Vases and Flowers
France, Late 18th Century

 

 

Paris, Esnauts et Rapilly, circa 1780
Copper engraving on chainlinked paper.

We believe this piece is from the work: "Oeuvres contenant un recueil de trophées, attributs, cartouches, vases, fleurs...' published in Paris in 1778.

 

Engraved by Woysard. Signed in the plate, bottom left 'Ranson inv Woysard Sculp.', printed page number, top left.

 

 

The designs for this work were made by the French artist Pierre Ranson ((French, 1736-1786), a designer at the Aubusson tapestry factory who created floral and neo-classical pattern books for ornament.

 

 

Dimensions: 22 X 28.5 cm (dimensions of platemark (as shown in first image). There is an additional wide margin - see last photo.

Condition: Some discoloration in the margins (see last photo).

 

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