Recueil d'Ornemens à l'Usage des Jeunes Artistes qui se Destinent à la Décoration des Bâtimens
Ornament Print
1777 (first published)
1777 (first published)
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One of 98 designs for ornamental motifs for use in interiors
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Title | Recueil d'Ornemens à l'Usage des Jeunes Artistes qui se Destinent à la Décoration des Bâtimens (Suite title) |
Materials and techniques | Etchings, crayon manner etchings and engravings |
Brief description | Gilles-Paul Cauvet (after), 1 of 98 plates from a collection of ornamental motifs designed by Cauvet for use in interiors, including title page, dedication and frontispiece; etched and engraved by various printmakers including Cauvet himself. French, 1777. |
Physical description | One of 98 designs for ornamental motifs for use in interiors |
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Object history | Cauvet employed numerous printmakers to execute the etchings for this collection also producing a number himself, though only three are signed (Baltimore, cat. 71). This volume of designs was transferred from the National Art Library to the Museum collections in 1915. |
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Accession number | E.3325-1915 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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