Print, Designs for a Panel, Fire Screen, and Andirons, pl.3, XIe Cahier, Oeuvres de différents genres dessinée par J. B. Huet

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This and 3 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Beds.

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Print, Designs for a Panel, Fire Screen, and Andirons, pl.3, XIe Cahier, Oeuvres de différents genres dessinée par J. B. Huet

This is a Print. It was after Jean-Baptiste Huët and print maker: Gilles-Antoine Demarteau and J. Augustin Léveillé. It is dated 1785 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is aquatint on cream laid 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.

A textile fragment which portrays figures from top to bottom. From the top, there is a curving vine which goes to the bottom of the fragment. The vine divides the fragment into two parts with an animal in each part. Above the vine, there is a lion which is sitting on the vine. Below the vine there is a bird of prey perched on a branch. On the left side above the bird, there are two flowers (one in yellow and one in blue) which provide cover for the bird.

Fragment
silk, linen.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1896-1-26

This object has not been digitized yet.

Fire Screen, early 20th century
molded and blown glass, bronze, wrought iron.
The Collection of Richard H. Driehaus, Chicago.
72.2015.2

Its dimensions are

20.6 x 27.8 cm (8 1/8 x 10 15/16 in. ), plate

It is signed

Imprinted in red, lower left: J.B. Hüet del.; lower right: Demarteau sculp

It is inscribed

Imprinted in red, lower center: A Paris chez Demarteau Graveur Cloitre St. Benoit; upper left: XIe. Cahier; upper right: pl. 3.; lower center: Model d'un Ecran executé pour la Reine.; upper right quadrant: Model de Feux de Cheminée; lower right quadrant: Model de Feux de Cheminée

Cite this object as

Print, Designs for a Panel, Fire Screen, and Andirons, pl.3, XIe Cahier, Oeuvres de différents genres dessinée par J. B. Huet; Print Maker: Gilles-Antoine Demarteau (1750 – 1802); France; aquatint on cream laid paper; 20.6 x 27.8 cm (8 1/8 x 10 15/16 in. ), plate; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-321-2

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2Bxhz/
Accession Number 1921-6-321-2
Object ID 18250661