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Print, Arabesque Panel, from "Recueil d'Ornemens à l'usage des jeunes artistes"

This is a Print. It was designed by Gilles Paul Cauvet and print maker: Mme. Dabry. It is dated 1777 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is crayon-manner etching on white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Sarah Cooper Hewitt and Eleanor Garnier Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

30.4 x 20.4 cm (11 15/16 x 8 1/16 in.) Platemark/repeat: 29.2 x 17.5 cm (11 1/2 x 6 7/8 in.) Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)

It is inscribed

signed in plate, lower left margin: G.P. Cauvet inv. et del.; at lower right margin: Mme. Dabry sculp.

Cite this object as

Print, Arabesque Panel, from "Recueil d'Ornemens à l'usage des jeunes artistes"; Designed by Gilles Paul Cauvet (French, 1731 - 1788); Print Maker: Mme. Dabry; France; crayon-manner etching on white laid paper; 30.4 x 20.4 cm (11 15/16 x 8 1/16 in.) Platemark/repeat: 29.2 x 17.5 cm (11 1/2 x 6 7/8 in.) Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-94-54

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

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