Research Catalog

  • Heimtextilien. Eine Warenkunde.

    • Text
    • Berlin, Schiele u. Schön (1970 [i.e. 1969]).
    • 1969
    • 1 Item
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    Text JSE 72-1412Offsite
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  • The upholsterers' accelerator : being rules for cutting and forming draperies, valances, &c., accompanied by approprite remarks : also containing a full description of a new system which will greatly facilitate and improve the execution / by An Upholsterer of Forty-five Years' Experience.

    • Text
    • London : At the Architectural and Scientific Library, [1833].
    • 1833
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MOL 85-992Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • Rideaux et draperies classiques : styles et tradition / par M.J. Dubois.

    • Text
    • Genève : Rauch, 1964.
    • 1964
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text 3-MOL 86-1593SASB - Art & Architecture Rm 300

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  • Fabulous fabrics of the 50s : (and other terrific textiles of the 20s, 30s, and 40s) / Gideon Bosker, Michele Mancini, John Gramstad ; photography, Gideon Bosker, Bruce Beaton.

    • Text
    • San Francisco : Chronicle Books, c1992.
    • 1992
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text 3-MON 92-17635SASB - Art & Architecture Rm 300

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  • An analysis of drapery / James Arrowsmith. & The upholsterer's accelerator / Thomas King ; a reprint of two rare 19th-century drapery manuals from the Winterthur Library with an introduction by Gail Caskey Winkler.

    • Text
    • New York : Acanthus Press, 1993.
    • 1993-1819
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text 3-MOL 94-8471SASB - Art & Architecture Rm 300

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  • Bed hangings : a treatise on fabrics and styles in the curtaining of beds, 1650-1850 / compiled by Abbott Lowell Cummings ; essay by Nina Fletcher Little ; new introduction by Jane C. Nylander.

    • Text
    • Boston : Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities ; Hanover, N.H. : Distributed by University Press of New England, 1994.
    • 1994
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text 3-MOT 95-4639Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • Le tappezzerie nelle dimore storiche : studi e metodi di conservazione : atti del Convegno, Firenze 13-15 marzo 1987, Sala dei convegni, Cassa di risparmio di Firenze.

    • Text
    • Torino : U. Allemandi, c1988.
    • 1988
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text 3-MOR 95-7722Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • Curtains & drapes : history, design, inspiration / Jenny Gibbs.

    • Text
    • London : Cassell, 1996.
    • 1996
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JQZ 12-5021Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • The Chapman collection / editor, Sean Creegan.

    • Text
    • London : Albert E. Chapman, 1993-
    • 1993-present
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text 3-MLO+ 96-1479 Vol. 1Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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    Text 3-MLO+ 96-1479 Library has: Vol. 1.Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300

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  • BTH Decoration.

    • Text
    • Hamburg : SN-Verlag M. Steinert, 1994-1996.
    • 1994-1996
    • 8 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text 3-MOFB+ 97-164 (Jan. - April 1996)Offsite
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    Text 3-MOFB+ 97-164 (May - Sept. 1996)Offsite
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    Text 3-MOFB+ 97-164 (Oct. - Dec. 1996)Offsite
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  • Singer home decorations sewing book. Eula Hicks, editor.

    • Text
    • New York, Grosset & Dunlap [1961]
    • 1961
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text F-10 8500Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • BTH : Wirtschaft, Handel, Decoration.

    • Text
    • Hamburg : SN-Verlag M. Steinert, 1997-2003.
    • 1997-2003
    • 11 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MNA+ 97-797 2001 (Oct.-Dec.) & suppl.Offsite
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    Text MNA+ 97-797 2002 (Aug.)-2003 (Jan.)Offsite
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    Text MNA+ 97-797 2002 (Jan.-July)Offsite
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  • The new draperies in the low countries and England, 1300-1800 / edited by N.B. Harte.

    • Text
    • New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
    • 1997
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JBD 98-190Offsite
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  • Singer sewing library.

    • Text
    • New York, Singer Sewing Machine Co., Inc. 1930.
    • 1930
    • 1 Item
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    Text VSM (Singer Sewing Machine Company. Singer sewing library)Offsite
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  • Les matières et les articles utilisés par le tapissier-décorateur.

    • Text
    • [Berne?] Association suisse des maîtres tapissiers-décorateurs et maisons d'ameublement, 1952.
    • 1952
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text VEN (Kohler, A. Matières et les articles utilisés par le tapissier-décorateur)Offsite
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  • Upholstery and soft furnishing.

    • Text
    • Burke, 1955.
    • 1955
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text VEN (Matthew, W. P. Upholstery and soft furnishing)Offsite
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  • Warenkunde raumgestaltender Textilien [microform], R. Hünlich.

    • Text
    • Berlin : Schiele & Schön, [1951]
    • 1951
    • 2 Items
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    Text *ZV-565Offsite
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    Text VLB (Hunlich, R. Warenkunde raumgestaltender Textilien) [Text]Offsite
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  • Warenkunde raumgestaltender Textilien neubearb. von H. Hünlich.

    • Text
    • Berlin, Schiele & Schön [1955]
    • 1955
    • 1 Item
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    Text VLB (Hünlich, R. Warenkunde raumgestaltender Textilien. 1955)Offsite
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  • Sewing for the home; how to make fabric furnishings in a professional way, by Mary Brooks Picken, with illustrations by C. Florence Valentine and Marie Struve.

    • Text
    • New York and London, Harper & Brothers [c1941]
    • 1941
    • 1 Item
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    Text 3-MOL (Picken, M. B. Sewing for the home)SASB - Art & Architecture Rm 300

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  • Fenstervorhänge im Stilwandel der Geschichte / Hans Güssbacher.

    • Text
    • Hamburg : Jahn & Ernst, [1996]
    • 1996
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text 3-MLO+ 99-3834Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • Portfolio of drapery sketches.

    • Text
    • New York, T.A. Cawthra & co., 1924-
    • 1924-present
    • 2 Items
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    Text 3-MOL+ (Cawthra, T. A. &. co. inc., New York. Portfolio of drapery sketches)Offsite
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    Text 3-MOL+ (Cawthra, T. A. &. co. inc., New York. Portfolio of drapery sketches)Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • Der Innendekorateur.

    • Text
    • Berlin, G. Schönfeld, 1908.
    • 1908
    • 1 Item
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    Text 3-MOL+ (Engelhard, W. Innendekorateur)Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • Die Tapezier- und Dekorationskunst. Theoretische und praktische Abhandlungen von G. Felix Lenoir ... . Mit 80 Tafeln.

    • Text
    • Berlin, New York, B. Hessling [1898]
    • 1898
    • 1 Item
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    Text 3-MOL++ (Lenoir, G. F. Tapezier- und Dekorationskunst)Offsite
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  • Cutting and draping; a practical handbook for upholsterers and decorators; over two hundred and fifty diagrams and illustrations, by John W. Stephenson.

    • Text
    • New York, Clifford & Lawton [c1905]
    • 1905
    • 1 Item

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    http://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924056952173
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    Text 3-MOL+ (Stephenson, J. W. Cutting and draping)Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • Drapery cutting and making; a practical handbook for drapery workers, upholsterers and interior decorators. New and revised edition, containing over five hundred diagrams and illustrations, especially drawn by and under the direction of the author. By John W. Stephenson ...

    • Text
    • New York, Clifford & Lawton, Inc., c1926.
    • 1926
    • 1 Item
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    Text 3-MOL+ (Stephenson, J. W. Drapery cutting and making)Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • Drawing drapery from head to toe.

    • Text
    • New York, House of Little Books, c1947.
    • 1947
    • 1 Item
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    Text MME (Young, C. Drawing drapery from head to toe)Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • The Koester school book of drapes; a complete text book and course of instruction in merchandise draping, compiled by George J. Cowan ... and Will H. Bates ...

    • Text
    • Chicago, The Dry Goods Reporter, 1913.
    • 1913
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MLT (Cowan, G. J. Koester school book of drapes)Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • How to make draperies & slipcovers, including bedspreads, curtains, lampshades, and their use in home decoration, by Ethel Brostrom & Harry Marinsky.

    • Text
    • New York, Crown Publishers [1951]
    • 1951
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MOL (Brostrom, E. How to make draperies & slipcovers)Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • Bed hangings, a treatise on fabrics and styles in the curtaining of beds, 1650-1850 / Compiled by Abbott Lowell Cummings.

    • Text
    • Boston : Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, 1961.
    • 1961
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MOL (Cummings, A. L. Bed hangings)Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • Curtains & draperies; a survey of the classic periods [by] M. J. Dubois. [Translated from the French by Violet M. Macdonald]

    • Text
    • New York, Viking Press [1967]
    • 1967
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MOL (Dubois, M. J. Curtains & draperies)Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • Soft furnishing in the workroom : a text book dealing with the more technical side of the soft furnishing trade

    • Text
    • Manchester [Eng.] New York city [etc.] : T. French & sons limited, [1939]
    • 1939
    • 1 Item
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    Text MOL (French, Thomas, & sons, ltd. Soft furnishing in the workroom)Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • Beauty treatments for the home; the smart way to make draperies, slip covers, lamp shades, accessories. How to upholster and re-upholster, finish and refinish furniture, etc. By Kay Hardy.

    • Text
    • New York, Funk & Wagnalls, 1942.
    • 1942
    • 1 Item
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    Text MOL (Hardy, K. Beauty treatments for the home)Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • How to make your own draperies. Illustrated by the author.

    • Text
    • New York, Funk & Wagnalls Co. [1948]
    • 1948
    • 1 Item
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    Text MOL (Hardy, K. How to make your own draperies)Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • How to drape your windows / by C.W. Kirsch ; art work by Fred Whincap.

    • Text
    • Sturgis, Mich. : Kirsch Co., c1931.
    • 1931
    • 1 Item
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    Text MOL (Kirsch, C. W. How to drape your windows)Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • Making home furnishings, by Agnes M. Miall.

    • Text
    • London, I. Pitman, 1937.
    • 1937
    • 1 Item
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    Text MOL (Miall, A. M. Making home furnishings)Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • Sewing for the home; how to make fabric furnishings in a professional way, by Mary Brooks Picken, with illustrations by C. Florence Valentine and Marie Struve.

    • Text
    • New York and London, Harper & brothers [1946]
    • 1946
    • 1 Item
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    Text MOL (Picken, M. B. Sewing for the home)Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • Drapery designs of distinction.

    • Text
    • New York, John W. Stephenson [19--?]
    • 1900-1980
    • 1 Item
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    Text MOL (Stephenson, J. W. Drapery designs of distinction)Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • Making curtains and hangings, by Agnes Foster.

    • Text
    • New York, R. M. McBride, 1915.
    • 1915
    • 1 Item
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    Text MOL (Wright, A. F. Making curtains and hangings)Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • Weaves and draperies, classic and modern, by Helen Churchill Candee ... with frontispiece in color and sixty-four illustrations in black and white.

    • Text
    • New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1930.
    • 1930
    • 1 Item
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    Text MON (Candee, H. C. Weaves and draperies)Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • The art of draping, by Hilda Gibson.

    • Text
    • London, Blandford press, ltd., 1936.
    • 1936
    • 1 Item
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    Text MLT (Gibson, H. Art of draping)Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • Le tapissier-décorateur ...

    • Text
    • Paris, J.-B. Baillière et fils, 1952.
    • 1952
    • 1 Item
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    Text 3-MOL (Bassereau, R. Tapissier-decorateur)SASB - Art & Architecture Rm 300

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  • Modern furniture : consisting of forty-four coloured engravings / from designs by A. Pugin, J. Stafford ... and others. With descriptive letter press.

    • Text
    • London : M.A. Nattali, [ca. 1824] ;
    • 1824
    • 1 Item

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    Text MOF (Pugin, A. W. Modern furniture)Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300

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  • Drapery, interior decoration and architecture; a practical hand-book for the dealer, decorator and the workroom, by A. G morrison.

    • Text
    • New York, T. A. Cawthra & Co., 1906
    • 1906
    • 1 Item
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    Text MOL+ (Morrison, A. G. Drapery)Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • Practical drapery cutting; a handbook on cutting and fixing curtains, draperies, &c., with descriptions and practical notes, for the use of upholsterers, cutters and apprentices. By E. Noetzli ... Thirty plates, comprising over 160 illustrations.

    • Text
    • London, B.T. Batsford, 1906.
    • 1906
    • 1 Item
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    Text MOL+ (Noetzli, E. Practical drapery cutting)Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • Original design book for cornices & draperies.

    • Text
    • London : Palmer & Cottrell, [ca. 1860]
    • 1860
    • 1 Item
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    Text MOL+ (Original design book for cornices)Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • Dekorationsstoffe, Tapeten, Teppiche.

    • Text
    • Stuttgart, A. Koch [1953]
    • 1953
    • 1 Item
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    Text MON+ (Koch, A. Dekorationsstoffe)Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • Decorative draperies & upholstery, by Edward Thorne; descriptive text by Henry W. Frohne.

    • Text
    • Grand Rapids, Dean-Hicks, 1929.
    • 1929
    • 1 Item
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    Text MLO+ (Frohne, H. W. Decorative draperies & upholstery)Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • Manuel géométrique de tapissier, par Jules Verdellet ... Ouvrage publié avec l'approbation et sous les auspices de la Chambre syndicale des tapissiers de la ville de Paris ...

    • Text
    • Paris, A. Morel et Cie., 1864.
    • 1864
    • 2 Items

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    http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433078675638
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    Text 3-MOL (Verdellet, J. Manuel géométrique de tapissier. 1864)Offsite
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  • Handbook of drapery patterns, by Ina M. Germaine; drawings by Susan Gabriel.

    • Text
    • New York, R.M. McBride & Company [1945]
    • 1945
    • 1 Item
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    Text MOL (Germaine, I. M. Handbook of drapery patterns)Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • Die neuesten Decorationen mit Gardinen an Fenster, Tische und Sopha's. Erfunden und gezeichnet von Charlotte Leander (Emma Hennings). Mit 35 lithographirten Zeichnungen.

    • Text
    • Erfurt, Hennings und Hopf, 1845.
    • 1845
    • 1 Item
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    Text MOL (Leander, C. Neuesten Decorationen mit Gardinen an Fenster, Tische und Sopha's)Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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