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Drawing

circa 1700 (made)
Place of origin

Design for decorative scheme (ceiling and overdoors) showing Louis XIV's interlaced ls and fleurs de lys decoration.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink
Brief description
Design for decorative scheme (ceiling and overdoors) for Louis XIV, circa 1700.
Physical description
Design for decorative scheme (ceiling and overdoors) showing Louis XIV's interlaced ls and fleurs de lys decoration.
Dimensions
  • Height: 31.75cm (Note: Taken from Register of Drawings 1868)
  • Width: 22.86cm (Note: Taken from Register of Drawings 1868)
Style
Marks and inscriptions
(Bears the mark of Jean-Charles-Marie Jourdeuil (1811-1868), collector, painter and professeur d'ornementation at the Ecole St Pierre in Lyon, France.)
Object history
Might have been acquired at the sale of JCM Jourdeuil at Sotheby's London, 12-13 June 1868.
Collection
Accession number
6699

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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