Livre D'Ornements...

François de Cuvilliés1745

Three designs with individual captions.

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Title: Livre D'Ornements...
Creator: Jean-François Cuvilliés
Creator Lifespan: 1698/1768
Date Created: 1745
Type: Print
Rights: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Medium: Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper
Provenance: From the Collection of Léon Decloux (D. 80 and 81)
Inscribed: On plate, upper center: 11me. Livre; upper center, in the image: LIVRE DORNEMENTS, INVENTE/par François de Cuvilliés, Conseiller, ét premier/Architecte de S.A.S.E. de Baviere./se vend chez lauteur./Gravéz par C.A. de Lespilliez.; upper right: L.; lower center: Se vend aussi a Paris chez le Sr. Poilly ruë St./Iacque a limage St. Benoit Avec Privilege du Roy./C.P.S.C.M.; lower right: 1.
Dimensions: Platemark: 35.8 x 23.3 cm (14 1/8 x 9 3/16 in.)Sheet: 44 x 28.6 cm (17 5/16 x 11 1/4 in.)

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