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Livre d'Ouvrages de Joüaillerie

Print
1762 (published)
Artist/Maker
Jean Quien (designer)
Vivarès, François (published)
Place of origin
London (published)

First issue of the second edition of the suite published by F. Vivares in October 1762.

Plate 5.


Object details

Categories
Jewellery
Metalwork
Designs
Ornament Prints
Object type
Print
TitleLivre d'Ouvrages de Joüaillerie (suite title)
Materials and techniques
etching
Printing Ink
Etching
Brief description
Jean Guien (after), plate, including title plate, from a suite of 6 designs for jewellery and goldsmith's work entitled 'Livre d'Ouvrages de Joüaillerie', London, 1762.
Physical description
First issue of the second edition of the suite published by F. Vivares in October 1762.

Plate 5.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 16.2cm
  • Cut to width: 23.0cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Lettered in the upper left of the plate: 'Couronne d'angleterre'
  • Lettered in the lower left of the plate: 'J. Guien inv. sculp.'
  • Numbered '5' in the lower right of the plate.
Bibliographic references
  • Guilmard, D., Les Maîtres Ornemanistes, Paris, 1880-1881, p.237, 53 (1).
  • (Berlin I) Berlin Staatlich Museen., Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1936-39, 562.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
17588

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O655669/livre-douvrages-de-joüaillerie-print-jean-quien/
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