Jean Charles Delafosse
Encoignure, Demi Canapé

PublisherFrench, active c. 1740–1775
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Encoignure, Demi Canapé
  • from the Cahier FF of the 4th Recueil of the Nouvelle Iconologie historique ou attributs hierogliphyques (New Historical Iconology or Hieroglyphic Attributes)
Datepublished mid-1770s
Printed inParis, France
Published inParis, France
MediumEngraving on laid paper
DimensionsPlate: 8 11/16 × 13 in. (22.1 × 33 cm)
Sheet: 10 × 15 7/8 in. (25.4 × 40.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Sue Rowan Pittman
Object number85.322.4
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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History“Comfort and the Eighteenth-Century Interior,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Rienzi, September 13, 2014–February 1, 2015.

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