Coquilles Et Plantes Maritime, from "Collection de plantes étrangères en fleurs, fruits, corail et coquillages", 1784
Jacques Chartonexpand_more
Hand-colored engravingexpand_more
The Minnich Collection The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund, 1966expand_more P.17,145
Not on Viewexpand_more
Alongside the advancement of their scientific study, shells, in 18th-century France, became an important design element in architecture, painting, furniture, and decorative arts. Shell motifs abounded, and they revealed a richness of color and shape, including bizarre coils, and fancy crenellated edges. This selection from a suite of sixty colored plates features shells in an entirely imaginary setting. Hanging from the branches of a bizarre plant that springs from a big sea snail, or blossoming from a coral tree, Jacques Charton’s shells epitomize the playfulness and visual pleasure of the Rococo period.
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- Coquilles Et Plantes Maritime, from "Collection de plantes étrangères en fleurs, fruits, corail et coquillages"
- Artist Life
- 18th century
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- Artist
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- P.17,145
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