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This object is the first item in a set that contains 22 objects.

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1920

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

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Album, Ornament Designs

This is a Album. It was designed by Hugues Brisville and print maker: Jean Bérain the Elder and Gabriel Ladame and published by Pierre Mariette. It is dated 1662 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is 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.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 20.5 × 15.5 cm (8 1/16 × 6 1/8 in.) Platemark: 16.2 × 11.5 cm (6 3/8 × 4 1/2 in.)

It is signed

Lettered lower left, in plate: Berain F; Lettered lower center, in plate: H. Brisseville Invent

It is inscribed

Printed upper right, in plate: 11; Inscribed in graphite, lower right, in margin: E-6086-1906

Cite this object as

Album, Ornament Designs; Designed by Hugues Brisville (French, active ca. 1663); Print Maker: Jean Bérain the Elder (French, 1640–1711), Gabriel Ladame (French, active ca. 1645 - 1668); Published by Pierre Mariette II (French, 1634 - 1716); France; engraving on laid paper; H x W: 20.5 × 15.5 cm (8 1/16 × 6 1/8 in.) Platemark: 16.2 × 11.5 cm (6 3/8 × 4 1/2 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-261

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Fragile Beasts.

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