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Onzieme livre des oeuvre de Mr. Meissonnier/Projet de Chandelier à branche pour le Roy.
Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier1740
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Title page for the eleventh book of the work of Meissonnier. A five-armed candelabra with a putto leaning out from the central branch. The branches are heavily decorated with acanthus leaves. An eagle is perched below on the base.
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- Title: Onzieme livre des oeuvre de Mr. Meissonnier/Projet de Chandelier à branche pour le Roy.
- Creator: Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier
- Creator Lifespan: 1695/1750
- Date Created: 1740
- Type: Print
- Rights: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
- Medium: Engraving on white laid paper
- Provenance: Jean Léon Decloux (Decloux 173)
- Paper Support: White laid paper
- Inscribed: Inscribed on plate, upper left: L; upper center: Onzieme livre des Oeuvre de Mr. Meissonnier; upper right: 67; lower left: J.A. Meissonnier, inv.; lower center: Projet de Chandelier à branche pour le Roy./A Paris chés Huquier rue St. Jacque au coin de celle des Mathurins; lower right: Huquier Sculp. et ex. ruë St. Jacque C.P.R.
- Dimensions: Platemark: 32.3 x 21 cm (12 11/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
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