Design for a Door
Classification
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Accession Number
1921-6-332-112
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
### Design for a Door Step into the refined world of late 18th-century French design with *Design for a Door* by Richard de Lalonde, a skilled ornamental artist active from 1780 to 1796. Created between 1780 and 1789 during the Louis XVI era, this print captures the Neoclassical elegance that defined aristocratic interiors just before the French Revolution. Lalonde specialized in intricate patterns inspired by ancient Greek and Roman motifs, blending symmetry, garlands, and delicate scrollwork to elevate everyday architecture like doorways into statements of sophistication. As a print—likely ...