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Recueil d'Ornemens A l'Usage des Jeunes Artistes qui se destinent à la décoration des bâtimens

1777
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Throughout his career, the French sculptor and cabinetmaker Gilles Paul Cauvet made designs for both monumental architecture and small, finely crafted objects. Many such ideas have been preserved in drawings. In addition, towards the end of his life a collection of his designs was published under the title Recueil d’ornemens à l’usage des jeunes artistes (Collection of ornament designs for use by young artists).

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Recueil d'Ornemens A l'Usage des Jeunes Artistes qui se destinent à la décoration des bâtimens
  • Artist and publisher: Gilles Paul Cauvet (French, Aix 1731–1788 Paris)
  • Dedicatee: Louis Stanislas Xavier de Bourbon (French, Versailles 1755–1824 Paris)
  • Etcher: Simon Charles Miger (French, Nemours 1736–1820 Paris)
  • Etcher: Hemery (French, 18th century)
  • Engraver: Jacques Le Roy (French)
  • Engraver: Pietro Antonio Martini (Italian, Trescali 1738–1797 Parma)
  • Etcher: Françoise Charlotte Liottier (French)
  • Engraver: Petit (French)
  • Engraver: Pierre Viel (French, Paris 1755–1810 Paris)
  • Engraver: Mme. Darby (French)
  • Published in: Paris
  • Date: 1777
  • Medium: Etching, engraving
  • Dimensions: 21 7/8 x 16 1/8 x 1 3/16 in. (55.5 x 41 x 3 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
  • Object Number: 20.61.1
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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