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Recueil nouveau de differens cartouches
Livre de buffets
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Livre nouveau de douze morceaux de fantesie [sic] utiles à divers usages
Livre d'architecture
Recueil nouveau de differens cartouches
Livre de buffets
Designed by: Jacques de Lajoüe II (French, 1686–1761)
Engraved by: Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695–1772)
Engraved by: Charles-Nicolas Cochin le fils (French, 1715–1790)
Engraved by: Charles Nicolas Cochin, père (French, 1688–1754)
Engraved by: Jean Baptiste Guélard (French, active 1733–1755)
Engraved by: Pierre Alexandre Aveline (French, 1702–1760)
Engraved by: Louis Desplaces (French, 1682–1739)
Engraved by: Simon François Ravenet, l'aîné (French, 1706–1774)
Engraved by: Nicolas Henri Tardieu (French, 1674–1749)
Publisher: Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695–1772)
Publisher: Marguerite [la Veuve] Chéreau (French, active 1729–1755)
Publisher: Pierre François Basan (French, 1723–1797)
Engraved by: Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695–1772)
Engraved by: Charles-Nicolas Cochin le fils (French, 1715–1790)
Engraved by: Charles Nicolas Cochin, père (French, 1688–1754)
Engraved by: Jean Baptiste Guélard (French, active 1733–1755)
Engraved by: Pierre Alexandre Aveline (French, 1702–1760)
Engraved by: Louis Desplaces (French, 1682–1739)
Engraved by: Simon François Ravenet, l'aîné (French, 1706–1774)
Engraved by: Nicolas Henri Tardieu (French, 1674–1749)
Publisher: Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695–1772)
Publisher: Marguerite [la Veuve] Chéreau (French, active 1729–1755)
Publisher: Pierre François Basan (French, 1723–1797)
1734 and after
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Bound set of 128 etching and engravings
Dimensions
Overall: 54.2 x 38.5 x 5.2 cm (21 5/16 x 15 3/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Maria Antoinette Evans Fund
Accession Number31.1279
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints – Bound sets
Paris: Huquier [and others: 1734 and after]
Catalogue Raisonné
Guilmard, p. 151-53; Berlin 400, 407, 413-14, 4052
Description(Paris: Huquier [and others: 1734 and after]) Folio; 111 leaves; modern gilt-stamped marbled brown morocco.
Rococo ornamental designs for cartouches, trophies, overdoor paintings, fountains, etc. A bound set of various sets of ornament prints after Lajoüe, including Livre nouveau de douze morceaux de fantesie, Livre d'architecture, Recueil nouveau de differens cartouches, Livre de buffet, his series of large trophies, twelve designs for overdoor paintings (with copies after them), etc. There are a total of 128 plates. Many are published and engraved by Huquier. The cartouche series was first published in 1734; the "morceaux de fantesie" in 1736.
Rococo ornamental designs for cartouches, trophies, overdoor paintings, fountains, etc. A bound set of various sets of ornament prints after Lajoüe, including Livre nouveau de douze morceaux de fantesie, Livre d'architecture, Recueil nouveau de differens cartouches, Livre de buffet, his series of large trophies, twelve designs for overdoor paintings (with copies after them), etc. There are a total of 128 plates. Many are published and engraved by Huquier. The cartouche series was first published in 1734; the "morceaux de fantesie" in 1736.
ProvenanceGeorges Mathias, Paris, from whom purchased by MFA, July 1, 1931.