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Pleated Fan, 1820–1830
Double paper leaf with gilded hand-colored etching.Obverse: scene of three women with a lyre. Possibly an operatic scene. Reverse: plain paper with small gold ornamentation. Carved bone sticks with metallic…
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Sample Book (USA), 1948
Contains forty contemporary designs by leading designers. The “Audubon Game Birds” is a photo-lithograph. Includes “Skeletons” by William Justema, “In Line” by Ilonka Karasz.
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Pleated Fan, 19th century
Folding fan with a leaf of white bobbin lace with swirling floral patterns. Sticks of plain mother-of-pearl, with a wide white silk ribbon.
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Sample Book (France), ca. 1750
Folded paper with twelve samples in very bright colors mounted on thin board. Probably used for uniforms. Samples are mounted on paper which reads “LONDRINS SECONDS DE LA GRAVETTE MAY…
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Embroidery, late 18th century
Cream-colored cotton (possibly from a curtain or skirt) with detached floral motives worked in chain stitch. Flowers small garden varieties in clusters 3″ to 4″ long; arranged in staggered rows.…
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Photostat, Immeuble de Rapport Construit a Paris avec les Fontes de St. Dizier, ca. 1925
A design for an apartment building in which the central panel of the building has three windows, and the other two side panels have two.
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Photostat, Rendering of the Elevation of a Facade of a Proposed Apartment House, ca. 1925
Principal facade if a seven story apartment house with triple fenestration in the central panel and double in the two flanking panels.
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Photostat, Proposed Hostelry: Center for American Visitors to the Paris Expo, 1925, 1923
Design for lodgements of visitors for the 1925 Paris exposition. The design shows the different living quarters for guests as well as function rooms. Rooms labelled and scale noted throughout…
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