Livre d' Echantillons
Drawing
late 18th century (made)
late 18th century (made)
Artist/Maker | |
Place of origin |
Page from a sample book with ink drawings of lace designs and some snippets of lace pinned to certain pages
Object details
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Title | Livre d' Echantillons (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Ink drawings on paper, lace |
Brief description | Page from a lace dealer's pattern book dating from the late 18th century, titled 'Livre d' Echantillons'. Probably from Bayeux or Lille |
Physical description | Page from a sample book with ink drawings of lace designs and some snippets of lace pinned to certain pages |
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Object history | According to the 1901 acquisitions register, this object was given to Alan S. Cole by Mr. C.P. Hansoulliet of the Office of the Minister of Commerce (Paris) up to 1896, who was connected by marriage with an old family of lace makers |
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Accession number | D.782-1901 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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