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This and 8 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Prints: Livre d'Ornemens by Pierre Germain.

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Print, Designs for Ornament

This is a Print. It was designed by Pierre Germain and print maker: Jean Jacques Pasquier and published by Pierre Germain. It is dated 1751 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is engraving on laid paper. 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.

Its dimensions are

Sheet: 23.3 x 18.5 cm (9 1/8 x 7 5/16 in.)

It is signed

Lettered lower left, in plate: Pr. Germain in. C.P.R.; Lettered lower right, in plate: Pasquier s.

It is inscribed

Printed upper right, in plate: III; Inscribed in graphite, lower right, in margin: H-3

Cite this object as

Print, Designs for Ornament; Designed by Pierre Germain (French, 1703 - 1783); Print Maker: Jean Jacques Pasquier (French, died 1785); France; engraving on laid paper; Sheet: 23.3 x 18.5 cm (9 1/8 x 7 5/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-259-3

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