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Livre Nouveau de toutes sortes d'ouvrages d'Orfevries

Print
1665 (Published)
Artist/Maker
François Lefebvre (Designer)
Balthazar Moncornet (Printmaker)
Balthazar Moncornet (Publisher)
Place of origin
Paris (Published)

Each plate is divided horizontally into two sections, the top section containing elaborate designs for jewellery, such as bracelets, pendants, watch cases etc., the lower section containing a view of a city, which varies with each plate - Paris, Rome etc..


Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Print
TitleLivre Nouveau de toutes sortes d'ouvrages d'Orfevries (suite title)
Materials and techniques
engraving and etching
Brief description
François Lefebvre (after), 1 of 10 plates, including title plate, from the suite of 12 entitled 'Livre Nouveau de toutes sortes d'ouvrages d'Orfevries (sic)', jewellery designs for goldsmiths and enamel workers, third edition engraved and published by Balthazar Moncornet, Paris, 1665.
Physical description
Each plate is divided horizontally into two sections, the top section containing elaborate designs for jewellery, such as bracelets, pendants, watch cases etc., the lower section containing a view of a city, which varies with each plate - Paris, Rome etc..
Dimensions
  • Average size of plate height: 17cm
  • Width: 13cm
  • Sheet height: 186mm
  • Sheet width: 146mm
Marks and inscriptions
Lettered with title etc. in French and German
Object history
According to Fuhring, the first edition of the suite was published by Moncornet in 1657.
Bibliographic references
  • Under 'Moncornet' Guilmard, D., Les Maîtres Ornemanistes, Paris, 1880-1881, p. 54, 71.
  • Berlin Staatliche Museen, Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1936-39, 819.
  • Fuhring, P. Ornament prints in the Rijksmuseum II: The Seventeenth Century, 3 vols, Rotterdam, 2004, 1752-1762.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
25416:3

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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