Plate 1, from "Book of Bannisters in the New Taste for Use by Locksmiths" (Cahier de Rampes dans le nouveau Goût à l'usage des Serruriers)
Plate 1 of a series of designs of bannisters for locksmiths. It is also the title plate of the series. This design is characterized by a bannister with lancet arches and a torch wrapped in ribbons. There also is a putto pointing to the right on the bannister.
Artwork Details
- Title: Plate 1, 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 François Chereau (French, Paris 1742–1794 Paris)
- Published in: Paris
- Date: 18th century
- Medium: Engraving
- Dimensions: Plate: 11 7/8 × 8 1/4 in. (30.2 × 21 cm)
Sheet: 14 11/16 × 9 7/16 in. (37.3 × 24 cm) - Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
- Object Number: 59.608.142(1)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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