No. 1, containing twelve plates engraved in aqua-tinta : after the composition-ornaments, manufactured by Jee and Eginton, Birmingham: the whole consisting of a great variety of mouldings, and other detached ornaments, which by the ingenious architect may be applied to the various occasions of interior decoration ... = No. 1, contenant douze planches de cuivre gravees en aquat-tinta apres les ornements de composition, fabriques par Mess. Jee et Eginton a Birmingham: les toutes consistant d'une grande variete des moulures et outres ornements detaches, les quelles l'architecte habile s'appercevra d'etre convenable aux occasions differentes d'embellissement interieur ...

Main entry:

Jee & Eginton.

Title & Author:

Publication:

Birmingham [England] : Jee & Eginton, 1784.

Description:

12 unnumbered leaves : all illustrations (aquatints) ; 36 x 53 cm

Notes:
Cover title.
"These sketches are made to the exact size of the models ... and the whole numbered according to the list of prices."
Dimensions added in ms. on last leaf.
No more published?

Exhibitions:

Exhibited: "L'architecture et son image: quatre siècles de répresentation architecturale: œuvres tirées des collections du Centre canadien d'architecture = Architecture and its image: four centuries of architectural representation: works from the collection of the Canadian Centre for Architecture", Centre canadien d'architecture, May 7-Aug, 7, 1989; Dallas Museum of Art, spring 1990; École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, Paris, fall 1990.

Resources:
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Digital reproduction of CCA copy.

Subject:

Decoration and ornament, Architectural.
Moldings.
Décoration et ornement architecturaux.
Moulures.
architectural ornament.
moldings (object components)

Form/genre:

Trade catalogs.

Added entries:

No. 1, contenant douze planches de cuivre gravees en aqua-tinta.

Holdings:

Location: Library cage m 13488
Call No.: ID:87-B3784
Status: Available

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