Pair of 18th Century Parrot Engravings by Martinet

Pair of 18th Century Parrot Engravings by MartinetA very decorative pair of hand coloured engravings of parrots, by Franois Nicolas Martinet, from Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux, 17701786. Two pairs are available. France, circa 177080. Why we like them Exquisitely engraved and hand coloured in the 18th century, these superb prints evoke the fashion for exoticism in the Enlightenment era Europe. Original hand colored copper plate engravings, signed in the bottom of the yellow border, framed in French

carved with scrolls and foliage - forms inspired by the English Palladian baroque movement of the first half of the 18th century

75 in / 35 cm

these elegant table lamps are unusual and superbly decorative

raised on a stump adorned with lingzhi fungus

chairs of this model were sold from the Bank of England

Another example of nearly identical decoration is found on a serving table

Shell-work was highly fashionable in this period

similarly black-japanned and mounted with paterae

Pierre Bouillon (1776–1831) was a French painter and engraver

We are certain that there are others out there who are as passionate as we are about them

nicely drawn and well proportioned

Minor historic restorations