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This and 8 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Staircase Balustrades and Gate Crown Designs.

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1920

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2016

2025

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Print, Title Page and Design for a Staircase Balustrade, 1772–77

This is a Print. It was designed by Laurent Desboeufs de Saint-Laurent and published by Chez Le Pere et Avaulez and print maker: Jean Pelletier. It is dated 1772–77 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and 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.

It is signed

Lettered in plate, lower center: A Paris chés Le Pere et Avaulez Mds. dEstampes près la fontaine S. Severin à la Ville de Rouen

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate, upper center right: 2e CAHIER DE RAMPES/ Inventées et dessinées par Desboeufs de S. Laurent/ et gravées par Pelletier; numbered upper right: No.7

Cite this object as

Print, Title Page and Design for a Staircase Balustrade, 1772–77; Designed by Laurent Desboeufs de Saint-Laurent (French, active 1763 – 1776); Print Maker: Jean Pelletier (French, born ca. 1736); Published by Chez Le Pere et Avaulez; France; etching and engraving on paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-487-1

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