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Print, Plate 5, "Decoration d'une Portal double à placards dans son chambrante fermé..."

This is a Print. It was designed by Jacques-François Blondel and published by Jean Mariette. It is dated ca. 1727 and we acquired it in 1959. Its medium is engraving on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

Its dimensions are

41.2 × 27.5 cm (16 1/4 × 10 13/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed along upper margin: "Decoration de Porte à placards dans son chambrante fermé par le haut en anse de panier / cette porte s'ouvre quarrement sous le tableau qui lui sert de couronnement"; lower left: "Mariette excudit"; lower right: "5".

Cite this object as

Print, Plate 5, "Decoration d'une Portal double à placards dans son chambrante fermé..."; Designed by Jacques-François Blondel (French, 1705 - 1774); Published by Jean Mariette (1660–1742); France; engraving on paper; 41.2 × 27.5 cm (16 1/4 × 10 13/16 in.); 1959-85-35

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