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Panel, Jacques de Lajoüe, Marquetry of tulipwood, walnut, padouk, satin-wood, maple, and other woods, partly stained blue, green, and red, Southern German, Palatinate — Panel
Scene influenced by designs of Jacques de Lajoüe
ca. 1750–60

Snuffbox, Louis Charonnat French, Gold, French, Paris — Snuffbox
Louis Charonnat
Designer after designs by Jacques de Lajoüe
1758–59

Table snuffbox, Jacques de Lajoüe , published in Paris 1736 French, Green Turban snail shell; gilded, matted, punched, and engraved silver; niello, Russian, probably Velikiy Ustyug — Table snuffbox
Niello scenes after a print entitled Naufrage (Shipwreck) by Jacques de Lajoüe
ca. 1745–50

Design for the Corner of a Decoration (recto); Sketch of Monumental Building with Four Temple-Front Entrances (verso), Jacques de Lajoüe French, Pen and dark gray ink, brush and gray wash, with parallel diagonal lines and scale in black chalk, and with incised lines square off in lower part of sheet (recto); pen and gray ink over black chalk (verso). Framing lines on bottom and right side (recto) — Design for the Corner of a Decoration (recto); Sketch of Monumental Building with Four Temple-Front Entrances (verso)
Jacques de Lajoüe
ca. 1730

Design for a Folding Screen, Jacques de Lajoüe French, Pen and gray ink, brush and gray wash over traces of black chalk and graphite — Design for a Folding Screen
Jacques de Lajoüe

Fireworks Display for the Convalescence of Louis XV, Jacques de Lajoüe French, Pen and gray and brown ink, brush and gray wash, with watercolor, over black chalk — Fireworks Display for the Convalescence of Louis XV
Jacques de Lajoüe
François Le Moyne
1726

Study for a Stage Set, Jacques de Lajoüe French, Pen and gray ink, brush and gray and colored wash over traces of black chalk and graphite — Study for a Stage Set
Jacques de Lajoüe
18th century

Study for the Rotunda of a Palace, Jacques de Lajoüe French, Red chalk with red chalk wash, with framing lines in pen and black ink — Study for the Rotunda of a Palace
Jacques de Lajoüe
n.d.

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