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The Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 43 (2008)
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART JOURNAL | VOLUME 43

"Pattern Books by Gilles and Joseph Demarteau for Firearms Decoration in the French Rococo Style"

La Rocca, Donald J.
2008
16 pages
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Donald La Rocca

Donald J. La Rocca joined the department in 1988, following six years at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. He has curated the international loan exhibition Warriors of the Himalayas: Rediscovering the Arms and Armor of Tibet (2006), as well as several in-house exhibitions, including The Gods of War: Sacred Imagery and the Decoration of Arms and Armor (1996), The Academy of the Sword: Illustrated Fencing Books 1500­–1800 (1998), Bashford Dean and the Creation of the Arms and Armor Department (2012), and Arms and Armor: Notable Acquisitions 2003–2014 (2014). He is the author of more than thirty-five print essays on arms and armor.

Pair of Double-Barreled Flintlock Pistols, François-Alexander Chasteau  French, Steel, silver, gold, wood (walnut), whalebone, French, Paris
François-Alexander Chasteau
1752–53
Flintlock Gun, Le Faure  French, Steel, gold, wood (walnut), silver, French, Paris
Le Faure
Mollier
ca. 1750
Nouveaux Ornemens D'Arquebuseries, Gilles Demarteau  French, Ink on paper, French, Paris
Gilles Demarteau
ca. 1750–55
Plusieurs Trophées, François  French, Engraving
François
Gilles Demarteau
18th century