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Bound Print, Two Arabesque Panel Designs

This is a Bound print. It was designed by Gilles Paul Cauvet and published by Gilles Paul Cauvet and print maker: Pietro Antonio Martini and dedicatee: Louis XVIII, King of France. It is dated 1776 and we acquired it in 1920. 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.

It is signed

Lettered in plate, lower left: Cauvet del; lettered in plate, within frame lower right: P. Martini Sc. 1776; lettered lower right: Martini Sculp.

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Bound Print, Two Arabesque Panel Designs; Designed by Gilles Paul Cauvet (French, 1731 - 1788); Print Maker: Pietro Antonio Martini (Italian, 1738–1797); Dedicatee: Louis XVIII, King of France (French, 1755 – 1824); France; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-204-17

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