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Album, Album of Floral Bouquets Designs

This is a Album. 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 and Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour. It is dated 1757–68 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.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 30 × 24.5 cm (11 13/16 × 9 5/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Album, Album of Floral Bouquets Designs; Designed by Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin (French, 1721–1786); Published by Geneviève-Marguerite Chéreau (French, active 1755-1768); Dedicatee: Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour (French, 1721 – 1764), Françoise Pauline de La Rochefoucauld, Duchess of Biron (French, 1723 – 1793/94); H x W: 30 × 24.5 cm (11 13/16 × 9 5/8 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-498

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