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Three Designs for Wall Sconces in the Chinese Taste, Plate 48 in One Hundred and Fifty New Designs
Thomas Johnson1756–57
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Three designs for wall sconces in the Chinoiserie style. Left: a Chinese man sits above branches and scrolls, a clock below and a candle right and left. At center: A rocaille head, a candle, right and left center; Right: a small windmill with branches around and a mule below.
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- Title: Three Designs for Wall Sconces in the Chinese Taste, Plate 48 in One Hundred and Fifty New Designs
- Creator: Thomas Johnson
- Creator Lifespan: 1714/1778
- Date Created: 1756–57
- Type: Print
- Rights: Museum purchase through gift of Agnes Miles Carpenter
- Medium: Etching on cream laid paper, bound in book
- Paper Support: Cream laid paper
- Dimensions: 27.3 x 38.1 x 47.6 cm (10 3/4 x 15 x 18 3/4 in.)
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