Plate 7, from Recueil d'ouvrages curieux de mathématique et de mécanique, ou description du cabinet de Monsieur Grollier de Servière

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Object Details

Print Maker
Etienne Joseph Daudet, French, 1672 - 1730
Publisher
Gaspard Grollier de Seviere II, French, 1677 - 1745
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
A) A tri-footed container in two sections. The base is a large regular solid, above which the smaller section rests on three balls or solid sphere. The decorative design is like Plates 6 and 8. B) Another spherical object, crowned with a fleur-de-lys, which may fit inside A. Both to be carried out in metal or ivory.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler
1732
Accession Number
1949-152-116
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Object Name
Print
Type
Print
Medium
Engraving on paper
Dimensions
21.7 × 16.5 cm (8 9/16 × 6 1/2 in.)
made in
Lyon, France
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Record ID
chndm_1949-152-116
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq435278d02-a3e4-44f2-a258-5a419b03e136
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