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This and 9 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Floral Bouquets Designs.

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Print, Boutons de Rose

This is a Print. It was designed by Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin and published by Geneviève-Marguerite Chéreau and drafted by Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin and dedicatee: Françoise Pauline de La Rochefoucauld, Duchess of Biron. It is dated 1757–68 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching on paper. 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.

It is signed

Repaired sewing holes upper center

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate, lower center: Boutons de Rose; numbered lower right: 2

Cite this object as

Print, Boutons de Rose; Designed by Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin (French, 1721–1786); Published by Geneviève-Marguerite Chéreau (French, active 1755-1768); Dedicatee: Françoise Pauline de La Rochefoucauld, Duchess of Biron (French, 1723 – 1793/94); France; etching on paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-498-3

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