Plate Nine from Nouveavx Desseins D'Arquebvseries
Gilles Demarteau
dated 1743 · Engraving · Arms and Armor

The beautiful and inventive ornament designs in pattern books were intended for the practical needs of artists and craftsman. Some, like this example, are literally shopworn, showing stains and other damage from use in an active workshop.
- Artist
- Gilles Demarteau
- Date
- dated 1743
- Medium
- Engraving
- Culture
- French, Paris
- Department
- Arms and Armor
- Credit line
- Purchase, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Gift, 2016











