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This and 45 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Prints from Various Series Published by Jean Mariette.

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Print, Ornamental Lock Designs

This is a Print. It was published by Jean Mariette. It is dated c. 1737 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving on 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 inscribed

Printed lower center, in plate: Nouveau desseins de serurerie dont plusieurs sont / executés dans les edifices modernes de Paris. / A. Serure a bascule pour une grande porte à deux ventaux. / B. Espagnolette pour une croisée à guichet. / C. Entrée de Serure de bronze ou fer fondu ou ciselé. / D. Platine et bouton pour un loquet. / E. Profil et saillie du Bouton. / F. Platine et Bouton qui sattachent sur les portes à placart. / A Paris chez Mariette rue St. Jacques aux Colonnes d'Hercules.; Inscribed in graphite, lower right, in margin: 1921-6-243 (38); Inscribed in graphite, upper right, in margin: 38; Inscribed in faded red ink, upper right, in plate: 87

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Print, Ornamental Lock Designs; Published by Jean Mariette (1660–1742); France; etching and engraving on paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-243-38

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