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Engraved plate of a Polish-style canopy bed with a domed iron canopy, turned legs and dimension lines in pieds.

Lit à la Polonoise préparé de Menuiserie

Richard de Lalonde, 1770

Engraved plate of six trophy designs combining torches, a lyre, swords, wheat, and flower garlands.

Trophy Designs

Pierre Ranson, 1770

Engraving of a formal garden with hedged avenues, lattice screens and small groups of figures in period dress walking.

La Patte d’Oye des Avenües de Chantilly en face du Pavillon de Silvie (Upper Plate)

Adam Pérelle, 1700

Etching of classical gods and a warrior with shield in clouds, a chariot with radiating sun rays, and a reclining figure.

The Gods Representing the Planets

Thomas Christian Winck, 1770

Engraved title page with an ornate oval cartouche, coat of arms, lions, satyr figures and a lion mask above lettered text.

Title page

Hugues Brisville, 1660

Engraved oval portrait of a young man with curly hair, a white collar and cross pendant, with a coat of arms below.

Portrait of Cardinal Emmanuel-Théodore de la Tour-d'Auvergne, duc d'Abret (1644-1715)

Antoine Masson, 1660

Engraved plate showing four ornamental rosette designs with stylized leaves and central florets, numbered page 87.

Rosette Designs

Richard de Lalonde, 1780

Engraved plate showing four stacked balustrade designs with scrolls, rosettes, interlocking links and geometric lattice patte

Four Balustrade Designs

Jean-Baptiste Fay, 1780

Engraved architectural plate showing front and section views of a window sill with corbels and an air vent, with a scale bar.

Tablette d appui de Croisée avec soupirail

Juste Nathan François Boucher, 1770

Etched frieze design with an eagle, putti, a reclining male figure and acanthus scrolls above a band of floral scrollwork.

Two Frieze Designs

Alexis Loir, 1710

Engraved floor plan of the Hostel de la Basignere showing courtyard, rooms, and staircases with a toise scale bar.

Plan de l’Hostel de la Basignere

Jean Marot, 1630

Détails de la Sculpture du Dossier, du Profil, et de la Devanture du Fauteuil A

Richard de Lalonde, 1770

Engraved design sheet with an ornamental cross flanked by crescent and pedestal motifs, decorated with fine scrollwork.

Designs for a Cross and Ornament

Pierre Gandin, 1600

Engraved elevation of a rococo interior wall with central fireplace, mirror, paneled doors and carved ornament.

Elevation of Interior Wall Decoration with Fireplace

Johann Michael Hoppenhaupt II, 1750

Engraved architectural elevation of a Doric carriage gate with pediment, sphinxes, medallion and double doors.

Developpement d'une Porte Cochere de l'ordonnance Dorique

Flemish Jean-François de Neufforge, 1760

Engraved plate of a canopied bed with tasselled drapery, floral garlands and feather plumes, titled Lit à la Duchesse.

Lit à la Duchesse

Pierre Ranson, 1790

Hand-colored print of a couple seated under a tree, framed by an ornate rococo border of red and blue flowers.

Couple Beneath Tree

Martin Engelbrecht, 1680

Etching of the god Pan seated beside a large urn under a tree, with sheep and a distant mountain landscape.

Pan Sitting Opposite a Vase

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1650

Etched print of a watchcase design with a central circular scene of figures and two ornamental decorative strips.

Design for a Watchcase

Jacques Vauquer, 1730

Engraved design of an ornate rococo railing with three fountains, a trident-bearing sea god at center, and a crowned coat of

A Point de Vue for a Park; Three Fountains and a Railing

Pierre-Edmé Babel, 1740

Engraved plate of three stacked octagonal dish designs with serpent, dolphin, and reed ornament, titled Plats Octogone.

Plats Octogone

Henri Sallembier, 1800

Engraving of a sea-themed cartouche with a trident, shell, crab, seaweed and waves, numbered 12 in the top corner.

Escutcheon, from "Recueil Nouveau de Differens Cartouche"

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1720

Engraved design of a three-armed candelabra with oak-leaf branches, flanked by two putti on a decorated pedestal.

Girandole (Candelabra) Design

Jean François Forty, 1770

Engraved view of the Seine with the Pont Marie, moored barges, quays with pedestrians and a carriage, and riverside buildings

Le Pont Marie

Gabriel Pérelle, 1700

Engraved rococo design for a clock case with a blank circular medallion, cherubs, scrollwork and a grotesque mask below.

Design for a Cartel Clock Case

Thomas Lainé, 1800

Engraved plate numbered 16 showing a rococo ewer with a scrolling handle, shell-shaped spout and footed base.

Buirre pour les Évèque

Pierre Germain, 1740

Etching of a bearded man with long hair, white collar and dark clothing against a hatched dark background.

Portrait of a Man, from "Etchings of Pictures in the Metropolitan Museum, New York"

Jules Ferdinand Jacquemart, 1870

Engraved view of the formal cascades at Saint-Cloud with stepped stone staircases, a central fountain, and strolling figures

Veüe et Perspective des Cascades de St. Clou

Israël Silvestre, 1690

Engraved plate of two round breakfast tables with ornamental bases and garland details, labelled Tables à déjeuner, number 88

Tables à déjeuner

Juste Nathan François Boucher, 1770

Engraving of an andiron design with a figure holding a globe, flanked by sphinxes and small ornamental urns.

Design for an Andiron

Jean Cotelle, 1620

Etched page with two rococo cartouches surrounded by putti, foliage, drapery and emblems, numbered 13 in the lower right.

SECOND LIVRE de Fragmens, a l’usage de differens Artistes, DEDIÉ A.M. le Marquis de Voyer d’Argenson

Engraved ornament plate with a black oval cartouche of scrollwork and flowers inside a decorative foliate border, on a page.

Ornament Design

Pierre Gandin, 1600

Engraved title page with three putti among metalworking tools, candlesticks, and vases beside a chimney and foliage.

Title Page

Clément Pierre Marillier, 1760

Woodblock print of boats crowded on a river with streamer-hung poles in the foreground and a distant mountain under blue sky.

Miyato River by Great Bank of Asakusa River, No 68 from One Hundred Views of Edo (Asakusa-gawa Okawa-bata, Miyato-gawa)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1790

Bergère à Joue

Richard de Lalonde, 1770

Etching of peasants drinking and smoking under a vine trellis, a woman pouring a drink beside a child at a doorway.

The Big Boom (Peasants Under a Vine-Trellis)

Jonas Suyderhoef, 1650

Woodcut of crucified Christ surrounded by saints, angels, and rose garlands, with figures rising from flames below.

The Great Rosary

Erhard Schön, 1510

Engraved elevation of a Doric-order building with five arched doorways, tall windows, balustrade, and a side section at right

Façade d'un Bâtiment suivant l'ordonnance Dorique élevé sur un soubassement

Flemish Jean-François de Neufforge, 1760

Engraved page with two ornamental panels of flower garlands, scrolls, and ribbon bows, one with a flower urn and one with a m

Decorative Panel Designs

Pierre Ranson, 1770

Engraved ornament design with a central male bust roundel flanked by lions and cherubs, above a laurel wreath with a small he

Two Ornament Designs with Roundels

Jean Baptiste Huet, 1770

Engraved rococo design for a mantel clock case with putti, a shell canopy, lion figures and an empty central cartouche.

Mantel Clock Case Design

Gilles Marie Oppenord, 1730

Hand-coloured print of a blue fluted stove column with pink relief bands, an urn on top, and a marble pedestal in an arched n

POELE formant colonne tronquée, cannelée, à bandeaux, orné de bas-reliefs et surmonté d’un vase antique

Louis Gustave Taraval, 1780

Engraved print of an ornate urn with scrolled handles, holding flowers and garlands on a pedestal table.

Vase with Flowers

Pierre Ranson, 1770

Engraved plate of muscular nude men and draped figures with a pointing angel in clouds above, after Michelangelo's Last Judgm

Plate, from Le Jugement Universel

Tommaso Piroli, 1800

Engraved plate of stagecoach designs showing a rear view, side elevation with decorative panels, and ornamental details.

Design for a Stagecoach

Richard de Lalonde, 1780

Engraved dedication page with a shield bearing a fleur-de-lis, flanked by birds and a putto, above French dedicatory text.

Dedication / Title Page

Jean-Bernard Turreau, 1700

Engraved design of a wall clock in a laurel wreath with a flaming torch, serpents, scrolls and tools below.

Wall Clock (Cartel) Design

Jean François Forty, 1770

Hand-colored floral design with pink, blue and white blossoms on lattice stems and feathery green, yellow and teal fern frond

Fantastic Flower Motif from Nouvelle Suitte de Cahiers de Fleurs Idéales

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1800

Engraved title page with ornate scrolled cartouche, grotesque mask, and central lettering for ornament designs.

Title Page

Johann Leonhard Eisler, 1720

Engraved plate of three rococo staircase balustrade designs with scrolling panels, consoles, and a putto with urn finial.

Nouveaux desseins de Rampes d’Escalier avec Panneaux et Consolles

Pierre-Edmé Babel, 1910

Etched print of six ornamental trophy designs with torches, arrows, wreaths, armor, serpents and wheat sheaves.

Trophy Designs

D. Antoine Pierretz, 1640

Engraved neoclassical design of an alcove with swagged drapery, Ionic columns, urn pedestals and garland panels.

Design of an Alcove

Richard de Lalonde, 1780

Porte d'Appartement avec son Profil

Richard de Lalonde, 1780

Woodblock print of a crowded sailing ferryboat on water, with a rowboat, shoreline castle, and distant mountains under a pale

Kuwana: Ferryboats at Chichiri (Kuwana, Shichiri no watashibune) from the Series 53 Stations of Tokaido

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1790

Engraving of a seated man in a feathered turban and a seated woman in a gown beside a rococo chair and curtain.

La Sultane Favorite

François-Thomas Mondon, 1730

Engraved print of a stag head with hunting tools, a wicker basket, net, horn and flowers arranged as a trophy.

Trophy with Implements of the Hunt, Plate 2 from "Suite de Trophées de chasse," Suite VI

Etienne Claude Voysard, 1770

Hokusai woodblock print of a coastal road with boats on the water, Mount Fuji in the distance, and travelers near a stall.

Takanawar enterance to the Tokaido (Takanawa no chidori)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1840

Etched ornament plate with a ram-headed capital above a frieze of a crowned mermaid flanked by cherubs and scrolls.

Frieze and Ornament Designs

D. Antoine Pierretz, 1640

Engraved ornament panel with acanthus scrolls, cherubs with bow and torch, a hunting scene, and two seated sphinx figures.

Ornament Panel Design

Alexis Loir, 1710

Engraving of a formal Versailles fountain with a tall jet, statues, sculpted lions, and strolling figures among trees.

La Fontaine du Cabinet de Diane à Versailles (Left Plate)

Adam Pérelle, 1700

Etched portrait of a young man in a velvet cap and fur-trimmed coat, looking sideways, holding a sheet of paper.

Young Man in a Velvet Cap (Ferdinand Bol?)

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Engraved design for an ornamental iron balcony with scrollwork, a central eagle, and fluted pilasters on a page.

Design for an Iron Balcony

France Gabriel Bonthomme, 1770

Engraved chinoiserie ornament plate with a seated figure in a pointed hat, palms, a pagoda and rococo scrollwork.

Plate 3, from "A New Book of Chinese Ornaments"

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1740

Engraved plate of an antique-style draped bed with canopy, side elevation, floor plan, and scale bar.

Designs for Beds in the Style of Antiquity

Richard de Lalonde, 1780

Engraved classical landscape with figures on a riverbank, a columned temple at right, a distant castle, and dramatic clouds.

Phaeton

William Woollett, 1780

Engraving of a bearded elderly figure raising one arm above clouds, with two winged boy angels resting on a cloud below.

The Almighty in the Clouds, with Two Boy Angels

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1770

A Young Man's Head

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1800

Engraved plate of a large ornamental hair comb, a bow brooch, a chain pendant, and two decorative hair ornaments.

Hair Ornament and Jewelry Designs

Pierre Moreau, 1770

Engraved hunting trophy with a hanging hare, rifle, horn, and flasks surrounded by flowering branches and a wicker basket.

Trophy with Implements of the Hunt, Plate 4 from "Suite de Trophées de chasse," Suite VI

Etienne Claude Voysard, 1770

Engraved Annunciation scene with an angel approaching a seated woman, putti in clouds, and German and Latin verses below.

Salutatio Angelica

Johann Evangelist Holzer, 1700

Engraving of fishermen casting nets from rocks and a rowboat, with sailing ships and a harbor town under a cloudy sky.

Les Jetteurs de Fillets (Casting of Nets)

Anne Philiberte Coulet, 1780

Engraved rococo ornament design with scrollwork, a winged figure, a cherub with a bow, and a mythological relief panel.

Ornament Design

Jean-Bernard Turreau, 1710

Engraved print of two hermitage building elevations with domes, above an allegorical sundial scene with clouds and figures.

Two Architectural Elevations of the Hermitage

François de Cuvilliés the younger, 1770

Etching of a military trophy with shields, banners, trumpets, helmets and laurel around a central medallion of a chariot with

Trophy of Arms

Jean Le Pautre, 1650

Printed instructional plate with red-toned studies of eyes in various angles, with French text and proportion guidelines.

Title Page

Pierre Thomas Le Clerc, 1770

Engraved title page with an arch of garlands, a flower basket, and a central French dedication to Morlot, 1780.

Title Page

Clément Pierre Marillier, 1780

Autre Developpement et Profil d'Entablement Composite avec Corniche à l'usage des Portes et Fenêtres

Flemish Jean-François de Neufforge, 1760

Engraved technical plate showing front, side, and detail views of an armchair frame with dimension notes and a scale bar.

Menuiserie de la Bergere A

Richard de Lalonde, 1770

Sepia print of two symmetrical ornamental designs with urns, garlands, birds, and a standing female figure.

Arabesque Ornament Designs

Etienne de Lavallée, 1780

Engraved plate of Corinthian column details: cornice, capital, base, pedestal, a circular plan and a scale bar.

Corniche du Piedestal de l'Ordre Corinthien du Chapiteau Base et Piedestal

Richard de Lalonde, 1780

Engraved keyhole escutcheon design flanked by two winged figures with fish tails, topped by a fleur-de-lis and fruit basket.

Design for a Keyhole Escutcheon

Antoine Jacquard, 1610

Engraved design of a classical triumphal arch with columns, winged figures, garland frieze, and two statues on top.

Doorway or Triumphal Arch Design

D. Antoine Pierretz, 1640

Etched rococo ornament design with scrollwork, lattice panel and two facing birds, numbered 5 in the upper left.

Detail from a Frame or Molding Design

François Roumier, 1750

Engraved plate of Hotel Torpanne facade sculptures: arched relief panels, an oval medallion, and a frieze with winged figures

Hotel Torpanne: Sculptures de la Facade

A. Lenoir, 1600

Engraved plate of a canopied duchess bed with draped curtains, tassels and carved ornament, with a scale bar below.

Lit à la Duchesse, orné de Sculptures et totalement fini

Richard de Lalonde, 1770

Engraved elevation of a tall lighthouse-like tower with a lantern, flanked by two flaming obelisks, above a rusticated base.

Design for a Lighthouse

A. Le Canu, 1770

Etched fan leaf design with cherubs holding garlands, swans, a classical hunting scene, and a central medallion face.

Fan leaves, first half of the set "Desseins d'Eventails et Ecrans"

Nicolas Pierre Loir, 1740

Engraved arabesque design with an eagle below a radiant face, a serpent urn, hanging scales, and a central medallion.

Arabesque Design

Aubert Henri Joseph A. Parent, 1780

Tonal print of a flat landscape with a lone tree, shallow water, a figure on a path, and light breaking through clouds.

Sunshine After Rain

Louis Marvy, 1840

Engraving of three horizontal floral garlands with roses, buds and leafy vines stacked on a pale page.

Three Floral Tailpieces or Fleurons

Jean-Jacques Bachelier, 1760

Engraved design of an ornamental urn with two putti and a hanging drape, set in a thin rectangular border on a book page.

Ornamental Vase Design

Juste Nathan François Boucher, 1750

Engraving of a rococo fountain with a seated couple embracing on scrolling rocaille ornament, water pouring from a spout belo

L’Amant Aimé

François-Thomas Mondon, 1730

Engraved plate of embroidery designs with a rococo caparison, coat of arms, floral garlands, leaf motif and pliers.

Art du Brodeur

Charles Germain de Saint-Aubin, 1770

Engraved vertical ornament panel with arabesque scrollwork, winged sphinxes, a lion, and a seated figure in a medallion.

Arabesque Design

Charles Normand, 1780

Engraved page of Rococo ornament designs with scrolls, acanthus leaves, a crown, masks, and a dragon, dated 1730.

Designs for Firearms Ornament

de La Collombe, 1730

Engraved elevation of an ornate side table with trophy decoration, garlands, and a scale bar, on a book page.

Elevation and Plan of a Table

Richard de Lalonde, 1780