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A New Book of Chinese Designs Calculated to Improve the present Taste etc.

Print
1754 (Published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Engraving, of chinoiserie design, bound in a volume of maroon-coloured leather, tooled with gold.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleA New Book of Chinese Designs Calculated to Improve the present Taste etc. (Suite title)
Materials and techniques
etching and engraving
Brief description
Matthias Darly and George Edwards, 1 of 116 plates, including title plate and index, from A New Book of Chinese Designs Calculated to Improve the present Taste etc. London, 1754.
Physical description
Engraving, of chinoiserie design, bound in a volume of maroon-coloured leather, tooled with gold.
Dimensions
  • Average size, to plate mark height: 19.5cm
  • Width: 25.2cm
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Lambert, S. (ed.), Pattern and Design: Designs for the Decorative Arts, 1480–1980 (London, 1983), p. 20, 1.7.a.
  • Lambert, Susan (ed.) Pattern & Design: Designs for the Decorative Arts 1480-1980 London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1983
  • Guilmard, D., Les Maîtres Ornemanistes, Paris, 1880-1881, p. 519, n. 21.
Collection
Accession number
E.6585-1905

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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