This and 11 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Interior Wall Elevations.

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1920

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Print, Lambris du dessein de Mr. Le Roux Architecte

This is a Print. It was architect: Jean-Baptiste Leroux and published by André Basset. It is dated ca. 1765 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

It is signed

Lettered in plate, lower left: a Paris chez Basset rue S. Jacqu. a S. Genevieve

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate, upper left: Décoration de la façade oppose aux fenestres du Cabinet qui suit la Chambre à coucher; lettered upper center : Lambris du dessein de Mr. Le Roux Architecte; lettered upper right : Moitié de la decoration du côté des fesestre d’une Chambre à coucher; inscribed in graphite, lower left margin : 9

Cite this object as

Print, Lambris du dessein de Mr. Le Roux Architecte; Architect: Jean-Baptiste Leroux; Published by André Basset (French, active 1749 – 1787); France; etching and engraving on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-237-9

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