MEMORY OF DECORATION. Memorandum of a work of sculpture. December 27, 1669; 6 pages in-folio (36 x 23,5 cm), paper frayed at the edge. Piece signed by Claude de Londe, sculptor in Paris. Memorandum of the works of the sculptor made for M. Le Roux for his house 16 rue du Faubourg St Honoré. Interesting detail of an interior of a Parisian house in the 17th century.

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