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This and 187 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Prints: Different Works by LaLonde, Decorator and Designer, Part III.

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1920

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Print, Designs for Clock Cases

This is a Print. It was designed by Richard de Lalonde and published by Pierre Jean and print maker: Jean-Baptiste Fay. It is dated 1780-1789 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.

It is inscribed

Printed upper center, in plate: Ier. Cahier d'Ornements de Pendules / Dessiné par De la Londe / Et Gravé par Fay; Printed upper right, in plate: No. 1; Printed lower center, in plate: A Paris chez Jean, rue Jean de Beauvais. No. 32.; Inscribed in graphite, lower left, vertically, in margin: 75 / 1921-6-332 (76)

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Print, Designs for Clock Cases; Designed by Richard de Lalonde (French, active 1780–96); Print Maker: Jean-Baptiste Fay (active 1780 – 1790); Published by Pierre Jean (French, 1754–1829); France; etching on off-white laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-332-76

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