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Print, Designs for Tableware, Plate XVI of Designs of Chinese Buildings, Furniture, Dresses, Machines and Utensils.

This is a Print. It was designed by William Chambers and engraved by Pierre Fourdrinier. It is dated 1757 and we acquired it in 1984. Its medium is engraving on tan laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

  • Drawing, Designs for Paper Porcelain
  • pen and black ink, graphite, white and gold edding marking pen, copic marking....
  • Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
  • 2014-38-10-a,b

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Its dimensions are

Platemark: 46.5 x 31 cm (18 5/16 x 12 3/16 in.) Sheet: 54.1 x 34.5 cm (21 5/16 x 13 9/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Lower right in plate: P. Fourdrunier sculp Upper center in plate: XVI Lower left corner in graphite: Chambers 1757

Cite this object as

Print, Designs for Tableware, Plate XVI of Designs of Chinese Buildings, Furniture, Dresses, Machines and Utensils.; Designed by William Chambers (British, b. Sweden, 1726–1796); Engraved by Pierre Fourdrinier (French, active England, 1720 - 1760); England; engraving on tan laid paper; Platemark: 46.5 x 31 cm (18 5/16 x 12 3/16 in.) Sheet: 54.1 x 34.5 cm (21 5/16 x 13 9/16 in.); 1984-75-2

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