Jean-Baptiste Louis Plantar
Jean-Baptiste Louis Plantar was a designer and draftsman documented as active in 1840. His known output focuses exclusively on architectural and decorative studies, indicating a practice centered on specific commissioned projects for both public and functional structures.
Fifteen original drawings by Plantar are represented in museum collections. These works are primarily large-scale studies for civic design, including multiple iterations titled Design for a Fountain, alongside plans for municipal architecture such as Design for a Pediment (for the Hôtel de Ville). His detailed functional drawings also encompass decorative arts, exemplified by Design for a Candlestick (or Torchère).
The full documented collection of his work is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The preservation of these technical drawings provides important insight into 19th-century design processes. As these works reside in the Metropolitan Museum’s archive, documentation of Plantar’s designs, often available as downloadable artwork, is considered to be in the public domain. Researchers may access high-quality prints for further study of this focused period of activity.
