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Collection De Dessins Des Poëles de formes antique et moderne

Print
ca. 1780 (engraved)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Engraving. Design for a classical urn set on a truncated column decorated with two figurative panels.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleCollection De Dessins Des Poëles de formes antique et moderne (series title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving print on paper
Brief description
Engraved ornament print designed by Bosse and probably engraved by Louis-Gustave Taraval; one of eleven plates of designs for plinths; Paris, ca. 1780.
Physical description
Engraving. Design for a classical urn set on a truncated column decorated with two figurative panels.
Dimensions
  • Plate height: 32.5 to 32.7cm
  • Plate width: 19 to 19.2cm
  • Paper height: 41.8cm
  • Paper width: 28.2cm
Taken from Ornements, architecture. Paris: La Sirène, 1990. Bookseller's catalogue.
Style
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Ornements, architecture. Paris: La Sirène, 1990. Bookseller's catalogue.
  • Ornements, architecture. Paris: La Sirène, 1990. Bookseller’s catalogue.
Collection
Accession number
E.484-1991

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Record createdMarch 2, 2009
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