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Les Fleurs Animees, Vol 2
This is a Les Fleurs Animees, vol 2.
This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Smithsonian Libraries and Archives as part of Botanical Expressions.
It is believed that Emile Gallé used Les Fleurs Animées to learn how
to read. Along with Gallé, renowned illustrator and cartoonist J. J.
Grandville was born in Nancy, but he later established himself in Paris.
In these two volumes, Grandville draws fashionable French ladies as
beautiful, wilting wildflowers or threatening poisonous herbs
It is credited Smithsonian Libraries, NC248 .G7F6 1847.
Our curators have highlighted 2 objects that are related to this one.
Its dimensions are
H x W (book open): 27 × 36 cm (10 5/8 × 14 3/16 in.)
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Botanical Expressions.