Interior Ornamented Wall, nos. CCCCLXIX–CCCCLXXIX, plate 70 from "Designs for Various Ornaments"

Publisher Dulouchamp British

1801

Not on view

This design for an interior wall, CCCCLXIX to CCCCLXXIX, was published by Dulouchamp in 1801. The latter was a bookseller who inherited Pergolesi's series of ornament designs published in London between 1777 and 1792 and added to them. The series has no title page, but a prospectus of ca. 1786 described the group as: "A great variety of original designs of vases, figures, medallions, friezes, pilasters, panels and other ornaments, in the Etruscan and grotesque style." The earlier set contains 67 plates numbered 1-66 (two are numbered 56), with designs within the plates irregularly numbered 1-435 (in both Roman and Arabic numerals).

Artwork Details

Title: Interior Ornamented Wall, nos. CCCCLXIX–CCCCLXXIX, plate 70 from "Designs for Various Ornaments"
Series/Portfolio: Designs for Various Ornaments
Artist: After Michelangelo Pergolesi (Italian, active from 1760–died 1801)
Publisher: Dulouchamp (British, active ca. 1801)
Date: 1801
Medium: Etching and watercolor
Dimensions: Plate: 18 × 11 7/16 in. (45.7 × 29 cm)
Sheet: 21 7/16 × 14 13/16 in. (54.5 × 37.7 cm)
Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Bequest of Herbert Mitchell, 2008
Object Number: 2018.839.50
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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