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This and 47 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Ornament and Furniture Designs.

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1920

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2016

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Print, Designs for a Plinth with a Portrait Bust, Candlestick, and Console Tables

This is a Print. It was designed by Henri Sallembier and published by Émilie-Louise Avaulez and print maker: Jacques Juillet. It is dated 1777–78 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching in red ink 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.

It has the following markings

Watermark cross and initials within oval

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate, upper left: 7e Cahier; numbered upper right: No. 39; inscribed in graphite lower right margin: 39

Cite this object as

Print, Designs for a Plinth with a Portrait Bust, Candlestick, and Console Tables; Designed by Henri Sallembier (French, ca. 1753 - 1820); Print Maker: Jacques Juillet (French, 1739 - 1784); Published by Émilie-Louise Avaulez (French, active 1777 – 1779); France; etching in red ink on paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-482-39

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