Design for a Coffee Urn

Anonymous, French, 18th century

ca. 1770–90 · Pen and gray ink, brush and gray wash, over graphite underdrawing, with 2 pieces of paper joined together · Drawings and Prints

This work is part of a collection of drawings for furniture, clocks, candelabra, etc. for decoration of the Chateau de Laeken (outside Brussels in the area formerly called Schoonenberg, now the Belgian Royal Palace). The designs were sent to Albert, Duke of Saxe-Teschen and the Archduchess Marie Christine, governors of Belgium from 1780-1790, from artisans in Paris, Vienna, and England. See 65.547.18b for a hand-written estimate for a repair to the object

Artist

Anonymous, French, 18th century

Date

ca. 1770–90

Medium

Pen and gray ink, brush and gray wash, over graphite underdrawing, with 2 pieces of paper joined together

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Raphael Esmerian, 1963