Two Oval Designs for Table Clothes, from Nouveaux Liure d'Ornements Propres pour Faire en Broderié et Petit Point, part of Œuvres du Sr. D. Marot
Two horizontal ovals with embroidery designs for table cloths. At top, a central cartouche with a dancing female figure before a tree. At bottom, a rosette surrounded by foliate design. From a group of five prints belonging to a series of six plates with ornament design for embroidery. The series was first issued by Marot in 1689-1702 and was included in the collected works published in 1703.
Artwork Details
- Title: Two Oval Designs for Table Clothes, from Nouveaux Liure d'Ornements Propres pour Faire en Broderié et Petit Point, part of Œuvres du Sr. D. Marot
- Series/Portfolio: Nouveaux Liure d'Ornements Propres pour Faire en Broderié et Petit Point
- Artist: Daniel Marot the Elder (French, Paris 1661–1752 The Hague)
- Publisher: Published by Pierre Husson , The Hague
- Published in: The Hague
- Date: published 1689–1712
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Sheet: 13 7/16 × 8 1/4 in. (34.2 × 21 cm)
Plate: 10 13/16 × 7 5/16 in. (27.4 × 18.5 cm) - Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1930
- Object Number: 30.4(67)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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