Antique Fire Dogs. Du Cerceau designs. Rapilly engraving c1863

$65.00

Fire Dogs designs antique print. Fireplace wood support.

Original copperplate engraving of French design by Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau (1510-1584). This is fine engraving from a series on beautiful designs for architectural ornamentation of 16th, 17th and 18th century apartments in Paris. Reprinted by Charles Chardon, the Elder, and published by Georges Rapilly in Paris circa 1863.

This is an elegant engraving on a large page.

Page size 44 x 31cm (17.25 x 12.25 inches). To intaglio impression measures 27 x 22cm (10.5/8 x 8.5/8 inches).