Antique Print of American Stoves Published in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1781

1781 · Views & Engravings

Antique Print of American Stoves Published in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1781

Name: Antique Print of American Stoves Published in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1781
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-04270
Price: 200 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1781
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 21 × 27.7 cm (8.3 × 10.9 in)
Condition: Good. Please study image carefully.
Period: The Early Republic
Reference: BG-04270

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

A page of fireplace designs from The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Chronicle for 1781 (Volume LI), an original copper engraving titled "American Stoves on the Improved Construction", lettered "by James Sharp, Leadenhall Street".

The plate shows five numbered stoves, N.1 to N.5, drawn in simple perspective as ornamental grates under tall flues. The designs range from a narrow, delicate stove with swags and urns to a wide hearth with a fluted frame, and each has a firebox with bars, decorative moldings on the frame and a circular collar on the flue. The text of the facing page shows through from the verso.

The sheet dates from the period of the American Revolutionary War. It shows stove designs rather than any American place, so its interest lies in domestic metalwork and late eighteenth-century interior design.

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