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Print, Ornament Designs for Metal Objects
This is a Print. It was overseen (as design director) by Hugues Brisville and print maker: Jean Bérain the Elder and published by Nicolas Langlois and Hugues Brisville. It is dated 1662 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is engraving on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
Moustache tips and sideburn curls twist into the scalloped shape of a doorknob, formed from laughing faces with leafy beards. Arabesquing animals and acanthus leaves elevate everyday hardware—locks, handles, and brackets—in these designs from a series by Brisville. Bérain the Elder, who engraved this print, would later become known for his own arabesque designs.
This object was
donated by
Advisory Council.
It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- Print, Ornament Design
- engraving on laid paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1921-6-261-14
- Print, Ornament Design
- engraving on laid paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1921-6-261-3
- Print, Ornament Designs for Escutcheon and Key
- engraving on laid paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1921-6-261-5
Our curators have highlighted 10 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Print, Ornament Escutcheon Design
- engraving on laid paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1921-6-261-10
- Bracket
- Gift of Jacob H. Schiff.
- 1904-20-250
- Lock (France)
- cast and gilt bronze .
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1909-25-80
Its dimensions are
H x W: 20.5 × 15.2 cm (8 1/16 in. × 6 in.) Platemark: 16.5 × 12 cm (6 1/2 × 4 3/4 in.)
It is signed
Lettered lower left, in plate: Berain ; Lettered lower center, in plate: H. Brisseville. Invent.
It is inscribed
Printed upper right, in plate: 11
Cite this object as
Print, Ornament Designs for Metal Objects; Print Maker: Jean Bérain the Elder (French, 1640–1711); Design Director: Hugues Brisville (French, active ca. 1663); Published by Nicolas Langlois; France; engraving on laid paper; H x W: 20.5 × 15.2 cm (8 1/16 in. × 6 in.) Platemark: 16.5 × 12 cm (6 1/2 × 4 3/4 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-261-11
