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Print, Design for a Garden Parterre of Cut Grass and Colored Gravel, from "Nouveaux Livre de Parterres," in Oeuvres Du Sr. D. Marot..., The Hague: Chez Pierre Husson, c.1702

This is a Print. It was designed by Daniel Marot and etched by Daniel Marot. It is dated ca. 1702 and we acquired it in 1988. Its medium is etching on cream laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.

Its dimensions are

27.5 x 18.5 cm (10 13/16 x 7 5/16 in.), plate 33.8 x 22.5 cm (13 5/16 x 8 7/8 in), sheet

It is inscribed

Imprinted lower center: Pieces d'Ecoup en gazon [Parterres of Cut turf and colored gravel]; lower left: D. Marot fec:; lower right: avec Privilegie 10

Cite this object as

Print, Design for a Garden Parterre of Cut Grass and Colored Gravel, from "Nouveaux Livre de Parterres," in Oeuvres Du Sr. D. Marot..., The Hague: Chez Pierre Husson, c.1702; Designed by Daniel Marot (French, active in the Netherlands and England, 1661–1752); France; etching on cream laid paper; 27.5 x 18.5 cm (10 13/16 x 7 5/16 in.), plate 33.8 x 22.5 cm (13 5/16 x 8 7/8 in), sheet; Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund; 1988-4-16

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