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Print, Plate 1, Decoration de Cheminée pour un grand Apartement

This is a Print. It was designed by Jacques-François Blondel and published by Jean Mariette. It is dated ca. 1727 and we acquired it in 1959. Its medium is engraving on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

Its dimensions are

41.5 × 27.6 cm (16 5/16 × 10 7/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed, upper margin: "Decoration de cheminée pour un grand appartement / elle est logée … d'une croisée"; lower left center: "A Paris che Mariette".

Cite this object as

Print, Plate 1, Decoration de Cheminée pour un grand Apartement; Designed by Jacques-François Blondel (French, 1705 - 1774); Published by Jean Mariette (1660–1742); France; engraving on paper; 41.5 × 27.6 cm (16 5/16 × 10 7/8 in.); 1959-85-37

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