Design for a Sofa, from: Nouvelle Iconographie Historique III, series Q, 1771 or after, Etching and engraving, Plate: 9 1/8 × 13 3/16 in. (23.2 × 33.5 cm), Duval (active ca. 1750 (?)–1780), 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)
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Design, Sofa, Nouvelle Iconographie Historique III, series Q, 1771, Etching, engraving, Plate, 9 1/8, 13 3/16, 23.2, 33.5 cm, Duval, active ca., 1750, –1780, large sofa, late Louis XV, style, sofa, divided up, five parts, center, top, Chinese figure, depicted holding, up, parasol, upholstery, decorated, fables, Fox, Crane, Wolf, Heron, Jean de, la, Fontaine
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