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Print, Divers desseins d'ornemens de Bronze, à l'usage de la ferrure pour les apartemens
This is a Print. It was designed by François de Cuvilliés the Elder and print maker: Karl Albert von Lespilliez and published by Nicolas Jean Baptiste de Poilly. It is dated 1745 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving 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
Platemark: 36.8 x 24.3 cm (14 1/2 x 9 9/16 in.) Sheet: 44 x 28.6 cm (17 5/16 x 11 1/4 in.)
It is inscribed
Printed upper center, in plate: 7me. Livre / Livre de Serrurerie. Nouvellement Inventé, par François de Cuvilliés, Conseiller ét Architecte de Sa Majesté Imperialle. / Gravé par Charles Albert de Lespilliez; ét se vend chez lauteur; Printed upper right, in plate: G; Printed center, in plate: Divers desseins d'ornemens de Bronze, a Lusage / de la ferrure pour les apartemens.; Printed lower center, in plate: Se vend aussi a Paris chez le Sr. Poilly ruë St. Iacque a limage St. Benoit Avec Privilege du Roy. / C.P.S.C.M.; Printed lower right, in plate: 1.; Inscribed in graphite, lower center, in margin: 38
Cite this object as
Print, Divers desseins d'ornemens de Bronze, à l'usage de la ferrure pour les apartemens; Designed by François de Cuvilliés the Elder (Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768); Print Maker: Karl Albert von Lespilliez (1723–1796); Published by Nicolas Jean Baptiste de Poilly (France, 1712 – ca. 1758); Germany; etching and engraving on off-white laid paper; Platemark: 36.8 x 24.3 cm (14 1/2 x 9 9/16 in.) Sheet: 44 x 28.6 cm (17 5/16 x 11 1/4 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-285-39