Trophy Designs
Medium
Classification
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Accession Number
1921-6-391-87
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
**Trophy Designs***Pierre Ranson (French, 1736–1786), 1779–90 Print; Smithsonian American Art Museum into the refined world of late 18th-century French decorative arts with Pierre Ranson's *T Designs*, a captivating print from 177990. Ranson, a skilled French engraver, this work during the waning years of the Ancien Régime, just before the French Revolution reshaped Europe. Acquired for the Smithsonian American Art Museum through the Advisory Council, it offers a window into the ornamental patterns that adorned Europe's elite interiors. Trophy designs, as the title suggests, feature sym...