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This and 86 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Prints: Ornament Designs by Cuvilliés père.

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1920

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2024

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Bound Print, Title Page

This is a Bound print. It was designed by François de Cuvilliés the Elder and published by François de Cuvilliés the Elder and print maker: Carl Albert von Lespilliez. It is dated 1738 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is engraving on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

Its dimensions are

Platemark: 34.2 × 20.8 cm (13 7/16 × 8 3/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed in plate, within cartouche: Livre de Paneaux / irréguliers à divers / usages Nouvellement / inventé par françois de / Cuvilliés Conseiller ét / Architecte de S. A. S. E. / de Baviere Gentilhomme / de Bouche ét Architecte / de S. A. S. E. de Cologne. / C. A. de. Lespilliez. Sc. Monachÿ.; upper right: No. 18.; lower center: Cum. Pr. S.C.M.; inscribed in graphite, upper right, in margin: 22

Cite this object as

Bound Print, Title Page; Designed by François de Cuvilliés the Elder (Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768); Print Maker: Carl Albert von Lespilliez (German, 1723 - 1796); Germany; engraving on paper; Platemark: 34.2 × 20.8 cm (13 7/16 × 8 3/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-282-23

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