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Designs for the Ornament of Swords and Firearms

Designs for the Ornament of Swords and Firearms. Culture: French, Paris. Designer: Workshop of Louis-François Devisme (French, Paris, active 1833-1886). Dimensions: 19 x 12 1/2 in. (48.2 x 31.7 cm). Date: ca. 1850-60. These designs are part of an album from the workshop of the Parisian gunmaker Louis-François Devisme (active 1833-1886). The album includes thirty-five original drawings, in addition to tracings and inked impressions ("pulls"), showing swords, parts of swords, firearms, and firearms ornament. Together they represent an eclectic mix of Renaissance revival, neoclassical, and Second Empire styles, all of which were popular in French decorative arts during the mid-nineteenth century.
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Title:
Designs for the Ornament of Swords and Firearms
Caption:
Designs for the Ornament of Swords and Firearms. Culture: French, Paris. Designer: Workshop of Louis-François Devisme (French, Paris, active 1833-1886). Dimensions: 19 x 12 1/2 in. (48.2 x 31.7 cm). Date: ca. 1850-60. These designs are part of an album from the workshop of the Parisian gunmaker Louis-François Devisme (active 1833-1886). The album includes thirty-five original drawings, in addition to tracings and inked impressions ("pulls"), showing swords, parts of swords, firearms, and firearms ornament. Together they represent an eclectic mix of Renaissance revival, neoclassical, and Second Empire styles, all of which were popular in French decorative arts during the mid-nineteenth century.
Technique/material:
Leather, paper, pencil, ink, colored wash
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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Image size:
4298 x 2838 px | 34.9 MB
Print size:
36.4 x 24.0 cm | 14.3 x 9.5 in (300 dpi)
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