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This and 57 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Ornament Prints: Designs for Girondoles, Candlesticks, Candelabras, Chandeliers, Clocks, Barometers, and Boxes (Caskets).

Object Timeline

1920	We acquired this object.
2016	We photographed this object.
2025	You found it!

Print, Ceiling Design

This is a Print. It was designed by Nicolas Loir and published by Pierre Mariette and print maker: Nicolas Loir. It is dated 1660–70 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching on 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.

It is signed

Lettered in plate, lower center: Loire fecit A Paris Chez P. Mariette

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite lower left margin: 45; numbered in plate, lower right: 9

Cite this object as

Print, Ceiling Design; Designed by Nicolas Loir (French, 1624 - 1679); Published by Pierre Mariette II (French, 1634 - 1716); France; etching on paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-310-45

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2BwyH/
Accession Number 1921-6-310-45
Object ID 18248233