This and 11 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Interior Wall Elevations.

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1920

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2016

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Print, Wall Elevation with an Alcove

This is a Print. It was published by Étienne Charpentier. It is dated 1739–80 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.

It is signed

Lettered in plate, lower left: a Paris chez Charpentier rue St. Jacques au Coq

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate lower center: Divers Dessins de Menuiserie pour la/ décoration des Appartemens presen-/tement à la mode; inscribed in graphite lower left margin : 1

Cite this object as

Print, Wall Elevation with an Alcove; Published by Étienne Charpentier (French, 1707 – after 1792); France; etching and engraving on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-237-1

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