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French or Italian 18th Century

Design for an Inlaid Circular Table Top, with Alternatives, c. 1800

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Medium

pen and gray ink with gray and black washes over graphite on laid paper

Dimensions

Overall (circular): 32.5 x 32.5 cm (12 13/16 x 12 13/16 in.)
mount: 42.8 x 40.6 cm (16 7/8 x 16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

1997.75.2

Artists / Makers

Italian 18th Century (artist)

French 18th Century (artist)

Image Use

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Inscription

on mount, lower center verso printed: CH. MEWES Arch

Provenance

Charles Mewes; (W.R. Jeudwine, 1968); (Lodewijk Houthakker, Amsterdam); purchased by NGA, 1997.

Associated Names

Houthakker, Bernard, Mr.
Mewes, Charles Frédéric

Exhibition History

1968: Exhibition of Old Master Drawings, L'Art Ancien (W.R. Jeudwine), London, 1968, no. 97.

Bibliography

1989: Fuhring, Peter. Design into Art, Drawings for Architecture and Ornaments, The Lodewijk Houthakker Collection. London, 1989: no. 451.

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