Rijksmuseum

Design for a vase

Date

c. 1770 - c. 1780

Medium

paper, ink, pencil, chalk

Institution

Rijksmuseum

Vases were amongst the favourite subjects for 18th-century architects and designers. Cauvet was an architect who occupied himself with every aspect of interior decoration. The vase in this design has a kind of second skin, which curves upwards to form the openwork handles. It stands on a circular pedestal, sculpted with garlands of fruit.

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