Designs.

Object Timeline

1920

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

  • You found it!

Print, Vase, Busts, and Arabesques Ornament Designs

This is a Print. It was designed by Etienne de Lavallée and print maker: Laurent Guyot. It is dated 1788 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and aquatint 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 in plate, lower left: Lavallé Pousin Del; lettered lower right: Guyot Sculp

It is inscribed

Numbered in plate, upper left: No.4; lettered upper right: 5e Cahier; inscribed in graphite, lower center margin: 20

Cite this object as

Print, Vase, Busts, and Arabesques Ornament Designs; Designed by Etienne de Lavallée (French, 1735 – 1802); Print Maker: Laurent Guyot (French, 1756 - 1808); France; etching and aquatint on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-335-20

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/18255923/ |title=Print, Vase, Busts, and Arabesques Ornament Designs |author=Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |accessdate=7 February 2025 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution}}</ref>