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1920

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2024

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Album, Album of Designs for Furniture and Ornament

This is a Album. It was designed by Jean-Baptiste Marie Huet and published by Gilles-Antoine Demarteau and print maker: Gilles-Antoine Demarteau. It is dated 1780–85 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.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 35 × 27.5 cm (13 3/4 × 10 13/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Léon Decloux ex-libris pasted onto center of upper cover pastedown; inscribed in red ink in center of Léon Decloux Ex Libris: No. 126

Cite this object as

Album, Album of Designs for Furniture and Ornament; Designed by Jean-Baptiste Marie Huet (French, 1745 - 1811); Print Maker: Gilles-Antoine Demarteau (1750 – 1802); H x W: 35 × 27.5 cm (13 3/4 × 10 13/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-321

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