Scrapbook -- "French Furniture"

Description

Scrapbook titled "French Furniture." Scrapbook has dark brown covering with brown leather spine and corners. Title and "749/F14" are printed on spine. Scrapbook contains 116 pages, 50 of which are blank. A bookplate on inside front states "Please Return to / Library / Irving & Casson - A. H. Davenport Co." Front and back covers are detached from album. The photographs in this album document French furniture. The photographs display a wide range of furnishings including chairs, tapestries, mirrors, couches, fireplaces, mantels, lanterns, chandeliers, candelabras, desks, and cabinets. While there is no table of contents, locations identified include: Grand Trianon (Versailles); Hôtel de la Marine (also known as the Hôtel du Garde-Meuble); Le Louvre (Paris); Palais de Fontainebleau (Fontainebleau); and Petit Trianon (Versailles).