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This and 5 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Cartouches, Framing Devices and Carriage Designs.

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Print, Design for a Carriage Wheel and Doors

This is a Print. It was designed by Louis Van Nerven and published by Jean-Charles François and Gilles Demarteau and print maker: Paty. It is dated 1755–69 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching 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 signed

Lettered in plate, lower right: Paty Sc.

It is inscribed

Numbered in plate, upper right corner: Ve No.2

Cite this object as

Print, Design for a Carriage Wheel and Doors; Designed by Louis Van Nerven (Dutch, active ca. 1750); Print Maker: Paty (French, active mid 18th century); Published by Jean-Charles François (1717 - 1769), Gilles Demarteau (Belgian, active in France, 1722 – 1776); France; etching on paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-316-5

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