Cartouche with Putti and Dolphins, Livre de Cartouches Reguliers (Book of Regular Cartouches)
Blank symmetrical oblong cartouche in Rococo style topped with two putti holding the tails of dolphins. Vegetation at sides, a triton at lower left.
Credit: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
1738
Etching and engraving on paper
1921-6-281-24
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
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