Drawing, Design for Two Bronze Key Plates, ca. 1780, Richard de Lalonde, circa 1780
Both key-plates are formed by foliate arabesques; that on the left is decorated with garlands, and that on the right with a wreath suspended at the bottom. Date: circa 1780. Dimensions: 16.7 x 27.8 cm (6 9/16 x 10 15/16 in.); ; Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.). Medium: brush and wash, graphite on white laid paper, pen and black ink. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Drawing, Design for Two Bronze Key Plates, ca. 1780 (CH 18170241)