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This and 21 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Print, Album of Architectural Interior Wall Elevations, Plans, and Door Designs.

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Print, Design for a Buffet

This is a Print. It was architect: Jean Bérain the Elder and published by Jean Mariette. It is dated ca.1680–1710 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving on 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 signed

Lettered in plate, lower left: A Paris chez I. Mariette Avec Privilege du Roy

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate, lower center: Buffet de Menuiserie feinte en marbre d’un côté avec ornemens de bronze doré; Le fond est de glace orné de Vases de cristal pleins / de Liqueurs, sur des tablettes et consoles dorées, et la table de marbre. Ce Buffet est execute chez Monsieur Begon Fermier /Général ruë neuve St. Eustache, sur le Dessein de Monsr. Berin.; numbered lower right: 6; inscribed in graphite, lower left: 14 / 1921-6-353 (14)

Cite this object as

Print, Design for a Buffet; Architect: Jean Bérain the Elder (French, 1640–1711); Published by Jean Mariette (1660–1742); France; etching and engraving on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-353-14

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