Guide du Dessinateur de l'Industrie, 2me Livraison: Title Page
Title page of book containing 185 leaves with a collection of lithographs, aquatints, engravings, and other media, with ornamental designs published by Fleury Chavant in Paris, part of the publication "Guide du Dessinateur de l'industrie: une macédoine de dessins variés , tels que fleurs, ornemens, etc. ... Ouvrage destiné aux fabricants et dessinateurs de soieries... et Papiers Peints..." This plate, serving as the title page of the book, contains the title page for the second issue of the "Guide du Dessinateur de l'Industrie", made up of an escutcheon with an inscription of the title and publisher, inside a rectangle decorated with rectangles containing different design patterns, all executed on black ink over thin, light brown paper. The patterns contain different sorts of branches with flowers and leaves, bundles and garlands with stylized flowers, scrolls, stripes, scales, and undulating, glitched lines.
Artwork Details
- Title: Guide du Dessinateur de l'Industrie, 2me Livraison: Title Page
- Publisher: Fleury Chavant (French, 19th century)
- Printer: Georges Schlatter (French) , Paris
- Published in: Paris
- Date: [after 1844]
- Medium: Lithograph
- Dimensions: Sheet: 12 3/16 × 9 7/16 in. (31 × 24 cm)
Book: 12 3/8 in. × 10 in. × 1 5/16 in. (31.5 × 25.4 × 3.3 cm) - Classifications: Books, Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Gift of Edith P. Blase, 1944
- Object Number: 44.91.783(1)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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