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Print, Design for Lockframes and Keys, from "Liures de Serurerie"

This is a Print. It was designed by Jacques Le Pautre and print maker: Pierre Drevet. It is dated ca. 1660 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching on paper; verso: graphite on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

Its dimensions are

29 × 19.7 cm (11 7/16 × 7 3/4 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark

It is inscribed

"Excudit" of the le Pautre address has been eliminated and replaced by "fe." "Drevet excud" is added, at right. Reverse, in opposite direction, bottom: the construction of a triangular wooden roof.

Cite this object as

Print, Design for Lockframes and Keys, from "Liures de Serurerie"; Designed by Jacques Le Pautre (French, 1653 - 1684); Print Maker: Pierre Drevet (1663 - 1738); etching on paper; verso: graphite on paper; 29 × 19.7 cm (11 7/16 × 7 3/4 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-125

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