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Huitieme Livre des oeuvres de Mr. Messonnier

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 sword hilt.


Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Print
Titles
  • Huitieme Livre des oeuvres de Mr. Messonnier (series title)
  • Gardes d'Epées d'or pour les presens du mariage du Roy en 1725 (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Etched and engraved
Etching
Engraving
Brief description
Plate depicting a design for a sword hilt. From a set (6 on 3 sheets) entitled 'Huitieme Livre des oeuvres de Mr. Messonnier' (series letter H). Engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier, ca.1745.
Physical description
Plate depicting a design for a sword hilt.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19cm
  • Width: 21.6cm
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
  • 'Gardes d'Epées d'or pour les presens du Mariage du Roy en 1725' 'J. A. Messonnier [sic] inv. Huquier Sculp. et ex. rue St. Jacque C.P.R.' 'H' (Lettered, and with publisher’s series letter)
  • '52' (Numbered)
Object history
From '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 from a set - entitled 'Huitieme Livre des oeuvres de Mr. Messonnier' (series letter H) - depicting designs for snuff-boxes, sword-hilts, watch-cases and the knob of a cane.

The sword-hilt depicted in this plate was presented to Louis XV on the occasion of his marriage in 1725.
Subjects depicted
Hilt
Sword
Association
Louis XV (King of France)
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1967 . London: HMSO, 1968.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.188-1967

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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