This object has not been digitized yet.

 

This object is the first item in a set that contains 74 objects.

Object Timeline

1920

  • We acquired this object.

2025

  • You found it!

Book, RECUEIL D’ORNEMENS A L’USAGE DES JEUNES ARTSTES Qui se Destinent à la Décoration des Bâtimens DÉDIÉ À MONSIEUR Par G.P. Cauvet Sculpteur de S.A.R

This is a Book. It was designed by Gilles Paul Cauvet and published by Gilles Paul Cauvet and dedicatee: Louis XVIII, King of France. It is dated 1777 and we acquired it in 1920. 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 has the following markings

Stamped on the first fly-leaf by the binder: "CANAPE."

It is inscribed

Recueil d' Ornemens a l'usage des jeunes artists qui se destinent a la decoration des batimens/Dedie a Monsieur/Par G.P. Cauvet Sculpteur de S.A.R./A Paris/Chez L'Auteur, rue de Seve, pres celle du Bacq./M.DCC.LXXVII

Cite this object as

Book, RECUEIL D’ORNEMENS A L’USAGE DES JEUNES ARTSTES Qui se Destinent à la Décoration des Bâtimens DÉDIÉ À MONSIEUR Par G.P. Cauvet Sculpteur de S.A.R; Designed by Gilles Paul Cauvet (French, 1731 - 1788); Dedicatee: Louis XVIII, King of France (French, 1755 – 1824); France; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-204

If you would like to cite this object in a Wikipedia article please use the following template:

<ref name=CH>{{cite web |url=https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18220637/ |title=Book, RECUEIL D’ORNEMENS A L’USAGE DES JEUNES ARTSTES Qui se Destinent à la Décoration des Bâtimens DÉDIÉ À MONSIEUR Par G.P. Cauvet Sculpteur de S.A.R |author=Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |accessdate=7 February 2025 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution}}</ref>