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Bound Print, Design for Ceramic Stove, Livre de Portion de Plafonds et d'un Poëlle (Book of Portions of Ceilings and of a Stove)

This is a bound print. It was designed by François de Cuvilliés the Elder and engraved by François de Cuvilliés the younger and published by François de Cuvilliés the Elder and Nicolas Jean Baptiste de Poilly. It is dated 1731–68 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is engraving on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper right: 83

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Bound Print, Design for Ceramic Stove, Livre de Portion de Plafonds et d'un Poëlle (Book of Portions of Ceilings and of a Stove); Designed by François de Cuvilliés the Elder (Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768); Germany; engraving on paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-282-84

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