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Album, Nouveau Livre de Cartouches à l’Usage de différens Artistes

This is a Album. It was designed by Borch and print maker: Marel and Borch and published by Marguerite Caillou Chéreau and Geneviève-Marguerite Chéreau. It is dated 1729–68 and we acquired it in 1920. 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 has the following markings

Printed Leon Decloux ex libris pasted onto center of upper cover pastedown.

It is inscribed

Red leather lettering piece in the middle of the spine, gilt: BORCH; inscribed in red ink, in center of Decloux ex-libris, center of upper cover pastedown: no. 382

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Album, Nouveau Livre de Cartouches à l’Usage de différens Artistes; Designed by Borch (active mid 18th century); Print Maker: Marel (French, active 18th century); Published by Marguerite Caillou Chéreau (French, active 1729–1755), Geneviève-Marguerite Chéreau (French, active 1755-1768); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-506

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