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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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2016

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Print, Impériale du lit à double Voussure

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: 36.9 × 22.6 cm (14 1/2 × 8 7/8 in.) Platemark: 30.2 × 19 cm (11 7/8 × 7 1/2 in.) Image: 27 × 16.2 cm (10 5/8 × 6 3/8 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, in plate: Impériale du lit A. à double Voussure; Printed upper right, in plate: B; Printed upper center, in plate: Coupe sur la ligne A. B.; Printed center left, in plate: Elévation de la Menuiserie.; Printed center right, in plate: Elévation extérieure avec la Corniche.; Printed lower left, vertically, in plate: Plan des Courbes du Dôme extérieur; Princed lower right, vertically, in plate: Plan des Courbes du Dôme intérieur; Printed lower center, in plate: Chereau Exc. C.P.R.; Printed lower right, in plate: 3; Inscribed in graphite, upper right, in margin: 9; Inscribed in graphite, lower right, in margin: 32

Cite this object as

Print, Impériale du lit à double Voussure; 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: 36.9 × 22.6 cm (14 1/2 × 8 7/8 in.) Platemark: 30.2 × 19 cm (11 7/8 × 7 1/2 in.) Image: 27 × 16.2 cm (10 5/8 × 6 3/8 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-279-9

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