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De L'Ornemaniste Recueil de Matériaux pour l'Ornementation

Lithograph
1841 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Print from a set of panels of arabesque, grotesque and chinoiserie ornament.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleDe L'Ornemaniste Recueil de Matériaux pour l'Ornementation (series title)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph
Brief description
Print from an album entitled 'Répetoire De L'Ornemaniste Recueil de Matériaux pour l'Ornementation'. published by Blaisot, Paris, 1841. Consisting of an etched cover and lithographed plates from three sets entitled respectively 'Calendrier Album' (8 plates from a set of 13), Raccolta Di Scene Arabesche' (5 plates, including 1 uncoloured duplicated, from a set of 15) and 'Portefeuille De L'Industriel' (10 plates from a set of 41), all originally published by Chaillou, Paris, before 1838. Panels of arabesque, grotesque and chinoiserie decoration lithographed by P. Riton and Derebergue after designs by Develly and Julienne. Also a plate depicting the Sacred Monogram after a design by Tagliente.
Physical description
Print from a set of panels of arabesque, grotesque and chinoiserie ornament.
Dimensions
  • Volume size height: 34.3cm
  • Volume size width: 27cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1952. London: HMSO, 1963.
Marks and inscriptions
  • '25 October 1841 2e Livraison' (Lettered on the front cover with title of album, name of publisher etc. and partly lettered and partly inscribed in ink)
  • (Each plate lettered with name of publisher etc. Impressed with the stamps of the Paris publishers Chaillou and Letouzé.)
Credit line
Given by the Hon. Lady (Anna) Barlow
Object history
The lithographic stones for the publication mentioned above were sold as Lots 96-98 by Bonnefons de Laviale at the Rue Saint-Honoré, Paris, 2 to 5 April 1838.
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1952. London: HMSO, 1963.
Collection
Accession number
E.2106-1952

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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