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A New book of ornaments, leave, frieze-works, masks, Cyphes etc.

Print
1700-1710 (Published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate 2.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleA New book of ornaments, leave, frieze-works, masks, Cyphes etc. (series title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
Jean Louis Durant, after. One of 8 plates, including title plate, of ornamental designs entitled 'A New book of ornaments, leave, frieze-works, masks, Cyphes etc.' Published in London by Thomas Bowles, about 1710.
Physical description
Plate 2.
Dimensions
  • To plate mark height: 17.4cm
  • To plate mark width: 13.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Lettered in the lower left of the palte: 'J. L. Durant in. fecit'
  • Numbered 'J. 2' in the lower right of the plate.
Object history
From the Rosenheim collection.
Bibliographic reference
Guilmard, D., Les Maîtres Ornemanistes, Paris, 1880-1881, p.108, 57 (2).
Collection
Accession number
E.1499-1923

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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