ID: 700000649 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000649	Record Type: Movable Work

Livre de meubles (etchings (prints); Chez Le Pere et Avaulez (French publisher, active 18th centu...; Published: ca. 1780?; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 82406; (CMalG)1514-971; accession number: P860001* (Box 56 & 56A, Boucher))

Note: The 390 consecutively numbered prints are divided into Cahiers of 6 each, numbered ordinally 1er to 65e. Individual prints bear title at head, Boucher's name as designer at lower left, engraver at lower right. Cahiers lack titles (which Guilmard supplies); Title for work as a whole from Guilmard. Imprint from legend of print 1. Imprints that appear on first prints of subsequent Cahiers include variant addresses (e.g., ...rue St. Jacques prês la Fne. S. Severin a la Ville de Rouen); Many plates etched by Jean-Charles Pelletier or Nicolas Dupin. Others by Pierre-Gabriel Berthault, Jean-Baptiste Bichard (or Pichard), Jean-Guillaume Blanchon, Philibert Boutrois, Jacques Juillet, Lachaussée; Copies 2 & 3 form part of: Ornament prints collection, ca. 1550-ca. 1830 (Accession no. P860001*); Getty c. 1 lacks prints 20-22, 90. Copy 2 lacks prints 17, 25-27, 34, 56, 68, 73-74, 76, 84, 89, 133-138, 175-192, 199-234, 239, 241-258, and Cahiers 45-65 (prints 265-390). Copy 3 includes Cahiers 17 and 21 only (prints 97-102, 121-126); Copy 1 bound in modern marbled paper, backed in calfskin, author & title on spine label; some prints remargined, some tipped onto larger sheets. Copies 2 & 3 consist of loose prints, unbound; Former inventory nos. of copies 2 & 3: 81.GI.99.19-45; 83.GI.277.363. Publication: A Paris : Chez Le Pere et Avaulez mds. d'estampes rue S. Jacques vis-a-vis celle du Platre à l'ancie. Poste, [ca. 1780?].

Titles:

Livre de meubles (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined-P,,)

Book of furniture: Prints of designs (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Livre de meubles; [graphic] / J.F. Boucher. (C,U,undetermined,,)

Catalog Level: items

Work Types:

etchings (prints) [300041365] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, prints (visual works), <prints by process or technique>, <prints by process: transfer method>, intaglio prints)

prints (visual works) [300041273]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

pattern books [300026131]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by function>, reference sources)

Classifications:

prints (preferred)

Creation Date: Published: ca. 1780?

Creator Display:

Chez Le Pere et Avaulez (French publisher, active 18th century) [preferred,GRISC]

etcher Boucher, Juste-Nathan (French ornamental painter and engraver, 1736-1782) [500028922]

publisher Chez Le Pere et Avaulez (French publisher, active 18th century) [500353892]

etcher Berthault, Pierre Gabriel (French engraver and illustrator, ca. 1748-ca. 1819) [500043438]

etcher Bichard, Jean-Baptist (French printmaker, active mid-18th century) [500122201]

etcher Blanchon, Jean Guillaume (French engraver, born 1743) [500353888]

etcher Boutrois, Philibert (French engraver, active 1775-1814) [500353889]

etcher Dupin, Nicolas (French printmaker, died after 1789) [500041151]

etcher Juillet, Jacques (French printmaker, born 1739) [500353890]

etcher Lachaussée (French etcher and publisher, active second half of 18th century) [500353891]

etcher Pelletier, Jean (French artist, born ca. 1736) [500191490]

Locations:

Current: Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500353615] Getty Research Institute, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 82406; (CMalG)1514-971; accession number: P860001* (Box 56 & 56A, Boucher)

Credit Line: copyright J. Paul Getty Trust, Getty Research Institute, Special Collections

Address Note: 1200 Getty Center Dr., Suite 1100, Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688

Other: Publication: Paris [7008038] Île-de-France (region (administrative division)), France (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Address Note: rue S. Jacques vis-a-vis celle du Platre à l'ancie.

Display Materials: 390 prints: etching, b&w

	etching (printing process) [300053241]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <printing and printing processes and techniques>, printing processes, intaglio printing processes)

	black-and-white (colors) [300265434]
	.......(Physical Attributes Facet, Color (hierarchy name), colors (hues or tints), neutrals (colors))

Dimensions: plate marks 32 x 21 cm, on sheets 41 x 25 cm or smaller, 390 prints

General Subject:

ornament (preferred)

furnishings

Specific Subjects:

	furniture [300037680]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Furnishings (hierarchy name), furnishings (works), <furnishings by form or function>) (AAT)

	decorative arts (discipline) [300054168]
	.....(Activities Facet, Disciplines (hierarchy name), disciplines (concept), humanities, <arts and related disciplines>, arts (broad discipline), visual arts (discipline), art (discipline)) (AAT)

	ornaments (object genre) [300266794]
	.....(Objects Facet, Object Genres (hierarchy name), object genres (object classifications), <object genres by function>) (AAT)

	designs (artistic concepts) [300102051]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, artistic concepts, concepts relating to the creative process) (AAT)

	decorations (ornamental works) [300379003]
	.....(Objects Facet, Object Genres (hierarchy name), object genres (object classifications), <object genres by function>, ornaments (object genre)) (AAT)

	history (literary genre) [300026358]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, <genres in literature and performing arts>, <genres for literature>) (AAT)

	Neoclassical [300021477]
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>) (AAT)

	depictions (visual works) [300248231]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by form>, <visual works by form of image>) (AAT)

Provenance: J.P. Getty Museum; Transfer

Inscriptions: Livre de meubles J.F. Boucher.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Livre de meubles	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 82406
Book of furniture: Prints of designs	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
	........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
Livre de meubles; [graphic] / J.F. Boucher.	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

Subject: ....... [GRISC,VP]

....................... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

Note:
English	..... [GRISC]
	..... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)