The White House Porcelain Service; Designs by an American Artist, Illustrating Exclusively American Fauna and Flora

Publisher Haviland & Co. American and French

Designer Theodore Russell Davis American

Henri Toussaint French

1880

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Title: The White House Porcelain Service; Designs by an American Artist, Illustrating Exclusively American Fauna and Flora
Publisher: Haviland & Co. (American and French, 1864–1931)
Designer: Theodore Russell Davis (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1840–1894 Asbury Park, New Jersey)
Artist: Henri Toussaint (French, Paris 1849–1911 Paris)
Published in: New York
Date: 1880
Medium: Illustrations: lithographs and photomechanical process prints
Dimensions: 9 5/8 × 6 11/16 in. (24.4 × 17 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund
Object Number: 63.562.1
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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