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This and 61 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Ornament, Gueridons, Braziers, and Ceiling Designs.

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Print, Ceiling Design

This is a Print. It was designed by Nicolas Loir and published by Pierre Mariette and print maker: Nicolas Loir. It is dated ca.1660–1713 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching on 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.

It is signed

Lettered in plate, upper center: Loire fecit A Paris Chez P. Mariette

It is inscribed

Numbered in plate, lower right: 7; inscribed in graphite lower left margin: 43

Cite this object as

Print, Ceiling Design; Designed by Nicolas Loir (French, 1624 - 1679); Published by Pierre Mariette II (French, 1634 - 1716); France; etching on paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-333-43

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