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I.Élévations et Profils de Portes Cochères

Print
c. 1776 - 1782 (Printed and published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

An engraving depicting a design for a doorway with a pediment decorated with a heraldic shield, a crown and two putti with fish tails.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • I.Élévations et Profils de Portes Cochères (Series title)
  • Elevations et Profils de Portes Cocheres sous un Imposte avec Cartel de sus (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Engraving on paper
Brief description
Juste-Nathan Boucher (after), 'Elevations et Profils de Portes Cocheres sous un Imposte avec Cartel de sus', plate from a series of 15 sets of 4 plates each, designs for furniture, executed after Boucher's designs by various printmakers, French, ca. 1776-1782
Physical description
An engraving depicting a design for a doorway with a pediment decorated with a heraldic shield, a crown and two putti with fish tails.
Dimensions
  • Average size height: 35.8cm
  • Width: 22.2cm
Style
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Guilmard, D., Les Maîtres Ornemanistes, Paris, 1880-1881, p. 230, 38.
  • (Berlin I) Berlin Königliche Museen, Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung, Leipzig, 1894, 32.
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929
Collection
Accession number
E.2437-1928

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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