Plate Six from Nouveavx Desseins D’Arquebvseries dated 1749 Signed by Gilles Demarteau The pattern book to which this plate belongs was among the most influential means by which the French fashion of firearms ornament spread throughout Europe and remained the leading style throughout the eighteenth century. Intended to be made in chiseled steel, cast silver, and carved wood, these designs demonstrate the playful and inventive use of late baroque and rococo ornament that characterize the most beautiful firearms of the period. Demarteau was the son of a Liege gunsmith and apprenticed under the P
Plate Six from Nouveavx Desseins D’Arquebvseries dated 1749 Signed by Gilles Demarteau The pattern book to which this plate belongs was among the most influential means by which the French fashion of firearms ornament spread throughout Europe and remained the leading style throughout the eighteenth century. Intended to be made in chiseled steel, cast silver, and carved wood, these designs demonstrate the playful and inventive use of late baroque and rococo ornament that characterize the most beautiful firearms of the period. Demarteau was the son of a Liege gunsmith and apprenticed under the Parisian engraver De Lacollombe, who is known chiefly for designs of firearms ornament. From the 1750s onward, Demarteau established himself as one of the most successful engravers of his generation and was renowned for perfecting the technique en manière de crayon, which allowed prints to simulate the appearance and subtlety of chalk Plate Six from Nouveavx Desseins D’Arquebvseries. French. dated 1749. Engraving. Signed by Gilles Demarteau (French, Liège 1722–1776 Paris). Works on Paper-Engravings
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