Plate Eight from Nouveavx Desseins D'Arquebvseries
Engraver Gilles Demarteau French
Not on view
The beautiful and inventive ornament designs in pattern books were intended for the practical needs of artists and craftsman. Some, like this example, are literally shopworn, showing stains and other damage from use in an active workshop.
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