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Print, Chimneypiece Decoration for a Large Apartment
This is a Print. It was designed by Jacques-François Blondel and published by Jean Mariette. It is dated 1737-1742 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 inscribed
Printed upper center, in plate: Decoration de Cheminée pour un grand Apartemens / elle est logée dans le renfoncement d'une arcade, et feroit un tres bon effect placée en face d'une Porte ou d'une Croisée; Printed lower left, in plate: 1; Printed lower center, in plate: A Paris chez Mariette rue St. Jacques aux colonnes d'Hercules; Inscribed in sepia, upper right, in plate: 7.; Inscribed in graphite, upper right, in margin: 7; Inscribed in graphite, lower right, in margin: 1921-6-245(7)
Cite this object as
Print, Chimneypiece Decoration for a Large Apartment; Designed by Jacques-François Blondel (French, 1705 - 1774); Published by Jean Mariette (1660–1742); France; etching and engraving on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-243-7
