Gerandoles, Plate XXI, from Chippendale's Director

An engraved plate of four rococo girandole designs arranged in two columns, drawn in fine black line. The upper pair shows scrolling C-curves and foliage with a bracket, while the lower left design rises into a tiered, architectural form. Printed on off-white laid paper within a bound book page.

Artist

Thomas Chippendale

Date

1755

Medium

Etching on off-white laid paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

2682 × 4000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum