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Nouvelle suite de cahiers arabesques chinois a l'usage des dessinateurs et des peintres, no.1

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Exotic outdoor setting. Upper right, open air thatched structure; lower center, two rustic, indigenous figures.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Designer
Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808
Print Maker
Anne Allen, English, active France, ca. 1750–1810
Date
1790–1799
Credit Line
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Medium
Etching with colored inks à la poupée on off-white laid paper
Dimensions
18.8 x 13.2 cm (7 3/8 x 5 3/16 in.)
18.3 x 13 cm (7 3/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
Mount: 24.9 x 19.6 cm (9 13/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
Type
ornament
Object Name
Print
Type
Print
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