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Engraved rococo cartouche with empty oval center, curling scrolls and smoke rising from flame-like forms at top, on a printed page.

Design for Cartouche: Allegory of Fire

An engraved rococo design shows an empty oval cartouche framed by curling scrolls, shells and wisps of smoke rising from flame-like forms at the top. The sheet is printed on laid paper with a border, a small line of French text along the bottom edge, and signatures in the lower corners.

Artist
Jacques de Lajoüe
Date
1740
Medium
Engraving on white laid paper
Source
Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size
2892 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1740).
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

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