Antique Print-DECORATION-WALL-CEILING-MONOGRAM-CROWN-PL.23-Hippolyte Gruz-1867

A ceiling/wall decoration design, with a recurring crowned H monogram

Made by an anonymous engraver after Hippolyte Gruz.

Medium: Colour lithograph with gold heightening on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 29.6 x 42.3 cm (11.65 x 16.65 inch). Image size: 24.5 x 35.5 cm. (9.65 x 13.98 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light foxing and some remains of paper tape on rear from previous attachment. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

DECORATION-WALL-CEILING-MONOGRAM-CROWN-PL.23 | DPO-PCO-E1-02

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From: “Motifs de Peinture Decorative pour Appartements Modernes”, Gruz, Hippolyte. Published by Librairie Speciale des Arts Industriels et Decoratifs, Paris, 1867.

Biography artist: The author Hippolyte Gruz was a noted Parisian painter and decorator responsible for the interiors of many of Paris most fashionable hotels in the mid-19th century. .