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Engraved ornament plate with a covered urn, two busts, facing lions, and scrolling arabesques on a pale page.

Vase, Busts, and Arabesques Ornament Designs

A printed ornament plate shows a covered urn on a pedestal at top, flanked by two marble-look busts of young men. Below, a horizontal band carries two lions facing each other, with scrolling arabesque ornament along the bottom edge and small engraved inscriptions in the corners.

Artist
Etienne de Lavallée
Date
1788
Medium
Etching and aquatint on laid paper
Source
Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size
3043 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1788).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

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

Español: Diseño ornamental con jarrón, bustos y arabescos

Una lámina ornamental muestra en la parte superior un jarrón con tapa sobre un pedestal, flanqueado por dos bustos de jóvenes. Abajo, una franja horizontal presenta dos leones enfrentados y una greca de arabescos a lo largo del borde inferior.

Português: Projeto ornamental com vaso, bustos e arabescos

Uma prancha ornamental mostra, no alto, um vaso com tampa sobre um pedestal, ladeado por dois bustos de jovens. Abaixo, uma faixa horizontal traz dois leões frente a frente e arabescos ondulados ao longo da borda inferior.