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This and 20 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Rococo Ornament Designs.

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1920

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

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Print, Title Page

This is a Print. It was designed by François-Thomas Mondon and published by François-Thomas Mondon and Antoine Aveline and print maker: Antoine Aveline. It is dated 1736 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 center : Se Vend à Paris chez Mondon le Fils ruë St. Eloy à l’Hôtel Pepin. Et chez Aveline / ruë St. Jacques à la Reine de France.

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate center : PREMIER/ LIVRE/ De Forme Rocquaille/ et Cartel/ Inventez par Mondon/ le Fils et Gravé par/ A. Aveline/ Avec privilege / du Roy; inscribed in graphite lower right margin : 1

Cite this object as

Print, Title Page; Designed by François-Thomas Mondon (French, ca. 1709 – 1755); Print Maker: Antoine Aveline (French, 1691 – 1743); France; etching on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-531-1

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