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1880-1973, undated
GUSN-308673
Untitled scrapbook. Scrapbook has dark brown fabric cover and is held together by one metal brad; one brad is missing. Scrapbook contains 80 pages and 40 albumen prints of tapestries. This is the third of five scrapbooks dedicated to tapestries; the pagination continues across each book. The tapestries are shown flat as well as in use as furniture upholstery. Most prints have a legend containing: a number, "Garde-Meuble" and a caption such as "Tapisserie de Beauvais, style Louis XVI" followed by initials such as "L. L." It is believed that the prints have been taken from "Les tapisseries decoratives du Garde-Meuble (Mobilier National): Choix des plus beaux motifs" which was published in two volumes from 1878 to 1881. Each page has handwritten notations in the margins including information on size and quality, some of which are written in a code.
tapestries
upholstery
scrapbooks
albumen prints
Strong Museum number 280.3
1 scrapbook (10 x 13 1/2 x 2)
CC010
Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I
2012
CC010.004.043
10 x 13 1/2 x 1 1/2 (HxWxD)(inches)
Possibly Irving & Casson - A. H. Davenport Co. (Compiler)
Possibly Irving & Casson (Compiler)
Possibly A. H. Davenport Co. (American furniture manufactory, active late 19th-early 20th centuries) (Compiler)
scrapbooks
albumen prints
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