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Livres D'Ornemens Inventés & Dessines par J.A. Meissonnier Architecte, Dessinateur de la Chambre & Cabinet DU ROI, pl. 20 in Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier
Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier1748
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Design for title page, asymmetrical cartouche decorated with shell motif, auricular elements with extending foliage, a river god (at right) seated on a fountain. In the center of the cartouche is written: LIVRES D'ORNEMENS/Inventés & Dessines/PAR J.O. MEISSONIER/ARCHITECTE, DESSINATEUR/de la Chambre & Cabinet/DU ROI.
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- Title: Livres D'Ornemens Inventés & Dessines par J.A. Meissonnier Architecte, Dessinateur de la Chambre & Cabinet DU ROI, pl. 20 in Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier
- Creator: Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier
- Creator Lifespan: 1695/1750
- Date Created: 1748
- Type: Print
- Rights: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
- Medium: Etching on off-white laid paper
- Provenance: Jean Léon Decloux (Decloux 173)
- Paper Support: Off-white laid paper
- Inscribed: Inscribed on plate, upper left: D; upper right: 20; lower right: Laureolli Sculp.; lower center: A Paris chez Huquier rue St. Jacque au coin de celle des Mathurins C.P.R.
- Dimensions: 11.3 x 21.5 cm (4 7/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
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