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This and 21 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Ornament Designs, 1662.

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Print, Ornament Designs

This is a Print. It was designed by Hugues Brisville and print maker: Jean Bérain the Elder and published by Nicolas Langlois and Hugues Brisville. It is dated 1662 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is 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.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 20.5 × 15.5 cm (8 1/16 × 6 1/8 in.) Platemark: 16.5 × 11.5 cm (6 1/2 × 4 1/2 in.)

It is signed

Lettered lower left, in plate: BERAIN F; Lettered lower right, in plate: H. Brisville In.

It is inscribed

Printed upper left, in plate: 6

Cite this object as

Print, Ornament Designs; Designed by Hugues Brisville (French, active ca. 1663); Print Maker: Jean Bérain the Elder (French, 1640–1711); Published by Nicolas Langlois; France; engraving on laid paper; H x W: 20.5 × 15.5 cm (8 1/16 × 6 1/8 in.) Platemark: 16.5 × 11.5 cm (6 1/2 × 4 1/2 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-261-6

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