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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).

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

Print, Coffre à Bijoux

This is a Print. It was designed by Jean François Forty and published by Jacques-François Chéreau and Jean François Forty and print maker: Jean François Forty and dedicatee: Anne Louise Caroline de Goyon de Matignon. It is dated 1774–88 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving 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 left: I.D. et Gravé par J.F. Forty

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate, upper center: Coffre à Bijoux; numbered upper right: 4; lettered lower center: Echelle de 6 Pouces / A.P.D.R

Cite this object as

Print, Coffre à Bijoux; Designed by Jean François Forty (active 1775 – 1790); Published by Jacques-François Chéreau (French, 1742 - 1794); Dedicatee: Anne Louise Caroline de Goyon de Matignon (French, 1774 – 1846); France; etching and engraving on paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-310-51

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2Bwzp/
Accession Number 1921-6-310-51
Object ID 18248273