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–  Drawing is designing
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–  Alternatives
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–  The ideal design
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–  For the church
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–  Learning to draw: the training of furniture makers
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–  Models for execution
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–  Drawings in a workshop: the Valadiers of Rome
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–  Drawing to sell
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–  To be engraved
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–  For the record
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–  Antiquity and antiquarianism
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–  Towards a new art
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The Third Floor

PROCESS – Design Drawings from the Rijksmuseum

12 chapters

What role does drawing play in the design process? For the first time, design drawings from the period 1500-1900 have been brought together in Design Museum Den Bosch. On this Third Floor you will discover the story of this period, but also how contemporary designers still use sketches and drawings.

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Drawing is designing
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Jost Amman, design for three bases for silver or gold vessels, c. 1575-1590
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Alternatives
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Unknown, design for a ewer, with an alternative for a vase, c. 1700-1725
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The ideal design
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Giovanni Battista Foggini, design for a casket mounted with hardstone panels, c. 1705-1715
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For the church
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Unknown, design for choirstalls, c. 1550-1575
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Learning to draw: the training of furniture makers
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Joseph Nussbaumer, design for a secretaire, 1816
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Models for execution
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Unknown, design for a side chair, an armchair and a sofa, c. 1750-1770
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Drawings in a workshop: the Valadiers of Rome
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Giuseppe Valadier, design for a table of partly gilt bronze, c. 1788-1789
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Drawing to sell
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Unknown, drawing of a perfume burner or potpourri vase, c. 1780-1790
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To be engraved
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Gilles-Marie Oppenord, design for a clock case, c. 1720-1730
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For the record
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Unknown, a carrying chair, c. 1675-1700
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Antiquity and antiquarianism
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Probably by Adam or Christiaen van Vianen, a view from the side of a silver drinking cup, c. 1725
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Towards a new art
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Karel Sluyterman, design for a silver pepper mill, mustard pot and salt cellar, 1892