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This and 80 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Prints: Different Works by Lalonde, Decorator and Designer, Part II.

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1920

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Print, Fauteuil Oval en Cabriolet, Gondole ou Fauteuil de Bureau, [et] Profil du Feuteuil en Cabriolet

This is a Print. It was designed by Richard de Lalonde and print maker: Pierre Claude Delagardette and published by Jacques-François Chéreau. It is dated 1775-1788 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching on off-white 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

Sheet: 36.8 × 22.6 cm (14 1/2 × 8 7/8 in.) Platemark: 30 × 18.9 cm (11 13/16 × 7 7/16 in.) Image: 27 × 16 cm (10 5/8 × 6 5/16 in.)

It is signed

Lettered lower left, in plate: La Londe Inv. Del.; Lettered lower right, in plate: Delagardette Sculp.

It is inscribed

Printed upper center left, in plate: Fauteuil Oval / en Cabriolet; Printed upper center right, in plate: Profil du Fauteuil / en Cabriolet; Printed upper right, in plate: C; Printed center, in plate: Gondole ou Fauteuil de Bureau; Printed lower center, in plate: Chereau Exc C.P.R.; Printed lower right, in plate 5; Inscribed in graphite, lower left, in margin: 40; Inscribed in graphite, lower right, in margin: 17

Cite this object as

Print, Fauteuil Oval en Cabriolet, Gondole ou Fauteuil de Bureau, [et] Profil du Feuteuil en Cabriolet; Designed by Richard de Lalonde (French, active 1780–96); Print Maker: Pierre Claude Delagardette (French, 1745 - 1792); Published by Jacques-François Chéreau (French, 1742 - 1794); France; etching on off-white laid paper; Sheet: 36.8 × 22.6 cm (14 1/2 × 8 7/8 in.) Platemark: 30 × 18.9 cm (11 13/16 × 7 7/16 in.) Image: 27 × 16 cm (10 5/8 × 6 5/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-279-17

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