Four Parrot Engravings by François Nicolas Martinet

Four Parrot Engravings by François Nicolas MartinetA very decorative set of four of engravings of parrots, by Franois Nicolas Martinet, from Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux, 17701786. France, circa 177080. Why we like them Original hand colored copper plate engravings, signed in the bottom of the yellow border, mounted in decorative gesso mats within custom chinoiserie frames. Exquisitely engraved and hand coloured in the 18th century, these superb prints evoke the fashion for exoticism in the

raised on a tripod base with sabre legs terminating in bobbin turned feet

Unusually well designed

In the tradition set by his father

Macheleid had long worked in the glass manufactory at Glücksthal and had gained the arcana of porcelain-making by his own researches

the pirced and carved back splat

Halfpenny's ‘Twenty New Designs of Chinese Lattice’ (1750)

She one stated "I've loved Chinese screens since I was eighteen years old

candelabras or plants can be found in the Chippendale's 'Director'

Magnificent late 19th century Neoclassical revival extending leather top table

under the guidance of Henry Holland

over a brushing slide with brass axe head pull handles

The design of the chair-back