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Print, Designs for Decorative Ironwork, Plate 88 from Divers dessins de balcons a plusieurs usages (Variety of Balcony Designs)

This is a Print. It was designed by Claude René Gabriel Poulleau and engraved by Jacques Chéreau. It is dated 1757–1776 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is 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.

Our curators have highlighted 3 objects that are related to this one.

  • Overdoor
  • partially tinned and partially gilt wrought iron.
  • Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
  • 1909-26-9

Its dimensions are

H x W: 41.9 × 26.7 cm (16 1/2 × 10 1/2 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in plate: Grille nouvelle / Chapiteau / Grille légere / Differens Chapiteaux / Frises

Cite this object as

Print, Designs for Decorative Ironwork, Plate 88 from Divers dessins de balcons a plusieurs usages (Variety of Balcony Designs); Designed by Claude René Gabriel Poulleau (French, b.1749); Engraved by Jacques Chéreau (French, 1688–1776); engraving on paper; H x W: 41.9 × 26.7 cm (16 1/2 × 10 1/2 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-38

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