07-13-201907-13-2019
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July 13, 2019 10:00 AMCalender
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Three Decorative Floral Prints in the 17th Century Style: After Martin Engelbrecht (German, 1684-1756),Two Reproduction Plates

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Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 3272BLocation: BostonDate / Time: July 13, 2019 10:00AM

Description:

Three Decorative Floral Prints in the 17th Century Style:

After Martin Engelbrecht (German, 1684-1756),Two Reproduction Plates
, with hand-coloring, depicting fruit trees in urns; and After Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (French, 1636-1699),Flowers in a Basket, hand-colored etching, as originally published by N. de Poilly, Paris. Sight sizes to 12 x 9 1/2 in., framed. Condition: Not examined out of frames.

Literature: This lot, and others from the same collection, are illustrated and contextualized in Imagining Ichabod: My Journey Into 18th-Century America Through History, Food, and a Georgian House, by Paula Bennett (Bauer and Dean: New York, 2016). Imagining Ichabod is described as a "warm, personal account of life in an eighteenth-century house and the search for its first inhabitants... [which offers] a fascinating glimpse into [the United States'] colonial period and its years as a fledgling republic."
Estimate $50-75

Although the frames were not opened during cataloging, the condition of all three appears good, especially given their recent printing.


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Keywords

Paula Bennett, United States, Paris