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Print

ca. 1750 - 1785 (published)
Artist/Maker
Basset (publisher)
Unknown (Engraver)
Place of origin
Paris (published)

Engraving; one of a set of four plates each depicting two commodes or low chests of drawers. Inscribed with title and publisher's details.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Ornament Prints
Object type
Print
Materials and techniques
Engraving print on paper
Printing Ink
Paper
Engraving (Printing Process)
Brief description
Engraved ornament print published by Basset le Jeune; one of a set of four plates depicting commodes (chests of drawers); Paris, 1750-1785.
Physical description
Engraving; one of a set of four plates each depicting two commodes or low chests of drawers. Inscribed with title and publisher's details.
Dimensions
  • Plate height: 35.5cm
  • Plate width: 23.6cm
  • Paper height: 46.5cm
  • Paper width: 30.9cm
Taken from Ornements, architecture. Paris: La Sirène, 1990. Bookseller's catalogue.
Style
French School
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Plan Élévation géométrale de 2. Comode Cintrée en plan et en Elevation' (Inscribed at the top)
  • 'a paris chez basset le jeune rue S. jacques au coin de la rue des Mathurins a. S. genevieve' (Inscribed at the bottom)
Subjects depicted
Commodes (Chests of Drawers)
Furniture
Engraved Ornament
Bibliographic references
  • Ornements, architecture. Paris: La Sirène, 1990. Bookseller's catalogue.
  • Ornements, architecture. Paris: La Sirène, 1990. Bookseller’s catalogue.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.430-1991

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Record createdMarch 2, 2009
Record URL
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