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Design for a Sofa, from: Nouvelle Iconographie Historique III, series Q

Duval French
Publisher Jean François Daumont French
Author Jean de La Fontaine French
1771 or after
Not on view
Design for a large sofa in a late Louis XV style. The sofa is divided up in five parts. In the center on top of the sofa a Chinese figure is depicted holding up a parasol. The upholstery of the sofa is decorated with the fables of Fox and Crane and Wolf and Heron (Jean de la Fontaine).

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Design for a Sofa, from: Nouvelle Iconographie Historique III, series Q
  • Artist: Duval (active ca. 1750 (?)–1780)
  • Publisher: Jean François Daumont (French, active 1740–75)
  • Author: Jean de La Fontaine (French, Château-Thierry 1621–1695 Paris)
  • Date: 1771 or after
  • Medium: Etching and engraving
  • Dimensions: Plate: 9 1/8 × 13 3/16 in. (23.2 × 33.5 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1929
  • Object Number: 29.58.32(37)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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