Oeuvres diverses de Lalonde décorateur et dessinateur
Print
ca.1785 (made)
ca.1785 (made)
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This engraving by C. Le Meunniè shows furniture legs designed by the French designer Richard de Lalonde, active in the late 18th century. These legs were possibly intended for a console table, a type of side table popularised around this period. They were small tables set against a wall, with ornate legs such as these. Imaginative variations on classical themes, such as these legs, were frequent in the earliest period of French neo-classicism. One leg is made up of bound reed, the other is a quiver of arrows with twisted fluting.
Object details
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| Brief description | Richard de Lalonde (after), plate from the 'Oeuvres diverse de Lalonde décorateur et dessinateur etc.', a series of 26 sets of 6 plates each, designs for interior decoration in the Louis XVI style. |
| Physical description | Two designs for the legs of furniture, leg on the left is made up of bound reed, leg on the right by a quiver of arrows with twisted fluting. |
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| Gallery label | The full text of the label is as follows:
"FURNITURE
French, about 1785
Engraving by C.Le Meunnié after Richard de Lalonde
Imaginative variations on classical themes such as these legs, were frequent in the earlier period of French neo-classicism. One leg is made up of bound reed, the other of a quiver of arrows with twisted fluting.
29849.B.6" |
| Object history | Imaginative variations on classical themes such as these legs, were frequent in the earliest period of French neo-classicism. One leg is made up of bound reed, the other by a quiver of arrows with twisted fluting. |
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| Summary | This engraving by C. Le Meunniè shows furniture legs designed by the French designer Richard de Lalonde, active in the late 18th century. These legs were possibly intended for a console table, a type of side table popularised around this period. They were small tables set against a wall, with ornate legs such as these. Imaginative variations on classical themes, such as these legs, were frequent in the earliest period of French neo-classicism. One leg is made up of bound reed, the other is a quiver of arrows with twisted fluting. |
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| Accession number | 29849B/6 |
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| Record created | July 11, 2005 |
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