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This and 3 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Floral and Foliate Ornament Designs.

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1920

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2016

2025

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Print, Floral Ornament Design

This is a Print. It was designed by P.P. Choffard and published by Geneviève-Marguerite Chéreau and print maker: Louis-Marin Bonnet. It is dated ca. 1764 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is crayon manner in red ink 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: 38.2 × 26.4 cm (15 1/16 × 10 3/8 in.) Platemark: 37.5 × 25.6 cm (14 3/4 × 10 1/16 in.) Image: 34.1 × 22 cm (13 7/16 × 8 11/16 in.)

It is signed

Lettered in plate, lower left: PP. Choffard inv.; lettered lower center: A Paris chés la Ve. de F. Chereau rue St. Jacques aux 2. Piliers d’or.; lettered lower right: L. Bonnet Sc…

Cite this object as

Print, Floral Ornament Design; Designed by P.P. Choffard; Print Maker: Louis-Marin Bonnet (French, 1736 - 1793); Published by Geneviève-Marguerite Chéreau (French, active 1755-1768); France; crayon manner in red ink on laid paper; Sheet: 38.2 × 26.4 cm (15 1/16 × 10 3/8 in.) Platemark: 37.5 × 25.6 cm (14 3/4 × 10 1/16 in.) Image: 34.1 × 22 cm (13 7/16 × 8 11/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-459-1

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