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Cahier de Girandoles, Candelâbres et Lustres avec leurs plans

Design
ca.1785 (published)
Artist/Maker
Foin (printmaker)
Jacques-François Chéreau (publisher)
Lalonde, Richard De (designer)
Place of origin
Paris (published)

Print from a set of 6 plates of designs for chandeliers, candelabra and lustres.


Object details

Categories
Ornament Prints
Printed Pages & Sheets
Prints
Designs
Writing
Object type
Design
Titles
  • Cahier de Girandoles, Candelâbres et Lustres avec leurs plans (assigned by artist)
  • Oeuvres Diverses de Lalonde (series title)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Printing Ink
Engraving
Brief description
Print from a set of 6 plates of designs for chandeliers, candelabra and lustres entitled 'Cahier de Girandoles, Candelâbres et Lustres avec leurs plans'. Engraving by Foin after Richard de Lalonde, ca.1785.
Physical description
Print from a set of 6 plates of designs for chandeliers, candelabra and lustres.
Dimensions
  • Approx. height: 21.6cm
  • Approx. width: 34.3cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1952. London: HMSO, 1963.
Style
French School
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'La Londe Inv. Foin Sculp. Chereau Exc. C.P.R.' (Lettered with title, publisher's series letter, number of set, scale in feet and)
  • '6'' (Numbered)
Subjects depicted
Candelabra
Chandeliers
Lustres
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1952. London: HMSO, 1963.
  • Guilmard, D., Les Maîtres Ornemanistes, Paris, 1880-1881, p. 241, no. 66.
  • (Berlin II) Berlin Staatliche Museen, Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1936-39, no. 1269:8.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.358-1952

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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