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Scrapbook -- English Furniture

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1880-1973, undated

GUSN

GUSN-312616

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Description

Partially unbound scrapbook. Front cover is missing; spine is damaged. Pages are extremely fragile and brittle; most are now loose. Scrapbook contains clippings from periodicals and books of a wide range of furniture, most of which is English. A promotional brochure for the London furniture firm M. Davis and Co. is also included; part of text is in French and German.

Details

Descriptive Terms

furniture
English
advertising
scrapbooks
clippings (information artifacts)
brochures

Physical Description

1 unbound scrapbook (12 x 10 1/2 x 1 3/4 inches)

Collection Code

CC011

Collection Name

Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection II

Date of Acquisition

1994

Reference Code

CC011.001.003.005

Dimensions

12 x 10 1/2 x 1 3/4 (HxWxD)(inches)

Record Details

Originator

A. H. Davenport Co. (American furniture manufactory, active late 19th-early 20th centuries)
Possibly Irving & Casson
Possibly Irving & Casson - A. H. Davenport Co.

Material Type

scrapbooks
clippings (information artifacts)
brochures

Description Level

Item

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