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Elegant Arts for Ladies: Comprising Bead Work, Bead and Bugle Work, Calisthenic Exercise, Diaphanie...

Engraver Dalziel Brothers British
Publisher Ward, Lock and Co. British
ca. 1856
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Object Information
  • Title: Elegant Arts for Ladies: Comprising Bead Work, Bead and Bugle Work, Calisthenic Exercise, Diaphanie...
  • Engraver: Dalziel Brothers (British, active 1839–93)
  • Publisher: Ward, Lock and Co. (London)
  • Published in: London
  • Date: ca. 1856
  • Medium: Illustrations: wood engraving
  • Dimensions: 7 5/16 × 4 3/4 × 9/16 in. (18.5 × 12 × 1.5 cm)
  • Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1960
  • Object Number: 60.684.1
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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