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This and 11 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Designs for Console Tables, Wall Brackets and Ceilings.

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1920

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2016

2025

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Print, Ceiling Designs

This is a Print. It was designed by Nicolas Pineau. It is dated ca. 1730 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.

It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

It is signed

Lettered in plate, lower left: Pineau invenit; lettered lower right: Mariette excudit.

It is inscribed

Numbered in plate, lower left: 5.

Cite this object as

Print, Ceiling Designs; Designed by Nicolas Pineau (French, 1684-1754); France; etching and engraving on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-374-10

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