A Buffet and a cupboard
Furniture Design
1630 (published)
1630 (published)
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This print is from a set entitled Verscheyden Schrynwerck als Portalen, Kleerkassen, Buffeten … engraved after a design by Paulus Vredeman de Vries. The set of designs are for woodwork, and this print shows a design for a buffet or sideboard and a cupboard. The design incorporates a female figures, drawing comparison between architecture and the human form.
Ornament designs like this were copied by artisans, who copied them in the making of furniture, vases, textiles and so on, and were important in spreading the influence of various styles.
Ornament designs like this were copied by artisans, who copied them in the making of furniture, vases, textiles and so on, and were important in spreading the influence of various styles.
Object details
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| Title | A Buffet and a cupboard (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Engraving on paper |
| Brief description | Paulus Vredeman de Vries. 1 of 20 plates from a suite of 24 designs for furniture, including title plate, entitled 'Verscheyden Schrynwerck als Portalen...'. Dutch, 1630. |
| Physical description | Print depicting a buffet and a cupboard, engraving, and showing mannerist variations on the classical order, here applied to furniture. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Lettered 'd' in the lower left of the plate. (Lettered) |
| Object history | This print shows mannerist variations on the classical order, here applied to furniture. Hans Vredeman de Vries and his son Paul played a major part in bringing this type of mannerist design to northern Europe. |
| Production | Plate from a set entitled Verscheyden Schrynwerck als Portalen, Kleerkassen, Buffeten... |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | This print is from a set entitled Verscheyden Schrynwerck als Portalen, Kleerkassen, Buffeten … engraved after a design by Paulus Vredeman de Vries. The set of designs are for woodwork, and this print shows a design for a buffet or sideboard and a cupboard. The design incorporates a female figures, drawing comparison between architecture and the human form. Ornament designs like this were copied by artisans, who copied them in the making of furniture, vases, textiles and so on, and were important in spreading the influence of various styles. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.3740-1953 |
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| Record created | May 4, 2005 |
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