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Armstrong’s design for Edith Wharton’s second travel book of Northern Italy is uncommon for its lack of central decoration, consisting entirely of a balanced, geometric decorative tile border with doves in each corner.
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Title: Italian backgrounds
Artist:
Margaret Neilson Armstrong (American, New York 1867–1944 New York)
Publisher:
Charles Scribners and Sons
Printer:
De Vinne Press (American, New York)
Author:
Edith Wharton (American, 1862–1937)
Date: 1905
Geography: New York, New York
Dimensions: 214 pages, [13] leaves of plates : illustrations ; Height: 9 7/16 in. (24 cm)
Accession Number: Publishers Bindings 390
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