Fireplace ornamentation with interesting windows. Du Cerceau engraving c1863

Antique print of French Wall and Window furnishings.

 

Original copperplate engraving of design by architect & engraver Jacques Androuet du Cerceau (1510-1584). This is a fine engraving from a collection on the beautiful designs for architectural ornamentation of 16th, 17th and 18th century apartments in Paris. Reprinted by Charles Chardon, the Elder, and published by Georges Rapilly in Paris circa 1863.

 

Page size 31cm x 44cm (12.25 x 17.25 inches). Approximate measurement to intaglio impression 27cm x 31cm (10.5/8 x 12.1/4 inches) This image has later hand-colour that is in keeping with the style and period of the subject.