Design for the chased lid of a box

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

Engravings and etchings, designs for furniture

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Category	Ornament Prints
Object type	Print
Title	Design 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 created	February 27, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O146344/design-for-the-chased-lid-print-meissonnier-juste-aurèle/

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