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This and 6 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, NEUVIEME LIVRE D’ORNEMENS Propre pour la Menuiserie Inventé par Mondon Fils.

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1920

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

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Print, Title Page

This is a Print. It was designed by Jean Mondon and published by Étienne-Louis Crépy, Étienne Charpentier, Louis Crépy and Jacques Chéreau. It is dated 1749 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving on laid 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.

It is signed

Lettered in plate, lower center: à Paris ches Crepy ruë S. Jacques au Coq proche la Fontaine St. Severin

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite upper right margin: 6 planches; numbered in plate, upper left: 1; lettered in plate lower center: NEUVIEME LIVRE D’ORNEMENS/ Propre pour la Menuiserie/ Inventé par Mondon Fils/ Avec Privilege du Roy. 1749; inscribed in graphite lower right margin: 1; inscribed in graphite lower right margin: No. 1

Cite this object as

Print, Title Page; Designed by Jean Mondon (French, fl. 1736 – 1745); Published by Étienne Charpentier (French, 1704 – 1793), Louis Crépy, Jacques Chéreau (French, 1688–1776), Étienne-Louis Crépy (French, after 1706 – after 1759); France; etching and engraving on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-367-1

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