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A New Book of Ornaments Consisting of Compartment Decorations of Theaters, Ceilings, Chimney Pieces, Doors, Windows and other Beautyful Forms Useful to Painters, Carvers, Engravers, &c.

Print
1753 (Published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Architectural details from plate 7 of 'A New Book of Ornaments Consisting of Compartment Decorations of Theaters'.

V&A inventory numbers 17553, 17554 and 17555 are on the same sheet.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleA New Book of Ornaments Consisting of Compartment Decorations of Theaters, Ceilings, Chimney Pieces, Doors, Windows and other Beautyful Forms Useful to Painters, Carvers, Engravers, &c. (series title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
Antonio Visentini after Angelo Rosis. Architectural details from plate 7 from a suite of 24 architectural decorations entitled 'A New Book of Ornaments Consisting of Compartment Decorations of Theaters, Ceilings, Chimney Pieces, Doors, Windows and other Beautyful Forms'. London, 1753.
Physical description
Architectural details from plate 7 of 'A New Book of Ornaments Consisting of Compartment Decorations of Theaters'.

V&A inventory numbers 17553, 17554 and 17555 are on the same sheet.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 33.8cm
  • Cut to width: 21.2cm
Bibliographic references
  • Guilmard, D., Les Maîtres Ornemanistes, Paris, 1880-1881, p.330, 3 (1).
  • (Berlin II) Berlin Staatlich Museen., Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1936-39, 589.
Collection
Accession number
17554

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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