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Publisher Jacques Chereau French
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Plate 3 of a series of designs of bannisters for locksmiths. This plate is characterized by a bannister with balusters shaped like lances. At the bottom of the bannister is a seated putto with a lion.
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Title: Plate 3, from "Book of Bannisters in the New Taste for Use by Locksmiths" (Cahier de Rampes dans le nouveau Goût à l'usage des Serruriers)
Series/Portfolio: Book of Bannisters in the New Taste for Use by Locksmiths (Cahier de Rampes dans le nouveau Goût à l'usage des Serruriers)
Publisher:
Jacques Chereau (French, active 18th–19th century)
Published in: Paris
Date: 18th century
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions:
Plate: 11 7/8 × 8 1/8 in. (30.1 × 20.6 cm)
Sheet: 14 5/8 × 9 7/16 in. (37.2 × 23.9 cm)
Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession Number: 59.608.142(3)
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