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DELAFOSSE, Jean Charles.
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DELAFOSSE, Jean Charles.
See original version (French)
Estimate €500 - €600
Voluntary lot
Description
DELAFOSSE, Jean Charles.
[A collection of furniture of various kinds designed by J.C. Delafosse].
(Paris, Daumont, c. 1775).
Folio (44.5 x 33 cm). 19th-century fawn half-calf with corners, ribbed spine decorated with gilded floral panels, red morocco title label, gilt title and gilt fillet on the covers, gilt head [Pagnant] (scuffs and scratches to the binding, including a loss of leather at the upper corner, but the interior remains in good condition).
Famous series of engravings by the architect, interior designer and ornamentalist Jean-Charles Delafosse (1734–1789), regarded as one of the manifestos of the Louis XVI style.
Title-frontispiece in a pre-letter proof, followed by 140 black copper engravings on various types of paper: armchairs, sofas, bergère chairs, beds, screens, ottomans, fireplaces, altars, stoves, bathtubs, pulpits, alcoves, carriage entrances, guéridons, lighthouses… 18th-century interiors based on Delafosse’s drawings.
Our copy features some of the prints produced at the time (watermarked laid paper) on fine laid paper remarged onto heavy laid paper; some printed in black on thick white laid paper cut to size; and others on thick laid paper dyed to size (resulting in some variations in size).
In a 19th-century binding by Pagnant.
DECORATIVE ARTS. FURNITURE. CABINETMAKING.
Berlin Cat., 464.
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