Album amicorum manuscript with embroidered binding, 1788-1804.

Accession number: 
PML 251019
Description: 
64 leaves : ill. ; 75 x 105 mm
Credit: 
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994.
Notes: 

Most pages dated 1788-1790, a few pages dated 1804.

Binding: 
White satin embroidered binding, with silver cordon knots sewn to spine and as decorative frames for violets and forget-me-nots on front and roses on back; remnant of white ties; in contemporary olive lacquered case lined with floral paper.
Provenance: 
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Summary: 

Friendship album belonging to a woman, with inscriptions in ink primarily in French and German; illustrations in pencil, ink, and wash, some on wax-coated paper, some mounted on pages or on added leaves.

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