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Print

ca. 1768 to ca. 1790 (engraved)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Engraving. Plate from a set of designs for elaborately ornamented caskets, powder boxes and jewellery boxes. The page features a design for a jewellery box.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Engraving print on paper
Brief description
Engraved ornament print by Jean-François Forty. Plate from a set of twelve designs for caskets, powder boxes and jewellery boxes. Paris, ca. 1768 to ca. 1790.
Physical description
Engraving. Plate from a set of designs for elaborately ornamented caskets, powder boxes and jewellery boxes. The page features a design for a jewellery box.
Dimensions
  • Plate height: 24cm
  • Plate width: 30cm
  • Paper height: 27.2cm
  • Paper width: 33.2cm
Taken from Ornements, architecture. Paris: La Sirène, 1990. Bookseller's catalogue.
Style
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Ornements, architecture. Paris: La Sirène, 1990. Bookseller's catalogue.
  • Ornements, architecture. Paris: La Sirène, 1990. Bookseller’s catalogue.
Collection
Accession number
E.618-1991

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Record createdMarch 2, 2009
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