French antique print c1863 of Du Cerceau Design

by Du Cerceau, Jacques Androuet

Grand design, heavily decorated.

Original copperplate engraving of design byarchitect & engraver Jacques Androuet du Cerceau (1510-1584). Thisis a fine engraving from a collection on the beautiful designs for architecturalornamentation of 16th, 17th and 18th century apartments in Paris. Reprinted byCharles Chardon, the Elder, and published by Georges Rapilly in Paris circa1863.

Page size 44cm x 31cm (17.25 x 12.25 inches). Approximate measurement to intaglio impression 385mm x 235mm (15.1/8 x 9.1/4 inches). This image has later hand-colour, entirely in keeping with the style and period of the subject.