Designs of Chinese Buildings, Furniture, Dresses, Machines, and Utensils. Engraved by the Best Hands, From the Originals drawn in China by Mr. Chambers, Architect, Member of the Imperial Academy of Arts at Florence. To which is annexed, A Description of their Temples, Houses, Gardens, &c.

published 1757

Ignace Fougeron

Artist, British, died c. 1760

Paul Sandby

Artist, British, 1731 - 1809

Edward Rooker

Artist, British, 1711 - 1774

Pierre Fourdrinier

Artist, French, c. 1720 - 1758

William Chambers

Artist, Scottish, 1723 - 1796

Charles Grignion

Artist, British, 1717 - 1810

William Chambers

Author, Scottish, 1723 - 1796

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    1st part of 2 in 1 vol: ill: 21 etching and engravings after Chambers, engravers include Pierre Fourdrinier (10), Ignace Fougeron (2), Edward Rooker (2), Paul Sandby (1), Charles Grignion (3), 1 unsigned

  • Credit Line

    Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection

  • Dimensions

    page size: 53.2 x 35.6 cm (20 15/16 x 14 in.)

  • Accession

    1983.49.16.a

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Associated Artworks

A Treatise on Civil Architecture, in which The Principles of that Art Are liad down, and Illustrated by A great Number of Plates, Accurately Designed, and Elegantly Engraved by the Best Hands

Edward Rooker, Peter Mazell, Charles Grignion, Francis Patton, Tobias Miller, Ignace Fougeron, Pierre Fourdrinier, William Chambers

1759


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Bookplate of Robert Shafto, Benwell; bookplate of William Adair; Mark J. Millard, New York; purchased by NGA, 1983.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1998

  • Middleton et al. 1998, no. 12 (1983.49.16.a); no. 13 (.b).


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