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Gardes d'Epées d'or pour les presens du marriage du Roy en 1725 [Gilt Sword Handle in Honor of the King's Marriage in 1725], pl. 52 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurele Meissonnier

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier1748

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Left hilt: knob engraved with rays, center putti mask, and flowers. Vertical element with bands of leaves and flowers, grotesque mask at bottom. Right hilt: knob engraved with auricular design, vertical element with acanthus leaf design, hands of leaves at bottom. Upper center: knob engraved with three fleurs-de-lis. Details at right: upper cartouche with three fleurs-de-lis surrounded with leaves and shells. Lower cartouche with leaves and shell motifs.

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  • Title: Gardes d'Epées d'or pour les presens du marriage du Roy en 1725 [Gilt Sword Handle in Honor of the King's Marriage in 1725], pl. 52 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurele Meissonnier
  • Creator: Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier
  • Creator Lifespan: 1695/1750
  • Date Created: 1748
  • Type: Print
  • Rights: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
  • Medium: Etching on off-white laid paper
  • Provenance: Jean Léon Decloux (Decloux 173)
  • Paper Support: Off-white laid paper
  • Inscribed: Inscribed on plate, upper left: H; upper right, 52; lower left: J.A. Messonnier inv.; lower center: Gardes Epées d'or pour les presens du Marriage du Roy en 1725; lower right: Huquier Scupl. et ex. rue St. Jaq. C.P.R.
  • Dimensions: 19 x 21.6 cm (7 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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