Miscellany: Portfolio containing plates from "Le Journal de la Decoration" and "Album de la Decoration"

ca. 1900

Not on view

Miscellany of plates from several French ornament portfolios. It contains 30 plates from the "Journal de la Décoration, XIIme annee" published by A. Guerinet in Paris. The cardboard cover in which the full year of suites was bound is also preserved, as are the title pages of the individual installments. The miscellany also contains 23 plates from the third volume of the "Album de la Décoration", published by A. Calavas in Paris. Both series contain an eclectic sampling of designs, printed in color on paper of varying qualities.

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Provenance

Title: Miscellany: Portfolio containing plates from "Le Journal de la Decoration" and "Album de la Decoration"
Publisher: Published by Armand Guérinet (French, active ca. 1890–1920)
Publisher: Published by A. Calavas (French)
Printer: Printed by Courmont Frères
Printer: Printed by R. Engelmann
Printer: Printed by G. de Malherbe (Paris)
Lithographer: Lithographed by Bertin & Cie.
Published in: Paris
Date: ca. 1900
Medium: Color lithographs
Dimensions: 14 7/16 x 10 1/2 x 9/16 in. (36.6 x 26.7 x 1.5 cm)
Classifications: Portfolios, Prints, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1970
Object Number: 1970.565.235(1–53)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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