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Print, Designs for Chandeliers and Candelabras
This is a Print. It was designed by André-Charles Boulle and published by Jean Mariette and Pierre Mariette and engraved by André-Charles Boulle and print maker: André-Charles Boulle. It is dated ca. 1715 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.
This object was
donated by
Advisory Council.
It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
Its dimensions are
Sheet: 24 × 36.5 cm (9 7/16 × 14 3/8 in.) Platemark: 21.4 × 30 cm (8 7/16 × 11 13/16 in.) Image: 20.2 × 29.6 cm (7 15/16 × 11 5/8 in.)
It is signed
Lettered in plate, lower left: Mariette excudit
It is inscribed
Lettered in plate upper left to right: Trois desseins differens de Girandoles à quatre branches marqués 1.2.3; numbered in plate, upper left to right: 1/2/3; numbered lower right: 7; lettered lower right: Grand Lustre à huit branches; lettered lower left: Cartouche A du Lustre cy/ dessus dessiné en grand; lettered lower left: Moitié d’un Lustre à/ huit branches
Cite this object as
Print, Designs for Chandeliers and Candelabras; Designed by André-Charles Boulle (French, 1642 – 1732); Published by Pierre Mariette II (French, 1634 - 1716), Jean Mariette (1660–1742); France; etching and engraving on laid paper; Sheet: 24 × 36.5 cm (9 7/16 × 14 3/8 in.) Platemark: 21.4 × 30 cm (8 7/16 × 11 13/16 in.) Image: 20.2 × 29.6 cm (7 15/16 × 11 5/8 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-449-7
