Antique Print-DRAPERY-LOUIS XVI-SALON-LIV.53 PL.148-Raze-Guilmard-1840

Drapery for the salon windows, in Louis XVI style in blue and gold.

Made by Raze after D. Guilmard.

Medium: Handcoloured lithograph. on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 25.8 x 34.4 cm (10.16 x 13.54 inch). Image size: 24.5 x 32.5 cm. (9.65 x 12.8 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Some small stains in the margins. Browning of paper edges. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

DRAPERY-LOUIS XVI-SALON-LIV.53 PL.148 | DPO-PCO-1-104

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This print originates from the French periodical ‘Le Garde-Meuble, Ancien et Moderne’ (Furniture repository, ancient and modern), by Desire Guilmard, published from 1839 to 1935. This print published ca. 1840.

Biography engraver: Desire Guilmard (c. 1810-1885) was a French publisher. Little else is known about his life.