This and 11 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album Containing two Series of Tailpieces and Fleurons, 1760.

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Print, Two Floral Tailpieces or Fleurons, 1760

This is a Print. It was designed by Bachelier and published by Geneviève-Marguerite Chéreau and engraved by P.P. Choffard and print maker: P.P. Choffard. It is dated 1760 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.

It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

Its dimensions are

Sheet: 26.8 x 26.4 cm (10 9/16 x 10 3/8 in.)

It is signed

Lettered in plate, lower left: Bachelier inv.; lower right: PP. Choffard Sculp.

It is inscribed

Numbered in plate, lettered lower left: 2; lower center: Avec Privilege du Roy.; lower right: a; inscribed in graphite lower right margin: 2

Cite this object as

Print, Two Floral Tailpieces or Fleurons, 1760; Designed by Jean-Jacques Bachelier (French, 1724 - 1806); Engraved by P.P. Choffard; Published by Geneviève-Marguerite Chéreau (French, active 1755-1768); France; etching and engraving on laid paper; Sheet: 26.8 x 26.4 cm (10 9/16 x 10 3/8 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-234-2

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