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Print, Basket of Flowers, Plate

This is a Print. It was created by Jean-Baptiste Pillement and published by Louis Crépy. It is dated ca. 1760 and we acquired it in 1925. Its medium is etching, with engraving, in sanguine, ruled borders in etched lines support: white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Sarah Cooper Hewitt and Eleanor Garnier Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

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Its dimensions are

46.3 x 30.3 cm (18 1/4 x 11 15/16 in.) Platemark/repeat: 35 x 25.1 cm (13 3/4 x 9 7/8 in.) Mat: 55.9 x 40.6 cm (22 x 16 in.)

Cite this object as

Print, Basket of Flowers, Plate; Jean-Baptiste Pillement (French, 1728–1808); Published by Louis Crépy; France; etching, with engraving, in sanguine, ruled borders in etched lines support: white laid paper; 46.3 x 30.3 cm (18 1/4 x 11 15/16 in.) Platemark/repeat: 35 x 25.1 cm (13 3/4 x 9 7/8 in.) Mat: 55.9 x 40.6 cm (22 x 16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1925-2-425

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

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