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This and 21 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Ornament Designs, 1662.

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Print, Design for Ornament

This is a Print. It was designed by Antoine Jacquard and print maker: Antoine Jacquard. It is dated ca. 1615 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is engraving on 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.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 20.7 × 15 cm (8 1/8 × 5 7/8 in.) Platemark: 13.2 × 10.2 cm (5 3/16 in. × 4 in.)

It is signed

Lettered lower center, in plate: A. Lacquard in fecit.

It is inscribed

Printed lower center, in plate: 1; Inscribed in graphite, lower right, in margin: Jacquourd; Inscribed in graphite, lower right, in margin: Suite 2

Cite this object as

Print, Design for Ornament; Designed by Antoine Jacquard (French, active 1616 - d. ca. 1640); France; engraving on laid paper; H x W: 20.7 × 15 cm (8 1/8 × 5 7/8 in.) Platemark: 13.2 × 10.2 cm (5 3/16 in. × 4 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-261-15

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