Design for a Sofa, from: Nouvelle Iconographie Historique III, series Q

Jean de La Fontaine|Duval|Daumont

1771 or after · Etching and engraving · Drawings and Prints

Design for a large sofa in a late Louis XV style. The sofa is divided up in five parts. In the center on top of the sofa a Chinese figure is depicted holding up a parasol. The upholstery of the sofa is decorated with the fables of Fox and Crane and Wolf and Heron (Jean de la Fontaine).

Artist

Jean de La Fontaine|Duval|Daumont

Date

1771 or after

Medium

Etching and engraving

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1929