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The House Beautiful, Essays on Beds and Tables, Stools and Candlesticks

1878
Not on view
Illustrated book, 336 pages. Red publisher's cover stamped with designs in gold and black. Green end papers. The contents originally appeared as a series of articles in Scribner's Magazine, 1875-77.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The House Beautiful, Essays on Beds and Tables, Stools and Candlesticks
  • Author: Clarence Cook (American, Dorchester, Massachusetts 1828–1900)
  • Artist: Walter Crane (British, Liverpool 1845–1915 Horsham)
  • Artist: W. B. Duncan (active 19th century)
  • Artist: Francis Lathrop (American, Pacific Ocean 1849–1909)
  • Artist: Alexandre Sandier (French, Beaune 1843–1916 Beaune)
  • Artist: R. Riordan (active 19th century)
  • Artist: James S. Inglis (British (born Scotland), 1852–1907)
  • Artist: Maria Oakey Dewing (American, 1855–1927)
  • Designer: Cover by Daniel Cottier (British, Glasgow, Scotland 1838–1891 Jacksonville, Florida)
  • Engraver: Henry Marsh (American, 1826–1912)
  • Engraver: Guilaumot, Jr. (active 19th century)
  • Engraver: Francis Scott King (American, Auburn, Maine 1850–1913 Newark, New Jersey)
  • Engraver: G. A. Avery (American, active 1871–78)
  • Engraver: Adolph Will (active 19th century)
  • Engraver: C. J. Wardell (American, 19th century)
  • Engraver: Félix Leblanc (French, born Paris, 1823)
  • Publisher: Scribner, Armstrong and Company (New York, NY)
  • Printer: Francis Hart & Co. (New York, NY)
  • Date: 1878
  • Medium: Illustrations: color lithograph and wood engraving
  • Dimensions: 10 1/16 x 7 7/8 x 1 5/16 in. (25.5 x 20 x 3.4 cm)
  • Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Gift of Misses Elizabeth and Katharine Beebe, 1942
  • Object Number: 42.50.1
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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