Engravings of furniture design ideas, like the ones Marie Antoinette must have looked through when she was picking out furniture for her Trianon hideaway. A volume of plates inscribed 1780 on Page Two with ornamentation designs by Richard Le Londe. Richard Le Londe was a French designer noted for his work on fine furniture and interior designs. Various engravers.

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Cahier de Frises, Composées et Gravées par Salembier: A Paris chez Chereau rue des Mathurins. Avec Privilège du Roi. Image 8 of a collection of designs for furniture and architectural ornamentation that is inscribed 1780. Henri Salembier, engraver of designs by Richard Le Londe. Printed by Jacques-François Chareau in Paris, France. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125008499465/page/n6/mode/1up
The figures at the top of the upper left being a charming sphinx/putti fusion. The Latin reads: Salembier fixit. Chereau Exc. A.P.D.R. Image 18 of a collection of designs for furniture and architectural ornamentation that is inscribed 1780. Henri Salembier, engraver of designs by Richard Le Londe. Printed by Jacques-François Chareau in Paris, France. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125008499465/page/n18/mode/1up
Quatrième Cahier de Meubles et d’Ebénisteries, Dessinés par le Londe : Petit-Pied ou Console a Bouquets (left) ; Table Ronde avec Tablette au-dessous.  La Londe designer. Saint Morien, engraver. A Paris chez Chereau rue des Mathurins au coin de celle de Sorbonne. Avec Privilege du Roy. Image 28 of a collection of designs for furniture and architectural ornamentation that is inscribed 1780. Designs by Richard Le Londe. Various engravers. Printed by Jacques-François Chareau in Paris, France. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125008499465/page/n28/mode/1up
Girandole à Plateau (left) – Table de Nuit – Papitre à Tiroirs. La Londe designer. Saint Morien, engraver. Chereau Exc. C.P.R. Paris chez Chereau rue des Mathurins au coin de celle de Sorbonne. Avec Privilege du Roy. Image 38 of a collection of designs for furniture and architectural ornamentation that is inscribed 1780. Designs by Richard Le Londe. Various engravers. Printed by Jacques-François Chareau in Paris, France. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125008499465/page/n38/mode/1up
1er Cahier du Livre d’Ameublemens Dessines par La Londe. Lit à la Duchesse, orné de Sculptures et totalement fini. La Londe, designer. Delagardette (Pierre-Claude), engraver. A Paris chez Chereau rue des Mathurins. Avec Privilège du Roi. Image 52 of a collection of designs for furniture and architectural ornamentation that is inscribed 1780. Designs by Richard Le Londe. Various engravers. Printed by Jacques-François Chareau in Paris, France. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125008499465/page/n52/mode/1up
IIIe Cahier du Livre d’Ameublements Dessinés par La Londe. Lit de repos à la turque, orné de sculptures et totalement fini. Ceintre du Chevet – Traverse d’en bas. La Londe, designer. Delagardette (Pierre-Claude), engraver. A Paris chez Chereau rue des Mathurins. Avec Privilège du Roi. Image 64 of a collection of designs for furniture and architectural ornamentation that is inscribed 1780. Designs by Richard Le Londe. Various engravers. Printed by Jacques-François Chareau in Paris, France. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125008499465/page/n64/mode/1up
Paravent de quatre Feuilles Centrées, orne de Sculpture. La Londe, designer. Delagardette (Pierre-Claude), engraver. Chereau, exe. Image 86 of a collection of designs for furniture and architectural ornamentation that is inscribed 1780. Designs by Richard Le Londe. Various engravers. Printed by Jacques-François Chareau in Paris, France. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125008499465/page/n86/mode/1up
Porte Tapisserie. La Londe, designer. Chereau, exe. A.P.D.R. Fein, engraver. Image 130 of a collection of designs for furniture and architectural ornamentation that is inscribed 1780. Designs by Richard Le Londe. Various engravers. Printed by Jacques-François Chareau in Paris, France. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125008499465/page/n130/mode/1up
Designs for door knobs? dresser knobs? Very pretty. Probably done up in brass. La Londe, designer. Chereau, exe. A.P.D.R. Hubert (probably Francois Hubert), engraver. Image 166 of a collection of designs for furniture and architectural ornamentation that is inscribed 1780. Designs by Richard Le Londe. Various engravers. Printed by Jacques-François Chareau in Paris, France. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125008499465/page/n166/mode/1up

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