File:Drawing, Design for a Library Wall, ca. 1740 (CH 18170779).jpg
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English: Drawing, Design for a Library Wall, ca. 1740
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English: Drawing, Design for a Library Wall, ca. 1740 |
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| Description |
English: Two sections of bookcases are divided and flanked by carved panels of boiserie; at the left, a door and a wide and narrow panel, the wider one flanked by sconces and decorated with carved festoons and a mirror; at the right, desk containing a clock and above, a carved picture or mirror frame; over the bookcases--statuary, vases, and a map-globe. On verso, pencil sketch of a console table with indications of scale. |
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| Date | circa 1740 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | pen and black and red ink, brush and gray and rose wash on two sheets of white laid paper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Overall: 17.5 x 45.1 cm (6 7/8 x 17 3/4 in.) Mat: 40.6 x 55.9 cm (16 x 22 in.) |
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Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design |
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1911-28-246 |
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| Credit line | Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inscriptions | Watermakr: J.Nourison Fils/Auvergne | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | Catalog Photo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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