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Design for a pedestal

Furniture Design
c.1770s-80s (printed)
Artist/Maker
Großmann, Carl August (etcher)
Johann Georg Hertel I (publisher)
Place of origin
Augsburg (printed)

One of four designs for pedestals


Object details

Categories
Ornament Prints
Architectural Fittings
Designs
Object type
Furniture design
TitleDesign for a pedestal (generic title)
Materials and techniques
etching
Printing Ink
Etching
Brief description
Carl August Grossmann. One of four plates of designs for pedestals. Germany, c. 1770s-80s
Physical description
One of four designs for pedestals
Dimensions
  • To plate mark height: 28.7cm
  • To plate mark width: 19.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Lettered in the lower left of the plate: 'Grand'home, del'
  • Lettered in the lower centre of the plate: 'No: 121'
  • Lettered in the lower right of the plate: 'I. G. Hertel, exc.'
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1927, London: Board of Education, 1928.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1721-1927

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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