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 66 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Designs for Architectural Details and Ornament.

Object Timeline

1920

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

  • You found it!

Print, Plinth or Column Base Designs

This is a Print. It was designed by D. Antoine Pierretz and published by Madeleine de Colemont and print maker: D. Antoine Pierretz. It is dated 1648 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching 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 inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper right margin: No. 40; numbered in plate, lower right: 24

Cite this object as

Print, Plinth or Column Base Designs; Designed by D. Antoine Pierretz (French, active 1647); Published by Madeleine de Colemont (French, d. 1664); France; etching on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-446-39

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/18282059/ |title=Print, Plinth or Column Base Designs |author=Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |accessdate=8 February 2025 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution}}</ref>