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The figures of terms with fruiting baskets upon their heads are reminiscant of term no. 6 in Hugues Sambin's L'Oeuvre de la diversité des termes dont on use en architecture, réduict en ordres, edited by Durant in Lyon in 1572. Hugues Sambin (circa 1518 - 1601) was a sculptor, architect and engraver (see: J. Boccador, Le Mobilier Français dy Moyenage à la Renaissance, 1988, p. 208
The reclining figure of Plenty within an acanthus-wrapped strapwork cartouche flanked by winged harpies illustrates the wide influence of the Fontainebleau school of carving in the late 16th Century

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