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Album, Album of Balustrade (Rail) Designs, ca. 1775

This is a Album. It was designed by Gabriel Bonthomme and published by Jean-Baptiste Crépy. It is dated ca. 1775 and we acquired it in 1920. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

It is signed

Léon Decloux ex-libris pasted onto center of upper cover pastedown

It is inscribed

Inscribed in red ink in center of Léon Decloux Ex Libris: No. 358

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Album, Album of Balustrade (Rail) Designs, ca. 1775; Designed by Gabriel Bonthomme (Active in France, eighteenth century); Published by Jean-Baptiste Crépy (French, active 1753 – d. 1796); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-488

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