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Plate 6, from Diverses pièces de serruriers (Various Designs for Locksmiths)
Jean Bérain the Elder1662
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Horizontal rectangle showing scrolling arabesques entertwined with nude figures whose bodies terminate in acanthus leaves. At left, design for a bracket with two figures.
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- Title: Plate 6, from Diverses pièces de serruriers (Various Designs for Locksmiths)
- Creator: Hugues Brisville, French, active ca. 1663, Jean Bérain, the Elder, French, 1640 - 1711
- Date Created: 1662
- Location Created: France
- Publisher: Hugues Brisville, French, active ca. 1663, Nicolas Langlois, French, 1640 - 1703
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Engraving on laid paper
- Credit line: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
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