Canapé executé pour Mr. le Comte de Bielenski Grand Mal. de la Couronne de Pologne, en 1735 thumbnail 1
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Canapé executé pour Mr. le Comte de Bielenski Grand Mal. de la Couronne de Pologne, en 1735

Print
ca.1745 (published)
Artist/Maker
Huquier, Gabriel (engraver)
Huquier, Gabriel (publisher)
Meissonnier, Juste-Aurèle (designer)
Place of origin
Paris (published)

Plate depicting a design for a sofa with shell-work ornamentation.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Interiors
Furniture
Object type
Print
TitleCanapé executé pour Mr. le Comte de Bielenski Grand Mal. de la Couronne de Pologne, en 1735 (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Etched and engraved
Engraving
Etching
Brief description
Plate depicting a design for a sofa by Juste Aurèle Meissonnier for. From a set (6) of designs (series letter Q) engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier, ca.1745
Physical description
Plate depicting a design for a sofa with shell-work ornamentation.
Dimensions
  • Height: 31.7cm
  • Width: 36.5cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1967. London: HMSO, 1968.
Style
Rococo
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Canapé executé pour Mr. le Comte de Bielenski Grand Mal. de la Couronne de Pologne, en 1735' 'J. A. Meissonnier inv. Huquier Sculp. A Paris chés Huquier rue St. Jacques au coin de celle des Mathurins. C.P.R.' 'Q' (Lettered, and with publisher's series letter)
  • '94' (Numbered)
Object history
From the 'Oeuvre de Juste Aurèle Meissonnier', a volume of engravings after the works of the French designer, architect and goldsmith, Juste Aurèle Meissonnier (1695-1750). These were issued in three editions between 1742 and 1750. The designs of Meissonnier had previously been published in printed sets or cahiers by Chereau the publisher, and were advertised in the Mercure in March 1734.

This plate is one of six (series letter Q), depicting designs for interior decoration, furniture, ceiling and mural paintings. The sofa depicted in this plate was designed for Count Bielinski, grand marshal of Poland.
Subjects depicted
Sofa
Shellwork
Scrollwork
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1967 . London: HMSO, 1968.
  • Snodin Michael, Howard Maurice, Ornament. A social History Since 1450, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1996, 48.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.240-1967

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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