Title Page
Medium
Bound print
Classification
Bound print
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Accession Number
1921-6-216-109
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
Gilles-Marie Oppenord (1672–1742), a prominent French architect and designer, crafted this elegant *Title Page* as part of a bound print collection published posthumously between 1749 and 1761. Trained in Rome and Paris, Oppenord rose to fame during the Régence period, blending Baroque grandeur with the lighter, asymmetrical curves of emerging Rococo style. He contributed to royal projects like the interiors of Versailles and the Palais-Royal, but his true legacy lies in ornamental designs disseminated through engraved books, influencing European decorators and craftsmen. As a bound print, th...