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Print, Ornament Detail and Designs for Decorative Ironwork

This is a Print. It was designed by Jean Lamour. It is dated 1759–68 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving on laid 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.

It is signed

Lettered lower left, in lower plate: Lamour invenit

It is inscribed

Numbered upper left, within upper plate: 21; numbered left center, within lower plate: 22; inscribed in graphite lower right, below plate: 27; inscribed in graphite lower right margin: 1921-6-210 (22)

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Print, Ornament Detail and Designs for Decorative Ironwork; Designed by Jean Lamour; France; etching and engraving on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-210-22

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