Plate from Ornament Designs Invented by J. Berain (page 65)
M. Daigremont|Jean Le Pautre|Juan Dolivar|Gérard Jean-Baptiste Scotin|François Le Moyne|Jean Berain|Joseph Vivien|François Chauveau|Jules Hardouin Mansart|Jean Mariette|Pierre Giffart|Claude Duflos|Daniel Marot the Elder|Thuret
late 17th–early 18th century · Engraving · Drawings and Prints
This design by the architect and designer Jean Berain shows the delightful, lighthearted, whimsical, and strictly symmetrical decoration known as grotesques. Berain's work was very influential and was adopted for the decoration of Boulle marquetry, tapestries, and other textiles, as well as faience. Berain, who was named chief designer to the French court in 1690, was given lodgings in the Louvre near those of his son-in-law, the clockmaker Jacques Thuret, and the cabinetmaker André-Charles Boulle.
- Artist
- M. Daigremont|Jean Le Pautre|Juan Dolivar|Gérard Jean-Baptiste Scotin|François Le Moyne|Jean Berain|Joseph Vivien|François Chauveau|Jules Hardouin Mansart|Jean Mariette|Pierre Giffart|Claude Duflos|Daniel Marot the Elder|Thuret
- Date
- late 17th–early 18th century
- Medium
- Engraving
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1915, transferred from the Library
