Three Designs for Embroidered Headboards, from Nouveaux Liure da Partements, part of Œuvres du Sr. D. Marot
published 1703 or 1712
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 13 1/2 × 8 1/2 in. (34.3 × 21.6 cm) Plate: 10 3/4 × 7 1/2 in. (27.3 × 19 cm)
Classification
Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1930
Accession Number
30.4(11)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold *Three Designs for Embroidered Headboards*, a delicate etching from Daniel Marot the Elder's *Œuvres du Sr. D. Marot*, published around 1703 or 1712 by Pierre Husson This print, measuring about 13½ by 8½ inches on the sheet, showcases three intricate ornamental patterns intended for luxurious bed headboards worked in embroidery. Marot, a Huguenot architect and engraver exiled from France after the revocation of the Edict of, blended French Baroque opulence with Protestant restraint, influencing interiors across Europe. These designs capture the era's fascination with *ornement*—elabora...