Design for a Sofa, from: Nouvelle Iconographie Historique III, series Q
1771 or after
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Plate: 9 1/8 × 13 3/16 in. (23.2 × 33.5 cm)
Classification
Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1929
Accession Number
29.58.32(37)
Tags
Art Historical Context
This elegant etching and engraving presents a detailed design for a sofa, created in 1771 or later as part of the series *Nouvelle Iconographie Historique III*, series Q. Produced through the collaborative efforts associated with Jean de La Fontaine, Duval, and Daumont, the print belongs to the Metropolitan Museum’s collection of ornament and architecture works. Measuring just over nine by thirteen inches, it exemplifies how 18th-century printmakers captured the graceful lines and decorative motifs favored in furniture of the period. Etching and engraving techniques allowed artists to render ...
About the Artist
Jean de La Fontaine|Duval|Daumont (French|French|French) · 1621 |1750 | –1695 |1780 |
French, Château-Thierry 1621–1695 Paris|active ca. 1750 (?)–1780|Paris