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A New Book of Chinese Ornaments - title page
Designed and engraved by: Jean-Baptiste Pillement (French, 1728–1808)
Printer and Publisher: Robert Sayer (English, 1725–1794)
Printer and Publisher: Robert Sayer (English, 1725–1794)
1755
Medium/Technique
Hand-colored etching
Dimensions
Platemark: 42.7 x 27 cm (16 13/16 x 10 5/8 in.)
Sheet: 46 x 29.2 cm (18 1/8 x 11 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 46 x 29.2 cm (18 1/8 x 11 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Maria Antoinette Evans Fund
Accession Number30.1260.1
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Riotor [1930], vol. 2, cf. pl. 62
DescriptionTitle page from A New Book of Chinese Ornaments. Invented & Engraved by J. Pillement 1755.
InscriptionsA New Book of Chinese Ornaments. Invented & Engraved by J. Pillement 1755.
U.r.: 1
At bottom: Publish'd according to Acts of Parliament 1755. London Printed for Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck opposite Fetter Lane Fleet Street Price 5s
L.r. cor: J. Pillement inv. & Sculp.
U.r.: 1
At bottom: Publish'd according to Acts of Parliament 1755. London Printed for Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck opposite Fetter Lane Fleet Street Price 5s
L.r. cor: J. Pillement inv. & Sculp.
ProvenanceG. Mathias; from whom purchased by MFA, July 1930.