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Book Illustration, Studies in Design, Two Grotesque Dado Rails, plate XIV

This is a book illustration. It was written by Christopher Dresser and published by Cassell, Petter and Galpin. It is dated 1876. Its medium is chromolithography on paper. It is a part of the Smithsonian Libraries department.

It is credited Collection of Smithsonian Institution Libraries.

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Its dimensions are

H x W: 42 × 29 cm (16 9/16 × 11 7/16 in.)

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