Album, ca. 1872
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We acquired this object in 1960
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- Object ID: 18430233
- Accession Number: 1960-128-3
- Acquired: 1960
- Short URL: http://cprhw.tt/o/2CsED/
- Album, ca. 1872. ca. 1872. Pressed flowers in purple leather binding studded with mother-of-pearl. Gift of Hamill and Barker. 1960-128-3.
Album of pressed flower pictures. Large quarto, title page and fifteen others of scenes and still-life arrangements composed of pressed flowers and leaves; backgrounds of scenes painted in watercolors. Scenes framed in embossed gold paper. Title on spine.
This album is pressed flowers in purple leather binding studded with mother-of-pearl. Its dimensions are: Album: 43.5 x 31.5 cm (17 1/8 x 12 3/8 in.) Page: 42.6 x 30.5 cm (16 3/4 x 12 in.).
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