Frontispiece for Book 4, in Eight books of Ornament
date: label: Date
content: 1741–47
name: label: Artist
content: William Delacour, French, 1741 – 1767
label: Engraver
content: François Vivares, French, 1709 – 1782
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: First book (dedicated to Lord Middlesex): title page and six plates, dated 1741, of rocaille cartouches; second book (dedicated to the Earl of Holderness): title page and five rocaille motifs, dated 1742; third book (dedicated to the Duke of Rutland): title page and six plates of cartouches, dated 1743; fifth book; title page and fourteen plates (one bound upside down) of furniture, dated 1743; sixth and seventh books: title pages (half-size) and fourteen plates of cartouches, undated; eighth book: title page and six plates of jewelery, dated 1747.
place: label: designed in
content: Paris, France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1962-126-1-55
objectType: label: Type
content: ornament
label: Object Name
content: Bound volume
label: Type
content: Bound volume
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engravings on white laid paper, bound in half-calf and marbled boards
label: Dimensions
content: Open: 41.4 x 48.1 x 11.7 cm (16 5/16 x 18 15/16 x 4 5/8 in.)