Plate 4, from "Desseins de Brasiers dont les Ornements peuuent Seruir aux Cuuettes, Tables, et autres Ouurages d'Orfeurerie"

Publisher Pierre Mariette le fils French

1660–1713

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Plate 4 of a series of designs for braziers, tables and other silverware works. The main design on the left side is supported by child half figure holding an eagle behind him. The other brazier designs on the same side feature a dragon, upper design, and a winged lion holding a garland in its mouth, lower design. On the right side, the main design features a male half figure holding a snake. The other designs on that side feature a goat, upper design, and a pensive half figure, lower design. Finally, there are grotesque masks on both sides.

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Title: Plate 4, from "Desseins de Brasiers dont les Ornements peuuent Seruir aux Cuuettes, Tables, et autres Ouurages d'Orfeurerie"
Series/Portfolio: Desseins de Brasiers dont les Ornements peuuent Seruir aux Cuuettes, Tables, et autres Ouurages d'Orfeurerie
Artist: Alexis Loir (French, 1640–1713)
Publisher: Pierre Mariette le fils (French, Paris 1634–1716 Paris)
Date: 1660–1713
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Plate: 6 1/4 × 9 5/16 in. (15.9 × 23.7 cm)
Sheet: 7 11/16 × 10 15/16 in. (19.6 × 27.8 cm)
Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Object Number: 49.50.427(4)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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Plate 1, from "Desseins de Brasiers dont les Ornements peuuent Seruir aux Cuuettes, Tables, et autres Ouurages d'Orfeurerie", Alexis Loir French, Etching — Plate 1, from "Desseins de Brasiers dont les Ornements peuuent Seruir aux Cuuettes, Tables, et autres Ouurages d'Orfeurerie"
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Plate 5, from "Desseins de Brasiers dont les Ornements peuuent Seruir aux Cuuettes, Tables, et autres Ouurages d'Orfeurerie", Alexis Loir French, Etching — Plate 5, from "Desseins de Brasiers dont les Ornements peuuent Seruir aux Cuuettes, Tables, et autres Ouurages d'Orfeurerie"
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