Arch and Panels to Use with Carriages and Other Ornaments (Ceintre et Paneaux pour servir a des Carosse et autres ornemens), Plate 2
Designer Georges Charmeton French
Engraver Nicolas Robert French
Publisher Girard Audran French
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Plate 2 from a series of designs to decorate carriages and other things. This plate is caracterized by two designs in half-ellipses.
The top one presents two putti leaning on a vase holding garlands that start in flowers at the center of acanthus scrolls that transform into monsters facing opposite directions and from whose mouths another garland start.
The bottom one presents a niche with a round figurative medallion supported by two leaf-like masks. On both sides are putti holding up garlands of leaves.
