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Decorator, Checkerboard, (Damier), Musee du Louvre, Paris c1850
Regular price
$150.00
Sale
This print is a copy of the original design released for production c1875
Date: Purchased by The Louvre c1852
Artist: Damier was designed by Louis Vitton and Son
Previous owner: Count of Arjuzon
Price: $150
Paper Size: 445 x 300mm
Print Size: 245 x 250mm
Condition: very good
Technique: Copperplate Engraving with later hand colouring
Description:
The squares alternate in translucent green/emerald and opaque ivory. All the figures in the ivory squares are accented in black, and the lighter decoration around these figures in gold.
Provenance:
This board was for the game titled "French Ladies" and was also used as a chess board.
This checkerboard in Limoges enamel was unknown with the exception of the one held by the Louvre Museum. The checkerboard was owned by the Count of Arjuzon. In 1852, was purchased by the Director General of Museums for The Louvre in Paris
