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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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Print, Rocaille Ornament Design

This is a Print. It was designed by François-Thomas Mondon and print maker: Antoine Aveline and published by Étienne Charpentier. It is dated after 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 left: Mondon Invenit; lettered lower right: Charpentier au Coq / Aveline Sculpsit

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate, upper left: A; inscribed in graphite, upper right: 2; lettered lower center: Avec privilege du Roy; inscribed in graphite lower right: 2

Cite this object as

Print, Rocaille Ornament Design; Designed by François-Thomas Mondon (French, ca. 1709 – 1755); Print Maker: Antoine Aveline (French, 1691 – 1743); Published by Étienne Charpentier (French, 1704 – 1793); France; etching on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-531-2

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