Title page, Plate 1 from "Nouvelle suite de cahiers arabesques chinois a l'usage des dessinateurs et des peintres", No.1, Inventes et dessines par Jean Pillement. Graves par Anne Allen.

Jean-Baptiste Pillementafter 1775

Title page with title of book surrounded by floral motif. Rustic figure at lower center. Pagoda at left margin.

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Title: Title page, Plate 1 from "Nouvelle suite de cahiers arabesques chinois a l'usage des dessinateurs et des peintres", No.1, Inventes et dessines par Jean Pillement. Graves par Anne Allen.
Creator: Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808, Anne Allen, English, active France, ca. 1750–1810
Date Created: after 1775
Location Created: France
Original Source: http://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/283117
Medium: Etching with colored inks à la poupé on off-white laid paper
Credit line: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council

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