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

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1920

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2016

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Print, Ornament Escutcheon Design

This is a Print. It was designed by Hugues Brisville and published by Nicolas Langlois, Pierre Mariette and Hugues Brisville and print maker: Jean Bérain the Elder. 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: 20.7 × 15 cm (8 1/8 × 5 7/8 in.) Platemark: 16.5 × 12 cm (6 1/2 × 4 3/4 in.)

It is signed

Printed lower center, in plate: BERAIN F / BRISVILLE INVENT.

It is inscribed

Printed upper right, in plate: 8

Cite this object as

Print, Ornament Escutcheon Design; Designed by Hugues Brisville (French, active ca. 1663); Print Maker: Jean Bérain the Elder (French, 1640–1711); Published by Pierre Mariette II (French, 1634 - 1716), Nicolas Langlois; France; engraving on laid paper; H x W: 20.7 × 15 cm (8 1/8 × 5 7/8 in.) Platemark: 16.5 × 12 cm (6 1/2 × 4 3/4 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-261-8

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