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

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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

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection

Accession Number

1983.49.16.a

Artists / Makers

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

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Provenance

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

Associated Names

Adair, William
Millard, Mark Jacob
Shafto, Robert

Bibliography

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