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Print, Decoration de Lambris pour un Cabinet (Decoration for Panelling for an Office)

This is a Print. It was designed by François de Cuvilliés the Elder and engraved by Charles-Albert Lespilliez. It is dated 1695–1768 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is engraving and etching on 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: 42.5 x 29 cm (16 3/4 x 11 7/16 in.) Platemark: 35.8 x 23.2 cm (14 1/8 x 9 1/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in plate, upper margin: C. P. S. C. M. / Decoration de Lambris pour un Cabinet, oû il y a un Canapé audessous de la Glace.; lower margin: Echelle de [scale] 4. Pieds.; lower right: les Paneaux marquez A. et B. son variez.; lower center: C. P. R.

Cite this object as

Print, Decoration de Lambris pour un Cabinet (Decoration for Panelling for an Office); Designed by François de Cuvilliés the Elder (Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768); Engraved by Carl Albert von Lespilliez (German, 1723 - 1796); Germany; engraving and etching on white laid paper; Sheet: 42.5 x 29 cm (16 3/4 x 11 7/16 in.) Platemark: 35.8 x 23.2 cm (14 1/8 x 9 1/8 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-283-88

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