Engraving: Monograms of two letters

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Vertical rectangle. Fifteen monograms in five rows. The letters are composed of leaf scrolls. They are two letter monograms in alphabetical order starting with AS and ending with Bm.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Designer
Nicolas Langlois, French, 1640 - 1703
Date
ca. 1765
Credit Line
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
Medium
Black ink on white paper
Dimensions
Platemark: 31.1 x 21.1 cm (12 1/4 x 8 5/16 in.)
Sheet: 31.3 x 21.6 cm (12 5/16 x 8 1/2 in.)
Type
ephemera
Object Name
Print
Type
Print
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