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  • An ornate vase and pedestal with a man fighting lion carved on the base. Etching by J. Schynvoet, c. 1701, after S. Schynvoet.

    • Schijnvoet, Simon, 1653-1727
    Reference
    26607i
    Part of
    S Schynvoet's Voorbeelden der lusthof-cieraaden zynde vaasen, pedestallen, orangiebakken, blompotten en andere bywerken & c.
    • Pictures
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  • Radcliffe Library, Oxford: interior showing scholars and classical statues. Line engraving by J. Le Keux after F. Mackenzie.

    • Mackenzie, Frederick, 1787 or 1788-1854
    Reference
    21015i
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  • Cabinet-making: floor marquetry (top), and wall panels (below). Engraving by A.J. Defehrt after Lucotte.

    • Lucotte, Jacques-Raymond, approximately 1733-1804.
    Reference
    41293i
    • Pictures
  • L'art dans la parure et dans le vêtement / par m. Charles Blanc.

    • Blanc, Charles, 1813-1882
    Date
    [date of publication not identified]
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  • An ornate garden obelisk flanked by potted citrus trees. Etching by J. Goeree after S. Schynvoet, early 18th century.

    • Schijnvoet, Simon, 1653-1727
    Reference
    26569i
    Part of
    S Schynvoet's Voorbeelden der lusthof-cieraaden zynde piramiden, eerzuylen en andere bywerken
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  • Tomb of the Virgin, Jerusalem. Chromolithograph by H. Clerget and J. Gaildrau after François Edmond Pâris, 1862.

    • Pâris, Edmond, 1806-1893
    Date
    [1862]
    Reference
    38091i
    Part of
    Souvenirs de Jérusalem
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  • Cabinet-making: decorative architectural elements. Etching by J. Verchère after himself.

    • Verchère, J.
    Reference
    41344i
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  • Workers preparing cakes from manioc root in the tropics, with decorative border. Engraving, c. 1777.

    Date
    [1777-78]
    Reference
    26349i
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  • A bare-breasted woman, girt with fruits, flanked by putti standing in in cornucopias. Engraving by J. Th. De Bry, ca. 1580-1600.

    • Bry, Johann Theodor de, 1561-1623?
    Date
    1580-1600
    Reference
    25864i
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  • Cabinet-making: decorative architectural elements. Etching by J. Verchère after himself, 1880.

    • Verchère, J.
    Reference
    41357i
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