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Charles Frédéric Mewes

French, 1889 - 1969

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The image displays a circular design filled with intricate shapes and lines forming radial symmetry. At the center is a star-like pattern with multiple points radiating outward, surrounded by abstract motifs resembling ornate leaves and scrolls. Oval shapes, similar to the outline of leaves, are evenly distributed around the central star, each set within detailed ornamental designs. The composition is reminiscent of classic architectural elements and combines them into a unified circular form.
Italian 18th Century, French 18th Century, Design for an Inlaid Circular Table Top, with Alternatives, c. 1800, pen and gray ink with gray and black washes over graphite on laid paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1997.75.2

Design for an Inlaid Circular Table Top, with Alternatives

Italian 18th Century, French 18th Century · c. 1800 · pen and gray ink with gray and black washes over graphite on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1997.75.2

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[A collection of plates, including several different series]

Gabriel Perelle, Adam Perelle, Nicolas Perelle · published early 18th century · 1 vol: ill: 301 etchings on 278 leaves (62 half-page plates printed 2 to a page, rest full-page and folding, versos blank) ·  Accession ID  1985.61.2610

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The Architecture of Leon Battista Alberti in Ten Books of Painting in Three Books and of Statuary in One Book. Translated into Italian by Cosimo Bartoli. And Now First Into English, and Divided Into Three Volumes by James Leoni, Venetian, Architect; To Which Are Added Several Designs of His Own, For Buildings Both Public and Private

Bernard Picart, Giacomo Leoni, James Cole, John Harris, Leon Battista Alberti · published 1726 · books I through X in 1 vol: ill: frontispiece by Bernard Picart plus 103 engravings by Giacomo Leoni with 30 by Picart as engraver and several by John Harris and James Cole as engravers ·  Accession ID  1983.49.4

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I Quattro Primi Libri di Architettura di Pietro Cataneo Senese

Pietro Cataneo · published 1554 · 1 vol: ill: woodcut illustrations within text (7 full-page) ·  Accession ID  1983.49.15

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L'Idea della Architettura Universale di Vincenzo Scamozzi Architetto Veneto Diuisa in X. Libri. Parte Prima. Dell' Eccellenza di Qvesta Facolta, Degl' Architetti prestani: e Precetti, Inuentioni, Disegni, Modelli & Opere merauigliose. Le qualite de Paesi, e Siti; Le Forme delle Città, e Fortezze reali; e di tutti i Generi d'Edifici Sacri, Publici, e Priuati: Antichi, e proprij dell' Autore. Con i Loro Disegni.

Vincenzo Scamozzi, Vincenzo Scamozzi · published 1615 · 1 vol: ill: 41 full-page engravings, including title page (5 double-page engravings, 39 full-page woodcuts, 3 double-page woodcuts) by Scamozzi ·  Accession ID  1983.49.100

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Reigle Generalle d'Architecture des cinq manieres de colonnes, à sçavoir, Tuscane, Dorique, Ionique, Corinthe & Composite & enriche de plusiers autres, à l'exemple de l'antique: veu, Recorrigé & augmenté par l'aucteur de cinq autre ordres de colonnes suivant les reigles & doctrine de Vitruue

Jean Bullant · published 1568 · 1 vol: ill: various woodcuts within text ·  Accession ID  1985.61.436

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Il Campo Marzio dell'antica Roma

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Arnold von Westerhout · published 1762 · 1 vol: ill: 2 etched title pages, and 52 etchings (6 pasted together to form one large folding, 2 other folding with 2 plates each, 1 double, 36 full-page, versos blank) ·  Accession ID  1984.8.7

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L'Architettura di Leonbatista Alberti Tradotta in lingua Fiorentina da Cosimo Bartoli Gentil'huomo & Accedemico Fiorentino. Con la aggiunta de Disegni

Leon Battista Alberti · published 1550 · 1 vol: ill: 81 woodcuts (including vignettes and tailpieces) within text, plus title page and portrait of Alberti (unsigned) ·  Accession ID  1983.49.1

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Leçons de Perspective Positive

Jacques Androuet du Cerceau · published 1576 · 1 vol: ill: 56 etchings (all full-page, versos blank) ·  Accession ID  1985.61.335

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Livre d'Architecture Contenant les Principes Generaux de cet Art, et les Plans, Elevations et Profils de Quelques-uns des Batiments Faits en France & dans les Pays Etrangers...

François Lucas, Jacques-François Blondel, Pierre François Tardieu, Pierre-Edme Babel, Pierre Moreau, Jean-Laurent Legeay, Antoine Herisset, Gabriel Germain Boffrand · published 1745 · 1st of 2 works bound in 1 vol: ill: woodcut vignettes on title pages, etched head-piece on dedication by Pierre François Tardieu after François Boucher, various head- and tail-pieces, plus 68 engravings (33 double-page, 34 folding, 1 full-page, versosblank) by De la Marcade (13), Tardieu (12), Jacques-François Blondel (10), Pierre-Edme Babel (7), François Lucas (6), Antoine Herisset (4), Fonbonne (3), Mutel (3), Pierre Moreau (2), and Jean-Laurent Legeay (1), rest unsigned after Boffrand ·  Accession ID  1985.61.416.a