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Livre d'ornemens

Designed by: Pierre II Germain (French, 1703–1783)
Etched by: Jean Jacques Pasquier (French, died in 1785)
1751
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Bound set of nine etchings
Dimensions Overall: 23.2 x 31.3 x 1.1 cm (9 1/8 x 12 5/16 x 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Maria Antoinette Evans Fund
Accession Number30.1206
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrintsBound sets
Paris: chez l'auteur, 1751

Catalogue Raisonné Guilmard, p. 175; Berlin 1069
Description(Paris: chez l'auteur, 1751) Oblong quarto; ten leaves; modern gilt-stamped mottled gray-green morocco (green cloth slipcase).

Rococo designs for friezes, candelabra, swags, and decorative motifs.
ProvenanceGeorges Mathias, Paris, from whom purchased by MFA, July 1, 1930.