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Plate 11. Three Windows

Unknown Artist

Eleventh plate of 'A New Book of Chinese Designs', consisting of a title page, index, and 120 plates, etched and published in 1754 by the British caricaturist, printseller and ornamental engraver Matthew Darly, in collaboration with George Edwards. The book consists of a variety of ornamental and costume designs of Chinese inspiration, some of them copies of the original works (including the title).

This plate consists of three designs for windows, of different shapes, filled with lines that form abstract patterns. Two of the windows have semi-abstract flowers that decorate the frames.

Credit: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1931

1754
Etching and engraving
25.6 x 19.0cm
31.88(13)
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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