Desseins de differents Lambris
Print
ca. 1705 (published)
ca. 1705 (published)
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This engraving after G. Feuillet’s designs for interior architecture was published around 1705. It shows classical orders applied to interior architecture. The scale divisions shown are still in use today. The column is the column of Phocas, made from white marble, with a Corinthian capital. It was erected at the Forum in Rome in AD 608 for the Byzantine emperor Phocas, who was violently dethroned only two years later. The monument, which still stands today, was the last to be built at the Forum.
Object details
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| Title | Desseins de differents Lambris (series title) |
| Materials and techniques | Engraving on paper |
| Brief description | Print after G. Feuillet, plate 6 from a suite of 6 designs for interiors after Feuillet's 'Desseins de differents Lambris', engraved by Johann Boxbart and published by Jeremias Wolff , Germany, about 1705 |
| Physical description | An engraving depicting a design for the interior of a library or study. |
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| Gallery label | The full text of the label is as follows:
"THE ORDERS APPLIED TO INTERIORS
German, about 1705
Two engravings by Johann Boxbart
(1671-1727) published by Jeremias Wolff in Augsburg, copied from G.Feuillet's Desseins de differents Lambris of about 1675.
The use of the classical orders here determine the scale of the interior architecture, whether as fully architectural, supporting columns (lower print) or as flat pilasters carrying through two "storeys" of panelling above a base and dado (upper print). The same scale divisions, but without visible orders, are still in use today.
E.2471&3-1913" |
| Object history | Engraving copied from G.Feuillet's Desseins de differents Lambris of about 1675. The use of the classical orders here determine the scale of the interior architecture, whether as fully architectural, supporting columns (upper print - E.2471 or 2473-1913) or as flat pilasters carrying through two "storeys" of panelling above a base and dado (lower print - E.2471 or 2473-1913). The same scale divisions, but without visible orders, are still in use today. The column of Phocas was erected in 608 AD to commemorate an Emperor of the East. It was a major sight in the Forum at Rome before the excavation of other structures, as this model was made for tourists' shows. The column stands on a pedestal with an inscription. The lowest part is called the plinth, the upper part the dado, a term still used for the lower parts of walls. |
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| Summary | This engraving after G. Feuillet’s designs for interior architecture was published around 1705. It shows classical orders applied to interior architecture. The scale divisions shown are still in use today. The column is the column of Phocas, made from white marble, with a Corinthian capital. It was erected at the Forum in Rome in AD 608 for the Byzantine emperor Phocas, who was violently dethroned only two years later. The monument, which still stands today, was the last to be built at the Forum. |
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| Accession number | E.2473-1913 |
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| Record created | May 23, 2005 |
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