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This and 18 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Ornament Designs.

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Print, Ornament Designs

This is a Print. It was designed by Jean Bérain the Younger and Jean Bérain, the elder and print maker: Jean Bérain the Elder, Jean Bérain, the elder and Jean Bérain the Younger and published by Nicolas Langlois. It is dated ca.1670–ca.1700 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 in plate, upper left: Berain f

It is inscribed

Numbered in plate, upper right: 3

Cite this object as

Print, Ornament Designs; Designed by Jean Bérain, the elder (French, 1640 – 1711), Jean Bérain the Younger (1674-1726); Print Maker: Jean Bérain the Elder (French, 1640–1711); Published by Nicolas Langlois; France; etching and engraving on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-238-3

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