Drawing, Designs for two doorknockers, ca. 1780, Richard de Lalonde, circa 1780
Knocker seen in right profile in the form of an arabesque decorated with acanthus leaf motifs. Rosette button fills center of s-curve. Date: circa 1780. Dimensions: 18.2 x 29.8 cm (7 3/16 x 11 3/4 in.); matted with -184; ; Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.). Medium: laid paper, pen and black ink, wash. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Drawing, Designs for two doorknockers, ca. 1780 (CH 18170237)