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This and 23 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Prints: Cahiers d'Arabesques by Boucher Fils.

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Print, Arabesque Design

This is a Print. It was designed by Jules-François Boucher le fils and published by Jacques Chéreau and print maker: Jules-François Boucher le fils. It is dated ca. 1775 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching on cream 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 right, in plate: D; Printed lower right, in plate: 3

Cite this object as

Print, Arabesque Design; Designed by Jules-François Boucher le fils (French, 1736 – 1782); Published by Jacques Chéreau (French, 1688–1776); France; etching on cream laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-257-21

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