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This and 19 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Nouveau Livre de Desseins Inventé et Dessiné par Jean Tijou.

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Print, Ironwork Designs

This is a Print. It was designed by Jean Tijou and published by Jean Tijou and print maker: Michael Vandergucht. It is dated 1693 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching 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: J. Tijou. In. et. del.; lettered lower right: M. Vander Gucht. Sculp:

It is inscribed

Numbered in plate, lower left: 12

Cite this object as

Print, Ironwork Designs; Designed by Jean Tijou; Print Maker: Michael Vandergucht (Flemish, 1660 – 1725); England; etching on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-410-12

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Huguenot Legacy: English Silver, 1680-1760 from the Alan & Simone Hartman Collection.

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