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Decorative Partial Border With Reclining Woman [drawing].

Accession number
PML 140650, p. 100 (facing)
Creator
Avril, Paul, 1843-1904.
Published
1883?
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Original drawing for a partial border for the second part of Octave Uzanne's anecdotal chronicle of feminine accessories entitled L'ombrelle : Le gant - Le Manchon (Paris : A. Quantin, 1883), p. 101.
Drawing is one of 16 bound into a copy of Octave Uzanne's L'ombrelle : Le gant - Le Manchon, facing p. 100 (see PML 140650).
Description
1 drawing.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Drawing for a decorative partial border design incorporating the figure of a reclining woman, tw cherubs, two pairs of gloves lying atop a tall glass and hat, flowers, swags, and foliate ornaments.
Classification
Department