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Design for the chased lid of a box

Print
1801 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Meissonnier, Juste-Aurèle (designer)
Obelle (engraver)
Place of origin
Paris (printed)

Engravings and etchings, designs for furniture

Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Print
TitleDesign for the chased lid of a box
Materials and techniques
Engraving and etching
Engraving
Etching
Brief description
Plate from a volume of interior decorations, one of 73 bound together, Paris, 1801.
Physical description
Engravings and etchings, designs for furniture
Dimensions
  • Height: 45cm
  • Width: 32cm
Dimensions taken from Lambert, Susan (ed.) Pattern & Design: Designs for the Decorative Arts 1480-1980 London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1983
Object history
Accessioned April 11 1885. Bought from E Parsons, South Kensington Book and Print Dealer.
Subjects depicted
Furniture
Designs
Engravings
Regency
Bibliographic references
  • Lambert, Susan (ed.) Pattern & Design: Designs for the Decorative Arts 1480-1980 London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1983
  • Droth, Martina (ed.), Taking Shape: Finding Sculpture in the Decorative Arts, Leeds, Henry Moore Institute, 2009.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
29564:81

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Record createdFebruary 27, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O146344/design-for-the-chased-lid-print-meissonnier-juste-aurèle/
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