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Chinese-style wall hanging, circa 1900

Chinese-style wall hanging, circa 1900. Gilt pelmet, damask valance, satin curtains with gold and silver decoration, embroidered silk wall decorations. Planche 3. Croisee Genre Chinois. Galerie bois dore, cantonniere petit damas, avec contre-fond velours, galons or et argent. Rideaux de dessous lampas fantaisie, franges or et argent. Decoration murale satin brode ou peinture sur soie. Chromolithograph by Henry Sicard et A. Farradesche after an illustration by Ernest Foussier from his Nouveaux Mod??les de Tentures, Decorations de FenǦtres, New Models of Wall Hangings, Window Decorations, E. Thezard Fils, Librairie Speciale d'Architecture, Dourdan, France, 1900. Foussier (1859-1917) was a French architect and interior decorator who worked in Paris

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The Perfect Debutante by Adrian Porter

Front cover of The Perfect Debutante, a book of humorous verse and sketches from 1937 taking the reader through the hilarious pitfalls and pleasures of the social season. The poor debutante in her feathers and finery appears to have stumbled and tripped during the all important court presentation. Date: 1937

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Fol.7v The Month of July: Harvest and Sheep Shearing, from the '

XIR254909 Fol.7v The Month of July: Harvest and Sheep Shearing, from the Breviarium Grimani, c.1515 (vellum) by Flemish School, (16th century); Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice, Italy; (add.info.: The Grimani Breviary was produced in Ghent workshops at the beginning of the 16th century and illuminated by several artists, including Gerard Horenbout (1465-1541), Alexander Bening (c. 1444-1519) & Simon Bening (1483-1561); by 1520 it was in the collection of Cardinal Domenico Grimani (1461-1523) Cardinal Patriarch of Venice;); Flemish, out of copyright

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